Xbox, Nintendo or PlayStation: does it still matter?

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Why the war between the big games console makers may be coming to an end.

He plays it wherever he can. On his phone, on his tablet, on our PlayStation, on his dad's Xbox. He watches Minecraft videos on YouTube and he uses an unofficial app to create and share skins and mods.

Four video games - and the firm was frustratingly careful not to name them - will be opened up to alternative platforms for the first time, Xbox boss Phil Spencer said. Tonight Mr Spencer insisted the four latest games did not signify a fundamental change in the firm's games strategy. Why restrict access to your best-selling titles when there's a vast audience with alternative devices out there who also want to buy them, play them, and pay for in-game extras?

"Ampere does not expect Microsoft to exit the console platform business in the medium term as that would leave a gaping hole in its games-related revenues," he added. In any case Darren Edwards from gaming news website TheXboxHub sums it up neatly: "It's hardly a doomsday scenario for Xbox."

 

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