It does not really bother me at all because personally I never actually played any Beth game.

After Bethesda announcing they will still be self publishing. I think it’s more telling of the articles of people making it seem like this was some end all be all for MS. When it’s just another acquisition, I remember when Mojang was bought people said PS4 was dead because MS was going to make it exclusive.

Instead, it’s been more then alive and even with mojang games on gamepass. People are still buying PS4 and Switch copies without stopping.

Bethesda being bought just means more money from higher up. But, they are going to be developing on all platforms unless MS REALLY REALLY needs an exclusive from them.

i personally don't play any of their games and they'll be all on playstation anyway and be even better with haptic feedback & 3d sound

Yes, Sony’s goals won’t change. They’ll continue (as they did with PS3/PS4) give more freedom to their studios to create new iPs and continue franchise’s of games that were successful in this current generation.

And knowing what the PS5’s DualSense controller will bring to their vision for gaming in this coming Next Generation, I’m not the least bit worried.

Sony knows what them and their studios do best, deliver amazing games to gamers on PlayStation. Their quality won’t diminish & isn’t in jeopardy because of Microsoft’s acquisition of Bethesda. I’m all for competition, that’d be great, for Microsoft to have a lot more amazing exclusive console games, more than Gears, Forza, and Halo (I know they’d come to PC too) that you can’t get on PS5, battling for GOTY, all for genuine fun and seeing fans from both sides raving about how awesome the games were with one another and why they thought so, with respect for each other’s opinion on why they thought so, that’d be awesome. Will this happen, only time will tell.

I don't see it as a giant blow to Sony,Sony has great studios for their exclusive portfolio. Bethesda has provided some entertaining games but if MS decides in the future to keep them off of PS & Nintendo consoles it definitely won't hurt or break them what so ever. Solely PS & Nintendo console owners can play these games on PC & if Bethesda games in the future are a must have to play then folks can buy an XB console as their second to go to console knowing the S is only $300. Imo if MS is thinking about money then it's more likely most of Bethesda main franchises will remain multi-platform with new titles being XB timed or solely exclusive. On the other hand..if XB wants to broaden/expand on their XB exclusive portfolio then there's a strong possibility most of Bethesda games in the upcoming future will be XB platform exclusives. We'll see what the future holds for Bethesda.

sony will be fine they have the best studios and they themselves will be getting new studios.

Exclusives are pro customer.

Here's my stance on this, if Microsoft keeps all existing titles on PlayStation so that way they don't screw a huge part of the Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Doom etc. fan-bases and does this to have day 1 Game pass Bethesda games then I'm all for it. I personally am one of the biggest Elder Scrolls fans, but if they go exclusive to Microsoft then I will be done with the series and all other Bethesda games. Buying exclusivity to franchises that have been multi-platform is a terrible business practice regardless of which company it is and is a huge slap in the face to the fans who don't have the ability to buy multiple consoles, it would be smartest for Microsoft to keep all existing franchises multi-platform so they don't lose out on all of that money and then use the newly acquired studios to produce new IP's as Microsoft exclusives.

Lol

When I'm playing PS5 exclusives, from the likes of Naughty Dog. I personally couldn't care how much Microsoft waste there money.

Still funny that Microsoft has to release 2 ps5 exclusives lol while they still have 0 for release.

In my point of view, most Bathesda game is lacking quality, a thing I never really miss. Rage 2, Falout 76, Elder Online. Most Bathesda's have the exact same physics, which feels cheap comparing to games like The Witcher 3, or even FFXV(barely a good game). Let alone it shallow and bland dialogues. Also, very buggy releases. Furthermore, the graphics are really outdated. Even for their fans standards their games has been bad and moderate at best. But hey each to his own.

Microsoft keeps gobbling up has-been studios. Big whoop. Sony still has much stronger studios and from the sounds of it, most games from ZeniMax are still going to be multiplatform, so no need to worry about anything atm. I do like this acquisition though, since it does even things up on a more technical level. Id Studio has great software powering its games that can be great for MS's other FPS games.

