Microsoft to buy ZeniMax Media (Bethesda parent) for $7.5 billion

https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/21/...s-zenimax-acquisition-xbox-game-pass-series-x

Key takeaway for me is that all future Bethesda games will launch on Xbox and PC via GamePass the same day. Hopefully the company's entire back catalog will be there as well so I can get rid of the Bethesda launcher since I only have one game on it (Doom Eternal).

 

Sony just lost the PS5 v XSX war before launch.

...I think this fits right in.

 

oooooh this does not bode well for sony

 

Was a bit surprised when I saw that news this morning, yeah not great for Sony. Hopefully good news for ES6 and Starfield. It's interesting both Bethesda and Obsidian are under MS umbrella now. Lol.

 

Yes! There's now hope for a proper Fallout game once again!

I bet Microsoft bought Obsidian and asked them to do a new Fallout game, to which their replied that they can't as all rights belong to Zenimax/Bethesda. Next thing you know MS went shopping...

 

It seems like MS had this bunch of cash available to buy tiktok, this was it's plan B. Interesting is MS games are usually great games

 

yeah except design choices with halo...they told everyone they wanted the old look of halo for infinite aka bad colorful graphics...sigh meanwhile me and everyone else were expecting photorealism 4k 120

 

Wondering which games will be gamepass exclusives now.. probably all of them

 

Sony fanboys are big mad right now.

 

I hope Microsoft does a better job with this acquisition than they did with Rare.

Honestly I'm not excited about this. It means less competition and less developer independence. I'm hoping for the best, though.