There you go. Big Bethesda games are very likely to become Xbox ecosystem exclusive.
Microsoft is all-in for Game Pass (and everything related to cloud), and releasing big games on a platform that doesn't allow it just doesn't make much sense. The "console war" has changed already. Keeping them exclusive to their ecosystem will be a big selling point for the service.
PS only users might have to get used to the idea of not playing Bethesda games... or consider buying an Xbox/PC (+GamePass preferably)
Microsoft is all-in for Game Pass (and everything related to cloud), and releasing big games on a platform that doesn't allow it just doesn't make much sense. The "console war" has changed already. Keeping them exclusive to their ecosystem will be a big selling point for the service.
PS only users might have to get used to the idea of not playing Bethesda games... or consider buying an Xbox/PC (+GamePass preferably)
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Elder Scrolls and Fallout games have usually always been PC buys for me. So I'm not too worried. It's all about the mods!
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Lets wait and see,i'm curious what will happen in the end.To keep them on their system only,im not that sure how it will be a selling point tho....The selling point for Ms is gamepass,that its subs wont need to pay for the games,when others will.Not sure why Ms would not do that,when they got nothing to lose,and will earn millions of profit from other systems.So lets wait 
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Probably for the same reasons the don't release - aside from Minecraft - any of their exclusives on PS =)
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I know that you think they wont but dont be surprised if they do Im very curious to see what they will do in the end.Also their strategy changed...its not the same anymore.
Btw this is what Phil said.So take it as you like;
“Is it possible to recoup a $7.5 billion investment if you don’t sell Elder Scrolls VI on the PlayStation?” I asked.
“Yes,” Spencer quickly replied.
Then he paused.
“I don’t want to be flip about that,” he added. “This deal was not done to take games away from another player base like that. Nowhere in the documentation that we put together was: ‘How do we keep other players from playing these games?’ We want more people to be able to play games, not fewer people to be able to go play games. But I’ll also say in the model—I’m just answering directly the question that you had—when I think about where people are going to be playing and the number of devices that we had, and we have xCloud and PC and Game Pass and our console base, I don’t have to go ship those games on any other platform other than the platforms that we support in order to kind of make the deal work for us. Whatever that means.”
Im very curious to see what they will do in the end.Also their strategy changed...its not the same anymore.Btw this is what Phil said.So take it as you like;
“Is it possible to recoup a $7.5 billion investment if you don’t sell Elder Scrolls VI on the PlayStation?” I asked.
“Yes,” Spencer quickly replied.
Then he paused.
“I don’t want to be flip about that,” he added. “This deal was not done to take games away from another player base like that. Nowhere in the documentation that we put together was: ‘How do we keep other players from playing these games?’ We want more people to be able to play games, not fewer people to be able to go play games. But I’ll also say in the model—I’m just answering directly the question that you had—when I think about where people are going to be playing and the number of devices that we had, and we have xCloud and PC and Game Pass and our console base, I don’t have to go ship those games on any other platform other than the platforms that we support in order to kind of make the deal work for us. Whatever that means.”
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There's always hope... and for big games like those, it's understandable. Just don't hold your breath on it.
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NoUseMercenary
Sony needs to have a big acquisition of their own to counteract this.
Right now Microsoft has 23 studios to their only 13, and now arguably their IP portfolio blows Sony's out the water.
I love God of War and Ghost of Tsushima and like Days Gone (and likewise hate Uncharted, ambivalent on Horizon and now soured on The Last of Us after part 2) but that's a meagre line up compared to Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Doom, Dishonored, Gears, Starfield, Halo, Forza, Fable, Killer Instinct etc.
If Sony bought out Capcom or Square Enix that would easily overshadow buying out Zenimax, but I kinda dont trust Sony now to not ruin a Japanese company acquisition.
Ever since they moved their headquarters to California they dont feel like the same Sony I loved during the PS1, PS2 and PS3 eras.
Right now Microsoft has 23 studios to their only 13, and now arguably their IP portfolio blows Sony's out the water.
I love God of War and Ghost of Tsushima and like Days Gone (and likewise hate Uncharted, ambivalent on Horizon and now soured on The Last of Us after part 2) but that's a meagre line up compared to Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Doom, Dishonored, Gears, Starfield, Halo, Forza, Fable, Killer Instinct etc.
If Sony bought out Capcom or Square Enix that would easily overshadow buying out Zenimax, but I kinda dont trust Sony now to not ruin a Japanese company acquisition.
Ever since they moved their headquarters to California they dont feel like the same Sony I loved during the PS1, PS2 and PS3 eras.
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The only thing of comparable worth to TES out in the market atm is the GTA series. As a counter to the loss of TES and Fallout, this would probably be the only viable option. Ubi maybe a distant second. They are publicly listed, and can probably be gotten for less than the value of Zenimax, but they then face the uphill battle of trying to take either one back to being private so they can steer the ship (as the case may be).
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Im in a agreement with that about Sony. Lots of things started with that and things have been changing since Andrew House left. Well for the IP side of things it depends on what MS do with it. I don't like the idea of Microsoft and other companies turning gaming into a subscription service. I hate paying monthly for things .I enjoyed Ghost of Tsushima lots even enjoyed God Of War in ways despite not being a big fan of the series like yourself I enjoyed older Sony IP's.
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Take Two would cost 25-30B at least, and they're in a healthy financial position if I'm not mistaken. Don't think Sony or even Microsoft would spend that much money on a publisher.
Ubi on the other hand is a 20k employee monster. I'd say those 2 are out of question for both, unless they really want to take the risk.
Ubi on the other hand is a 20k employee monster. I'd say those 2 are out of question for both, unless they really want to take the risk.
Take Two would cost 25-30B at least, and they're in a healthy financial position if I'm not mistaken. Don't think Sony or even Microsoft would spend that much money on a publisher.
Ubi on the other hand is a 20k employee monster. I'd say those 2 are out of question for both, unless they really want to take the risk.
Ubi on the other hand is a 20k employee monster. I'd say those 2 are out of question for both, unless they really want to take the risk.
