{"id":120485,"date":"2020-11-10T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/11\/nintendo_of_america_president_doug_bowser_congratulates_xbox_on_the_series_xs_launch"},"modified":"2020-11-10T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-11-10T15:00:00","slug":"nintendo-of-america-president-doug-bowser-congratulates-xbox-on-the-series-xs-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/11\/10\/nintendo-of-america-president-doug-bowser-congratulates-xbox-on-the-series-xs-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo Of America President Doug Bowser Congratulates Xbox On The Series X|S Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/79c27feea05b6\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/79c27feea05b6\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"Doug Bowser\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/79c27feea05b6\/doug-bowser.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/79c27feea05b6\/doug-bowser.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"Doug Bowser\"><\/a><span class=\"image-credit\" title=\"Image Credit\">Nintendo<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>As we mentioned earlier today \u2013 admittedly because we were joking about the console being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/11\/random_turns_out_the_xbox_series_x_doubles_up_as_a_perfect_gamecube_display_stand\">a decent display stand for our beloved GameCubes<\/a> \u2013 the new Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S consoles have launched today worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>The systems kick off a whole new generation of gaming, set to be expanded further when the PS5 launches in a couple of days&#8217; time. Whether you play Nintendo, PlayStation, Xbox, or indeed a combination of the lot, it&#8217;s fantastic to see consoles continuing to thrive and be at the centre of our favourite hobby.<\/p>\n<p>Putting any rivalries aside, Nintendo of America president Doug Bowser has captured this spirit nicely today by congratulating Microsoft&#8217;s Xbox team and its head, Phil Spencer, on the launch of its latest systems.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congratulations to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Xbox?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Xbox<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/XboxP3?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@XboxP3<\/a> on the launch of Xbox Series X | S today.<\/span>\u2014 Doug Bowser (@thetruebowser) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thetruebowser\/status\/1326157180609835010?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Of course, Microsoft&#8217;s relationship with Nintendo has been blossoming nicely just lately with more and more exciting collaborations, so perhaps this friendly gesture isn&#8217;t quite the shock it might have been in the past. Spencer recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/08\/nintendo_is_a_jewel_in_the_industry_and_has_the_best_first-party_pedigree_says_xbox_boss\">described Nintendo as &#8220;a jewel&#8221; in the industry<\/a>, and has recently stated that the team <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/10\/phil_spencer_not_sure_about_game_pass_on_switch_but_says_xbox_could_be_open_to_discussions\">&#8220;could be open&#8221; to putting Game Pass on Switch<\/a> one day.<\/p>\n<p>Are you expecting a shiny new Xbox to be delivered today? Will it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/11\/poll_which_will_be_your_second_console_-_ps5_or_xbox_series_x\">sit alongside your Switch for the next generation<\/a>? Let us know with a comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nintendo As we mentioned earlier today \u2013 admittedly because we were joking about the console being a decent display stand for our beloved GameCubes \u2013 the new Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S consoles have launched today worldwide. The systems kick off a whole new generation of gaming, set to be expanded further when [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120485\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}