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[njr]

If Fallout and Elder Scrolls are still on PC im ok with this.

 

[geary]

 

[The Pleasure]

Will bethesda finally get ridnof that jank fallout engine and use something good now?

 

[BattleScar]

he clarified it was just Sony's gaming division, not all of Sony.

Which makes it a pretty fucking meaningless comparison.
What's Xbox's annual gross profit? Cause I'm betting its less than half of PlayStation.

The company that bought Bethesda is Microsoft, not Xbox.

 

[nemiroff]

So people are going to pretend they love Bethesda now?

For most people it's like the games (with notable exceptions), hate the management. This is not exactly new news nor twist-worthy.

 

[M1chl]

 

[StreetsofBeige]

If Fallout and Elder Scrolls are still on PC im ok with this.

It will be. And better yet for options, it'll be on GP if you sub it.

 

[PatientGamer]

Microsoft aren't spending $7.5 billion to have Bethesda games appear on PlayStation. Apart from Deathloop/Tokyo Wire and any other existing projects - all future Bethesda games will probably be Xbox/PC exclusive.

Biggest move in gaming history for the last god knows how many years...forever?

I'm not a huge fan of Bethesda's games - always ridden with bugs, but I think Xbox Series S is a definite buy from me now.

 

[Captain Zyrain]

Well, I came.

 

[Katt”BuckNasty”Johnston]

Really haven’t cared for Fallout since New Vegas and I’m not big fan Bethesda jank in general. HOWEVER, what I am excited about is all these Zenimax studios will get to branch out for new IPs since they will have a dedicated publisher as a MGS. Can’t wait for some innovation from those teams.

 

[Gravemind]

This is massive. 23 studios. Some big IPs. Doom, Fallout, Elder Scrolls, Skyrim, Starfield, Wolfenstein. All on gamepass.

Damn. So much for the "no games" and "shovelware gamepass fodder" memes.

 

[Nico_D]

When one company buys another one and games go exclusive, people suddenly go like there's no more games left for the other console and it is huge and something or the other must be doomed.

Good for Microsoft and Xbox gamers.
All the same to me because Bethesda's games are not for me.

I agree though that the whole exclusivity thing is getting out of hand. Seems stupid to me.

 

[Torrent of Pork]

Hoooooooooooooooly shit...

 

[amigastar]

As long as i can play these games on PC still, i don't really care.

 

[Bernkastel]

 

[AV]

Doom isn't a small game, its on every console currently

Smaller games like Doom. Doom's great, but it's a spec of dust on Skyrim's boot in sales terms.

 

[LittleBusters]

When one company buys another one and games go exclusive, people suddenly go like there's no more games left for the other console and it is huge and something or the other must be doomed.

Good for Microsoft and Xbox gamers.
All the same to me because Bethesda's games are not for me.

I agree though that the whole exclusivity thing is getting out of hand. Seems stupid to me.

The real test will be when ES6 arrives in 2021 and if it goes to Playstation 5. I'll believe Phil when that does NOT happen.

 

[xion4360]

So, more than likely, Fallout and Elder Scrolls will remain on Playstation for the big bucks, while smaller games like Wolfenstein, Prey, Doom etc. go MS exclusive.

I would do the opposite...the more attractive IPs exclusive with the smaller ones shared.

 

[nani17]

 

[Sorc3r3r]

Was nice knowing you Bethesda.
Good luck
Ahahaha

 

[Montauk]

Absolutely crazy story.

 

[Dolomite]

These titles Day and date on GP is a bigger deal than locking Sony out imo. Avowed and TES6 for basically free?? Nuts

 

[Aidah]

If you rather quit gaming that buy an xbox or play on PC then you have a problem....those are gaming platforms...and if they have what you want then buying them should be offputting

How do you get that from what I wrote?

 

[Diddy X]

Haha that’s fucking crazy! Contract is contract I guess.

Yeah kind of, Minecraft is still as multiplatform as it gets, MS are not much into the 100% exclusivity thing as they have been feeding 2 platforms since the begining.

 

[spartan30gr]

philip spencer right now

 

[Bernkastel]

 

[AV]

I would do the opposite...the more attractive IPs exclusive with the smaller ones shared.

TES and Fallout, TES especially just sell too much. I don't think you can convince the millions and millions of people who only play TES on Playstation to buy a whole new system, I doubt it'd be worth it in the long run. Make it multiplat but give Xbox owners Game Pass day one and other exclusive benefits.

 

[MH3M3D]

Still outnumbered and outclassed by Sony’s studios. Heres hoping they force them to create a new IP. Theres literally just 1 coming up and God knows when it will be finished.

 

[JCK75]

This is huge, I was already about 55/45 in favor of going X Series (some bigger games closer to launch on PS5 could easily sway me in that direction) but this... now I'm more like 80/20 in favor of X series (well I'll get PS5 later in a lower price)

 

[Discusguy]

Sony been buying up exclusives since they entered gaming. This a a huge bomb laid upon them by MS. As an old Sega fan I can’t lol any harder.

