I was worried that would've been true. Sega is cool and all but a partnership would be better. Buying SEGA would probably rule out other possibilities. Focus on buying other new and talented studios, like those folks at Poland...
Nadella already confirmed Microsoft isn't done acquiring developers.
@morganfell
Hehe... don't cheat. This is the first time Microsoft actually invest big on the Xbox Division. The last time they gave it a "decent" push to it, Xbox 360 and PS3 ended up tied.
From the article: " They don’t need it, nor can they afford it, and if there’s anything they need to be doing to compete with Xbox, it’s figuring out answers for all its various service offerings, which are starting to leave PlayStation behind."...
"Bethesda: $7.5 billion
Sony's 2013-2019 operating profit: $8.838 billion"
'Nuff said.
And that's precisely why Microsoft had to buy the whole Zenimax. 😂
Why in this world would Kadokawa Corporation be willing to sell their golden egg chicken?
That would only happen over a ridiculously overpriced sum of cash... and that doesn't sound likely to happen.
This guy obviously wrote this "article" over wishful thinking and zero research. He doesn't even mention Kadokawa anywhere. lol
If anything, Sony should go for Bluepoint.
Uhm... Wonder if there's actually going to be consoles on shelves on November.
* "Started playing now, and saw that the save will not be retrocompatible" *
Why in the world the savegames will not be carried from PS4 to PS5 just like they do in XSX???? What the heck Sony??
Very nice, just looked for it:
https://www.nvidia.com/en-u...
Hope it features DLSS 2.0 or even a 3080 wouldn't be able to handle it properly.
Those complaining about Microsoft buying Bethesda, are the same that the same crying out loud that MS had no exclusives.
That cr#p ends this generation.
What a funny turn of events.
@fr0sty
LOL. Do you actually believe what you're saying?
Try to hardcore this in your mind: Microsoft now OWNS Bethesda. Games aren't going anywhere Microsoft decides not to. That's the whole concept of Owning a developer/publisher.
There's some tiny hope for you though. Microsoft didn't completely rule out publishing their games on other consoles. They actually said they would decide on a "case by case basis&qu...
@Sonic-and-Crash
"I say this is nonsense as no Bethesda game is considered system seller or at least good enough to reach Sony s first party quality"
Skyrim beat Uncharted 3 on GOTY 2011.
We'll see about that when Starfield, Elder Scrolls and refreshed titles already in development come out after this acquisition.
From the artice:
"PlayStation, still the global market leader by a country mile, has become an underdog overnight"
Coming from a hardcore PS website. I guess that summarizes how big of a kick in the nuts this was. However, I still don't think Sony has become the underdog at all but the game has radically changed, that's for sure.
Games from Bethesda will become more accesible without losing quality under Microsoft umbrella. That's pure joy for consumers. You don't even need an Xbox for Game Pass (or xCloud)
Selling them for $70 is the way to go these days. /s
I've said this multiple times and I was downvoted to hell: This is NOT the Xbox One Generation with Don Mattrick. This is the generation in which The Series X + Game Pass will be the flagships into the Cloud Conquer for Microsoft as a Corporation.
Nobody saw this coming. Even few people believed MS would spend 4B on Warner following up rumors about being sold, and yesterday they've spent almost double of that on Zenimax... and after this, I'm pretty sure this is...
Nice. Willing to see how this version compares to XSX's at similar target resolutions and framerate.