Minecraft was already on other platforms. Minecraft Dungeons, however, got a multiplat release.
They'll honour existing contracts, then all bets are off.
Gaming Microsoft buys Zenimax | 9th March: Bethesda games officially joins Microsoft. Unlucky Afro.
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They'll honour existing contracts, then all bets are off.
There's a reason they released the news the day before Xbox pre-orders open. They're hoping for the reactionaries to cancel PS5 and go for Xbox.
It will be similar to Obsidian. They made Outer worlds on PS as they were obliged to. But after that all their games are Xbox or PC only.
Be interested to see if they get Obsidian working on Fallout. And whether it impacts Avowed.
Nothing is coming exclusively to Xbox any time soon so I’d be surprised if many people switched from PS5 to Xbox on the basis of this news.
If some of these games go exclusive in the future though then I’m 99% sure to pick up an Xbox in the future.
That should be coming. These sort of takeovers have been planned for months. Crazy how MS now have quite a few RPG games after having zero.
Absolutely no coincidence this was announced the day before the new Xbox's go on sale. This will 100% shift a ton of consoles this generation if those franchises are exclusive.
See I do think after reading windows central we see TES 6, Starcraft and maybe Fallout 5 will be on PS but Fallout New Vargas 2 will be a Xbox exclusive.
And I assume all back catalogue will be coming to gamepass, so will benefit almost immediately (fingers crossed)
I bet whoever has been involved with setting this up is sitting back with their hands behind their head cackling right now
Yeah Fallout is a big title for sure, Doom is no small matter either. But Skyrim is one of the biggest sellers in history, there’s only a handful of bigger IPs out there. In terms of single platform IPs, I’d guess there’s only the mario and Zelda games that have sold more. So if TES goes single platform, that’s huge.
Microsoft boardroom be like: So which products do we want to ruin this quarter ?
That's a liver punch to Playstation.
I've only ever had Playstations since PS1 and if this has given me a conundrum on which to get you can be sure it's done the same to others. I wasn't getting it at launch anyway so I get to wait a while and see how it plays out.
I've only ever had Playstations since PS1 and if this has given me a conundrum on which to get you can be sure it's done the same to others. I wasn't getting it at launch anyway so I get to wait a while and see how it plays out.
@esmufc07 is upset. He can’t go around saying Xbox has no games or bring up Craig.
There is no way they will go XBOX only - PC versions are a certainty.
Feels good to know these guys are really gonna make the most of that extra power
Its understandable, bless him. He was already struggling for a leg to stand on. Now they’ve greased up the floor.
Nah, Elder Scrolls is the only game I would definitely pick up an Xbox for and we both know a new Elder Scrolls will probably not be released til 2036
We have an Xbox v PlayStation thread for this kind of talk, Vivs.
Until there's actually games I want to play then I won't buy an Xbox. But in the future I could see myself getting one to play a new TES I guess.
It's huge for Gamepass. As I've been saying, it's clear they're trying to bolster gamepass with third party licences and great value to get people bought in and prop up the platform. The focus will be to build first party exclusives and lock people in with their version of netflix originals.
This does that. Adding the back catalogue of these studios will be a nice start, but with the roster of first-party studios they now have, I can see Gamepass becoming massive - regardless of Xbox, PC or streaming to phone/smart tv/stick - whatever.
This does that. Adding the back catalogue of these studios will be a nice start, but with the roster of first-party studios they now have, I can see Gamepass becoming massive - regardless of Xbox, PC or streaming to phone/smart tv/stick - whatever.
I love Fallout (obviously) and only have an Xbox. Grand.
It'll be at least a couple of years before this acquisition really makes an impact. Obsidian was bought by Microsoft in 2018 and they've yet to release a "Microsoft exclusive" since then as the Outer Worlds had an existing publishing contract. The big hitters (Elder Scrolls VI, a new Fallout, Starfield) are still very much in a "wait and see" stage, no new Doom or Wolfenstein game is even rumoured to be on the horizon as far as I know. So those who definitely wanted a PS5 at launch shouldn't change their minds about it.
It's a huge long-term play from Microsoft though. As others have said, this could elevate Gamepass quite a bit.
But aren’t they already losing money with Gamepass? Surely there comes a point when something has to give because you surely can’t keep absorbing the costs of big budget titles like Elder Scrolls and €8bn acquisitions of game studios through Gamepass alone?
When I said to somebody yesterday that xbox still haven't done enough to convince people to buy in at launch, i was told 'maybe we can before tuesday'...
Looking forward to elvis posting variations of this in multiple playstation threads in the coming week
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For MS?
Yeah this is where I stand with it. No need to rush and buy an Xbox just yet, but certainly looking more tempting going forward. Be interested to see if and how Sony respond.
Phil Spencer was saying in an interview not long ago that they need to be careful not to confuse consumers by having Xbox games on other platforms and that there'd be less collaboration than before (inc like Banjo in Smash Bros)
They want exclusives for game pass. It's not about selling xbox consoles (it is in the short term, as they can then convert you into gamepass but that's the long term...)
I reckon a lot of people in here who would claim to never buy an xbox will end up with a Gamepass sub in 5 years time that they stream to their smart TV or whatever else in order to play these games.
They want exclusives for game pass. It's not about selling xbox consoles (it is in the short term, as they can then convert you into gamepass but that's the long term...)
I reckon a lot of people in here who would claim to never buy an xbox will end up with a Gamepass sub in 5 years time that they stream to their smart TV or whatever else in order to play these games.
Netflix lost money at the start too. It’s a long term game for them. One of the biggest problem with MS has been a lack of variation in their games. Now they have all these games, Ori, Obsidian games, Halo, Gears, Forza, Fable and plenty more.
Now all they need to do is buy a big Japanese studio. Fromsoftware would piss a lot of Sony fans.
Can they respond? They just don't have the cash to play with do they.
Playstation will still go strong, and when they eventually move to focussing on a subscription (it will happen) then they'll still likely be market leader globally just through loyalty and back cat.
Yeah.
Netflix are still losing money, right? Amazon still don't turn a profit. It's all just reinvested to get revenue growth / numbers up.
Recent Bethesda games weren’t that great until modded heavily; I’d never buy the next TES or Fallout on console.
They haven’t quite gone the way of Bioware yet, but Bethesda has lost some of their luster.
They haven’t quite gone the way of Bioware yet, but Bethesda has lost some of their luster.
Sony will buy more studios. But it won’t be the scale of this. Someone like Bluepoint would be a good acquisition.
I don’t think they need to respond anyway.
Ultimately this is just going to be shit for the consumer, as usual.
Yeah and Netflix over the years for me has got better because the shows made by them are the ones I want to watch. They stopped relying on third party too much. They needed to step up as too many sub services were coming and they needed their own produced content.
This is the long term plan for MS too. Drop one big hitter on game pass every few months or even month.