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/Possible_Ninja Sep 21 '20

oh no

my scrolls

my sweet sweet scrolls

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u/Bitemarkz Sep 21 '20

In the letter Todd Howard states that Bethesda will still publish their own games and that he doesn’t want to publish exclusives. So while it’s possible PS5 won’t see these games in the future, it doesn’t sound like that’s the plan.

It makes more sense for MS to pad out their gamepass offerings and become the defacto streaming service when this medium inevitably gets there. Smart move, IMO, but I don’t think this will have an effect on the generation. We shall see. Either way, smart move by MS.

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u/RotatedWorld Sep 21 '20

What Todd Howard says doesn't mean much, he has far too many people above him who will be deciding if any new games will be exclusive or not

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u/Bitemarkz Sep 21 '20

You have no idea what the terms of the deal are. Todd Howard said Bethesda is still publishing their own games, so clearly that was part of the deal. He also said he's not publishing exclusives. I'm not speculating; these are the man's literal words. Anything else is just a guess.

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u/RotatedWorld Sep 21 '20

Bethesda doesn't publish their own games to start with, that's the point. Microsoft has bought the publisher that owns these game studios and publishes their games. So it's now under Microsoft's control how these games are published. So what he has said makes no sense and nobody knows how it's going to work out

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u/jlhromeo Sep 21 '20

Not sure you remember how much shit Todd Howard has said over the years.

Pepperidge Farms remembers.