![]() And offering these apps through Microsoft’s own mobile stores would mean that Apple and Google wouldn’t be able to take a cut on these transactions. While third-party app stores are already allowed on Android, that’s still not the case on iOS, though this is expected to change once the company is forced to comply with the EU’s Digital Markets Act starting in March 2024.Īccording to Spencer, it would be “pretty trivial” for Microsoft to update its Xbox and Game Pass mobile apps to offer games sales and subscriptions. The exec was referring to the EU’s Digital Markets Act, a new legislation that will require Apple and Google to open up their mobile platforms to third-party app stores. ![]() ![]() “Today, we can’t do that on mobile devices but we want to build towards a world that we think will be coming where those devices are opened up.” “We want to be in a position to offer Xbox and content from both us and our third-party partners across any screen where somebody would want to play,” said Phil Spencer in an interview ahead of the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. However, Microsoft completing its acquisition of Activision Blizzard will be a key requirement for that to happen, as Microsoft is counting on the vast catalog of gaming IPs to make its mobile game store a true killer app. Microsoft would like to launch a new mobile app store for games on iOS and Android as soon as next year, Microsoft Gaming Chief Phil Spencer told the Financial Times in an interview.
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