Phil Spencer said he is no longer trying to sell Xbox to PlayStation as the company is mainly focusing on allowing players to play more games.
In the early days, Xbox looked at its console, producing some of the best exclusive games like Gear of War, Halo, and Forza, which were only available for a few hardware. At that time, Microsoft had serious system-selling titles.
As time passed, things changed, thanks to the large Xbox bullish acquisition, which turned it into one of the best publishers in the industry, with the addition of a focus on the Game Pass and PC markets.
While all this was going on, the PS logo started to pop up in a few trailers in 2025 Xbox Deveolper Direct. The Head of Microsoft Gaming, Phill Spencer, said this is becoming the norm for moving forward.
Xbox focused on allowing players to play more games
In a recent interview with XboxEra, the Head of Microsof Phill Spencer said about the financial benefit of making players comfortable in playing PlayStation and Nintendo; later, he also clarified that he is not focused on the player switching over to Xbox; all he wants is just to allow the player to play.
In a statement, Spencer said, “There is no benefit in gatekeeping games, while platforms are used to represent the largest thing in the gaming industry.”.
And he also mentioned that each story game of all sizes is able to tell the stories through games that they create, which allows people to play and connect more with each other.
He also expressed why the logo of PlayStation was showcased and kept transparency by saying that they know where most of the games are coming up, and they even tried it to reveal about the similar discussion in the June 2024 showcase. But at that time, Xbox did not have time to get all there assets together for coming up with a final decision.
But now it is clear that publishers are now awake, where this is an Xbox campaign, while PS5 owners who were not able to get there hands on Indiana Jones can play via the Xbox App.
Looking at Phil Spencer and Xbox, this expansion put them in a good way where they can now work on big projects. This decision is good news for many players, especially for the PlayStation fans for the short term, and it also might be for the people of Switch 2 in the future.