Welcoming the Talented Teams and Beloved Game Franchises of Bethesda to Xbox

[SnowxSakura]

Can they fire todd howard now? pls

[SasquatchSaul]

Fuck Bethesda, losing Arkane titles and Wolfenstein 3 is a big kick in the balls to non-Xbox gamers, akin to Tomb Raiders timed exclusivity back in the day.

 

Its playing to Microsoft’s strength, a dump truck of money, but even their bulk purchases years ago of devs felt dirty to me, this is just completely fucking filthy. Its clear to me that MS has no plans to invest or build any teams, just buy to specification. Ultimately we couldve seen something on this scale eventually, and for me personally if Zenimax games no longer release on PS its just an easy boycott. RIP third party publishers, only a matter of time you’d need to buy a stadia to play Fifa, a Xbox to play Assassins Creed and a PlayStation to play GTA, this coupled with £70 games is just putting me off next generation, I dont want these corpos raw dogging my wallet.

 

 

[MatThaRiPP3R84]

other then doom I don't care at all really, why the fuck would microsoft buy an entire publishing company, waste cash making a console when it's game pass that they care about only to keep everything multiplatform?

[bmg_ps]

1 hour ago, JavaNext said:

This is pretty huge, for me at least, a lot of great series in there, Dishonored, The Evil Within, Prey, Doom, Elder Scrolls, Fallout are all games I enjoyed this past gen. 

I'm surprised so many people here seem so unafected about this, I'm honestly considering getting an Xbox as tertiary console because of this.

 

As a side note, this genaration is getting very slipt up, FF XVI and Spidey on PS5, and now this? Wild.

 

I completly agree with you... I think this is not good for PS5 only players.

But there is no need to buy a Xbox, assuming they will launch every Bethesda game to PC.

Still, I need a new PC ?

[MidnightDragon]

According to this tweet, Ghostwire and Deathloop’s exclusivity will be honored and future titles will be released on other consoles on a game to game basis.
 

https://www.twitter.com/jasonschreier/status/1308062702905044993 
 

There’s still hope, but probably will be a while before we know anything for sure. Still sucks MS feels the only way they can get good exclusives is throwing money around rather than making any effort themselves.

 

 

Edited September 21, 2020 by MidnightDragon

[Xenoblast91]

Does this means that you'll be unable to play digital titles of Bethesda in the future? Have a few and want to play others since a cousin have a couple of them but physical versions. 

 

To clarify: Do they will block your games since now they are company exclusives? 

 

What a huge news to be honest. But let's see how this develops, even Bethesda relied a lot on PS4 to sell their games. The next generation of consoles seems pretty tight.

Edited September 21, 2020 by Xenoblast91

[SnowxSakura]

Just now, Xenoblast91 said:

Does this means that you'll be unable to play digital titles of Bethesda in the future? Have a few and want to play others since a cousin have a couple of them but physical versions. 

 

What a huge news to be honest. But let's see how this develops, even Bethesda relied a lot on PS4 to sell their games. The next generation of consoles seems pretty tight.

Anything that's already available shouldn't be affected by the acquisition

[VigilantCrow]

17 minutes ago, TJ_Solo said:

 

Odd complaints for Bethesda games such as FO, TES, DOOM, and Wolfenstein. 

The games are political? Isn't FO a game based on a nuclear apocalyspe caused by corrupt governments and then remenants of that government is running/re-uniting with even more genocide?

Wolfenstein is about a real political war with a lot of fantasy, what-if going on.

Aren't all games repetitive? The definition of "games" say that a game is something whose rules repeat over and over.

It's like reading Twitter complaints about gaming from people that don't play games and are bitter about everything.

 

Wolfenstein Young Blood was filled with political nonsense. For example; Walk through the town in stealth, and you'll hear the enemies occasionally chatting about the storms being caused by climate change. Fallout 4 is all about politics, it's part of the series. The problem is the obvious pandering, Railroad faction being a prime example.

 

I don't play games? What a fascinating thing to claim, coming from someone who can't even bother playing through their games.

 

[MidnightDragon]

Best case, Starfield and TES 6 come to PS5. Worst case? I’ll get a PC. I’m not getting another XBox again no matter what.

[The_Retro_Maniac]

Xbox boss Phil Spencer has reportedly said Bethesda games will still appear on non-Xbox consoles on a "case-by-case basis."

This will probably mean anything that Sony has a contract with at this time like games that are being made before Microsoft purchased them will come out on Playstation once the contracts are over Microsoft can say fuck off and make them exclusive. If they do that then they are not gonna make anything near that 7.5 Billion they just spent.

