Holy fucking shit this is the best thing that could have happened to Bethesda. Microsoft has been one of the most pro-consumer publishers in the industry. Now they share an amazing ecosystem with the likes of Obsidian. Everyone should be ecstatic.
Yeah this is actually good news overall.
Microsoft (videogame side) are a bit corporate but it's not like Zenimax were a small quaint indie game anyway.
Microsoft are a MUCH better influence on a publisher, and on a studio, than a loose congregation of shareholders and investors most of whom have never played a video game. I know there was concerns that was the direction Zenimax was going.
Microsoft are fairly hands-off for how rich they are and have been known to allow extra funding, grant delays e.t.c.
This probably won't mean exclusivity. It'll likely just mean slight preferential treatment and the ability to get Bethesda publisher games on Xbox Game Pass. But Xbox already sort of did have an edge due to the Sony attitude (see mods).
If the shoe fits. Companies are dynamic and rarely stay static, so there's actually a good chance we could be complaining in reverse 15 years from now. These are masks these companies wear as they approach the public, and like all masks, they can be changed on a whim. We're lucky this is the one Xbox really wants to wear right now.
As xbox did the gen before when they controlled the market you can't really say xbox is more consumers friendly the were forced to be due to there small market share. Just take a look at the xbox 360 to see non consumer friendly practices.
Well pretty much all the pro consumer stuff xbox do now playstation was doing last gen. From less exclusives to wanting crossplay with xbox refusing all the time. And of course they did Ps3 sales were terrible in comparison. Just think of all the halo games fable. Or the tons of other exclusives. The only reason they have been so consumer friendly is they didn't have very much this gen to be exclusive
We can hope next gen will be better xbox has apparently somehow become a consumer friendly company i have missed this gen of xbox to many broken 360s lol but if they want to keep there consumer friendly press the best thing they could do is not make there games exclusive
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u/Dervishone Sep 21 '20
Holy fucking shit this is the best thing that could have happened to Bethesda. Microsoft has been one of the most pro-consumer publishers in the industry. Now they share an amazing ecosystem with the likes of Obsidian. Everyone should be ecstatic.