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Originally posted by MartyG View PostHmm, perhaps they got a discount because of all the bugs in Fallout 76.
This is typical though. I just bought Doom Eternal a few month back and I'll bet you they'll stick it into game pass free from November.
I'm never buying anything again...
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I suppose part of it will depend on how long term MS plans to wait to recoup the outlay. It's a very, very long term plan and based purely on known projects they're 2-3 years from any Xbox exclusive-esque content arriving on the platform. Like others have said, back catalogue on Game Pass will presumably be the first step. Hell, if they stick to their original word it could be end of next-gen before ES6 launches, presumably Arkane will be the real darkhorse who might come up with the first proper Xbox title.
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Case by case basis...
I think at this stage MS isn't really into exclusives as they are aiming for a different angle with game pass... Therefore exclusive really means any platform that is within the realm of game pass.
So Xbox, Cloud, PC... Switch is a pretty safe non-competitor really but then of course PS5 is the big question and I think MS will discuss keeping some of the AAA stuff like ES6 exclusive (to Xbox and PC) at just until they have expired their ability to tie-in hardware and subscribers.
Doom, Quake and all that I think might see releases on PS5 inline as it'll still be a big market and revenue back.
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Only things in their stable i’m fussed about,
Dishonoured, done 1&2 to death, can’t say ill go through a 3rd.
ES6, which by the sounds of it is MILES off, like end of gen its so far off.
So year, bit of an odd purchase this, huge expense for a publisher that has zero system sellers in its stable.
7.5b to just dump it all in gamepass? Year ok MS. All sounds more like a tax write off to me rather than something that will propel the Xbox brand in any way.
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Some people are going to get even richer off this deal. Zenimax Media has some interesting Board members.
There are probably good arguments on both sides aside from the industry consolidating as a whole; long development cycles on Starfield and Elder Scrolls, some recent releases that have struggled and this deal may overvalue the company. But Microsoft gains 8 new developer studios, a ton of IP to add as exclusives and a company that has shown it can successfully run Live Service games with it's biggest IPs.
As an aside The Elder Scrolls Online has become one of my favourite surprises of this generation but is far from perfect. I hope this takes some pressure of monitisation but also helps Zenimax Online Studios to look at cross-play in the future.
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