Xbox acquires Bethesda

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Intrinsic said:
I really think this is all simple. And no, I amnot over reacting.

I have been saying it for a while, that the most important thing MS needs to do,is get games. Xbox, Gamepass, Xcloud...anything that they want to doing gaming begins and ends with them having a strong number of exclusives. They annot win based on simply being that other platform that is like Playstation, theyhave tried that 3 timesand it has failed.

This acquisition does just that. It secures them a respectable list of IPs.Now even if the IPs arecoming to other platforms, one ting for certain is that they will also be n Gamepass. And stuff like that gives gamepass the kinda legs it needs to grow. How does sony justify you spending $70 on a game on their platform he you get that same game for "free" pending a $10 monthly subscription? There is no answer for that.

The only option left to sony is to continue to bolster its own first party output. Buy a couple more studios...etc. But thats notenough, because if MS has done this and this still doesn't swing things in their favor, it has at least shown what direction they ar going to go next, they would just buy up another publisher. And they will keep doing that till it makes a difference.

The long game here isn't to give gamers a choice,its to take that choice away.

What happens when MS has acquired thenext major publishers,those that are stillnot releasing games on gamepass would notice that their games just aren't really selling on other platforms. So the only option they wold have is to join the fold. Before you know it, gaming as we know it would b under the MS banner. This is not some sort of conspiracy theory, its the endgame of any service that workslike gamepas. You either have consolidation, or division.

You made sense until you said that. This will make things even overall. Mainland Europe and Asia will always be PlayStation land. Doesn’t matter what Xbox does, you can have a hollowed out PS5 console with newspapers inside. It doesn’t play games. It’s just a empty casing that only looks like the PS5....and it will still sell more then Xbox lol. That’s how powerful the brand is. 

So here’s the question, where you wanna live on the planet? North and South America will be Xbox land. UK, Australia, Russia. If you want to have that warm and fuzzy feeling of living in a country dominated by PlayStation, maybe think about moving to the appropriate country, get that dual citizenship application going ;)

But seriously, you may think this will lead to Xbox taking it all but that’s not gonna happen. Globally speaking, it will lead to a balance.