| Microsoft (MSFT) on Monday announced plans to acquire video game giant Bethesda’s parent company ZeniMax Media, one of the world’s most important gaming firms, for a whopping $7.5 billion. The publisher of franchises ranging from “The Elder Scrolls” and “Doom” to “Wolfenstein” and “Fallout,” ZeniMax’s titles are some of the most storied in the industry. To say that Microsoft’s latest acquisition is a coup for the gaming powerhouse is an understatement. It not only adds 8 new studios to the company’s empire, bringing the total to 23, but, more importantly, ensures that ZeniMax’s titles will appear on Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass subscription service the same day they hit the market. Titles from third-party developers often don’t make it to Game Pass until months after their initial release. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-bethesda-deal-plan-to-crush-sony-192035782.html oh shit goodbye Quake and Doom? ye maybe not really - Obama lol |
Korishi said: Sony needs to buy Konami This. It's not so much for the studio itself but if Sony has access to Konami IPs, like MGS, Silent Hill, Castlevania, they can do some really great things with it. On topic: I believe I read that some Bethesda franchises will be available to all platforms but that will be decided on case by case basis. I think it's reasonable to expect their biggest games like TES, Starfield and Fallout to be on Playstation too (maybe not necessarily at launch, like with PC and Xbox) but in regards to their other franchises, I think they will be Xbox/PC only. It's also known that Sony will be doing aggressive exclusivity deals next gen too. They apparently approached literally all of the developers (Bethesda included) and they got a lot of time-exclusivity or exclusive content deals. I do think though that most of Sony's deals will be with their usual partners, like Rockstar, maybe From Software. |
| I always played bethesda games on PC so it doesn't matter Korishi said: SteelBallGyro said: This. It's not so much for the studio itself but if Sony has access to Konami IPs, like MGS, Silent Hill, Castlevania, they can do some really great things with it. its more of a meme lol but would be nice if Konami were forced to do cool things again. Sony could probably just do nothing and still be fine while Microsoft keeps having to react to stay relevant. Nintendo still the gold standard here. I miss good konami games. Just as I miss good bethesda games now that I think about it. |
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| Hopefully, the games won't be exclusive to Xbox cause right now I can't have both. |
| Yeah, no. Not after the last 2 years that Bethesda has had. |
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| So what your saying is Fallout 5 might not be on PS5 or PS4? PC money saved up just incase. |
SteelBallGyro said: [...] It's also known that Sony will be doing aggressive exclusivity deals next gen too. [...] Aye, easily visible with the mess that is Marvel's Avengers, LMAO |
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| Funny how people now think Sony is the underdog when in reality Microsoft just barely managed to level the playing field with its Zenimax purchase... |
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| imagine bethesda titles, but not buggy because it was developed by competent microsoft devs. if its going to be anything like what microsoft did with minecraft bedrock edition, then consider me optimistic. |
| Hell Yeah, dude! |
| I'm just curious to know what's going to happen with Deathloop. Since it was a timed exclusive for PS5 and published by Bethesda is it going to lose the timed exclusive status. Or since the developer is Arkane Studios will Microsoft essentially own a publisher for a competitors exclusive product for a few months but not be able to use it on the XSeX or Windows. |
| This is one of the biggest gaming acquistions in recent memory. What Microsoft did here is more than just acquire the parent studio Zenimax. From that purchase, they're going to get access to all of their acquired IPs, game engines, their past/present/future games to Game Pass, and seriously bring leverge to the Xbox ecosystem. I heard that their future games will be based on "case by case" basis but I wouldn't be surprised if a game like Starfield ended up being a console exclusive. I'm still getting the PS5 though but somewhere down the line, I may be getting an Xbox Series S given how affordable it is. |
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GamerDLM said: Microsoft said they'll honor the deal since it was done before they bought Bethesda. So Deathloop and Ghostwire: Tokyo are still PS5 exclusives. (at least for a limited time i guess)I'm just curious to know what's going to happen with Deathloop. Since it was a timed exclusive for PS5 and published by Bethesda is it going to lose the timed exclusive status. Or since the developer is Arkane Studios will Microsoft essentially own a publisher for a competitors exclusive product for a few months but not be able to use it on the XSeX or Windows. |
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| Honestly it feels like Microsoft treats the game studios under them waaaay better than Bethesda currently does. Bethesda has become a mess right now. So it may actually become a pretty good thing on the long run, we'll have to see. As for the titles not being available on Sony platforms after this... Sorry to not feel sorry, I play on PC anyway, and titles on Microsoft console usually get released on PC relatively easily. Can't say the same for titles first developed for Sony consoles. |
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| as far as my opinion on console wars Nintendo's already won in my opinion. they literally have the shin megami series SteelBallGyro said: Korishi said: Sony needs to buy Konami This. It's not so much for the studio itself but if Sony has access to Konami IPs, like MGS, e. honestly some one needs to buy the Azure dream IP form Konami it's a very good game that i feel was ahead of it's time. |
| "among monsters and humans, there are only two types. Those who undergo suffering and spread it to others. And those who undergo suffering and avoid giving it to others." -Alice “Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty.” David Hume “Evil is created when someone gives up on someone else. It appears when everyone gives up on someone as a lost cause and removes their path to salvation. Once they are cut off from everyone else, they become evil.” -Othinus  |
| So, I've never owned a PlayStation, but it seems like Sony is going more for exclusivity while Xbox has Game Pass and Nintendo has...portability? I mean, to me, the PlayStation seems like a closed ecosystem. Last I heard, they don't even have cross-platform play. No wonder Sony is getting left in the dust. |
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| Sony lost all of my goodwill with their undisclosed censorship policies and double standards; If Microsoft announces exclusivity of all Bethesda games I would begin playing the world's smallest violin. The only possible issue that I have are possible delays in PC releases however Microsoft has been oddly nice to PC players lately. |
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| All in all this buyout is a good thing imo. Microsoft has done away with "console exclusive" stuff, so you'll still be able to play these on PC if you don't have an Xbox This gives Xbox owners some big titles to look forward to, and also thickens up Gamepass lineup Also with all this money Bethesda got, as well as Microsoft on their side we may finally get some more polished games from them! Even if you don't have or want an Xbox you can still play them on PC so nothing will be lost methinks. Nek0 said: So, I've never owned a PlayStation, but it seems like Sony is going more for exclusivity while Xbox has Game Pass and Nintendo has...portability? I mean, to me, the PlayStation seems like a closed ecosystem. Last I heard, they don't even have cross-platform play. No wonder Sony is getting left in the dust. I'd argue Nintendo has the real exclusives. Sony has some big hits but nothing Xbox OR Sony has comes anywhere close to Mario, Donkey Kong, Pokemon, Zelda etc etc |
TwinBee20Sep 28, 2020 2:22 PM
SteelBallGyro said: Yea the only thing you'll get is pro evolution soccer... Konami is assKorishi said: Sony needs to buy Konami This. It's not so much for the studio itself but if Sony has access to Konami IPs, like MGS, Silent Hill, Castlevania, they can do some really great things with it. On topic: I believe I read that some Bethesda franchises will be available to all platforms but that will be decided on case by case basis. I think it's reasonable to expect their biggest games like TES, Starfield and Fallout to be on Playstation too (maybe not necessarily at launch, like with PC and Xbox) but in regards to their other franchises, I think they will be Xbox/PC only. It's also known that Sony will be doing aggressive exclusivity deals next gen too. They apparently approached literally all of the developers (Bethesda included) and they got a lot of time-exclusivity or exclusive content deals. I do think though that most of Sony's deals will be with their usual partners, like Rockstar, maybe From Software. |
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