It is a little sad to see a big publisher got bought out, it doesn't affect me much but I was never a big fan of Bethesda to begin with, I like the Wolfenstein series, but never played Skyrim or Fallout (any fallout 😅), couldn't finish Doom. Just not my cup of tea I guess, but I can imagine fans of those series are tempted to get an Xbox now. Which I would too if I am a big fan of Bethesda, but either way, it is not like they would have exclusive comes out tomorrow, probably won't see much changes until at least few years down the road, maybe there will be an Xbox Series X Two by that time.

But call me crazy, if Sony had the chance to buy Bethesda or insomniac, I would pick Insomniac any day, it is not about the amount of games or the quality of games, it just feels more right, more aligned to Sony.

And series, if Sony has 7.5 billions to spare, I would rather they spent them on multiple smaller potential developers, or expands existing one.

I am always curious about the business model of gamepass though, putting all these big games in a subscription services, where people don't even need to subscribe until the game they want drops, pay $15 max, finish, then let it expires...

And if you want people to keep subscribing for a longer period, then you would need to make these games longer, maybe cut into more episodes, so they need to keep paying. No idea, not a business man, guess we will see one day.

This changes nothing.

Personal onpipion here, On the back off that acquisition tbh xbox series x looks a much buy to me, I play all formats but to tell the truth i was unsure about purchasing Microsofts machine this time round. My PS5 money was and still is my first priority, but now i know this I can't not get the xbox aswell.

It doesn't change anything. PS5 gamers that have a gaming pc get Sony exclusives and can play xbox games on their pc. This is the difference between the two consoles. Nothing else matters. I also believe the MS is fine with that as well.

This move reeks of desperation. At the end of the day MS have bought up a huge chunk of the gaming world and as is clearly evident by everything else they do, will proceed to destroy the legacy of some great franchises and lose all the creative talent. The games will be in name only, all the smart people will leave.

I don’t see how as PS owners will still receive buggy Bethesda games.

More like a kick in the flaps lol author has a diversity issue ha .

I don't think MS would go this far because of the competition with Sony. They want to monopolize gaming subscription. They fear Google and Amazon so they even bought a major publisher. Google and Amazon can buy any publishers they want, but in the gaming industry, they're late to the market. MS is already experienced. Buy Zenimax before it's bough by other company. It's crucial for western/US audiences.

This way, there's no chance Elder Scrolls would appear on Stadia, even it's still possible it would appear on Sony or Nintendo's consoles.

MS's goal is quite high. They want to survive in the traditional gaming business while in gaming subscription business, they want to make sure they have no competition, "die you Stadia!, back off Amazon!".

I personally don’t care about any of Bethesda proper’s games, it will sadden me to see Dishonored, Doom, Evil Within studios work become exclusive though. I mean I’ll eventually get an Xbox Series Something, but still. PS is home for me. Todd Howard said they want people to play wherever they want, but Todd Howard is a lying sack of sh!t, so that doesn’t mean much...

If u think its a blow ur mistaking. What game of theirs has sold good recently other then doom. Bethesda is still self publishing. Business as usual. Games will go day and date in gamepass but still be multiplat

From a games perspective I don't care that much about it. I would no have bought a PS5 for those games. Sure, now they might be an incentive for game pass. I principal, I take issue with this, however. It leads to more inbreeding, less creative talent, less competition and hopefully won't become a trend that studios can make more money selling off instead of creating new IPs. We'll see.

I don't really care about the acquisition Tbh seeing as I've never played any of Bethesda games before, but I find it funny! Especially when sony was buying timed exclusives and doing other things, the hate sony was getting!! But Ms does this... And they're getting Praise! Hmm... 2faced community.

Instead of creating, just make sure people have to play long time familiar franchises on your platform. Sounds like a scumbag move. Guess MS just aren't very good at creating.

Let's hope they actually help Bethesda make better games and not end up like RARE. Maybe that $7.5B could have been spent helping their current studios create something great.

