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Microsoft to acquire ZeniMax Media and Bethesda Softworks for $7.5B

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Re: Microsoft to acquire ZeniMax Media and Bethesda Softworks for $7.5B

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Post by iamericfletcher »

actuator wrote: post #27
wpdev_63 wrote: post #7

Holy sh!t. Bethesda is huge! Well I was just thinking the other day that Microsoft really doesn't have any first party studio that are really as good as Sony's first party. IMO they didn't release a game 'this' gen that makes picking up a xbox one worth it. This could change that with fallout and doom. Also this allows them to bring the ID tech engine under their stewardship.... I just hope that they don't trash the…

If I am not mistaken they have some few PS5 exclusives under development. Is there any new IP that Bethesda is working on, which can be potentially a Xbox/PC exclusive?

Sans Socom 2 remake, PS5 is going to be absolute garbage.

Re: Microsoft to acquire ZeniMax Media and Bethesda Softworks for $7.5B

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Post by carterklein13 »

als0 wrote: post #18

Microsoft bought the legendary game company Rare some time ago. That acquisition didn't go well, so I hope this works out well for Bethesda.

I hope that was long enough in the past where they've done their DD and learned their very-much-needed lesson.

Pre-MS Rare was my personal golden age of gaming. I don't really play anymore, but man do I think fondly on those days.

Re: Microsoft to acquire ZeniMax Media and Bethesda Softworks for $7.5B

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Post by Goronmon »

fuball63 wrote: post #23
sitkack wrote: post #11

Microsoft now "owns" Quake? That is ironic.

Can you clarify what you mean? I recently got into developing on the Quake 2 engine, which I think is an amazing piece of software, so I'm kinda obsessed with all things Quake right now.

Quake is made by id Software. ZeniMax Media owns id Software. Microsoft just aquired ZeniMax Media.

Re: Microsoft to acquire ZeniMax Media and Bethesda Softworks for $7.5B

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Post by wpdev_63 »

lewisj489 wrote: post #28
als0 wrote: post #18

Microsoft bought the legendary game company Rare some time ago. That acquisition didn't go well, so I hope this works out well for Bethesda.

How did it not go well? > Kinect Sports Rivals Great game > Sea of Thieves Another great title

If you played Rare games from the 90s you would understand.

Also those games while not considered 'bad' weren't exactly considered system sellers.

Re: Microsoft to acquire ZeniMax Media and Bethesda Softworks for $7.5B

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Post by eunos »

francis_t_catte wrote: post #22

Soon we'll just have Microsoft, Epic, and a conglomeration of EA, Activision, and Ubisoft after Bobby Kotick forces them all to merge. Facebook will bungle up any chance they have of capturing the gaming market after writing a cryptic paragraph about their legal right to request blood samples from all Oculous users in the TOS. Valve will quietly exit software development altogether, and pivot to building custom vanit…

Don't forget Tencent.

Re: Microsoft to acquire ZeniMax Media and Bethesda Softworks for $7.5B

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Post by MaximumMadness »

abluecloud wrote: post #9

microsoft are seeing that the money is going to be made in a subscription model for games. by purchasing the studios it makes it much easier for them to bundle games (possibly with exclusivity) with their gamepass. i know i'm more likely to subscribe to gamepass (and keep it running for years) vs. the 1/2 games i buy a year.

I still have some trouble around the idea that hardcore consumers will want a bundle that has maybe 2-5 games they would have bought otherwise + 95 more they dont really care about.

Aren't consumers just going to buy what they want anyway? Plus the Sony world just has so many more games worth playing

Re: Microsoft to acquire ZeniMax Media and Bethesda Softworks for $7.5B

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Post by CivBase »

Bethesda/Zenimax as a whole has had a very rough time of it recently, but their IPs alone are ridiculously valuable and id Software has been killing it lately. I wonder how much Microsoft intends to shake things up.

Also, if MS just wants development studios and IPs, I imagine a lot of the publishing arm of the company will be redundant. I wonder what MS intends to do about the publishing staff.

Re: Microsoft to acquire ZeniMax Media and Bethesda Softworks for $7.5B

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Post by actuator »

eunos wrote: post #36
francis_t_catte wrote: post #22

Soon we'll just have Microsoft, Epic, and a conglomeration of EA, Activision, and Ubisoft after Bobby Kotick forces them all to merge. Facebook will bungle up any chance they have of capturing the gaming market after writing a cryptic paragraph about their legal right to request blood samples from all Oculous users in the TOS. Valve will quietly exit software development altogether, and pivot to building custom vanit…

Don't forget Tencent.

Epic is partly owned by Tencent but yeah, they are a very big fish, specially with their interests in mobile gaming.
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