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[TaylorSwiftFan]

Holy shit, this is massive. That’s one way to outsell Sony.

 

[quest]

Personally would have preferred if Microsoft acquired a big Japanese developer like Capcom.

Would definitely have made a huge difference in Japan.

They won't sell to Microsoft they would just sell to Sony. No big Japanese studio is selling to Microsoft cultural thing.

 

[Neko Mimi Mode]

Agnostic2020 post if you're ok

 

[Bolivar687]

Shameless.

Utterly shameless.

 

[Bodomism]

@CatLady and @Bernkastel win.

Deservedly so.

 

[Unknown?]

If they don't make these IPs exclusive to the Xbox brand... squandered opportunity. Wonder how they'll pivot.

On the contrary, every Xbox fan has been telling us MS doesn't care where you purchase their games and they don't want exclusives.

 

[Slings and Arrows]

This is fucking awesome.

Did Phil Spencer see my suggestion for an isometric Fallout made by Obsidian? I think he did. And he open his cheque book because it was such a freakingly good idea.

Ohh fucking glory glory. Praise be to Microsoft. Fallout has a future again.

Seriously though this is ace.

A little miffed I may not get a VR ES6 but Its worth it to save Fallout

 

[-Arcadia-]

Say what you will about how rocky Microsoft has been lately. With a purchase like this, they’re in it to win it, and for the long haul.

It’ll be fascinating to see how this works out. Bethesda is in a bit of a downturn, but Elder Scrolls is still a preeminent name in gaming, with lots of scattered IP and developers under that, and I imagine that whatever Microsoft saw of Starfield, had to be impressive enough to continue their confidence in the buy.

 

[ManaByte]

People on Twitter are in total denial. They think Elder Scrolls and Fallout will still go to PS5.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

An impressive move by them. I won't miss out on anything as I game on PC but it's pretty shitty for ps5 only gamers.

 

[TheContact]

I don't think they'll go exclusive just because of how well they sell. MS would make way more money opening it up to every console rather than keeping it restricted to PC/Xbox. However, Bethesda has been on a downward spiral so I hope MS can straighten them out and make the ES/FO games even better.

 

[TLZ]

I have one already, so no reason to play Bethesda on console.



Which, IMHO, sucks balls. And Fallout too. I understand that there are people who love them, but I never managed to digest them.



As long as they are on PCs, they are not really exclusive. Isn't that what was said about Bloodborn and other games being release on PS5 and PC?

Well, I have no interest in PC gaming, so these games are still exclusives to me.

 

[SoUncivilized12]

If they make these games exclusive, the backlash will be insane.

 

[Sultan711]

That's the only one avowed, fable ect are not going to the PS5. This is the bargaining stage of grief. This is for the Microsoft has no exclusives crowd. Probably forced by halo and money hat Ryan

If they actually made all these franchises exclusive me plus tons of other people would buy the Series S/X but that doesn’t seem like the best financial decision Microsoft can take with ips this big. Although this is an advantage to make all the upcoming games from Bethesda available Day 1 for Gamepass compared to $70 retail for other platforms now that’s a move that would get them a lot of subscribers and profit from selling copies in other platforms as well.

 

[GHG]

Also I fucking told you all this subscription/streaming future would just lead to acquisition wars.

Large 3rd party studios will soon become a thing of the past.

 

[Arachnid]

Holy shit.

'If they make Evil Within 3 console exclusive (or Dishonored 3/Prey 2 for that matter), that's game over for me. I'll get an XSX.

No way in hell Elder Scrolls 6 or Fallout 5 will be exclusive though. No chance.

what happens to Ghostwire Tokyo?

Ghostwire: Tokyo - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

That's a great question. I doubt it'll still be PS5 exclusive at this point.

Tbh it hasn't generated any hype and didn't look too good at all. I'm hoping it gets cancelled and they get straight to work on the next Evil Within.

 

[aliadiere25]

Microsoft buying a declining company for 7.5 billion.

It just works.

 

[Lupin3]

If they make these games exclusive, the backlash will be insane.

From the people who won't be able to buy them anyway.

 

[SoloKingRobert]

I thought the headline was a prank

 

[Calverz]

Can someone post the phil spencer gif as the green lantern using chaingun in celebration of this moment?!

 

[Swift Hunta]

Woah. That definitely wasn’t what I thought was gonna happening today. Hahahaha. Thought there was gonna be a 50$ price decrease. Not a 7.5 billion studio being added. Soooooo does that mean death loop and that Tokyo game will not be exclusive to Sony for a year now hahaha.

 

[Flintty]

Though it was no longer as big as it once was, Halo just went from the biggest first party IP, to not even being in the top 5. It is not even the biggest first party FPS now.

Yup. Doom Guy Vs Master Chief for Xbox mascot. Fight!

 

[BlackProdigy]

Insane lmao I'm speechless

 

[Vandole]

I'm just here for the rage.

