Why Microsoft Is the Perfect Fit
Today we announced we’re joining the Microsoft family...
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I guess the acquisition doesn't mean, that all the IPs become Xbox exclusives then.
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Bethesda: "We’re still working on the same games we were yesterday [...] and those games will be published by us"
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I guess the acquisition doesn't mean, that all the IPs become Xbox exclusives then.
I wonder if those games will be the last ones, though? Ones that they've probably already had platform agreements/advertising deals with and after that point it'll be Xbox/PC only or if they're gonna let them ride out however they want still.
I honestly think they will stay multiplat but will be in game pass day 1.
Absolutely free to publish them 24 months after the Xbox release onto Gamepass in whatever fashion they see fit.
All games being worked on now will be finished on all the platforms they were already working on.
Xbox has already done this before. Doesn't mean new games that start development after today will come to any platform except Xbox and PC though
Xbox has already done this before. Doesn't mean new games that start development after today will come to any platform except Xbox and PC though
Oh shut up, Bethesda. We all know the second your "contractual obligations" are fulfilled you're never gonna put out a single game on Playstation. Don't try to damage control.
Yeah they will do some smaller exclusives I imagine 100%, maybe dishonoured?
But biggies will be multiplayer with probs a MS Advantage such as gamepass.
They will release whatever they MUST on PS (already announced to release there basically) and then it's over. Let's be honest.
This is very wishful thinking on your part. Once the games already announced for other platforms are done ( which MS is good about honoring), they have zero obligation to put them out on other platforms. Time will tell.
Man I didn't think I was gonna have to add the prospect of never playing a new DOOM game to my list of 2020 worries yet here we are. Fuck.
Todd Howard On Joining Xbox
I have had the pleasure of working with, and partnering with, many of the best gaming and tech companies in the world. But our longest, and closest partner during my career, has been Microsoft.
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We really don't know. Minecraft didn't stop . So that remains to be seen
I mean it was obvious that they were at least going to finish up the titles they already have in development. It would be a complete waste to scrap Playstation versions of nearly completed games.
We'll have to see what happens with their next games. They're not gonna change platforms for their current games just like all of Microsoft's past acquisitions. What matters is what they make after they're bought.
Todd Howard On Joining Xbox
I have had the pleasure of working with, and partnering with, many of the best gaming and tech companies in the world. But our longest, and closest partner during my career, has been Microsoft.
hmmmmmmm
Good news for PlayStation / Nintendo console players, if Bethesda are self publishing they can choose whatever platforms they want.
Still a great purchase for Microsoft even without the exclusivity. They're a profitable business, and it's more games on Game Pass.
Still a great purchase for Microsoft even without the exclusivity. They're a profitable business, and it's more games on Game Pass.
cant wait for new vegas 2 :D .. i know its coming in future for sure.
oh it's coming... but you won't be playing it on a PC or console 👀
Yep, 100% this. Microsoft is not in the business of locking everyone out of games that have always been multi-platform. Especially someone like Bethesda where EVERYONE plays their games.
I agree. If they just wanted Bethesda games on GP (which they already are so it would just be for day 1) they would have paid a lot less money. Once Deathloop etc are out I wouldn't expect them to be on other systems unless it makes sense (Minecraft is insanely popular, Switch works for certain games)
That is exactly Xbox's messaging now.
Xbox, PC and Cloud. Doesn't matter where you play.
Everything with an announced platform will probably still going to said platforms but I'd imagine everything else is now Xbox exclusive.
Probably happy they can make Fallout great again for lack of better terms.
yea same games, they just won't come out on certain consoles lol. Anyway joking aside, we'll see what happens I guess.Why Microsoft Is the Perfect Fit
Today we announced we’re joining the Microsoft family...
I guess the acquisition doesn't mean, that all the IPs become Xbox exclusives then.
I presume this is referring to Deathloop and Ghostwire? Ie, games that are already announced to be coming elsewhere via Bethesda?
Similar to how Wasteland 3 still came to everything and is technically not an Xbox Game Studios game despite XGS buying the devs halfway through development.
Similar to how Wasteland 3 still came to everything and is technically not an Xbox Game Studios game despite XGS buying the devs halfway through development.
It will be funny to see big XBOX logo's in sony marketing for those games though :)
basically this.
But it is good to avoid backlash, even if it doesn't mean much in the end
New Vegas Remake as an Xbox/PC exclusive would be nice.
Thought about it and wouldn't it be good?
No pressure to be Bethesda 2.0 and they can do their own thing and even get help or help each other.
I doubt these studios hate each other because they make similar games unless I am missing some stuff.
Thought about it and wouldn't it be good?
No pressure to be Bethesda 2.0 and they can do their own thing and even get help or help each other.
I doubt these studios hate each other because they make similar games unless I am missing some stuff.