The battle between top consoles Xbox and PlayStation is constantly heating up, but Microsoft's head honcho Phil Spencer is not getting caught up in the competition. In fact, Spencer recently spoke up and dismissed the ongoing rivalry.

"We should all applaud when a team does something special," Spencer pointed out on Twitter. "Those who hope for team to fail due to platform aren't real gamers."

It was a response to another Twitter fan who told him to "wave the white flag already" after the executive named the various games on Xbox he was looking forward to including "Uncharted 4: The Thief's End," "The Division" and "Quantum Break."

The social media savvy head of Xbox is well-versed in discussing the heated rivalry between the different consoles, often saying that it's not an issue that the team often places much importance in. During an interview with Game Spot last year, Spencer spoke up against the debate that pitted the consoles against each other and called it "distasteful."

"The one thing that I probably find a little distasteful in the discourse around games is the divisiveness that people try to build between platforms," Spencer said at the time. "It becomes more about what piece of plastic I own than what games I'm playing. It becomes more about somebody else failing than the things I love succeeding. I don't think that's a good place for our industry."

Spencer added, "My job isn't really to keep you from buying something else. My job is to make you proud of what we offer, and to give you an enjoyable experience with the product we have."

Despite the rivalry brewing among outspoken fans, the Xbox team is focused on their own innovations. A report from The Guardian revealed that Microsoft is working on combining its PC and Xbox One platforms to create a single gaming ecosystem for all the Universal Windows Applications.

This has been the vision of the company for quite some time. Early in 2015, the Xbox app was brought back to the Windows 10 PC for cross-platform play and shared contacts. Later in November, the Xbox One system got an update that made it compatible with Windows 10. This year, Satya Nadella announced during the dotNet Conference in Madrid that the Xbox One platform will be getting Universal Window Applications, although it was not elaborated how.

Are you excited about the exciting direction of the Xbox group?