Horrible news. Outright buying a HUGE publisher and cutting out a large segment of people shouldn't be receiving any celebration on here.
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So this was the "rumor" big announcement some where talking about? I know the EA Play coming to GamePass was big but this one seems to be the megaton announcement??
The consoles are quite equal heading into launch, with the XSX being marginally more powerful.
Sony: you will pay 80EUR for a game!
Microsoft: Or you can just play them on Gamepass...
Which can make the offer even more tempting than making the games exclusives. The value that Microsoft is offering is through the roof, it's almost stupid not to get Xbox and Gamepass.
Microsoft: Or you can just play them on Gamepass...
Which can make the offer even more tempting than making the games exclusives. The value that Microsoft is offering is through the roof, it's almost stupid not to get Xbox and Gamepass.
Sounds awesome to me :)
Welcoming the Talented Teams and Beloved Game Franchises of Bethesda to Xbox - Xbox Wire
Critically acclaimed creators of The Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Wolfenstein, DOOM, Dishonored, Quake, Starfield and more join Team Xbox Today is a special day, as we welcome some of the most accomplished studios in the games industry to Xbox. We are thrilled to announce Microsoft has entered into...news.xbox.com
Sounds like it means good things.
Insomniac has like one IP, and a a few games per generation.
This is a totally different scale. Doom and the elder scrolls as platform exclusives is fucking insane. Shows how much Microsoft wants to be a part of the conversation.
In general I dont think its a good sign that even medium sized publishers are slowly being eaten by the platform holders. That cant be a good thing in the long term.
Well, they didn't say "same platforms"
Why Microsoft Is the Perfect Fit
Today we announced we’re joining the Microsoft family...bethesda.net
So there will probably still be multi-platform games.
The possible exclusivity isn't a positive but these companies know what they are doing and it works.
Besthesda Game Studios own games didn't need the financial backing of Microsoft but for smaller studios like Arkane that had games that underperformed this can only mean good things i think.
Besthesda Game Studios own games didn't need the financial backing of Microsoft but for smaller studios like Arkane that had games that underperformed this can only mean good things i think.
Those two are bigger, no doubt about it. The rest... It could be up there, though it's true that Capcom has become too dependent on Resident Evil and MH for a while: there's a giant gulf between these two franchises and the rest of software they put out.
But yes, it's a baseless thought after all. Personally, I haven't paid more than 20€ for a Bethesda game in a decade, so I don't care much one way or the other (though the news is obviosly important for the market).
The Games will still come to PlayStation, confirmed by Todd Howard.
Todd Howard On Joining Xbox
I have had the pleasure of working with, and partnering with, many of the best gaming and tech companies in the world. But our longest, and closest partner during my career, has been Microsoft.t.co
That's not what that says. He could be saying that in regards to console vs phone vs pc
Just casually buy Bethesda like that huh? What's next, Nintendo buy Sega and Sony buy Capcom?
Oh my God...this is HUGE! This WAY bigger than if they had bought WB Games like was speculated awhile back. This is completely fucking bonkers! Why don't they just buy EA while they're at it?! Jesus Christ!
Was ZeniMax bleeding for cash or something? Because 7.5 billion seems low for such a large organization...
Was ZeniMax bleeding for cash or something? Because 7.5 billion seems low for such a large organization...
Based on how MS handle their acquired studios so far, I don't think they'll turn an established franchise or an already revealed games into an exclusive. But who knows.
Y'all are out of your fuckin minds if you think they'll be releasing their future Bethesda games on PS. They still want to sell their consoles. The only possible way would be exclusively through Gamepass on PlayStation and the chance of Gamepass on PS is slim.
something something ... met with great applause.
At least its being consolidated with someone that offer gamepass lol.
7.5 billion dollars. I can't get over how massive that is. Microsoft must be forecasting huge growth in gaming over the next decade
Instead of 7.5B going into funding news games and studios, 7.5B went to investors, and the net outcome might be locking 10s of millions of gamers out of games they expected to be able to play.
Xbox is the place to be now for (Western) RPG's.
Let's not get crazy now :-P
I'm shocked to my core. Opened Twitter while waiting for a game of Warzone to start, had to drop out and read stuff. Wow. Wooooow.
Now that's an acquisition!! Impressive moves by Microsoft and knowing how they not playing platforms exclusive i think its great.
Okay that's pretty huge.
It'll only bother me if there's a Dishonored 3 and/or TEW 3 though (seeing as I wasn't planning on getting an Xbox anytime soon, and have no money for a gaming Pc).
It'll only bother me if there's a Dishonored 3 and/or TEW 3 though (seeing as I wasn't planning on getting an Xbox anytime soon, and have no money for a gaming Pc).
I don't think Elder Scrolls 6 or Starfield are launching any time soon lol, but I agree with the general sentiment.
This move makes Microsoft far more competitive, and I don't think that's a bad thing (just as I don't get the anti-consumer complaints about timed exclusives either). All it means is more people will have to save up for a gaming PC or Microsoft console.
Ultimately, Sony being too dominant is a negative, and them charging £70 a game whilst Microsoft is releasing games like Starfield and Elder Scrolls 6 on Game Pass for £15 a month or whatever, has surely got to light a fire under their ass or prevent complacency.
Competition is healthy for us consumers at the end of the day.
You're missing the point. Ignoring the fact that Sony helped fund street fighter, it will wasn't accessible to anyone on Xbox. That's the key point. Just because Capcom is a 3rd party company now, the point is it's possible they could end up 1st in the future. That's what I and several others have been saying.
I guess you'd be fine with a game/IP that has been traditionally accessible to all platforms, possibly only available to just one. So possibly no more DOOM on Playstation or Nintendo platforms.
That is correct.
When MS first announced they acquired Ninja Theory, Double Fine, and Obsidian, I was frustrated with that news. I know a lot of people who aren't fans of Xbox, some not fans of PlayStation, but at least they had 3rd games from their favorite companies. One of my "associates" hates Obsidian now, despite being fans of the company for as long as I can remember because Xbox owns them.
Being perfectly clear and I may be in the minority, I like 3rd party companies remaining independent, with the exception of being acquired is the only way to keep them afloat. Games for everyone and all that.
As someone who will buy a Ps5 next november and has no interest in Series X/S... it feels to me far more anti-consumer a studio acquisition by a company that will likely release the games only on a system compared to a company that will release them on 2 systems (Xbox and PC), will offer them in a subscription system instead of selling them for fucking 80€ and is open to port them so the Switch or even Ps5. But maybe it's just me lol.
I forgot to say, pc, xbox, and heck even via streaming with Xcloud
At the bare minimum, it will be easier to get in with the xbox ecosystem (examples: gp is cheap, and you can start for $1, a android phone or tablet, and ur good to go with streaming, if you have a pc, you are good to go, if you have to buy an xbox, theres a cheap $299 console, you can also pay it monthly with all access etc).
if this was a sony exclusive/acqusition, the only way you would play it would be to own their PS5, plain and simple
The big knock on MS recently is that they have no AAA games to call their own. If you think they just spent 7.5Bn to make money on playstation games you're smoking crack.
