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Microsoft acquires Zenimax/Bethesda
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Andodalf
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Then why would MS, A company beholden to share holders, continue to double down on it? Ya gotta think long
Coolwhhip
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I can't wait for the new Perfect Dark, Banjo Kazooie and DKR on Xbox! -everyone in 2002
So far MS has shown to ruin studios they buy. Not sure why it would be different now.
Jimmyisback
Banned
holy shit. Sleeping giant has awoken.
Where the fuck did you get this idiotic information? They don't even have close to this kind of yearly revenue.
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ChinMitten
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Think Obsidian is pissed? Build a franchise, probably get thrown back on an older series? lol
Halo is Back
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No TES, Starfield, Fallout, and DOOM on PS? That is a huge blow man. I mean good for MS I guess. However, I feel sorry for the Elder Scrolls fans on Playstation.
Mistake
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I can't entirely speak for the xbox series, other then what I've seen, like the Home UI turning into ads everywhere. I never bought their consoles. But on PC, microsoft has shown their colors with windows 10 and all the fuckery that came with it, or other stuff they bought like skype
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nikolino840
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SF Kosmo
Al Jazeera Special Reporter
I never liked Zenimax's leadership, so hopefully this means good things for their output and less petty litigation.
As a PC gamer, this doesn't affect my life too much, but it certainly does tilt the dynamics of the MS/Sony first-party lineups in a much more balanced direction.
Of course MS has a tremendous ability to fuck up their first parties...
As a PC gamer, this doesn't affect my life too much, but it certainly does tilt the dynamics of the MS/Sony first-party lineups in a much more balanced direction.
Of course MS has a tremendous ability to fuck up their first parties...
SpartanN92
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This is only a thought from my ass, but what are the odds this happened if Halo Infinite hadn’t been delayed?
SF Kosmo
Al Jazeera Special Reporter
Stuff like this doesn't happen overnight. I seriously doubt these decisions had anything to do with each other. Except maybe in the very broad sense that MS knows Halo is not the system-seller it used to be.
Daxter32jak
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this Is so crazy I don’t even know what to say honestly
Kagey K
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So, your complaint actually has nothing to do with mod support for Bethesda games then?
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ChinMitten
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Eh, probably not directly related. Obviously, there was likely some sort of indication internally Halo would be delayed but deals like this don't happen over night. Absolutely would give ID the lead on Halo multi-player moving forward, though.
hyperbertha
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I'm all for this. Give Jim Ryan a run for his money. The bastard's been too complacent sitting on the shoulders of giants. He wants to change a successful beloved company to fit his ideal of what a business should look like, at the expense of fans.
I want a highly competitive, exclusive games based console war going forward. Buy as many companies away from Sony as possible. Its only good for sony fans because Jim Ryan will likely drive everything into the ground if he gets a monopoly.
I want a highly competitive, exclusive games based console war going forward. Buy as many companies away from Sony as possible. Its only good for sony fans because Jim Ryan will likely drive everything into the ground if he gets a monopoly.
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
See above tweet where supposedly there were rumblings of this as far back as 2018.
Slings and Arrows
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They screwed up with rare and let bungie go. They've still done amazing things in the past.
Besides, can it get worse than Bethesda? Nahh.
OK here you go....
"Gaming is about entertainment and community and diversion and learning new stories and new perspectives, I find it completely counter to what gaming is about to say that part of that is to lock people away from being able to experience those games. Or to force someone to buy my specific device on the day that I want them to go buy it, in order to partake in what gaming is about. Gaming is bigger than any one device… "
He specifically calls out devices and forcing people to buy certain systems in order to play something.
This flies in the face of that ethos. They could quite easily have just got them on board Game Pass without acquiring them and thus making the titles exclusive and retain the joint "community".
Mistake
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no, it's still a valid complaint given their past history. I just hope I'm proven wrong. Hell, Bethesda themselves started doing that with fallout 76
Night.Ninja
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Ash Sparrow
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In what felt like a slow gaming news year. I really went to sleep and thought I'd dreamed this earlier. Its good for gaming conversation, theres just so many angles.
