GrimReaper Posted September 21, 2020 Posted September 21, 2020 https://news.microsoft.com/2020/09/21/microsoft-to-acquire-zenimax-media-and-its-game-publisher-bethesda-softworks/ F
Molevalence Posted September 21, 2020 Posted September 21, 2020 Not sure what to think of this to be honest. Bethesda lately has lost it's way and fallen from grace for many people. Jim Sterling said it best: "Bethetic." Guess we will just have to wait and see about how the results will fair.
winny257 Posted September 21, 2020 Posted September 21, 2020 that's that big END!! https://www.gamepro.de/artikel/microsoft-kauft-bethesda-bringt-deren-spiele-auf-game-pass,3362140.html
JyJyporridge Posted September 21, 2020 Posted September 21, 2020 At least, maybe we'll finally get TES 6!
winny257 Posted September 21, 2020 Posted September 21, 2020 5 minutes ago, JyJyporridge said: At least, maybe we'll finally get TES 6! but probably then without adult mods! Microsoft is not Bethesda.
firepunch1 Posted September 21, 2020 Posted September 21, 2020 Damn. If they were willing to put out 7.5 billion for Zenimax/Bethesda then I'd be surprised if they don't end up buying more studios as well. Also, Microsoft already owned Obsidian at this point so now both Obsidian and the Fallout IP are under their control, would be interesting to see if Obsidian will end up doing the next Fallout as a result.
worik Posted September 21, 2020 Posted September 21, 2020 13 minutes ago, winny257 said: Microsoft is not Bethesda. More bugs less fun Well, I guess that fits for 2020 ?
poporaltemporal Posted September 21, 2020 Posted September 21, 2020 Noooooooo000000oooooo, oh well elder scrolls was fucked after ESO anyway..
winny257 Posted September 21, 2020 Posted September 21, 2020 7 minutes ago, Molevalence said: At least it was not EA. that doesn't make it any better either! both companies are assholes! ?
Kendo 2 Posted September 21, 2020 Posted September 21, 2020 If MS acquires Zenimax that means the suit investors at Providence will be out of the picture. It also means stock information will be available for the first time. Zenimax;s 'private holdings' and other shenanigans won't fly. 19 minutes ago, Molevalence said: At least it was not EA. After FO4 and FO76 maybe game company killer EA would have been a better fit.
KoolHndLuke Posted September 21, 2020 Posted September 21, 2020 1 hour ago, JyJyporridge said: At least, maybe we'll finally get TES 6! Sure....as an xbox exclusive maybe- which is one thing they've been criticized for compared to Sony. Hello bland mainstream- goodbye niche pc.
Fotogen Posted September 21, 2020 Posted September 21, 2020 No more Elder Scrolls for PlayStation? Does this includes Elder Scrolls Online?
november0910 Posted September 21, 2020 Posted September 21, 2020 Wow, that will change ... something, I guess.
ToJKa Posted September 21, 2020 Posted September 21, 2020 Well, now. Didn't see that coming. Interesting to see what this means to Game Studios games, the rest i'd imagine continue as they have been. Oh, and XBox exclusives don't exist anymore, all XBox games are released on PC as well. Only the japanese keep exclusives anymore. And Epic. ?
JyJyporridge Posted September 21, 2020 Posted September 21, 2020 26 minutes ago, KoolHndLuke said: Sure....as an xbox exclusive maybe- which is one thing they've been criticized for compared to Sony. Hello bland mainstream- goodbye niche pc. That would be terrible. Removing TES from PC to make an exclusive XBOX game, well, it would be dumb. What made Skyrim able to transcend the decade was its modding community above all. Without that, we would have been talking about the game for 1 year or even 2, at best. Besides that what Bethesda has done since Skyrim? FO4 and FO76? I do not take TESO into account. It's been about 4 years since we should have had TES6. I can't say that Microsoft will do better, but we might as well wait for announcements about the next games.
Sillius_Maximus Posted September 21, 2020 Posted September 21, 2020 I really wish i new how to feel about this? skipping the console wars angle... tell me what to think mommy? j/k...or am i?....yea... Could mean more funding for projects....good? could mean an end to mods, or major clamp down....baaaaaaaad! Could mean less bugs? or more bugs? not sure??
winny257 Posted September 21, 2020 Posted September 21, 2020 52 minutes ago, Fotogen said: No more Elder Scrolls for PlayStation? Does this includes Elder Scrolls Online? YES These studios are part of the Takeover:: Bethesda Game Studios (Starfield, Elder Scrolls, Fallout) id software (Doom) ZeniMax Online Studios (Elder Scrolls Online) Arcane (Dishonored, Prey, Deathloop) Tango Gameworks (The Evil Within, Ghostwire Tokyo) MachineGames (Wolfenstein) Alpha Dog (Mobile Games) Roundhouse Studios (new studio)
Psalam Posted September 21, 2020 Posted September 21, 2020 It could mean that I'll be modding Skyrim for the rest of my life because the SJWs at Microsoft will be certain that any product that they release could not possibly be modded in a NSFW manner.
Kimy Posted September 21, 2020 Posted September 21, 2020 The specific question of Elder Scroll's / Fallout's modding support future aside, but less competition in the market is NEVER a good thing. I wonder why we still allow a handful of mega-corporations to buy everything else...
Kimy Posted September 21, 2020 Posted September 21, 2020 2 minutes ago, Psalam said: It could mean that I'll be modding Skyrim for the rest of my life because the SJWs at Microsoft will be certain that any product that they release could not possibly be modded in a NSFW manner. Not sure what "SJW" has do with it. You can be a progressive and still like sex, you know? But yes, Microsoft is probably going to play it even more "safe" than Beth, so the question of what will happen with our kind of mods, is really a good one.
winny257 Posted September 21, 2020 Posted September 21, 2020 I spin a little further. what if microsoft the old games *Elder Scrolls, Fallout, etc* sells via their own platform and Steam is excluded, blocked? and all current players have to switch to Microsoft, that could mean the end of modded games!
KoolHndLuke Posted September 21, 2020 Posted September 21, 2020 45 minutes ago, JyJyporridge said: I can't say that Microsoft will do better, but we might as well wait for announcements about the next games. Might as well find something else to do since they won't announce anything until spring of '21. As far as the "exclusive" thing, I was just reading an article that mentioned that as one of many possible reasons. Whatever the reasons, pretty sure this isn't good news for modding. We know mods are what have kept Beth games alive all these years. Beth has already seemed to have forgotten that inconvenient truth. What do I think will happen? Games will look better, run better (be better overall? nah). But, you won't be modding them. Skyrim will stand as the last great modded Beth game.
EgoBallistic Posted September 21, 2020 Posted September 21, 2020 1 hour ago, firepunch1 said: Microsoft already owned Obsidian at this point so now both Obsidian and the Fallout IP are under their control, would be interesting to see if Obsidian will end up doing the next Fallout as a result. There was a time when that would have been an exciting prospect. However, Obsidian has spent the last couple of years gutting its staff of talented writers and developers and what remains is a hollow shell. They're not as bad off as BioWare -- Josh Sawyer still works at Obsidian for example -- but they're already producing watered down crap like The Outer Worlds instead of the truly cutting edge games they were known for. TL;DR don't expect Microsoft to make a worthy sequel to FNV.
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