Xbox acquires Bethesda

[AbbathTheGrim]

Ka-pi96 said:

AbbathTheGrim said:

I want this to be true and I want you to be right. But I will always fear GamePass could become big enough for Micro to think they don't need to release anywhere else. This is what I do about pretty much everything, I look at the worst case scenario so that I prepare myself mentally for the huge loss. lol

That doesn't really seem like a logical step to me. I mean, in the majority of cases they'd make more money by somebody buying a new game day 1 for full price than they would that person subscribing to game pass. So why leave money on the table?

Actually releasing the games potentially earns more money (much more for big ones like Fallout), while game pass earns more reliable/regular money. Having both is surely better than having just one.

Maybe because Steam takes a huge chunk of the pie? Maybe because Micro can grow that GamePass thing enough to not care about releasing on other Platforms/launchers?

I mean, it isn't like Micro and Sony are always dying to release their exclusives on other platforms, although Sony just released Horizon and may be a shift on approach to exclusives in general.

Thinking the worst.

And breathe...

Just to categorically declare, for posterity:

Starfield, The Elder Scrolls VI, and Fallout 5 will all be on PlayStation 5, at the same time they come to other platforms.

Mark it. =)

— Colin Moriarty (@longislandviper) September 21, 2020

I don't know what to think anymore. lol