So much for MS not taking gaming seriously.

 

[Airola]

Exclusives are anti-consumer and should die already. All games should by LAW be multi-plat and the console makers can compete on hardware features.

No, it should be the completely opposite. All games should by LAW be exclusive to their platform. We'd finally have the sense of identity back in consoles instead of everything morphing into same gray mess.
Hardware features are so close to each other these days that games in each console will be nearly identical and where's the point in having multiple consoles anymore.

Back in the day the graphics and sound chips were so drastically different that the games were bound to have different audiovisual feel to them even if the game was the "same" for every console. Different music, different colors. Now it's about counting how many lines of pixels the game has and are there any frame drops, or how many seconds it takes to load a scene. And a lot of that is something people can't see by themselves but are counting on Digital Foundry to make a scientific test, and people will then point out some results article and point at the numbers. Boring bullshit.

This is a hot take and a controversial take and I will die on this hill.

 

[Quixz]

The next 5 years of this generation will be interesting!

 

[Alebrije]

War.....war never changes.

 

[SNG32]

Now I’m not really a big fan of Bethesda games but this the type of Acquisition microsoft needs to stay competitive. Well played Microsoft. I highly doubt Sony has an answer for this.

 

[Arun1910]

This is massive. 23 studios. Some big IPs. Doom, Fallout, Elder Scrolls, Skyrim, Starfield, Wolfenstein. All on gamepass.

Damn. So much for the "no games" and "shovelware gamepass fodder" memes.

Well if you can't come up with new first party games, may as well buy a studio that actually produces decent ones.

It's a smart move.

 

[LittleBusters]

Still outnumbered and outclassed by Sony’s studios. Heres hoping they force them to create a new IP. Theres literally just 1 coming up and God knows when it will be finished.

Everwild is the only new IP Microsoft announced so far. Everything else are sequels and even The Initiative is making Perfect Dark remake.

 

[INC]

Guess that means future elder scroll games with be paid mods

 

[Lanrutcon]

Holy. Fucking. Shit.

MS now has TES in their pocket.

The size of the bomb that just dropped is only 50% that of the Doom Slayer's testicles, but I guess MS owns those too now.

 

[FranXico]

Still outnumbered and outclassed by Sony’s studios. Heres hoping they force them to create a new IP. Theres literally just 1 coming up and God knows when it will be finished.

Not any more.

 

[Bernkastel]

Well if you can't come up with new first party games, may as well buy a studio that actually produces decent ones.

It's a smart move.

They made Turn 10, 343i, Coalition and now Initiative from scratch.

 

[LittleBusters]

My larger view on this is Microsoft dropped the ball with first party over a decade ago when they shifted focus to TV, Kinect and Sports. This is them paying a penance price for the Don Mattrick horrible regime. XBox in 2020 is unrecognizable compared to 2013. If you'd told me back then what XGS would be now, I'd have thought that person a lunatic.

 

[INC]

Will bethesda finally get ridnof that jank fallout engine and use something good now?

343 new halo engine

 

[cormack12]

As expected. Its a strange one. I think MS will want gamepass on playstation devices and that will be their bargaining chip. If they don't deal they walk away and I'm now thinking of actually getting a series x ....what is happening.......

 

[lefty1117]

TES and Fallout, TES especially just sell too much. I don't think you can convince the millions and millions of people who only play TES on Playstation to buy a whole new system, I doubt it'd be worth it in the long run. Make it multiplat but give Xbox owners Game Pass day one and other exclusive benefits.

Time exclusive is my guess - 1st year on gamepass, after that port to PS with a crappy company and still charge full price

 

[xion4360]

How do you get that from what I wrote?

guess I read it wrong it, sorry.

 

[Yoda]

I think some people are missing the point of the acquisition. This is clearly to beef up what's available on game pass/streaming, not sell more hardware than Sony. Having these titles available on game pass at launch is extremely expensive on a per title basis if you don't own the studios. As more AAA titles go to game pass, more players go to game pass, Microsoft will get other AAA titles to release on game pass at a much lower rate due to "owning" the audience.

 

[Mozza]

That's not what you guys were saying a few weeks ago when Spiderman comes to the new Avengers game as an exclusive. I wonder why there's a change now?

You guys?, I don't have an issue with either Sony or Microsoft, my main console is the Switch.

 

[Joey.]

WOW! HUGE MOVE BY XBOX.

WILL SONY HAVE A COUNTER? NOT SURE YOU CAN COUNTER THAT.

 

[DJT123]

Sony tried to deprive PC Gamers of Starfield? My reaction to this acquisition news grows warmer

 

[Dolomite]

Anyone who thought differently played themselves. Expect announced PS5 exclusives to honor thier contracts then release on XSX. Case by case, imho means switch pro or a yr later on PS5 for select titles. Day and date on GP though, so I couldn't be happier. We can all eat, just not at the same table