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Microsoft acquires Zenimax Entertainment for $7.5 billion

People forget that Microsoft tried to acquire Valve. Earlier today when i read the news this still did shock me. Means Microsoft took the Tencent/Sony partnership seriously.
 
w00t said:
Pretty ballsy purchase, but there's no way TES6 and Fallout still won't end up Playstation.
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At worst, it will end being released on the Playstation a year from the PC and Xbox release
 
Seen a lot of comments online about the implications of Bethesda, Obsidian and InXile all being under one roof and people exclaiming that it’s like “getting the band back together” for the original fallout developers from the 90s. But that’s a bit presumptuous. I mean if those guys actually wanted to work together they could have at any point, nothing was stopping guys from Obsidian or InXile from going to work at Bethesda or vice versa. Like maybe these guys had a falling out along the way that’s not that publicized.

This is like saying if after the Zenimax purchase of Id software back in the day they had also bought Ion Storm and then people were excited to see the possibility of John Carmack and John Romero working together again without considering the fact that they hate each other.
 
GearSolidMetal said:
Damn... never predicted this.

The only counter move Sony could make is to buy out all of Konami's gaming licenses.

Otherwise, along with all of the other buyouts of developers by Microsoft, they will have an advantage over Sony this console generation.
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Don’t be surprised if MS's "magic touch" kills these games.
 
X-box Team: we just acquired Bethesda
Playstation 5 Team: Don't be scared, homie.
 
Dizzy said:
Yeah, pretty interesting to see how many people are assuming all these huge franchises are suddenly exclusive to Microsoft.
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It's pretty interesting to assume that Microsoft can do whatever the fuck they want in terms of exclusivity.. as they now own the IP's.
 
Steve-French said:
Don't act like Playstation hasn't done it. They made EA's MLB the show a Playstation exclusive and there hasn't been a AAA baseball title on the Xbox or PC since the Xbox One has been out.
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Are you thinking of another game by any chance? MLB/ MLB The Show has been a PS exclusive (until next years version) since the first version in '98 and its always been made by a Sony Developer, firstly Sony Interactive Studios America then Sony San Diego when that studio was created.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MLB:_The_Show
 
Microsoft should've just not announced the acquisition, and had Todd Howard show up to an xbox conference to break the news and announce Starfield as an exclusive. That would've been the biggest mic drop in gaming history.
 
Yanno with all the tiny bullshit Sony pulled last gen, I hope Xbox dicks them down.
 
When you realize the big Bethesda games aren’t coming out till 2022-2023 anyways
 
rumors floating round that Zenimax isn't the only purchase that will be announced this week
 
Deadwing88 said:
It's pretty interesting to assume that Microsoft can do whatever the fuck they want in terms of exclusivity.. as they now own the IP's.
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Not when Bethesda has maintained publishing rights for their franchises. They’re coming to PS5.
 
adam199 said:
Microsoft should've just not announced the acquisition, and had Todd Howard show up to an xbox conference to break the news and announce Starfield as an exclusive. That would've been the biggest mic drop in gaming history.
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How would that have been a huge mic drop? A lot of people, myself included, have never even heard of Starfield. Is that the game that’s suspected of being a scam that’s raised like $300 million from Kickstarter or whatever and has been in development for like 10 years?
 
TheWorm said:
How would that have been a huge mic drop? A lot of people, myself included, have never even heard of Starfield. Is that the game that’s suspected of being a scam that’s raised like $300 million from Kickstarter or whatever and has been in development for like 10 years?
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No thats Star Citizen
 
Dizzy said:
Not when Bethesda has maintained publishing rights for their franchises. They’re coming to PS5.
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To be decided on a "Case by case basis".. at the end of the day, Microsoft have the final say to what platform these IP's release on.
 
rikwebb said:
rumors floating round that Zenimax isn't the only purchase that will be announced this week
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