Microsoft says it will honor Bethesda's currently announced PS5 exclusives but will assess bringing future games to “other consoles on a case by case basis”
If the famous Jim Barksdale quote is to be believed — the one about there … Kyle Orland / Ars Technica : What happens to Bethesda's multi-platform games under Microsoft? Adi Robertson / The Verge : Microsoft is acquiring Bethesda Softworks parent company ZeniMax Zack Zwiezen / Kotaku : Microsoft Now Has 23 First-Party Studios, Here's What They're Making Francois Aure / CCN.com : Dow Plunges As Stimulus Hopes Die With Justice Ginsburg Luke Jones / WinBuzzer : Microsoft: Bethesda Games May Not Be Exclusive to Xbox Following Acquisition Tara Lachapelle / Bloomberg : Microsoft's Bethesda Buy Beats TikTok Any Day Helen A. Lee / Looper : What does Microsoft's purchase mean for the future of Wolfenstein? Jason Bouwmeester / Techaeris : Microsoft buys Bethesda, what does it mean for PS5? Engadget : The Morning After: Tesla's ‘Battery Day’ is here and Xbox pre-orders start Alex Calvin / PC Games Insider : Xbox Game Pass subscribers up by 50% since April Marco Lancaster / Gizchina : Microsoft acquires Bethesda and its studios for $7.5 Billion Ian Sherr / CNET : What Microsoft's $7.5B purchase of Bethesda parent ZeniMax means for Xbox Series X Tweets: Jason Schreier / @jasonschreier : To answer the question everyone is asking: Phil Spencer tells @dinabass that Xbox plans to honor the PS5 exclusivity commitment for Deathloop and Ghostwire: Tokyo. Future Bethesda games will be on Xbox, PC, and “other consoles on a case by case basis.” https://www.bloomberg.com/... Dina Bass / @dinabass : Microsoft will deliver Deathloop and Ghostwire: Tokyo as PlayStation timed exclusives as Bethesda agreed. After that, games will be on Xbox, PC, Game Pass and other consoles will be considered on a case by case basis, @XboxP3 tells me https://www.bloomberg.com/... Alanah Pearce / @charalanahzard : Bethesda games launching on GamePass is huge. Just think of the low income families who can't afford new releases, or the disabled gamers who may not know if they can even play something until they've tried it (which often costs them $60). It's such a win for accessibility 🙌🏻. https://twitter.com/... Kaddyshacks / @unknownkadath : Switch owners waiting on Doom Eternal will have to reconcile that it's possible they'll never get another Bethesda game on Nintendo systems afterwards. I could see MS putting Bethedsa games on non-Xbox/Windows platforms ONLY if they lure you in with Xbox Live/Gamepass. Gross. https://twitter.com/... @magic_casts : Two and a half years ago, Xbox had 7 studios. Today, they have 23 😳 https://twitter.com/... Skill Up / @skillupyt : I expect every Bethesda title to be AT LEAST a timed exclusive, after which time a select few might make their way to Playstation. Sony absolutely crushed MS this generation on the back of their exclusive library. No way would MS squander the opportunity to respond in kind. https://twitter.com/... Christian Humes / @christian_humes : This really shakes up next gen and makes Gamepass a ridiculous subscription. Between Obsidian and Bethesda if you play RPG games you'll be wanting a Xbox or PC. https://twitter.com/... Gavin Baker / @gavinsbaker : Buying Bethesda could instantly solve the much discussed 1st party exclusive title problem for Xbox. *If* they make Elder Scrolls, Fallout and Starfield Xbox/PC exclusives, then it is a significant shift in the Playstation vs. XBox balance of power.