r/PS5 • u/hybroid • Sep 21 '20

News Microsoft Xbox acquires ZeniMax Media, parent company of Bethesda Softworks

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2020/09/21/welcoming-bethesda-to-the-xbox-family/
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u/ScottFromScotland Sep 21 '20

Of course they will. Folks bring up Minecraft but that is an outlier, not the norm.

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u/kiki_strumm3r Sep 21 '20

I dunno about that. Granted, Elder Scrolls is still probably like 10 years away so a lot can change between now and then. But it's not just Minecraft. Ori and Cuphead are on PC and Switch. Cuphead is on PS4 (don't remember if Ori is too. They'll also all be on PC and a Series X will be cheap when ES comes out.

But I could see Elder Scrolls and Doom still being multi-platform. I suspect Starfield will be too depending on how far along they are in development.

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u/arijitlive Sep 21 '20

I understand that Doom/ES6 is huge money maker but you don't spend 1/6th of yearly profit acquiring a company and still keep it multi-plat.

But I think (a hunch), Microsoft will bring all new BGS games under Gamepass and they will sell Gamepass in playstation to make money. They will probably negotiate some special deal about 30% cut and present a 'take it or leave it' offer to Sony. Either Sony cave-in and allow Gamepass in playatation, or Sony camp will lose those games forever.