Microsoft acquires Zenimax Entertainment for $7.5 billion

[Steve-French]

That hasn’t been announced in the slightest. We’ve already been over this.

I guess it wasn't officially announced, but that's not an announcement that they are ever going to make as Phil Spencer hates the whole console war narrative.

The breakdown of the exchange is that Kotaku asked Spencer if they could still recoup a $7.5 billion investment with huge games like Elder Scrolls VI that are not sold on PlayStation, which will no doubt move 100M+ units this coming generation.

Spencer replied point blank, “Yes,” before elaborating:

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.”

So what does that actually mean? What Spencer is saying without saying it outright is that yes, big games like Elder Scrolls VI and Starfield and whatever Bethesda makes next outside of existing deals in place like with Deathloop will likely be Xbox exclusive

 

[Dizzy]

I guess it wasn't officially announced, but that's not an announcement that they are ever going to make as Phil Spencer hates the whole console war narrative.

The breakdown of the exchange is that Kotaku asked Spencer if they could still recoup a $7.5 billion investment with huge games like Elder Scrolls VI that are not sold on PlayStation, which will no doubt move 100M+ units this coming generation.

Spencer replied point blank, “Yes,” before elaborating:

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.”

So what does that actually mean? What Spencer is saying without saying it outright is that yes, big games like Elder Scrolls VI and Starfield and whatever Bethesda makes next outside of existing deals in place like with Deathloop will likely be Xbox exclusive

Can we? Yes

Will we? Who fucking knows because they won’t give a clear answer.

 

[method115]

Can we? Yes

Will we? Who fucking knows because they won’t give a clear answer.

This is the clearest answers I've heard so far. This one gets ignored by everyone though.

https://www.polygon.com/2020/9/21/2...sive-ps5-switch-xbox-pc-microsoft-acquisition

 

[Dizzy]

This is the clearest answers I've heard so far. This one gets ignored by everyone though.

https://www.polygon.com/2020/9/21/2...sive-ps5-switch-xbox-pc-microsoft-acquisition

Yup, which says they're going to be open to cross platform releases. Literally all that new article said was that Spencer doesn't feel they need to put titles on other platforms for the acquisition to be financially viable.

 

[jerzey devil]

This really doesn’t matter to people who plan on getting an Xbox or playing their games on pc. Or people who plan on buying multiple consoles. The only people it matters to are people who like their games but will refuse to buy an Xbox or build a pc which really doesn’t make any sense. If you like something then find a way to play it.

Everything we’ve seen points to Xbox being worth $500. If you really like PlayStation then get one at launch and then get an Xbox when they release a game you like. Or build a pc but the cheaper option for multiple consoles would be Xbox and PlayStation.

 

[Dizzy]

This really doesn’t matter to people who plan on getting an Xbox or playing their games on pc. Or people who plan on buying multiple consoles. The only people it matters to are people who like their games but will refuse to buy an Xbox or build a pc which really doesn’t make any sense. If you like something then find a way to play it.

Everything we’ve seen points to Xbox being worth $500. If you really like PlayStation then get one at launch and then get an Xbox when they release a game you like. Or build a pc but the cheaper option for multiple consoles would be Xbox and PlayStation.

That's my plan. PS5 now, PC or XBSX later.

 

[Mike]

Guess they finally fixed their exclusives problem

 

[jerzey devil]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ga...ures-an-overhauled-bethesda-animation-system/

Whenever Starfield releases, it'll have a brand new animation system from Bethesda Game Studios.

The news comes from some eagle-eyed LinkedIn users, who spotted that Bethesda animator Eric Braun briefly wrote about the game on his page (via ResetEra). Under his 'Experience' section, Braun is listed as a Senior Programmer for Bethesda in Maryland, where he "rewrote animation system for Starfield from scratch."

If you're a little tired of looking at the same animations in Bethesda games in general, from the likes of Skyrim, Fallout 4, and Fallout 76, then this is certainly welcome news. You might recall how, in September, Bethesda's Todd Howard revealed that the studio was "overhauling" its game engine for both Starfield and The Elder Scrolls 6. Combining a new animation system with a new game engine certainly sounds promising for Bethesda's space-faring RPG.

 

[Mike]

This really doesn’t matter to people who plan on getting an Xbox or playing their games on pc. Or people who plan on buying multiple consoles. The only people it matters to are people who like their games but will refuse to buy an Xbox or build a pc which really doesn’t make any sense. If you like something then find a way to play it.

