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[Hudo]

Well, Microsoft officially own Shinji Mikami now, haha.

 

[kruis]

I always wonder if these acquisitions really make sense. MS could finance 75 exclusive AAA games, each costing $100 million dollar, for that money. Now they've just got the studios and the IPs. The IPs are valuable but IMO both Fallout and Elder Scrolls are long past their prime. IMO it's a waste of money.

 

[HTK]

Megaton. Content is king, good move MS.

 

[Barry Curtains]

HOLY SHIT!

 

[_Spr_Drnk]

7 billion of that is so Bethesda can develop a decent engine.

 

[manfestival]

Now THIS is a Megaton

 

[xrnzaaas]

Does this mean TES 6 will release sooner than 2030?

 

[Deft Beck]

I'm not the biggest fan of such massive consolidation, but it is amusing to see Microsoft finally own Doom when it was popularized on DOS eons ago.

 

[The Bloody-Nine]

Wow. Didn't see that coming.

 

[Sultan711]

If? You don't spend 8 billion to help Sony. Jim Ryan caused this money hatting everything Microsoft needed content there you go. Great job Jim you get timed exclusives Microsoft got studios.

They did buy Mojang tho for $2.5 Billion, when talking about super big franchises that will sell in all platforms you don’t just miss the majority of the market and make them exclusive to your system. Imagine if Microsoft made Minecraft an exclusive just to sell 10 million more xbox systems that wouldn’t make sense right?

 

[Gamezone]

Does this mean that Playstation won't have Fallout or Elder Scrolls?

 

[Alphagear]

It's more about the IP they own, this is huge.

Yes definitely. Huge fan of Fallout and TES.

Lets just hope they get others to develop these games.

 

[Salmon Snake]

And MS is totally cool with that . Since they own Windows.

Yup.
It makes even more sense to get a PC if Sony publishes more first party games for it.

Also I want to play Witcher 3 with mods.

 

[AltogetherAndrews]

I still expect to see Gamepass on Playstation by the middle of next generation, and this is just strong arm tactics to make it happen sooner.

 

[Gormless Noodle]

Absolute fucking earthquake, but they did need this to really combat Sony. I didn't get any indication the rest of studios they've acquired were really gonna put on over on Sony in any significant way, but this will make them extremely competitive at the very least.

 

[Typhares]

Well if I can play Bethesda games on PC for gamepass price I'm happy. They weren't really console game for me already.

 

[TLZ]

Well Cuphead was just partially funded by MS, it's not the same thing. It's more like Sunset Ovedrive : )

Hmm. Interesting.

 

[Bodomism]

Still hard to believe and I'm very happy with this news.

Minecraft and TES. WOW.

 

[xion4360]

now thats a megaton.

 

[Tripolygon]

I know but that the net worth, it does not say how much they have on hands.

They have 130 billion cash on hand.

 

[R3claimer117]

HOLY SHIT! They’re not fucking around! Their first party just took a major hike! Owning obsidian and Bethesda is like not fair!

 

[tusharngf]

my bet is fallout vegas 2 is coming !!!

 

[Thaedolus]

I didn’t see that shit coming. Glad gamepass PC is a thing

 

[onQ123]

Well that's one way to get some games

 

[LazyParrot]

Looks like Playstation fanboys are gonna miss out on Elder Scrolls 6 in... like 5-7 years?

 

[M1chl]

They have 130 billion cash on hand.

Oh fuck, so it was just a launch money then.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Personally I think all the announced Bethesda games will come to PS. I don't think they'll can them, but you never know.

1. Immediately can them on PS and just do Xbox and PC

2. If development is underway (Deathloop), do a PS game as planned but cut off all new stuff going forward

3. Release games on all platforms as Bethesda does as normal

 

[Vasto]

 

[Elginer]

Holy shit

 

[Birdo]

Holy. Fucking. Shit.

I did not see this coming Megaton of the generation.

 

[Njocky]

Gott im Himmel.

Ich sag's dir.

 

[#Phonepunk#]

LOL oh man this is hilarious. Skyrim 2 is going to be absolute trash.

 

[R3claimer117]

They have 130 billion cash on hand.

They also have 90 billion off shore that they can’t even bring in that they could spend on things.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Don't get me wrong, I personally enjoy a lot of Bethesda's output (I still play FO76, believe it or not), but the internet as a whole has a hate-boner for Bethesda so I'm curious to see how many people are going to flip opinions after this acquisition goes through.

Haha yeah, many fanboyos will flip opinions over these news, but thats only up to them.

Microsoft has probably wanted to own DOOM since Windows 95.

They went as far as this, so yeah, seeing Doom being owned by them is kinda weird. ^^u

 

[FMX]

I doubt that they make these games exclusive. They will still release on PC and Playstation but will be released as part of Gamepass.

 

[Lupin3]

Your move Sony.

Tomorrow: Sony buys PC.

 

[Neko Mimi Mode]

Megaton.

"Xbox has no games" - oops

 

[hemo memo]

Cue all the Sony fanboys who are going to create threads bashing those games and Bethesda.

Yeah Sony PS+ fans are going to enjoy Fallout 4 day 1 on PS5 for free.

 

[Jadsey]

Two companies on the way down

 

[Hudo]

Guys guys guys, obsidian and inxile fallouts without Bethesda engine or writers !!!!! Oh my God

And so they return (kinda).

 

[CeeJay]

More shovelware for Gamepass huh guys? /s

 

[daninthemix]

Does this mean that Playstation won't have Fallout or Elder Scrolls?

Let's hope so.

 

[Kerotan]

Sony will react by buying more devs most likely. Soon there won't be any independent publishers/devs left.

 

[Aggelos]

Wow. Didn't see that coming.

I saw that coming miles away, because I'm blind...

 

[StreetsofBeige]

They also have 90 billion off shore that they can’t even bring in that they could spend on things.

They also make $40 billion per year profit. About $3.5 billion per month profit. So Bethesda cost them about 2 months worth.

 

[Bodomism]

Next TES is going to be massive and might miss out on PS5.

 

[onesvenus]

After the initial reaction I have one big question. Arkhane Studios is part of Bethesda right? so why does Sony have exclusivity with Arkhane over the IP that is coming out at the end of this year? My bet is that they will not get the big titles exclusive

It's a temporal exclusive and I'd say that they will fulfill the agreements made before the purchase

 

[Lone Wolf]

Holy fuck

 

[DJT123]

Oh shit. MS were always going this (nuclear) route. Hence, Sony's moves with 3rd party exclusivity. There's no way MS are reacting to Sony.

 

[martino]

ok it official i still half in denial....
MS just bough them a 10-15M gamepass subscription thank to tes6.