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Phil Spencer: Bethesda Will be critical for XBOX's future

Xeonidus

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Yeah, makes sense. They want people on gamepass. This can be a key piece to that. As a PlayStation and PC gamer this makes me happy. I'm covered for all my wants. With very low investment too. Waiting towards the end of the gen when I have a decent PC to get a couple of months of gamepass and blow through all the Xbox Studios games I'm interested in lol.
 

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Remark said:
Thats where I'm at.

They've been dancing around a lot in interviews since the deal isn't finalized yet but Phil definitely has big plans for Bethesda.
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He won me over. I was going to get only a PS5 for next gen but the moment the Bethesda news was announced it was over, I got an XSX as well (and I love it).
 

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Excited to see what Tango and Arkane will do next. Hopefully they can continue making single-player games.
 

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Hmm I guess no Doom 6 and such on PS5. A shame but oh well. I made my peace with it.

If I do get a PC before the next Doom I will buy it if not then I guess I will wait until one day I can play it.
 
Altair

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I mean yea. It's like people have to keep being told that MS didn't pay 7.5 billion to put games on their competitors platforms. You don't boost your platform if you don't have anything to entice people to it in the first place.
 
JigglesBunny

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Alright, "they won't make big franchises exclusive" gang to the left, "Elder Scrolls VI is Xbox exclusive" gang to the right.
 
whoamiifnotwhoiam

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Bethesda games going all to the Gamepass [or at least, it's what i'm thinking will happen] will be massive. They have such an important library of games. Plus, all Bethesda releases day one on GP... Truly a steal.
 
Okii

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I'm excited, Bethesda has some great studios (Arkane, id, Machine Games, etc.), with the backing of Microsoft I can imagine they will go wild. Bigger budget could be really help some of them I think.
 
Nameless

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The big guns aren't coming to Playstation as long as they're driving subs & hardware for Microsoft. That might mean a year or two, or indefinitely.
 

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A platform holder buying an entire publisher is still the grossest bit of "money-hatting" I think we've ever had in this industry.

Whether this works out for good or ill for Bethesda only time will tell though I guess.
 
Soliloquy of a Dogge

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Looking forward to seeing what's in the pipeline for Bethesda going forward.

A lot of exciting potential and legendary IP's that anybody would be thrilled to have under their umbrella.

Wolfman said:
A platform holder buying an entire publisher is still the grossest bit of "money-hatting" I think we've ever had in this industry.

Whether this works out for good or ill for Bethesda only time will tell though I guess.
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Bethesda was shopping themselves to buyers.

This is only "gross" to you because who Bethesda chose to go with.
 
christocolus

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of course they will, that's why they spent $7.5B acquiring them. I just want to see what Machine Games and Id Soft can do with MS full support.
 
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Altair

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Wolfman said:
A platform holder buying an entire publisher is still the grossest bit of "money-hatting" I think we've ever had in this industry.

Whether this works out for good or ill for Bethesda only time will tell though I guess.
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This wasn't a hostile takeover. Zenimax was looking to sell. Besides, this isn't the first time this has happened in the industry. Sony did it back in the 90s when they acquired Psygnosis.
 
IzzyRX

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Wolfman said:
A platform holder buying an entire publisher is still the grossest bit of "money-hatting" I think we've ever had in this industry.

Whether this works out for good or ill for Bethesda only time will tell though I guess.
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Bestheda was looking to sell. They made their choice and let's not pretend that this is something new in the industry.
 
bsigg

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Wolfman said:
A platform holder buying an entire publisher is still the grossest bit of "money-hatting" I think we've ever had in this industry.

Whether this works out for good or ill for Bethesda only time will tell though I guess.
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So who would you prefer bought Zenimax? Because they were selling, it was only a matter of time.
 
evrythngwastakn

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Wolfman said:
A platform holder buying an entire publisher is still the grossest bit of "money-hatting" I think we've ever had in this industry.

Whether this works out for good or ill for Bethesda only time will tell though I guess.
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people crapping on you but I kind of agree. Soon it'll be amazon buying EA and Google buying Take 2 and Apple buying Ubisoft (lol okay maybe not that far). And you'll sub to 7 services to play what you want.
 
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