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SLoWMoTIoN
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If Skyrim is backwards comp the ps4 version will do. Not like Sony let's people mod their games properly like MS does.
Tarin02543
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Will miss doom on my ps5.
wasn't fallout 76 the worst game ever to be released?
wasn't fallout 76 the worst game ever to be released?
Kagoshima_Luke
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Phil walking out of the final acquisition meeting, with signed contract:
Explosive Zombie
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No, it released in a horrific state and missed the point of Fallout... but it's definitely not a bad game, as much as it is a cautionary tale on live service games.
Kev Kev
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Roronoa Zoro
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I wonder what the sales split was for Doom Eternal and other bethesda games this past gen. Seems they'd be cutting out well over half their potential sale base with this move and they've got a lot of sales to do if they're gonna make up 7.5B
hemo memo
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Because Gamepass need to make money and it doesn’t make financial sense for a game as big as ES and Fallout to be exclusive day 1 Gamepass and PC. It’ll never make money and grab subscriptions to be worth it. That’s why they’ll release it on all consoles OR scale it down significantly OR go the MTX route.
Kagey K
Banned
Again taken out of context. In the original interview it’s directly in reference to getting their games on PC, phone and anywhere else that will allow thier services.
Are Xbox Series X developers being held back by Xbox One?
This is part of a series of features with Xbox Game Studios. Check out the teams discuss life as a Microsoft-owned comp…
www.gamesindustry.biz
Perhaps look at the context instead of pulling just one small part of it.
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Smiles and Cries
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dude is a mover and shaker
Halo is Back
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Anything will be better than 343 at this point. I would have pulled the plug on them after MCC and Halo 5
Voost Kain
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I know you're slow but there's a difference between a gap of 3 million from 3 million to 6 million copies, and a gap of 20 to 115 million.
If you're best rebuke is to be dumb then dumb on but you're wrong and don't know the additional costs of multiplatform releases which is why originally they weren't done as often in the past. More expensive now than then.
Voost Kain
Banned
what makes you think you have to wait until 2022? Zenimax and studios under them likely had multiple games in the workings coming out next year.
Voost Kain
Banned
Ignoring Xbox One is first (and only for most) console to bring in mod support for games, to a console.
Yep "bye mod communities" lol wut?
VincentMatts
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Nothing will change. MS wont get involved unless they have to.
Day to day will be the same and Bethesda continue to publish the games. MS are there for funding, technology and of course gamepass.
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Voost Kain
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Lists one studio with a catalog of flops losing money with MS giving them 500 chances and uses that to say they ruin studios?
Explosive Zombie
Banned
why is Dishonored 2 scheduled to vacate Gamepass on Sept. 30th if they own Zenimax/Bethesda?
A.Romero
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There is no way for us to know that. This is pure speculation. However, if you have info to back this up it would be interesting.
This is a huge move. I'm glad Microsoft is taking aggressive steps. This signals that they are not going anywhere.... I wonder what's next.
Riozel
Neo Member
Rare ruined itself, by the time MS bought them they were already falling apart and far from what they were during their golden years.
CatLady
Selfishly plays on Xbox Purr-ies X
What are you talking about. Xbox was the first to embrace mods on console with FO4. It was Sony that held them back/severely limited them on PS4
Slings and Arrows
Banned
PC and xbox users pay for GP sub, and lets be honest, when you buy it, you won't unsubscribe after a month.
PS5 owners by the game full whack, with a massive chunk going to Microsoft.
It's a win/win for MS. Either buy their console and be rewarded with cheap games or stick to Playstation if you prefer it and you can still buy the game as normal. It won't affect Ps5 owners in the slightest.
Think about it. 120 million PS4 owners, why would you leave that money on the table just for the sake of console warrior points?
It's a clever strategy by MS. Be both publisher and console owner.
Mistake
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I’m going off their behavior for pc, I already said that
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