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Interesting move. Hopefully this results in better games - personally, I've been pretty disappointed by a lot of games out of Zenimax as of late, so it'll be interesting to see what this new oversight does for the games.
I also don't think Microsoft will cuff these studios to their platforms. At least at a glance, Microsoft doesn't (and likely won't) have the install-base to make that a viable plan.
I also don't think Microsoft will cuff these studios to their platforms. At least at a glance, Microsoft doesn't (and likely won't) have the install-base to make that a viable plan.
I don't agree at all. You're talking as if MS is a charity here- they could have added games to game pass for a hell of a lot less than buying the studio outright. This is a loss for a ton of gamers should those games be exclusive now.
The way next gen is headed I expect Sony to be one of the last holdouts MS gets.
Nintendo will probably stay independent though.
True but idk if they can make that money back if they're exclusive. Time will tell. How many copies did Skyrim sell on ps3 and PS4? That's got to be a quarter of a billion dollars per major Fallout/E Scrolls release they'd be losing
The funny thing is..there's actually a chance with Microsoft that they very well make the legacy franchises multi-plat. You think Sony would do the same if the shoe was on the other foot? Fuck No they wouldn't
Not really, MS is interested in making money and Bethesda has Elder Scrolls and Fallout, two widely successive series from a financial perspective. I consider it likely that MS will still release the games in Playstation consoles, although the games may be console exclusives for a while first.
Via Proton? Maybe! But you know what I'm saying, on Steam Microsoft is nothing more than another third party publisher with their 30% cut. They don't control the platform.
Exclusive publishers? Nasty, but that is where the market is heading, unfortunately...
You know if The Evil Within 3 wasn't green lit yet, it is now. Exclusive to the Series X|S and PC.
That is probably true, the only part that gives me pause is that $7.5 billion dollars is a very large investment and Microsoft might want to get some multiplatform sales to help defray it, at least in the shorter term.
Agreed. Timed exclusivity at best to sway some of the less patient consumers
This is terrible for fans of all video games because Sony no doubt will have to respond and one of the POSSIBLE responses on the table is cutting off MS from japanese support that could more than make up for everything except Fallout/Elder Scrolls. They wont be able to recover from that so in the end everyone is going to be screwed, just in different ways.
While all of that is true, In an ideal industry we'd have a situation where all third party content was available on Switch, Playstation and Xbox at the same time. Unfortunately that's never going to happen and everyone misses something down the line.
People have got to realise the industry doesn't exist to serve the people who've been in it the longest or have legacy with certain IP, It's all about investment and futureproofing.
I mean the sentence "We should bring that to everyone - regardless of who are, where you live, or what you play on. Regardless of the screen size, the controller, or your ability to even use one."
Really makes it sound like they're going multiplat to me.
I agree, it would be a very weird move.
It's funny because wotta is in this thread pushing that same idea with nothing to prove it. It's 100% speculation based on Todd's statement.
Why would they pay $7 billion dollars to not make their games exclusive to Xbox? Literally makes zero sense.
Yeah I'm sure you're right, I was just throwing things in the air.
I've been at work, I missed this WTF. I thought this was a troll post. 7.5 Billion is fucking staggering. I was sure Bethesda would be independent forever.
Holy shit Microsoft owns DOOM and Fallout now. Crazy times. What a weird year.
If they really wanted to play knifey spoony; Capcom.
Oh my god you might be right... stars have aligned and all that.
Holy shit Microsoft owns DOOM and Fallout now. Crazy times. What a weird year.
If they really wanted to play knifey spoony; Capcom.
Oh my god you might be right... stars have aligned and all that.
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I wonder if this forum's reactions would be different if it were Sony making this acquisition instead of Microsoft.
I'd bet pretty much anything it won't be. It or Starfield now. Xbox or PC or starve.
This statement seems weirdly inclusive so I guess we'll see.
Yup. The realization hasn't kicked in yet for many, but once marketing kicks into high gear many will have the same epiphany. Stlll blown away by this news, like holy fuck.
Same place it was before. Face down in the river floating away.
So you would be happy if they bought more?
You would be happy for others to be driven out by MS using its financial posistion?
One company for gaming?
Be careful what you wish for.