Et stykke henne i denne generation lancerede Microsoft deres Play Anywhere-initiativ, der har haft til formål at skabe tættere forbindelse imellem Xbox- og PC-platformen. Man må sige at det umiddelbart har virket, og i den næste generation kommer Scarlett til, og den konsol slutter sig til dette initiativ.
I et interview med Stevivor fortæller Phil Spencer nemlig, at målet for dem er ikke bare at have kompatibilitet, men at spiloplevelsen, på tværs af alle tre platforme, føles sømløs.
Det betyder at save-filer automatisk rykker, at Achievements kan spores på alle tre platforme og meget mere.
"That's our goal. Our goal for our first-party games is that your entitlements will be cross-generation and your Achievements will move effectively with your save game because that's where they stand. [Xbox] 360 to One shouldn't have been [two self-contained silos] either. We talked about how important digital was going to be this generation, and yet we didn't move the digital purchases that you'd made on 360 seamlessly over to Xbox One. I always thought that was a miss."</em>