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Microsoft is pushing forward with its own Xbox mobile gaming store
Dec 01, 2023 Ben Schoon News Source 9to5google 24 hits
Amid increased scrutiny on Google and Apple for their locked-down app stores, Microsoft is pushing forward with an Xbox-branded store for mobile games on Android and iOS. News of a mobile game store from Microsoft first surfaced amid the company’s Activision-Blizzard acquisition last year, but it’s been pretty quiet in the time since. But, according to Phil Spencer himself, Microsoft is pushing forward with the effort. In an interview at CCXP, a comics convention in Brazil, Xbox chief Phil Spencer directly confirmed that Microsoft is “in talks” with partners to launch a mobile game store that could launch reasonably soon. Spencer said, as documented by Bloomberg : While Google technically allows third-party app/game stores on Android, it’s not a popular practice as it requires users to enable sideloading. Apple, meanwhile, currently doesn’t allow third-party stores at all, but EU regulation might change that . Notably, too, The Verge reports that , prior to the Microsoft acquisition, Activision-Blizzard was looking into its own game store on Android. More on Microsoft & Xbox:
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