Xbox-sjef Phil Spencer er kjent for å være en hyggelig og ydmyk type. Flere ganger har han erkjent feil Microsoft har gjort med Xbox One, og han er ikke redd for å skryte av konkurrentene. Nå har han altså gjort det sistnevnte igjen, og det er Nintendo som er mottakeren.
I et intervju med Ausgamers fikk han spørsmål om han kunne tenke seg å se Nintendos spill på Xbox, spesielt siden Nintendo nå har valgt å slippe spillene sine til nye plattformer (mobil). Spencer svarte tydelig ja til dette:
"I'd love to see Mario on Xbox. As someone who's been in this industry and played games forever, I'll still say it: Nintendo has the strongest first-party of anybody. They're just fantastic and the memories that they have instilled in so many of us, who've played their games and had those delightful experiences, having those on Xbox would be great."
Spencer fortsatte med å skryte av Nintendo og deres samarbeid med Microsoft angående Minecraft:
"Obviously we have Minecraft on Nintendo and when that opportunity came up to work with them on Minecraft, you know, some people might look at it and say 'why would you even do that?', but with Nintendo, it's been a great partnership on Minecraft. In fact they put Mario in Minecraft on Wii U with the mash-up skin pack. And continuing to work with them on that and building a stronger relationship... I mean if that paid dividends down the road that lead to something else, that would be fantastic. I know I get questions all the time on would I ever like to see Banjo in Super Smash Bros. and I'm, like, "yes, I would do that in a second". And certain people think I'm saying that as some sort of PR answer and I'm, like, why wouldn't you?"
Det var imidlertid ikke nok, for han toppet det hele med følgende:
"Anyway, I'm a big Nintendo fan and I think they've been incredibly important for the games industry, they do a great job with younger audiences, and if we ever had a chance to work with them in the future, I would absolutely do it."
Det virker altså som om Microsoft er mer enn åpne for å diskutere samarbeid med Nintendo i fremtiden.