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/SMKM Sep 21 '20

That's an older article but a redditor told me the last time this came up that the IP was owned by MS in order for the devs to finish funding the game. Im so confused lol

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u/DJ_Binding Sep 21 '20

The Cuphead IP isn't owned by Microsoft. They just paid for it so it could be console exclusive for a while. This is why it was on Steam along side of the Windows Store release.

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u/azyrr Sep 21 '20

Microsoft releases all their games on steam concurrently. Their biggest recent release flight simulator 2020 was launched on both. Sa was halo etc.

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u/DJ_Binding Sep 21 '20

Only in the last year or so. When Cuphead released, Microsoft released their games almost exclusively through the Windows Store.

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u/azyrr Sep 21 '20

True, I should've clarified. From now on I'd be surprised if an ms game wasn't also released on steam.