Xbox+Bethesda: Discussion Thread

[uouit_iyyur]

@Borealis

We literally still don’t know if starfield is going to exclusive or not. People need to stop making assumption until it happens lol

So IF Starfield is announced as an XBox/PC exclusive in summer, what the people who think Bethesda game are coming to Playstation now are going to think ?

Buying an Xbox

[Proven]

@Mort

So we are not supposed to discuss that here either? When did XboxEra go corpo?

I am not corping, but bemoaning Xbox not going through Bethesda’s entire road map of games and talking about every single games exclusivity for the next decade is annoying.

You have been complaining for the past week about this one topic and have finally gotten an answer and are still upset. Xbox was never going to appease you.

[javycane (Javier Ruiz)]

So we just gotta be happy and take it in the chin again after the Xbox One era and be grateful we even smelling these games on gamepass. Got it.

[SoulBlazerz]

@Borealis

We literally still don’t know if starfield is going to exclusive or not. People need to stop making assumption until it happens lol

We do know now that some games will be exclusives though. We didn’t have full confirmation of that before.

Tbh I don’t really see how people can read this and not take away that more and more bethesda games will be exclusive to xbox and PC in the future.

Zenimax was a big publisher, they had numerous contractual obligations. Couple that with VR titles, mobile games, MMOs, and the word “some” isn’t as unclear as many seem to think.

[AtticusFincher]

@Coda

No they shouldn’t but would you rather put it as a small paragraph in a blog post welcoming the devs or after a big trailer in a game show?

They could have tacked it onto the end of the “some new titles” sentence and it would have worked perfectly.

including some new titles in the future that will be exclusive to Xbox and PC players such as Starfield and Elder Scrolls 6.

I’d take that over 3 more months of reading speculation.

[javycane (Javier Ruiz)]

@Proven

have finally gotten an answer and are still upset

We literally didnt get anything we didnt already know. Today doesnt clear anything and only adds more confusion.

[ProgStopper]

Oh shit, I overslept, went to go do some work, AND MISSED EVERYTHING.

Damn you Jeff Grubb, you told me this was supposed to be Thursday! Not today!

Quick Takes:

Honestly? Second best-case scenario actually. Confirmation of exclusives in the future, with the doors open for the Live-Service and GaaS titles. Contractual obligations are a mothertrucker, but what can you do? Stuff like Indy, Wolf III and others might be contratually obligated to be multiplatform this late in the game.

Case-by-case basis is the best we’re gonna get right now and I’ll take it.

Also, notice how Microsoft now views Bethesda as First-Party. That should be all you need to know.

Bethesda is now FIrst-Party.

[Fulcizombie]

@Proven

I am not corping, but bemoaning Xbox not going through Bethesda’s entire road map of games and talking about every single games exclusivity for the next decade is annoying.

You have been complaining for the past week about this one topic and have finally gotten an answer and are still upset. Xbox was never going to appease you.

Bethesda is AN XBOX FIRST PARTY PUBLISHER/DEVELOPER. Of course they should go through Bethesda’s entire road map of games. Some of you are acting as if MS struck a deal, for gamepass or whatever, with a 3rd party developer. Bethesda IS Xbox, or should have been I guess.

[Outrun]

@Fulcizombie

Most expensive gamepass deal ever, with 7.5 billion they should have bought way more «gamepass day one» games than what Bethesda will have to offer.

7.5 Billion is not much for MS. They are playing the long game. Snapping up talent and IP for a day when there is no physical Xbox or PS.

[cinste (Pete)]

@ChuckeRearmed

Actualy vague messaging and lip service is a traditional attitude in corporation and politics.

Dunno what kind of corporations you’re working for but it isn’t in my experience. Did they go bust?

[ChuckeRearmed]

@cinste

Dunno what kind of corporations you’re working for but it isn’t in my experience. Did they go bust?

No, but outside it looks much better than inside lol. Vague messaging is norm - see Jim Ryan for example. But it is dissappointing.

[Proven]

@Fulcizombie

Bethesda is AN XBOX FIRST PARTY PUBLISHER/DEVELOPER. Of course they should go through Bethesda’s entire road map of games. Some of you are acting as if MS struck a deal, for gamepass or whatever, with a 3rd party developer. Bethesda IS Xbox, or should have been I guess.

Wait so you expected Microsoft to literally lay a road map of every game they’re planning for the next decade?

[Outrun]

@Proven

I am not corping, but bemoaning Xbox not going through Bethesda’s entire road map of games and talking about every single games exclusivity for the next decade is annoying.

You have been complaining for the past week about this one topic and have finally gotten an answer and are still upset. Xbox was never going to appease you.

Some people don’t want to know.

Some people want MS to act juvenile and stick it to Sony.

What we know is that all Bethesda games and DLC will be Day One on Gamepass. There is no confusion there

[beastmode10]

@Borealis

Lack of confidence

This is only about acquisitions, and not about confidence. When you are on a large shopping spree, you don’t need to answer these questions in black-and-white. There are going to be regulatory hurdles everywhere, and you have to thread those with fan requests of exclusivity. There are no safe answers.

[ChuckeRearmed]

Another thing to consider - none of the other purchased studios said about “some” exclusive games for Xbox. All of them said about exclusive to Xbox/PC/XCloud.

Guess, we can safely assume that Starfield is time exclusive, Wolf is coming to PS5 the same date, and TES is coming to PS.

[Fulcizombie]

@Proven

Wait so you expected Microsoft to literally lay a road map of every game they’re planning for the next decade?

I expected MS to treat the announcement of Bethesda the way console makers treat the announcements of acquiring new first party developers.

[ProgStopper]

Bethesda is first-party, offically recognized as so by Microsoft.

I’m not sure what’s there left to discuss.

There are contractual obligations still in place on games we don’t know about THAT HAVE TO BE FILLED.

[uouit_iyyur]

@Proven

Wait so you expected Microsoft to literally lay a road map of every game they’re planning for the next decade?

Xbox players had unrealistic expectation

It’s an Xbox wire post, not a conference with game announcement or roadmap

[ProgStopper]

@ChuckeRearmed

Another thing to consider - none of the other purchased studios said about “some” exclusive games for Xbox. All of them said about exclusive to Xbox/PC/XCloud.

Guess, we can safely assume that Starfield is time exclusive, Wolf is coming to PS5 the same date, and TES is coming to PS.

You can’t assume any of that.

Contractual obligations!

[BadNews]

@uouit_iyyur

What word of mouth can people have when at the end of Starfield trailer they are going to see " Xbox and PC only " ?

Well if Starfield is also on playstation, then it would make people assume their heavy hitters will also be on playstation. “Some” leaves door open for that possibility, but nobody will know until actual reveal of game, but I have a suspicion that Starfield will be on PS5