Company News Bethesda acquired by Microsoft

[lukaszek]

deterministic system > RNG

 

[cpmartins]

So, if either one of those is the actual Skyrim-killer can this be considered suicide?

 

[Risewild]

Faran Brygo character in Fallout soon?

 

[RobotSquirrel]

Not only Obsidian's, inXile is working on one too. I guess MS just wants as much Skyrim as possible.

All in the name of diversity! Satan

Didn't you watch that video they put out at Easter?

 

[Humanity has risen!]

Methinks hardcore rpg gamers with a Sony inclination won't be too happy about this move.

They said the games are not gonna be Xbox/PC exclusive.

Where? If they did, I’m assuming most than likely it pertains to games already announced for other consoles that they have to honor i.e. Deathloop and Ghostwire

I'm really not sure about this, Microsoft has been more and more open to collaborating with Sony and Nintendo. Minecraft for instance still appears everywhere.

I think Elder Scrolls VI and Fallout will appear on PS5. Not to do it would mean giving up on hundreds of millions of dollars.

 

[Black_Willow]

Well, maybe Elder Scrolls Online will finally upgrade their God-awfully slow servers.

 

[Sin2x]

RobotSquirrel Which one?

 

[Dyet]

Methinks hardcore rpg gamers with a Sony inclination won't be too happy about this move.

They said the games are not gonna be Xbox/PC exclusive.

Where? If they did, I’m assuming most than likely it pertains to games already announced for other consoles that they have to honor i.e. Deathloop and Ghostwire

I'm really not sure about this, Microsoft has been more and more open to collaborating with Sony and Nintendo. Minecraft for instance still appears everywhere.

I think Elder Scrolls VI and Fallout will appear on PS5. Not to do it would mean giving up on hundreds of millions of dollars.

They'll be timed exclusives, I bet.

 

[RobotSquirrel]

RobotSquirrel Which one?

the one they removed. its here though https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80MqP7JuDkM&

 

[Invictus]

Couldn’t think of two companies that deserves each other more; the Doritos and Mountain Dew overfloweth their cup

 

[msxyz]

It worked so well with Rare and Molyneux...

 

[Sin2x]

the one they removed. its here though https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80MqP7JuDkM&

 

[Swen]

Ayo Mickeysoft, throw me some of tem dollah billz at me cuzz.

 

[Bohrain]

I have a feeling InXile just became a whole lot less important to Microsoft. In the eyes of the marketing suits you'd think it was bought to cater RPG niche for the gamepass and now they have Bethesda. If Fargo's company bleeds money I doubt they'll bother keeping it alive.

 

[Hellraiser]

Faran Brygo character in Fallout soon?

Wasteland/Fallout crossover that will fix Fallout's biggest flaw as described once by a great codexian sage, it will allow you to perform rat diplomacy with the animal whisperer skill to totally avoid combat in Fallout.

 

[KyivAfter12am]

In before Howard and Hines decide to focus on their craft beer brewing projects.

 

[Riddler]

Avowed switching to Gamebryo?

 

[The_Mask]

Ac, how did it go again? Fus-Ro-D-uh... postenago! I messed up...

 

[V_K]

is microsoft buying everything mca touched?

I'm pretty sure buying women is illegal in US.

 

[Ismaul]

I have a feeling InXile just became a whole lot less important to Microsoft. In the eyes of the marketing suits you'd think it was bought to cater RPG niche for the gamepass and now they have Bethesda. If Fargo's company bleeds money I doubt they'll bother keeping it alive.

Yup. Can't help but think eventually one of the three studios will get the axe. Likely inXile is merged with Obsidian, ending the exile. Or maybe they'll keep the inXile brand for mobile shovelware.

 

[Gargaune]

What the fuck is wrong with 2020?! Was the Mayan calendar off by a few years or something?

 

[CrunchyHemorrhoids]

I think Elder Scrolls VI and Fallout will appear on PS5. Not to do it would mean giving up on hundreds of millions of dollars.

MS' studio acquisitions so far might have gained them a lot of exclusives but not any real console sellers, they had Halo for that and little else. Bethesda's TES/FO games are popular enough to actually sell consoles if they're exclusive. It would be foolish of MS to not take advantage of that. So even if the next TES/FO do appear on sony's machines eventually it shouldn't be until after they are well past their usefulness as a console-selling exclusive.

 

[Sam Ecorners]

This is fucking hilarious

 

[Hobo Elf]

Todd now has access to Microsoft's company credit card. He is becoming one of the strongest humans in the world. Sony is going to be finished, soon.

 

[Whipped Cream]

They'll be timed exclusives, I bet.

Well, they've got three main options.

1. Not releasing a game on PS5
2. Releasing it on PS5 a while later
3. What they did with The Outer Worlds where they released it on Gamepass for "free" the same day that they released it on PS4 for full price.

Ultimately they'll do whatever they think will make them the most money in the long term, which may mean that the option they choose will vary from game to game. It will be interresting to see what they decide to do.