Wow, Somebody else to take on the blame of Failout 76.
And also IMO, Bethesda games like the Elder Scrolls & Fallout run better on Xbox rather than PlayStation.
Do we need 3 launchers now for Bethetic games?
https://news.microsoft.com/features...publisher-bethesda-softworks-for-7-5-billion/
It's not a done deal yet.
It's not a done deal yet.
10 years ago I'd be horrified with this news. Today, I'm not even sure what to think. Bethesda has some of my favourite franchises ever, Elder Scrolls especially but also Fallout. In 29 years playing games (got my first computer when I was 11) I spent more time playing Elder Scrolls, (especially Oblivion and later thousands and thousands of hours of Skyrim - I still play it today) than all other games combined. I remember times of actively avoiding my friends's invitations for drinks or dinner to play Skyrim, and outright ditching my workmates completely on the bar where we used to drink a couple beers after work on the day Dragonborn, an expansion for Skyrim was released. 
However, Bethesda has been on a fast downwards spiral for years, Fallout 4 was already many, many notches below Skyrim, Fallout 76 is a parody, micro-transactions are creeping in further and further and their stance on getting control of mods (which was what made their games truly legendary in the end) to enforce their paid mods store is disgusting.
With another Elder Scrolls in the works, I should feel absolutely thrilled, but in truth I currently wouldn't even care if Bethesda suddenly announced it was closing shop... I had already done all the Elder Scrolls / Fallout "mourning" (together with "mourning" Bioware which used to be another big favorite of mine long ago) and wasn't expecting to ever see a great (or even decent) game of either franchise ever again.
So with that in mind, for me these news can only mean that either Bethesda will keep falling down the crapper, or maybe something might actually change for the better? After all Microsoft has changed a fair bit for the better since the old school / Steve Ballmer era ended... So nothing really to lose, and perhaps a slight hope for better times?.. Most likely Bethesda will just keep going down the crapper, but it's not like it wasn't already happening anyway.
However, Bethesda has been on a fast downwards spiral for years, Fallout 4 was already many, many notches below Skyrim, Fallout 76 is a parody, micro-transactions are creeping in further and further and their stance on getting control of mods (which was what made their games truly legendary in the end) to enforce their paid mods store is disgusting.
With another Elder Scrolls in the works, I should feel absolutely thrilled, but in truth I currently wouldn't even care if Bethesda suddenly announced it was closing shop... I had already done all the Elder Scrolls / Fallout "mourning" (together with "mourning" Bioware which used to be another big favorite of mine long ago) and wasn't expecting to ever see a great (or even decent) game of either franchise ever again.
So with that in mind, for me these news can only mean that either Bethesda will keep falling down the crapper, or maybe something might actually change for the better? After all Microsoft has changed a fair bit for the better since the old school / Steve Ballmer era ended... So nothing really to lose, and perhaps a slight hope for better times?.. Most likely Bethesda will just keep going down the crapper, but it's not like it wasn't already happening anyway.
Wow, the optimism in this thread is overwhelming /s
Dont get me wrong Fallout 4 wasnt as good as New Vegas (what is?) and Fallout 76 was ...erm.... yes...
But why dont we actually wait until Starfield and Elder Scrolls 6 are out before we sound the death knell for Bethesda, hmmm?
More to the point, is there any serious possibility of Doom, Elder Scrolls, etc becoming Xbox and PC exclusive?
Dont get me wrong Fallout 4 wasnt as good as New Vegas (what is?) and Fallout 76 was ...erm.... yes...
But why dont we actually wait until Starfield and Elder Scrolls 6 are out before we sound the death knell for Bethesda, hmmm?
More to the point, is there any serious possibility of Doom, Elder Scrolls, etc becoming Xbox and PC exclusive?
Why would MS deny themselves some extra money from Sony?
Possibly, yes. It's a more strategic decision. More sales is also a viable target. MS talks about addition tlo the XBox Game pass. That might be the thing. They want to promote the pass - they might to decide it will be available nowhere else. Who knows, maybe Steam and Sony may resell XBox passes? Who knows?
To boost xbox sales and their new games service subscriptons? (don't know, just speculating)
I think MS already had a bit of exclusivity round about the time of Elder Scrolls Oblivion, where the Xbox got some extra DLC that the PS3 didn't get.
Yeah, I think having an interesting offer is better than blackmail marketing.
I think the idea of bringing Xbox live, Xbox and PC gaming all under one roof with shared access to hundreds of top tier game titles for free is a great idea. I've had gamepass ultimate for over a year now...the first year was free since they credited my running Xbox live subs to my gamepass ultimate account at the time. The full price gamepass ultimate is £10.99pm...for that 11 quid I cover both my sons and my Xbox live subs plus the entire gamestore content for 2 Xbox's via gamesharing...plus the same for my PC.
Now that Bethesda IP's will be included...as well as Microsoft stating that they're not finished aquiring prominent game studios and are now targeting Asian based game developers (mentioned at the bottom of the linked article)...kinda one in the eye for Sony since that's traditionally been their exclusive territory.
Now that Bethesda IP's will be included...as well as Microsoft stating that they're not finished aquiring prominent game studios and are now targeting Asian based game developers (mentioned at the bottom of the linked article)...kinda one in the eye for Sony since that's traditionally been their exclusive territory.
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