Everything we’ve seen points to Xbox being worth $500. If you really like PlayStation then get one at launch and then get an Xbox when they release a game you like. Or build a pc but the cheaper option for multiple consoles would be Xbox and PlayStation.

Um there are literally millions of people that mainly game on console and only plan to buy one.

 

[LuchaBear]

 

[jerzey devil]

Um there are literally millions of people that mainly game on console and only plan to buy one.

Then they’re shit out of luck.

 

[Mike]

Then they’re shit out of luck.

Yes.....exactly. Which is why it's an announcement people care about. Contrary to what you initially said.

 

[method115]

Then they’re shit out of luck.

God I remember being one of these people. Having to beg my parents to buy me a console (which only worked twice NES and Sega). Being so poor I had to take my used games to gamestop just to buy some new game I wanted. Thank god those days are behind me. I go PC and PS since PC gives me the option to emulate a lot of shit so I get a lot more gaming. Zelda BOTW on my PC was amazing.

 

[jerzey devil]

Yes.....exactly. Which is why it's an announcement people care about. Contrary to what you initially said.

I said the only people who it will matter to are the people who refuse to buy an Xbox or gaming pc. If someone likes Bethesda games they should probably consider getting an Xbox or pc over a PlayStation or Nintendo.

 

[Mike]

I said the only people who it will matter to are the people who refuse to buy an Xbox or gaming pc. If someone likes Bethesda games they should probably consider getting an Xbox or pc over a PlayStation or Nintendo.

I mean sure.... now lol.

 

[jerzey devil]

God I remember being one of these people. Having to beg my parents to buy me a console (which only worked twice NES and Sega). Being so poor I had to take my used games to gamestop just to buy some new game I wanted. Thank god those days are behind me. I go PC and PS since PC gives me the option to emulate a lot of shit so I get a lot more gaming. Zelda BOTW on my PC was amazing.

Yeah my parents got me a Sega Master System when all of my friends had NES. At the time I was upset but my dad said I can play the Nintendo at my friends and I’d come home and be able to play Sega and he was right.

When I was old enough I just bought all of them so I don’t miss anything.

 

[method115]

Yeah my parents got me a Sega Master System when all of my friends had NES. At the time I was upset but my dad said I can play the Nintendo at my friends and I’d come hone and be able to play Sega and he was right.

When I was old enough I just bought all of them so I don’t miss anything.

My dad said something similar to me once. I wanted a playstation cause my cousin had one. He just looked at me and said "then go spend more time with your cousin". He was right though I would be at my cousins for like 5 hours a day. Really didn't need my own playstation.

 

[Law Talkin’ Guy]

My dad said something similar to me once. I wanted a playstation cause my cousin had one. He just looked at me and said "then go spend more time with your cousin". He was right though I would be at my cousins for like 5 hours a day. Really didn't need my own playstation.

I remember in junior high going over to a buddy’s house that lived three doors down so we could play PlayStation. Played lots of Twisted Metal I remember. I have no doubt that if he didn’t have a PlayStation I probably wouldn’t have been over there nearly as often.

 

[method115]

I remember in junior high going over to a buddy’s house that lived three doors down so we could play PlayStation. Played lots of Twisted Metal I remember. I have no doubt that if he didn’t have a PlayStation I probably wouldn’t have been over there nearly as often.

Yep I was very fortunate cause my cousin pretty much had all the systems at that time. Not only did he have them all he had extra consoles in his closet as well. Not sure what his older brother was into but it was some illegal shit. He came home once and found out it was my mothers bday. He opened his trunk and it was filled with VCR players. He gave my mom one for free. He later got deported and is no longer allowed back into the country.

Another time the sega saturn got fucked up somehow and stopped working. So he just went into the closet and got a new one out. His older brother got pissed about that though and blamed us for fucking it up.

 

[Law Talkin’ Guy]

Yep I was very fortunate cause my cousin pretty much had all the systems at that time. Not only did he have them all he had extra consoles in his closet as well. Not sure what his older brother was into but it was some illegal shit. He came home once and found out it was my mothers bday. He opened his trunk and it was filled with VCR players. He gave my mom one for free. He later got deported and is no longer allowed back into the country.

Another time the sega saturn got fucked up somehow and stopped working. So he just went into the closet and got a new one out. His older brother got pissed about that though and blamed us for fucking it up.

Lol, was he highjacking trucks full of electronics?

This isn’t your cousin is it?

Where did he get deported to?