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According to Phil Spencer, Microsoft is preparing to launch the Xbox store on iOS and Android as early as next year.The head of the company’s gaming division shared the timeline In an interview published Monday, he noted that the plan is contingent on whether regulators approve Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard.
“We want content from both Xbox and our third-party partners to be available on any screen that someone wants to play on,” Spencer told the outlet. “Today he can’t do that with mobile devices, but he wants to build for the world these devices seem to open up to.”
Microsoft, a company filed with the UK’s Competition and Market Authority (CMA) last year, first revealed it was working on an Xbox store for mobile devices. The tech giant didn’t provide a timeline for its plans at the time, but noted that only a proposed merger with Activision Blizzard would play a significant role. The upcoming digital market law — these are what we are planning,” he said. “I think this is a big opportunity.”
Under (DMA), major platforms designated by the European Union as “gatekeepers” must open their devices to competing app stores. last fall, Said Apple was already preparing to make iOS legally compliant ahead of the March 2024 deadline. The EU will allow companies that the EU has named as gatekeepers to challenge the designation. Additionally, due to challenges from and , there is no guarantee that Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard will be completed before the new rules apply to Apple and Google. financial timesBut he said it would be “pretty trivial” for Microsoft to adapt its existing Xbox and Game Pass apps to sell games and subscriptions via mobile devices.