From the last few days, one game has hogged all the limelight. That game is a sim known as Spore. It has been released on the PC and Mac platforms and will soon find its way to the iPhone also. Now Phil Spencer from Microsoft has spoken about cross platform gameplay and how Spore is a good example of it.
In an interview with the OXM, Phil Spencer, who is the new head of Microsoft Game Studios, was asked about Spore and the iPhone application. Spencer replied, “That is a good example. We have done things like the pub games in Fable, which aren’t cross platform but it’s playing an arcade game, building currency that works for you in the Fable game. You could imagine doing that from another device as well.”
According to the MGS, its about right opportunity and pointed out that it makes sense and is more important than just proving that it can be done. Phil Spencer also mentioned that technically they know it can be done but it does make sense in some scenarios and that is the creative part of the process.