There has been a lot of debate on the exclusivity of future Bethesda titles. Frankly, releasing games day 1 on PS5 is not gonna happen. That would happen anyway if MS didn’t spend a dime on the purchase. At the very least it’s timed exclusivity (I’d guess a year for maximum impact).
The real goal is Game Pass. People will feel more and more silly spending $70 per game when Game Pass has it and more for $15 a month. 15 million subscribers generating income every month....imagine if that number goes up to 30 million. 50 million. Long term it makes more sense to keep these games fully exclusive to boost sub numbers and console sales, which are the primary vehicle for GP adoption.
I know there’s all the quotes about being broadly available, but that easily can refer to Xbox console, PC, smartphones, laptops, tablets, etc. The Xbox ecosystem is broad in itself. Getting a cut from PS5 sales is peanuts compared to growing Game Pass by millions. Worst case the big titles will be timed exclusive. MS didn’t spend 7.5 billion to treat Bethesda like any other 3rd party dev.
Xbox: Best hardware, Game Pass best value, best BC, more 1st party genres and multiplayer titles.