[Sikutai]

But the most important Question: What is with the Trophies?

[sepheroithisgod]

I actually don't expect these games to be console exclusives. Instead, I think it will just be they are on the game pass, whereas you need to spend $70 on PS5. These games are very expensive to make and can't work as exclusives.

 

Things could change or M$ is planning to eat losses.

[awf9495]

I love The Elder Scrolls and Fallout. I can wait if new installments end up being timed exclusives or something, but if they do end up being console exclusives, it will probably be what gets me to buy a Series S after skipping an Xbox console for the first time this gen.

[sillyrobo75]

Pretty surprising news, even upsetting to some it seems. I am pretty indifferent about this, mostly because I play games on both pc and ps.

 

I am trying to remember a game series that was multi platform and then suddenly it released on just one console...can't really think of one right now. But I doubt MS will make bethesda games exclusive only to xbox and pc, I imagine they are smarter than that, but I might be proven wrong.

 

Also, Bethesda has done some pretty stupid things lately, a change in owners might be a good thing, ofc if some of the higher ups who made those stupid decisions are gone too.

[Golem25]

I own just one Bethesda game, which ironically I was cleaning up as the news broke; Dishonored. Been ploughing through Dunwall City Trials as best I can, and these awful, awful Trophies made me swear off ever supporting Arkane again. So I'm not particularly impacted by the way.

 

I do feel bad for everyone who does like Bethesda's output and now has to anxiously wait for news about exclusivity!

[MidnightDragon]

Interesting if true.

 

https://www.psu.com/news/rumor-sony-was-recently-negotiating-for-starfield-timed-exclusivity-deal/

 

[Mastersturm]

Some of my favorite games are from Obisidian and from the various Zenimax studios (Doom, Wolfenstein, Prey, Dishonored) and I'm also a huge Elder Scrolls/Fallout fan (despite 76 being pretty rough) so this makes my decision for next gen really tough. My first console was the OG Xbox. I went Xbox -> Xbox 360 -> PS4 after being unimpressed with the Xbox One, but I gotta say I haven't be impressed with Sony the last week and they have a real lack of variety in their exclusives. Way too many 3rd person action/adventure games for my taste. I'll probably end up getting both, but I'm conflicted on which one will be my main platform.

[SnowxSakura]

Maybe they'll finally get rid of that garbage ass gamebryo/creation engine for future fallout/elder scrolls titles

[ziggypossum]

The PlayStation logo has disappeared from the Starfield website, well, that was fast

 

[XXIIlII]

I hope Elder scrolls won't be exclusive. The others are cool too but I won't mind if I won't be able to play them.

[MidnightDragon]

27 minutes ago, ziggypossum said:

The PlayStation logo has disappeared from the Starfield website, well, that was fast

 

There’s no logos on there. What are you talking about?

 

Well, this changes little in the short term, so not necessarily the end of the world. 

[Conker]

As long as the games I have interest in from them still come to Sony consoles PS4/5, I have no issues 

Edited September 21, 2020 by Conker

[punkshepherd]

I mean i cant deny i love Elder Scrolls and to a slightly lesser extent Fallout. 

 

The words from various mouthpieces have hinted (at least to me) that exclusivity probably wont be for every game. Which has lightened the news somewhat. 

 

Exclusivity sucks. I mean i get it, and why it happens. But...it sucks. 

 

It'd be funny if the 1upmanship of these 2 companies now leads to Sony buying someone say SEGA. 

 

[MikeCheck--]

Does this mean us Sony console owners will miss out on games from these studios? Example: Doom becoming exclusive?

[Xylobe]

2 hours ago, VigilantCrow said:

Wolfenstein Young Blood was filled with political nonsense. For example; Walk through the town in stealth, and you'll hear the enemies occasionally chatting about the storms being caused by climate change. Fallout 4 is all about politics, it's part of the series. The problem is the obvious pandering, Railroad faction being a prime example.

 

I hate to derail the thread, but brother, if you think a throwaway background line about climate change and a thinly-veiled Underground Railroad allegory are "political pandering" then I've got a bridge to sell you.

 

Back on topic, I'm surprised at the amount of sour grapes in this thread; The Elder Scrolls and Fallout are both massive franchises, and even timed exclusivity on future installments would be a big blow against the PS5. Especially with how low the Series S is priced, I could easily see myself picking one up to replace my PS3 whenever TES6 actually materializes.