Still hard to take in. I'm a big bethseda fan, but I also love playing on Playstation. I could understand buying a developer or buy some IPs.....but a whole publisher? This is the reality though. Sad day for PlayStation.

How is it a kick in the balls lol, they remain making games for all platforms, and their games are a bug ridden mess to begin with. They'll be great together, maybe theyll bring something good to the table this Gen knowing Sony pumps out AAA exclusives like nobody's business.

I am expecting a response of equal impact from Sony, we fans deserves it.
Square Enix maybe....

should have been developing exclusives we haven't seen for ages.

Let's not pretend they bought a prime Bethesda.

This deal put the MS strategy of value+quantity front & center. Sony is still following the strategy of individual high quality exclusives (as a Xbox gamer, I do envy games like Horizon Down Zero & Spiderman...). However, the sheer quantity of GamePass now (existing games + EA + Bethesda + id +......) make me hard to jump ship to PS5.

Sony could absolutely buy Capcom etc , i dont know why these idiots keep saying things like this.

I can't see this as a win for MS or anybody to be frank. MS's handling of studios and working with them is so horrendous. They could have had a potentially great game with Scalebound but they forced a lot of practices onto the game that Platinum didn't want. Rare hasn't been doing anything worth mentioning in a while. Halo is teetering as is Gears because of their old style of campaign shooter-esque designs.

Agreed. I've seen posts from people who actually believe that this acquisition is somehow going to mark the end of PlayStation. Hyperbolic much? Worst case, PS gamers will also need a PC to access Bethesda games, but many of us have one of those (it's how I'm typing out this post, actually). It's a huge acquisition, sure, but it doesn't change the fact that the PS5 will still be home to a ton of excellent games, many of which will be PS exclusive.

Besides, there are three conditions for this acquisition to mean a whole lot besides more revenue for MS:
Upcoming games need to be MS exclusive or have MS exclusive content.
Games need to actually come out for said systems rather than being in development hell for eternity.
Games need to actually be good, preferably great. No Fallout 76 type BS or that really isn't much to brag about.

It didn't work out so well with the Rare acquisition.

Good thing I hate all their games 🤣🤣

I found all the articles about this subject a little bit over the top.

First, to be precise, MS has bought Zenimax, which own Bethesda. That’s a little detail, but it may help to see the big picture clearer.

Second, this is above all a move to expand game pass catalog, and for people adhering to this business model it is a good news to now have access to Bethesda catalog.

And finally, for PS5, time will tell if futur titles developed by Bethesda will skip Sony machine or not.
For what I know, their is no announcement of big titles from Bethesda on next, even if we can assume that a next Doom/Fallout/Elder Scrolls will come up at some point of time.

My 2 cents: current catalog from Bethesda is very weak, except Doom. I believe Zenimax sale was kind of a bargain for MS: low price for a company not at the top currently.

Let’s see if MS will be able to get things up here, track record is not very good for them in this area.

It is only a kick in the balls if Microsoft starts to make future games exclusive to Xbox, PC only, which they may not.

We don't know at this point obviously.

That being said, TES6, Starfield and Fallout 5 coming to Xbox and PC only would be a kick in the teeth to Sony and would create some tough decisions for people IF that happened.

It's an interesting development. And even though I am still on the fence about getting a series X, I still like that this is changing up the industry. If this ends up with Microsoft being a power house on exclusive titles, then great. I would love to have a good reason to get a series x if that means New and great experiences.

My worrie however is whether bethesda Just went from the ashes to the fire. People are talking about how this is good because zenimax have been blamed for pushing bgs, in particular, into bad monetization practices and how Microsoft buying them out will give these studios the freedom they need ro create great things. And if that happens I am all for it, but I dont see how this is the likely outcome.

Microsoft does not have a good track record with cultivating studios they purchase at all, quite the opposite and they are themselves one of the more prominent entities in pushing services over quality content.

I am not personally as against the idea of gass as I have had many great experiences with so called Gaas titles, but this optimism seems a bit incredulous to me.