 

[-Arcadia-]

Good lort, I didn’t realize they also had Doom.

 

[KiNeMz]

Now you got 7.5 bill to fix your engine.

 

[VN1X]

Does this mean the new Elder Scrolls will be exclusive to XBOX and PC?

 

[Slings and Arrows]

Yay for monopolies!

Only braindead fanboys would celebrate this.

What?

Fallout is now back in the hands of obsidian.

This is the best outcome anyone with a brain could have ever hoped for.

 

[sublimit]

Awesome.

And I thought naysayers said the Xbox division is so broke making no profits they can't get help from the overall MS corporation for funding?

As one guy said "divisions run separate". LOL

Told ya so armchair internet accountants. It's the parent company as a whole that controls the coffers and where funding goes.

Lol of course it's MS who is responsible for Xbox's funding but if you believe that Xbox division has unlimited access to MS's money you're naive AF. Because if that was true they would have bought half the industry by now.
7.5 billions are still peanuts for MS and if Xbox closed shop next day MS wouldn't even blink.

As for the topic,congrats to MS. I never liked any Bethesda game ever personally but obviously this is huge. It will be interesting to see from a business standpoint if they can afford to have all of those IPs exclusive to MS's ecosystem.

 

[Hudo]

imagine id Software working on Halo.

 

[Daffy Duck]

 

[Bojanglez]

So anti-consumer

Seriously though, this is massive. Will save me some money if all these franchises come to Gamepass.

 

[iconmaster]

Wars, and rumors of wars.

 

[Aion002]

Say what you will about how rocky Microsoft has been lately. With a purchase like this, they’re in it to win it, and for the long haul.

It’ll be fascinating to see how this works out. Bethesda is in a bit of a downturn, but Elder Scrolls is still a preeminent name in gaming, with lots of scattered IP and developers under that, and I imagine that whatever Microsoft saw of Starfield, had to be impressive enough to continue their confidence in the buy.

Indeed.


This move from MS makes me start believing on them.

When they bought Ninja Theory I was like: ok.

Now I am: Oh shit! Xbox is in the game.

 

[aliadiere25]

People on Twitter are in total denial. They think Elder Scrolls and Fallout will still go to PS5.

Why wouldn't they? Microsoft is not dumb enough to miss sales from a potential 100m PS5 customers.

 

[Swift Hunta]

what happens to Ghostwire Tokyo?

Ghostwire: Tokyo - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

And Deathloop lol. Microsoft is just gonna take that exclusivity money and put in it in there pockets lol

 

[Bodomism]

Sales Reminder.

Only MK8, BOTW, and Skyrim without digital sales number managed to chart in decade best seller list.

 

[NullZ3r0]

Phil: "Fuck exclusives, we buy publishers."

Xbox is now an RPG powerhouse.

 

[evanft]

Wow.

This may be one of the defining moments of this gen if these games go exclusive to Xbox/PC.

 

[Saber]

The only real loss to me would be Doom. Frankly, the rest is just mediocre and not worth imo.

 

[Griffon]

That's a lot of money, I wonder if it'll be worth it in the long term.
Bethesda wasn't exactly on the rise. Several of their single player games bombed and got sold for dirt cheap very fast.

 

[Bartski]

 

[Rean no Kiseki]

Now you got 7.5 bill to fix your engine.

Doubtful, Bethesda weren't bleeding money so it was never a money issue but a dev issue.

 

[Irobot82]

Now Microsoft will be competing against itself with Avowed from Obsidian and TESVI from Bethesda.

 

[Fart Knight]

Yooooooo wtffff!!!!

 

[Drewpee]

This is a Megaton but the first acquisition where I actually feel bad for Sony fans. Hopefully the games will continue to come to all platforms.

 

[Evangelion Unit-01]

Yup. Doom Guy Vs Master Chief for Xbox mascot. Fight!

Chief needs to get back into the gym.

Good lort, I didn’t realize they also had Doom.

Quake too. A franchise I think could make a proper comeback if handled correctly using a Valorant/Siege delivery model w/ classic arena gameplay on PC.

 

[GHG]

Well done Sony... you ignored me and everything I posted here..... you fucking absolute morons.

Now you lose.

Jim Ryan is disconnected from reality.

Putting old guys like that in charge of gaming divisions is always a bad idea.

Bet he wasn't even privy to this even though he was signing off on deals for deathloop to be a timed exclusive. Literally putting money in the pocket of his competition.

 

[VALCON 82]

7.5 billion!?! Hell the entire gaming industry was worth around 18 billion in 2017! this is crazy on just 1 publisher..

Next will be Sony purchasing 2K and EA as retaliation!

This is might be a BIG step down a dangerous path for the entire industry if Sony follows suite..

 

[cormack12]

People on Twitter are in total denial. They think Elder Scrolls and Fallout will still go to PS5.

I think we have to assume anything not announced is now exclusive to Microsoft consoel family :/