Microsoft acquires Zenimax Entertainment for $7.5 billion

[Lovestorm]

Fallout in space confirmed.

"Another satelite needs our help..."

 

[mixmastermo]

More leaks..

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Why do these "mature" games use the color gray so much? With all this power we have now why pick the most boring color ever.

It's a goddamn videogame.. you can create your own world.. use your imagination guys.

I was going to possibly try one of the dark souls games cuz I hear so much about them but I was put off by the blandness

 

[Deadwing88]

@LuchaBear there it is..

 

[Madmick]

@LuchaBear there it is..

Not a formal declaration, but good enough to function as an unofficial confirmation that Zenimax IP will be exclusive to these platforms and services (i.e. Windows PCs, Xbox consoles, and Android; Microsoft has been trying to bring Project xCloud support to iOS so gamers on iPhones and iPads could use Game Pass to play these games, but Apple is blocking them from its platform).

 

[Dizzy]

So more noncommittal speak. If they were exclusive he’d say so.

“Whatever that means.” Lol

 

[LuchaBear]

Microsoft is also bringing XCloud to Smart TVs, PC and even the Xbox One. Letting the competition have their big titles is only going against their goal of getting as many as possible to sign up to Game Pass. It's not just about consoles anymore..

Anyone who still believes that the short term profits of selling games on the PS5 is more important than their Game Pass goal is just not thinking straight.

 

[Deadwing88]

So more noncommittal speak. If they were exclusive he’d say so.

“Whatever that means.” Lol

"I don't have to go ship games on any platform other than the platforms we support in order to make the deal work for us.."

In essence confirming Spencer has the final say on all decisions made by Zenimax/Bethesda from now on.. which refutes your previous speculation that Bethesda would retain complete independent rights to publishing or what platforms they release their in house IP's.

 

[Dizzy]

"I don't have to go ship games on any platform other than the platforms we support in order to make the deal work for us.."

In essence confirming Spencer has the final say on all decisions made by Zenimax/Bethesda from now on.. which refutes your previous speculation that Bethesda would retain complete independent rights to publishing or what platforms they release their in house IP's.

“We want more people to play games, not fewer.”

Noncommittal, still the same.

 

[Deadwing88]

“We want more people to play games, not fewer.”

Noncommittal, still the same.

We want more people to play games.. yep.

i.e Xbox ecosystem, PC, Xcloud..

Microsoft have been using this PR speak for months.. "more people" is a direct nod to XCloud which will eventually be able to be played on many, many different devices.

 

[Dizzy]

We want more people to play games.. yep.

i.e Xbox ecosystem, PC, Xcloud..

Microsoft have been using this PR speak for months.. "more people" is a direct nod to XCloud which will eventually be able to be played on many, many different devices.

If they were exclusive to their “ecosystem” they’d say it.

Seriously that simple lol.

 

[Deadwing88]

If they were exclusive to their “ecosystem” they’d say it.

Seriously that simple lol.

He has literally said in that article that he doesn't need to ship games to anything other than platforms they support..

I wasn't aware that Microsoft support Playstation.

 

[Dizzy]

He has literally said in that article that he doesn't need to ship games to anything other than platforms they support..

I wasn't aware that Microsoft support Playstation.

Doesn’t need to, doesn’t want to are different.

If they were exclusive they’d say so. It’s literally that easy.

 

[LuchaBear]

We want more people to play games.. yep.

i.e Xbox ecosystem, PC, Xcloud..

Microsoft have been using this PR speak for months.. "more people" is a direct nod to XCloud which will eventually be able to be played on many, many different devices.

He feels the need to be a clown over this because of that so called "victory lap" he was creating in his head. Eventually he's just gonna say it's no big deal because he'll buy the console one day but that's not going to take back all this clown behavior going on from this console war bullshit.

 

[jojoRed]

This is classic PR. Non-committal answers to keep the conversation ongoing for that free marketing. 'Will they/Won't they'....blah blah blah. Its obvious Bethesda IP moving forward will be exclusive to the Xbox/Microsoft ecosystem.

 

[method115]

I don’t like this statement either. Why doesn’t he just say it? He has literally said everything but the exact thing people are looking for him to say. On top of that we already know all games won’t be exclusive they said it would be a case by case basis. At this point no one knows what’s going to happen and everyone is just guessing.

I’ll say what I’ve said before. MS has been great at communicating everything this gen. They make the second biggest purchase in gaming history and suddenly they won’t outright say everything is exclusive? I remain skeptical until they make it official.

Either way game pass works great with playnite so that’s most likely how I’ll be playing their games anyways.

 

[The Clark]

This is classic PR. Non-committal answers to keep the conversation ongoing for that free marketing. 'Will they/Won't they'....blah blah blah. Its obvious Bethesda IP moving forward will be exclusive to the Xbox/Microsoft ecosystem.

I am not so sure about that. Like someone else brought up earlier, by that same logic, Minecraft would be Xbox exclusive. Instead, it's on every platform imaginable, and it just appeared in Smash Bros, one of Nintendo's biggest titles. Even the Minecraft Dungeons spinoff isn't Microsoft exclusive. Some games might end up exclusive, but I think, if anything, it's more likely we'll see bonus content/DLC or timed exclusivity for Xbox. We'll see. It's definitely going to be interesting.

 

[The Clark]

I’ll say what I’ve said before. MS has been great at communicating everything this gen. They make the second biggest purchase in gaming history and suddenly they won’t outright say everything is exclusive? I remain skeptical until they make it official.

I think one possibility is that they CAN'T say anything concrete for legal reasons. The purchase hasn't even gone through yet, right?

 

[method115]

I think one possibility is that they CAN'T say anything concrete for legal reasons. The purchase hasn't even gone through yet, right?

I guess that’s a possible reason but then why not just say that? Just say we will announce the exclusive aspects of all this once it’s all finalized. I guess they could be trying to play some PR game but it would just make a bigger impact IMO to completely remove all hope from ps5 gamers right before the consoles launch.

 

[LuchaBear]

I don't like it either but it's a strategy for them not to outright say they're exclusives at this time. Now people are talking about Game Pass on PS5 and Switch (lol) and when questioned about the possibility, he responds that's up to them to answer.. Sony/Nintendo are going to be the ones to shut that possibility down.

Then it's official and they take less heat from it while getting more people to talk about G.P.

 

[Dizzy]

He feels the need to be a clown over this because of that so called "victory lap" he was creating in his head. Eventually he's just gonna say it's no big deal because he'll buy the console one day but that's not going to take back all this clown behavior going on from this console war bullshit.