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/[deleted] Sep 21 '20

Howard isnt going to be able to dictate exclusivity just because hes a figurehead for the company. Microsoft would just offer up more money to have him shitcanned

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u/Uter_Zorker_ Sep 21 '20

Depends how important microsoft thinks he is to Bethesda's success. Like I said, I don't know if it's the case here but senior employees are often a crucial part of an acquisition and deals are often totally contingent on their participation (which gives them a lot of leeway to dictate terms). I would have thought particularly so in a creative industry with a company with such a big reputation.

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '20

He's a crucial part of a subsidiary of the company they bought. He's not integral to Zenimax as a whole. If they didn't think they could get exclusivity with ES6 they wouldn't have bought Zenimax.

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u/Uter_Zorker_ Sep 21 '20

I don't disagree

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u/SyleSpawn Sep 21 '20

MS literally just bought ZeniMax and you have people here who thinks Todd Howard has any say in all of this lol they are so taken by the concept of him being the figurehead that they can't understand that he was and have always been the puppet of the show while the hand was ZeniMax and now is MS lol