Microsoft acquires Zenimax Entertainment for $7.5 billion

[LuchaBear]

Still multiplat?

Fair point. I loved Skyrim but the next Elder Scrolls is still so far away. Liked Fallout 4 but Fallout 76 has been a disaster. Dont really for any of their other developers stuff. Still planning on getting a PS5 but if TES6 and Starfield end up being MS exclusives I will have to pick up an Xbox.

"Case by case basis."

 

[Deadwing88]

 

[Mau]

I just went through Dishonored 2, Wolfenstein New Colossus, Wolfenstein Youngblood this year and started playing New Vegas two weeks ago. I guess I like Bethesda too.

Youngblood was different but I ended up liking it. Wouldn't mind a second one in that style.

They make great FPS single players. The best in the industry imo.

 

[Hitman81]

"Case by case basis."

Gotcha, still trying to understand this as the info rolls in. Seems crazy to make TES exclusive.

 

[Dizzy]

LOL, you're so mad.

I’m fine, I maintain a healthy balance of gaming and life and I buy Bethesda games once every few years or so.

 

[HereticBD]

Gotcha, still trying to understand this as the info rolls in. Seems crazy to make TES exclusive.

There's likely going to be a lot of timed exclusives. Although, I wonder if they could use this as leverage to get Sony to share a bit of their stuff.

 

[HereticBD]

I’m fine

Clearly, you are not. You've been spazzing out this whole thread. You are obviously highly distressed by this news.

 

[GearSolidMetal]

This isn’t EA

Um.... are you old enough to remember Rare?

Bought by Microsoft in the early 2000s and everything they released since has been shit.

Perhaps with the exception of the Killer Instinct remake.

 

[Dizzy]

Clearly, you are not. You've been spazzing out this whole thread. You are obviously highly distressed by this news.

No, I’ve called @Madmick out for his obvious hypocrisy and fanboyism. I’ve kept a good level of discourse with anyone else who’s not trying to troll.

“10 more minutes, hun!”

 

[Madmick]

Appreciate the concession.

Mimicry is the sincerest form of flattery!

Zenimax is part of Microsoft's "in-house" Xbox Game Studios, now. Wiki was already updated over an hour ago. Literally the exact same thing as SIE's acquisitions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_Game_Studios#Subsidiaries

 

[HereticBD]

No, I’ve called @Madmick out for his obvious hypocrisy and fanboyism. I’ve kept a good level of discourse with anyone else who’s not trying to troll.

“10 more minutes, hun!”

You accusing anyone of "fanboyism" is beyond hilarious.

 

[Madmick]

Clearly, you are not. You've been spazzing out this whole thread. You are obviously highly distressed by this news.

Watching this meltdown is turning 2020 around for me.

This might be the high point of the year for me.

 

[Dizzy]

Mimicry is the sincerest form of flattery!

Zenimax is part of Microsoft's in-house "Xbox Game Studios", now. Wiki was already updated over an hour ago. Literally the exact same thing as SIE's acquisitions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_Game_Studios#Subsidiaries

Concessions have been noted in the Sports Bar for years, try hard.

Buying a small developer and giving them the tools to create quality first party games for you is very different than acquiring one of the largest publishers in gaming that has always been multiplat is not good for the industry.

Microsoft is the team that can’t draft so they make huge FA acquisitions. Sony is the team that stays relevant year after year through smart drafting and signings and is always in title contention.

Again, you know it, just way too stubborn to admit it.

 

[Winston Wolf]

H o l y

S h i t.

This has got to be the biggest acquisition in the last couple of decades, right?

 

[Madmick]

Concessions have been noted in the Sports Bar for years, try hard.

Buying a small developer and giving them the tools to create quality first party games for you is very different than acquiring one of the largest publishers in gaming that has always been multiplat is not good for the industry.

Microsoft is the team that can’t draft so they make huge FA acquisitions. Sony is the team that stays relevant year after year through smart drafting and signings and is always in title contention.

Again, you know it, just way too stubborn to admit it.

Me right now:

 

[Dizzy]

You accusing anyone of "fanboyism" is beyond hilarious.

I would know one, right? You can see the cracks in the objectivity. It only takes something like this for the walls to come down.

 

[Dizzy]

Me right now:

Ok

 

[Zazen]

Here's a list of games Sony hasn't shared even with the PC-- let alone the Xbox. Why do we keep giving this giant corporation a pass on their scum practices??

• Astro's Playroom (SIE)
• Demon's Souls (SIE)
• Gran Turismo 7 (SIE)
• Horizon Forbidden West (SIE)
• Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales (SIE)
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (SIE)
• Returnal (SIE)
• Sackboy: A Big Adventure (SIE)

/end sarcasm

Microsoft is worth over a trillion dollars, Sony doesn't even come close to touching that. Sony has gone on record admitting that they would fail financially with what Microsoft is doing. Having exclusives is what keeps them afloat.

 

[Madmick]

We neutral observers were trying to tell you guys Phil Spencer was not fucking around. This motherfucker is serious about bringing it.

 

[Strychnine]

Whatever happened to Fallout 76? Did anyone end up liking it? Lol

Once I saw that there wasn't going to be NPC's in it, I was like "Nahhhh... Pass on this one." Glad I did too!