About Phil, he has to tow the corporate line because that's what he's paid to do which is understandable.  I think we're all sick or what comes from corporate in general.  So when it comes out of his mouth, he takes the heat.  It is what it is.

Verry bad. Happy iam stopping buying next genn after ps5

I remember when Microsoft bought the domains “Microsoft-Sony.com” and “Sony-Microsoft.com”(future intentions?). There’s always been rumors too of them negotiating a buyout of Nintendo. They were close to purchasing Sega before Dreamcast. Buying Bethesda seems kinda reasonable all of a sudden.

I think it was a smart choice on their part though it’s unlikely they’ll recoup their money for many many years if ever. It does give them the killer app. If they owned Rockstar North they’d be untouchable. But there’s no way T2 is going to let that cash cow go. GTA Exclusivity can make or break a whole console.

Hopefully the next elder scrolls will be tested before it gets released this time.

Please buy Nintendo and/or Sony next.

The only Franchises that are in question of staying Exclusive are Fallout and Elder Scrolls, the rest will stay exclusive IMO yes even Doom and Wolfenstien. MS has zero obligation to release Starfield on PS5 considering that its a new franchise that had no platforms announced when revealed.

Do any of you honestly believe that Sony won't ramp up their money-hatting for timed exclusivity on AAA games made by big publishers? They even tried to moneyhat Starfield for crying out loud, I see zero reason why MS should help them at all when they have their own brand to grow too. The argument of them trying to recoup their investment by staying multiplatform is laughable too since they could easily eat the costs and the reason why these Mega Corporations make these billion dollar deals is to use their excessive cash to control things that are valuable.

As for possible future acquisitions for MS I highly doubt that they would acquire another publisher unless it's another Warner Bros situation where they were actively looking to sell and then the parent company changed their minds. Out of all the pipe dream publisher acquisitions Zenimax/Bethesda were always the most realistic because they were the only ones that were a Private company and it was rumored for a long time that Zenimax was looking or open to sell and MS were the ones to pull the trigger.

Insiders are now saying that MS has acquired two more studios that have not yet been revealed, I believe that Asobo is a lock as one of the two and the other could either be Bloober of Techland since there has been rumors way back that MS were looking to acquire a studio in Poland and out of those two i would personally prefer Techland since they are a 2 team AAA studio.

Who the hell upset Microsoft? MS "No games you say?

PS: MS/Xbox please do us PC gamers a favour and shutdown the Bethesda App Store.

It will be funny if they buy a lot of studios and publisher but still on third place on consoles sales , let see and wait. But already see Microsoft will not able to defeat Sony on console area. They focus is gamepass. They don't care on consoles sales. Trus me they will sell their exclusives games on PS console at regular 70 USD price but making it cheap or free on gamepass. It will be winner for both.

Like rise of the tomb raider.

And i do think this can increase the quality of Bethesdas games since they do not have to make microtransaction infested garbage like fallout 76 anymore.

I think the Zenimax acquisition was a move to position themself against Google more than against Sony, so I am sure Google will have take notice. And in difference to Sony, Google is able to pour as much money as MS.