Nintendo Switch to Get Xbox Live Enabled Games Over the Year

Nintendo has been doing very well with its Switch game consoles. The hybrid portable and home console has proven very popular with significant hardware and software sales. While the Switch has its own online gaming service, it pales in comparison to the size of Microsoft’s Xbox Live service.

Microsoft has been a bit coy with whether or not Xbox Live will come to the Switch as the online service rolls out to other devices. At one point Microsoft Cloud Gaming head Kareem Choudhry said that there were no specific Xbox Live announcements fo the Switch.

At GDC 2019 going on in San Francisco, Microsoft again touched on Xbox Live for the Nintendo console reports Nintendolife. While there are no announcements now, Microsoft stated at the conference that players could “expect more games like Cuphead to come to Switch with Live enabled…”

The timeframe for games with Live-enabled on the Switch is over the next year. It’s a good thing for Xbox Live fans to get the service on other platforms, but it is rather surprising to see this happen.