{"id":47932,"date":"2019-02-06T07:07:10","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T15:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/?p=47932"},"modified":"2019-02-06T07:07:11","modified_gmt":"2019-02-06T15:07:11","slug":"microsoft-wants-to-put-xbox-live-in-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2019\/02\/06\/microsoft-wants-to-put-xbox-live-in-everything\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft wants to put Xbox Live in everything"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Microsoft is planning to make Xbox Live available for Android, Apple iOS, and Nintendo Switch. Thanks to an overly descriptive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.windowscentral.com\/microsoft-wants-bring-xbox-live-cross-platform-gaming-android-ios-nintendo-switch-and-more\">tease<\/a> for a session at GDC 2019, (that&#8217;s since been edited to be much <a href=\"https:\/\/schedule.gdconf.com\/session\/xbox-live-growing-engaging-your-gaming-community-across-ios-android-switch-xbox-and-pc-presented-by-microsoft\/865429\">less revealing<\/a>) we now know that Microsoft is ready to start talking about this vision of the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Get a first look at the SDK to enable game developers to connect players between iOS, Android, and Switch in addition to Xbox and any game in the Microsoft Store on Windows PCs. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While there has been some work on this front already, this would seem to go much farther than just signing into your Xbox Live profile in Minecraft on the Switch or Android platforms. The session description implies they are looking to allow non-Xbox games to use Xbox Live features, for example, giving players Xbox achievements in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Interestingly, PlayStation is not mentioned in the panel text. The lack of a PlayStation call out shouldn&#8217;t be surprising considering the intense rivalry between Sony and Microsoft in the gaming space.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft is planning to make Xbox Live available for Android, Apple iOS, and Nintendo Switch. Thanks to an overly descriptive tease for a session at GDC 2019, (that&#8217;s since been edited to be much less revealing) we now know that Microsoft is ready to start talking about this vision of the future. 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