I am hoping for the best outcome, but my hope is certainly held back by a healthy dose of scepticism and trepidation.

This shit is getting old. I'm not buying multiple systems just to play different franchises (it's a nice gesture to your love of gaming, but not everyone is about first party exclusives). I remember when Rare did this, I gave them the big finger to them and their creep-about-it sell-out asses have not given them a dime since. Guess what? It's real easy, I don't NEED the game, there is so much out there. Sorry Bethesda, Rare made this mistake (same form and bad)...I count the days until your re-org, mass layoffs and calls for abandon ship from your veteran employees.

If TES & FO are exclusive, then yes, Sony's plans will (or at least need to) change. There's no games that can match these style of western-styled open-world action RPGs. Maybe CD Projekt Red but I didn't get into TW3 so I don't consider that a contender against TES, not even close.

Sony will need to do something to fill that very specific, gigantic void. Lesbian zombie stories about golfing aren't going to carry them this generation, I'm afraid.

Sony should aquire some RPG and FPS studio, then they should be on even playing field.

Oppositionally-determined brands, with distinct, characteristic IPS are good for gamers. Love this, Xbox has more reason to BE.

Real "GAMERS" will enjoy the both systems

Ehh, Bethesda games have been on a downward spiral tbh, FALLOUT games haven't been all that great, Skyrim released in 2011, Dishonored released in 2016, Doom Eternal has hype behind it (will be a multiplat) and Microsoft said they will honor the exclusive agreement with the current PS5 bethesda games Deathloop & Ghostwire. I really don't see a huge catalog from bethesda that Sony will be hurting to miss out on. Especially when they have Demon Souls as a launch title. Also, have purchased and created several studios up to this point that output better games than the bethesda studios. Yes their CATALOG is amazing, but if you look at recent works it's not so great. 7.5 billion is the price of the whole CATALOG, not of the studio in its current state, because I would def. have the studio at it's current state worth a few hundred million at best. However, it's a great acquisition by Microsoft for sure, they need studios and are buying them regardless of the dollar amount thats why it's great that xbox has Microsoft behind it. We will see how this plays out, especially if Microsoft does as they say and let Bethesda continue to make multiplatform games (Because in turn Microsoft will make a ton more money) then nothing will have changed, Sony just won't have anymore console exclusives.

Not really. No one really buys consoles for third party stuff. Its more for first party exclusives. Then you could always get the pc versions if you wanted those games. No need to buy an xbox just for that.

this really could be a dumb move by microsoft, The Zenimax owners who got paid their 7.5 billion could start up a whole new biz and recruit the star programmers from bethesda, Nah I'm sure there is a clause in place.

Oblivion defined the 360 just as much as Halo. Believe me if you had a 360 and didn't have Halo, DEFINITELY had oblivion. Ffs this acquisition was genius. And can only make both parties better.

Will only take 62 months of standard gamepass price to make most of that back lol, half that if people pay for ultimate

Just be content in knowing that you will soon be playing a Microsoft 1st party game on your PS5.

I can almost hear Microsoft doing the Asda price pocket tap

Bethesda, with Fallout 76 and TESO have a long experience with games as a service. It is really good news for Microsoft strategy.

Microsoft made every dime they spent on Minecraft back, and then some... and it's still going.

I have to wonder if Bethesda doesn't have something pretty amazing up their sleeves, and I doubt MS will change them.

How is this a low blow, Everything from Microsoft is still coming to PC. This is like saying it is a low blow to Nintendo.

lol, i must be the only one that couldn't care less about this acquisition. Maybe one of those game sold past 2 million copies and was never even consider GOTY candidate. This Acquisition was a desperate move, people are acting like because of this Acquisition Sony/ Nintendo are worried. Now if they had bought EA, ubi, capcom, bandai, activision, team ninja, fromsoftware or activision now i'll be worried.

There’s not a single game I even like from bethesda.

Haven't bought a single Bethesda game since Skyrim so imo let them have it.

People are really overrating this acquisition. The populace are so easily impressed and controllable it's scary.