Im honestly surprised at how Phil kept it together when people grilled him about Lockhart.
Just saw a video of someone discussing Todd Howardâs comments on the engine overhaul. This person also said it wouldnât make any sense for Xbox to keep huge franchises like TES Xbox exclusive. How does it not make sense when Xbox really wants as many people on GP as possible?
https://twitter.com/vicious696/status/1308085091399168007?s=19
This is what Parris said as well - I knew he would be a sensible one on this. Microsoft didnât buy Bethesda to make money selling games, they bought it to sell Game Pass and I donât see how putting it on PS5 helps that: Selling 5 million more Game Pass subscriptions is worth more to Microsoft than selling 10 million copies of Elder Scrolls for example.
As I have said previously, at best PS5 owners will get to play games like Elder Scrolls a year or two down the line, but if people are expecting day and date with Xbox and PC they are going to be disappointed.
Exactly!
Just take this comment I just received for example, on Twitter.
"Fallout, The Elder Scrolls and DOOM are much bigger franchises compared to anything Obsidian has made themselves, same goes for Ninja Theory, they can get away with making them exclusive.
Making Bethesda games exclusive would make many people mad."
They can get away with making them exclusive this person says, but Bethesda games would make people mad.
So?
Dude says they would make more money by releasing it on all systems. But I wonder about that.
If it causes that reaction in people then isnât that more reason to keep it exclusive, so the carrot is always dangled to tempt people to buy into the ecosystem?
In a ideal world I would love the games to continue to release on PlayStation so more people can play them as long as they come into Game Pass. However, we donât and Microsoft has a business at the end of the day and is trying to drive Game Pass subscriptions and itâs their IPs now.
Exactly. If someone is fan enough of these games they will set aside theirâŚi guessâŚpride and buy that Xbox. Or if they hate Xbox that much just build a PC and get Game Pass. Done.
The guy says MS would make more money if they bring all the games to all systems. But I donât think thatâs really true. People that otherwise would consider GP or Xbox now stay with PS because these amazing titles will come anyway.
I really like Alanah Pearce but I just watched her video about Xboxâs acquisition of Bethesda and she sort of completely encapsulates what Iâm saying is wrong.
She starts off by saying she hopes they donât make games exclusives because exclusives are bad for the industry. Then says how hyped she is that Deathloop is staying PS5 timed exclusive and will be playing on the PS5âŚ
SoâŚSomy exclusiveâŚlemme buy a PS5 to play it super stokedâŚXbox buy the studiosâŚplease donât stop PS5 players from playing the gamesâŚ
Itâs so so messed up. Be against exclusives - thatâs a very reasonable place to be. But stop praising Sony for exclusives and saying how stoked you are to play their games on the PS5 whilst simultaneously telling us how bad Xbox doing the same thing isâŚ
Rant over.
Da fuck, seriously? I didnât expect that from her. Thatâs incredibly odd. The timed exclusive deal is trash and it would have been great if that deal was gone so that we all can enjoy Deathloop and Ghostwire.
I dont think she implied that deathloop being on ps5 is a good thing, just that shes mentioning that she will play deathloop on ps5.
Her too? Another one bites the dustâŚ
But neither did she say that game being a timed exclusive is bad. Just how stoked she was to play it and on PS5. She did imply she was glad that deal was still in place and that MS would honour itâŚ
She did not state any opinion on its exclusivity, she just said its becoming her most hyped next gen game and shes getting it on PS5. And being silent does not indicate a opinion in either direction.
Pretty much. The Series S does exist, as well as an AA plan. I would like to also tell those people that it is ok to own more than one console; Jim Ryan is not going to shout at you lol. I mean I plan to pick up a PS5 in about 2-3 years time because I like some of Sonyâs games.
In the short term yes, but in the long run probably not in terms of making money.
Yes they would.
But Netflix donât spend 17 billion a Year to put more content on HBO or Disney+
And Microsoft wants Game Pass to be the netflix of gaming, theyâre not gonna do it putting these huge assets on their competition platform
These people are in for a ROUGH awakening
Lol. It makes me mad that I canât play Street Fighter and Persona on Xbox. So Fân what?
A vocal minority will be mad, as usual but I tend to find those types for some bizarre reason can only play on playstation. So whatâs the point of trying to placate them?
I want to play some Sony games so Iâll be buying a PS5 at some point. Theyâll have to enter the MS ecosystem if they really want to play some of these games.
The message this has sent to the more casual user is much more interesting Iâm seeing friends and acquaintances who jumped to PS4 last gen jumping back. Lots of them have secured Xboxes and theyâre only buying 1 console for now.
MS buy Bethesda to increase the number of gamepass suscriber.
How you can increase the number of gamepass suscriber if you release your game on PS ? 14 of the 15 XGS (without Bethesda) release their game only on Xbox/PC because they want you in the ecosystem.
MS donât want 40-50⏠for a game from PS user, they want them to switch to Xbox and ask them 10âŹ/month to play Bethesda game
Nevermind that, how about Fall Guys? Perfect example.
I saw that Fall Guys was on PS+ on Day 1. Wow, cool. I download it, but I know I canât play it because my Dualshock 4 is the first make and model, which has dpad issues that I need to open up the controller and fix.
But then I look at gameplay and decide that yknow what, Iâll buy the game on my Xbox. It looks that good.
I find out that not only was it made free on PS+ but Sony also made it console exclusive.
Ok fine, this is how it is in todayâs industry.
Fast forward to yesterday and people are hoping that Zenimax games are free on Gamepass but sold on PlayStation? What?
This is a bed that Sony made.
Sony did this back in 1998/1999 when they bought exclusivity from EA so that the Dreamcast would not get even one title from EA. This was a huge factor in people skipping the DC to get a PS2 in North America and Europe.
No limited time 1 year exclusive, no exclusivity tied to one or two titles⌠It resulted in zero EA games from ever hitting the Dreamcast in its entire lifespan.
And it worked. So a precedent has been set.
Were these games journalists born in the 2000s? How come weâre not seeing any comparisons made there?
Smh at these folks on Youtube that say it wouldnât make sense for MS to keep Bethesda games exclusive. Have they never heard of Game Pass?
Yesterday on ResetEra i saw a thread about what Bethesda had said after the acquisition. That the games they were making yesterday would still be published by them. Many people there automatically assumed this meant all announced Bethesda games so far (including Starfield and TES VI) would be day one for PS5 as well. But I donât really see how they come to that conclusion. That decision is really on Xbox/MS.
Spencer said the games will come to other platforms on a case by case basis. He could have said âabsolutely not, these games will be exclusive to Xbox and PC now.â He also could have said they wouldnât leave people that usually were able to play these games (PS owners) behind, but didnât . Never show all your cards, and thats exactly what he did. They can now still bring games to other systems , could be smaller ones,maybe the bigger ones too, maybe only Switch, maybe PS5 too. But all these people fully expecting Xbox to release the heavy hitters day one on all platforms? That I really donât see happening .