Starhawk Posted September 21, 2020 Report Share Posted September 21, 2020 https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2020/09/21/welcoming-bethesda-to-the-xbox-family/?ocid=Parterships_soc_omc_xbo_tw_Video_buy_9.21.1 Huge news! NickC, Angry the Clown and Magness 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boogieman Posted September 21, 2020 Report Share Posted September 21, 2020 😳wow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romier S Posted September 21, 2020 Report Share Posted September 21, 2020 Wow, indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry the Clown Posted September 21, 2020 Report Share Posted September 21, 2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romier S Posted September 21, 2020 Report Share Posted September 21, 2020 They paid 7.5 billion for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry the Clown Posted September 21, 2020 Report Share Posted September 21, 2020 Closing that acquisition the the day before Xbox pre-orders go live is devilishly shrewd. Starhawk and Kranix 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romier S Posted September 21, 2020 Report Share Posted September 21, 2020 I also wouldn’t make the assumption that Bethesda is now 100% exclusive now. We need to hear a lot more about the fallout of this including how autonomous Bethesda will be. Adjusted the thread title accordingly. Starhawk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldorado Posted September 21, 2020 Report Share Posted September 21, 2020 Enjoy your new MS family @dogbert. Did you know this was coming? dogbert 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starhawk Posted September 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2020 5 minutes ago, Romier S said: I also wouldn’t make the assumption that Bethesda is now 100% exclusive now. We need to hear a lot more about the fallout of this including how autonomous Bethesda will be. Adjusted the thread title accordingly. Good point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry the Clown Posted September 21, 2020 Report Share Posted September 21, 2020 Imagine the sales pitch MS have in saying people will have nothing more to pay than the cost of a Game Pass sub for the next elder scrolls on day one. Eldorado 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starhawk Posted September 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2020 10 minutes ago, Romier S said: I also wouldn’t make the assumption that Bethesda is now 100% exclusive now. We need to hear a lot more about the fallout of this including how autonomous Bethesda will be. Adjusted the thread title accordingly. They are still publishing their own titles so that may be the case. Quote But the key point is we’re still Bethesda. We’re still working on the same games we were yesterday, made by the same studios we’ve worked with for years, and those games will be published by us. So why the change? Because it allows us to make even better games going forward. Microsoft is an incredible partner and offers access to resources that will make us a better publisher and developer. We believe that means better games for you to play. Simply put - we believe that change is an important part of getting better. We believe in pushing ourselves to be better. To innovate. To grow. https://bethesda.net/en/article/1iLtcvwY6Nb1GeKADyDUEX/why-microsoft-is-the-perfect-fit Angry the Clown 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry the Clown Posted September 21, 2020 Report Share Posted September 21, 2020 Honestly that would be better for MS I'd have thought. MASSIVE win for Game Pass on Xbox and PC, but no sense losing extra revenue by cutting off other platforms from Doom, Elder Scrolls...etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldorado Posted September 21, 2020 Report Share Posted September 21, 2020 So what's MS getting for the 7.5 billion? If they aren't exclusive that seems like a lot just to put it on GP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romier S Posted September 21, 2020 Report Share Posted September 21, 2020 I’ve no doubt some games will be made exclusive - if not 100%, then timed on Game Pass but yes, cutting out the revenue from multi-platform publishing would not be a smart business move when you spend 7.5 billion on a publisher. We’re not just talking a game developer or set of studios here. MS gets a cut of every sale for the games they sell now. Which is why I made the point to wait before making assumptions. Angry the Clown 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHiL Posted September 21, 2020 Report Share Posted September 21, 2020 Crazy news. Cannot wait to hear all the details on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry the Clown Posted September 21, 2020 Report Share Posted September 21, 2020 It certainly does feed into my outlook that the SeriesX will very much be my third party platform of choice in future though, with the Playstation taking on more Nintendo like value for its self published exclusives and larger base of Japanese games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFo Posted September 21, 2020 Report Share Posted September 21, 2020 HOLY FUCK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry the Clown Posted September 21, 2020 Report Share Posted September 21, 2020 JFo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foogledricks Posted September 21, 2020 Report Share Posted September 21, 2020 Been looking for an excuse to go Microsoft. Seriously, been deluding myself into thinking it is a good idea. But friggin MS owns friggin Doom, Skyrim, Fallout, Starfield, and dishonored ... hard for me not to start thinking that Microsoft is a good bet now. Especially with Last of US, Spiderman, and Horizon on the PS4. Once I get my fill of those games, I can walk into the next-gen sunset with MS. That is until Bloodborne 2 comes out. Then I don't know what will happen. I wonder if MS has any more acquisitions up their sleeve? Larian Studios is something I would think they'd want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlbertA Posted September 21, 2020 Report Share Posted September 21, 2020 Magness 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyN Posted September 21, 2020 Report Share Posted September 21, 2020 They want to grow gamepass they are gonna need more studios to pump out content. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry the Clown Posted September 21, 2020 Report Share Posted September 21, 2020 7 minutes ago, foogledricks said: That is until Bloodborne 2 comes out. Then I don't know what will happen. Microsoft will buy From Software. That's what. JoeyN 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyN Posted September 21, 2020 Report Share Posted September 21, 2020 Microsofts cash on hand even after the buy is an estimated 129 billion 😆. They have the money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFo Posted September 21, 2020 Report Share Posted September 21, 2020 It's funny — I was just rewatching the excellent episode of Podcast Unlocked with Phil Spencer, Peter Moore, and Shamus Blackley about the history of the Xbox brand. During the episode, Moore recalls the anxiety he felt leading up to the business review meeting he had with then-CEO Steve Ballmer to explain the Red Ring of Death and how much money they would need to fix it. Total cost: $1.15 billion. Don't get me wrong; that's still a lot of money, but it's small potatoes compared to this deal. Hell, it's not even half of what they spent to acquire Minecraft ($2.5 billion). This, along with the announcement of EA Play being added to Game Pass, is a huge win for Microsoft. Even if Bethesda's games don't become exclusive, the fact that they are on Game Pass gives players a huge incentive to get an Xbox Series X/S and subscribe to the service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romier S Posted September 21, 2020 Report Share Posted September 21, 2020 34 minutes ago, Angry the Clown said: Microsoft will buy From Software. That's what. Yay just what we need. A console manufacturer becoming Disney. What could go wrong.... Also, that wouldn't matter anyways since much like Demon's Souls, Sony owns the Bloodborne IP. AlbertA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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