Lol. This is hilarious. Tbh, I am a bit disappointed as aside from Sony, Bethesda's gamea are the ones I buy most (i recenyly finished Wolfenstein 1&2, have Doom and Fallout started but not finished), primarily because they are mostly single-player. However, it is unlikely I will ever change consoles as my preference are still sony exclusives.
Biases aside, I frankly think this is a good buy for MS as Bethesda are known for thei singleplayer games, an area that MS is co siderably weaker in compared to Sony so it fills an obvious weakness. I think this is a clear compliment to Sony too as it is clear that MS realises that they were facing an upward hill in terms of consoles sales vs the PS5, and decided that laying down a massive sum of money (one Sony could never match) was the way forward.
It will be interesting to see how this changes things. I assume that most casual gamers may not have heard of the purchase or realised what it means. Or some may be so used to the PS ecosystem they don't consider purchasing any other console Does this mean the PS5 will continue to go its merry way with higher sales or will the series X overtake it? i think Sony will back their exclusives as standing up to any competition and the PS5 will continue to dominate. But I can see the gap narrowing and the Gamepass becoming ever more attractive of a proposition.
One final point I want to make - MS has been on a purchasing spree in the last wee while, but we have yet to see any games released by these new studios and it is not yet possible to tell if MS has been doing a good job looking after these studios. Let's hope that MS resists the urge to tinker or add silly things like GAAS to these new IPs MS has just bought.
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