Microsoft's Acquisition of Bethesda to Prevent Starfield from Becoming Exclusive to PS5
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rl66
For now both Sony and Microsoft fight for the second place...
Maybe that it would be better for them if they would listen to players...
Just my point.
emperorsfist
PC is what matters to me in this case, honestly. Hopefully, this game won't release utterly broken like Redfall (not counting Bethesda-brand bugs).
Horus-Anhur
It's sad to see the gaming industry coalescing into a few gigantic conglomerates.
It had terrible consequences for the film industry, with Disney being a great example of this.
emperorsfist
It's nothing we can prevent.
Horus-Anhur
That is the sad part.
emperorsfist
True. Sad, but true. New facets will still continue to emerge, but the present trend in the entertainment industry is this.
EDIT: As for the movie industry, I would argue that the quality of movies took a steep plummet long before Disney. They didn't help, though.
GlassGR
it is impressive how capitalism acts like a "black hole" in a galaxy.
i believe the way we act is based on our nature (electrons -atoms or whatever ) but i also believe we are intelligent and emotional.
That something went wrong with 0 and 1 and we are something beyond that.
until now Microsoft ans Sony act like black holes coming closer to each other,we all know what will happen eventually.
the name of the bigger hole wont matter.
Kaarme
Xbox exclusives are better than PS exclusives, as many (though not all) Xbox exclusives aren't real exclusives, but are also available for PC. Sony doesn't really care about PC, in fact I reckon Sony would love it if PC gaming didn't exist at all. But since it does, they are just trying to live with it the best they can, just like the Japanese are used to sharing their island nation with the giant hornets.
XP-200
The only ones who lose out in all this is us, the consumers, as we have to buy thee different consoles to play the exclusive games locked to those consoles, but unfortunatly it's a bit late to try and fix something that has been a stable of the gaming industry for the last 30 years at this point.
tunejunky
this is just smart business.
just think of how Sony has operated. they've been far worse in "ecosystem management"
asturur
How many years star citizen is in development? will it ever be released or finished?
schmidtbag
I personally don't really care. I only have interest in maybe 1/10 AAA titles these days, which is also why I have no interest in DLSS or DXR. There's plenty of great games out there and still being made, but most people just want eye candy and/or a well-known IP, regardless of whether it is enjoyable beyond nice visuals and audio. That's why I'm probably going to be satisfied getting an outdated underwhelming GPU like a 6700 XT, because in my opinion, any game actually worth playing isn't going to demand more than that in 4K. Even my ancient R9 290 can play a lot of indie games in 4K@60FPS.
Anyway, I was going to say "seems strange MS would buy a company just because of removing competition of a single game" but they've done this before with Halo and look how that worked for them. The difference is, Bungee wasn't really a major group at the time while Bethesda is known for excreting unpolished turds at times (yes, they make great stuff too, sometimes). I don't see how MS would have enough insider knowledge to know whether Starfield will have people flocking to Xbox or whether it will attract flies.
VaultDweller
It probably was preventable, the problem is that ESG has crept it's way into everything and it's ridiculous, in order to get funding companies like Disney when borrowing money have to comply with ESG rules and have someone in their company that over looks the Environmental, Social and Governance to ensure the company is the correct level of PC, LGBTQ Friendly etc etc - something which should never be a proviso for getting a loan. It's the same with all this "affirmative action" and companies being forced to hire not the best and most qualified for the job but a women for example on the basis that she is a women.. How does that benefit the company for example if they are looking for a circuit design schematic engineer?
VaultDweller
I don't know if you would say that if you ever watched and then played something like Horizon Zero Dawn or Days Gone on the PC ( both are Sony PlayStation Ports ) but the game play is fantastic and the graphics just stunning both use HDR colour and are just mind meltingly pretty to look at and play. I'm running mine on a 4090 with an Alienware AW2432DW 34" Ultrawide @ 3440x1440 x 175Hz and it's just WOW.
schmidtbag
Right, and HZD is of the 1/10 of AAA titles I'm okay with. It was all-around well made, and deserves recognition.
Sylencer
One trend that needs to die is exclusive titles. Doesn't matter if pc or console.
Crazy Serb
This is same as people complaining about GPU prices, but then again, a lot of complainers around here had 30x0 during mining and they liked their purchase so much, they could not resist updating their GPU in specs...
People support them with their wallets. As long people are buying their products, these companies can eat other smaller companies.
Since this is about Bethesda, this is great example of a company that should have failed long time ago... Bethesda is so incompetent, they screwed Doom Eternal with bethesda.net integration. Devs at id were probably celebrating when microsoft told them to delete that cancer...
schmidtbag
In the grand scheme of things, I disagree. Without exclusives, what are we left with? Xbox and Playstation have been very similar in their specs for a decade (and they're basically just specialized PCs), as well as the Nintendo Switch and Nvidia Shield. The only really compelling reason to go from one platform to the other is the exclusive titles. You could argue "right, so titles are arbitrarily incompatible" but if they were compatible then that would basically just eliminate whoever has the worst or most expensive hardware. That means a reduction in competition. When that happens, everyone loses. In fact, the underlying issue of this acquisition is because of MS trying to undermine competition.
So - while it is really annoying when games are incompatible because some guy behind a desk said so, if MS keeps up with these acquisitions, we might lose Playstation, and that's bad for all of us.
anub1s18
yea sorry but after years of sony exclusives including games, DLC, maps, content or timed exclusives that they bought out of the other versions my pitty pool for the playstation is so dry the ground has cracked open. also correct me if wrong but doesn't sony have a TON of first party studio's pumping out exclusives? that maybe if the stars align we get to enjoy on pc as well instead of just on a PlayStation (as someone who started on a PSX, then went XBOX and then built a PC...microsoft has always been my favorite as they release on PC (most of the time), sony was never interest in my pc money so yea....hard to care about them as I will not buy a console for 4-5 franchises that I like when the rest can be played on PC with jacked up settings.
though i will say if they manage to release a software suite to get the PSVR2 working on PC consider me bribed and on there side :P
tsunami231
is this still not over, Just Let MS buy them and Let them make exclusive, so shoot them selves in foot THen again I dont care about Activision games of any kind for almost as long as EA games.
Bethesda on the other hand I will be upset if ES 6 is ON PC but only threw the MS store ( as much ask love ES series I will buy anything let alone game threw MS store, and IF Bethesda goes ahead make that exclusive to xbox console, they would be litterly shoot them selves in foot some sale perspective,
