Nintendo and Nvidia are already in a close relationship, so why wouldn’t Nintendo use the GeForce Now cloud-streaming service before Microsoft’s xCloud?
Microsoft is prepping its Xbox Game Pass and xCloud streaming service for the Nintendo Switch, according to a Direct Feed Games report. Direct Feed Games has a reputation for getting Nintendo rumors right, which is why so many people are taking this seriously. But while this deal may be in the works, it doesn’t quite add up as someone looking at it from the outside. And there’s one reason it doesn’t make a lot of sense: Nvidia.
Nintendo and Microsoft are chummy with each other — especially compared to Sony’s relationship with either company. Microsoft’s Minecraft and Xbox Live are already on Switch, which enables crossplay with PC and Xbox One. But that relationship doesn’t compare to the partnership between Nintendo and Nvidia.
Nintendo is using Nvidia’s Tegra system-on-a-chip to power the Switch. And Nvidia chief executive officer Jensen Huang said that the two companies are in a deal that is going to last a long time.
“I think this is a relationship that will likely last two decades,” Huang told investors during a conference call in November. “And I’m super-excited about it.”
And Nvidia is not just a hardware vendor to Nintendo. The two gaming supergiants are also working together on software projects as well.
