The Pleasure
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Yes. They crashed on PC for their entire life. They crashed on PC since Elder Scrolls Arena and crashed even more with Elder Scrolls Daggerfall.
Microsoft acquires Zenimax/Bethesda
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NoMoChokeSJ
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MS doesn't have to convince PS5 owners to switch to xbox, they have to convince them to buy an xbox as well. Or for PC owners to subscribe to Gamepass Ultimate. This is a good way to do it. It doesn't have to be an or and much as an and...
itsjustJEFF
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I suspect people are going to be irate and pick up their pitchforks, you know cause "buying up exclusives is bad for the industry" "How dare you keep so many people from playing these games" but that's no likely what's going to happen. It'll probably be celebrations and tears of joy, cause it's not happening to them and it's coming to their piece of plastic. At least Bethesda games will be on other platforms for a few years, they still have to recoup that 7.5Billion. Also, if you really want to play these Bethesda games, IF or when, they do exclusive... a Series S is pretty damn affordable!
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mckmas8808
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Didn't think about this point.
TheZink
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This is my plan also. I’m gonna make sure I can secure a series X first though
PresetError
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Congratulations Xbox fans. Bye Bethesda, ID Software, Arkane and Tango.
I'm not a hypocrite. Microsoft invested in exclusive content and its clients will enjoy the benefits of it. This is how it's supposed to work.
I'm not a hypocrite. Microsoft invested in exclusive content and its clients will enjoy the benefits of it. This is how it's supposed to work.
NullZ3r0
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They sold 40 million Xbox Ones after majorly fucking up. With the power crown and games, Xbox Series X|S should easily outsell the 360.
Crew 511A
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For most of gaming history, exclusives have been a thing. The last two generations have been pretty good to us in this regard, although Xbox One owners got hosed a couple of times. Looks like it's starting to head the other way again.
Hendrick's
If only my penis was as big as my GamerScore!
I hear the deal was signed with fanboy blood.
HaveButOneLife
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TheGreatWhiteShark
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make it 90 and add that final fantasy timed exclusivity clauseFree on gamepass
80 dollars on ps5. Screw the 70 make it 80
cookie-monster
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Just cancelled my ps5 preorder.
SkylineRKR
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It works for me. I am going to pre order an S tomorrow. I was already planning to. But with EA and Bethesda on GP this sounds like a good deal. These are mostly games I don't want to buy for the full whack anymore and with the increased prices GP is a god send. I also have a PS5 pre-ordered but more and more I find myself having a tough time buying games separate and for a price.
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Jtibh
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I want the sequel to prey 2017. Og prey was good but i might be oldschool and system shock ish title is what i am craving for.
Liamario
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Definitely not an Xbox shill.
Jtibh
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Why not offer it to a fellow gaffer??
Sw0pDiller
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Damn, dat rtx3080 looks better and better besides ps5 this coming generation.
Bragr
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Xbox asked the big bosses at Microsoft for some help and they gave them keys to the gold vault. They are not fucking around this generation.
Xbox knew they had to hit the big drum, and having Elder Scrolls VI and Fallout exclusively on Xbox is gonna be MASSIVE. Game Pass is gonna be gigantic this generation.
Xbox knew they had to hit the big drum, and having Elder Scrolls VI and Fallout exclusively on Xbox is gonna be MASSIVE. Game Pass is gonna be gigantic this generation.
Dr.Guru of Peru
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Man, as someone who would likely have gone with a PS5 and still prefers the Steam Marketplace, this kind of sucks.
Kiya's Guard
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Lol so it's true. WTF BBQ
Aggressive Carrot
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I'm 30 pages late but damn this is some news. I don't think anyone saw this coming. At least I didn't. Microsoft RKO'd me.
Neko Mimi Mode
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Yes I was so hurt to learn that Final Fantasy won't be exclusive to PS5, despite the attempts to obfuscate on this by Sony.
By the way;
It's amazing and hilarious. 9 months of "teraflops, teraflops, teraflops" when apparently what xbox gamers really wanted to do was barely upgrade their xbox one X, and buy a subscription service.
It just goes to show how full of shit xbots are. Anything MS announce is amazing, innovative, and the future of gaming.
Amazing, innovative and the future of gaming. Yep, that pretty much sums it up.
tassletine
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They‘ll still fuck it up. All they ever seem to do is buy bigger and bigger companies to try and bail them out of the mess they get themselves into. It’ll be five years before they work out what to do with Bethesda and by then, those companies will be a shadow of their former selves — Ground down by the MS machine.
Bernkastel
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Bragr
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Xbox has an advantage in one area over Playstation and it's becoming more and more clear, and that's Microsoft connection to PC and Game Pass being a console and PC service. Xbox doesn't give a shit if you buy it on console or PC, as long as you use Game Pass. This opens the door for PC gamers in a way Sony can't match.
Lionel Richie
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2017 Prey was god tier.
samwizered
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Just woke up to this news like
This is an insane acquisition, I don't even know how to process this.
I knew MS was on a buying spree, but what the fuck.
This is an insane acquisition, I don't even know how to process this.
I knew MS was on a buying spree, but what the fuck.
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mikefrails
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Are we still just handing the gen to PlayStation? 
The Pleasure
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Can't price it too high or people say fuck you. You gotta do it enough to where people grumble but not so much that they rebel.
Elpidio Valdés
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I woke up this morning, logged on GAf, sipping my coffee & reading the Xbox Pre-Order thread when someone mentions if the Bethesda acquisition was going to change minds... I'm thinking to myself "what's dis fool talking about, he must be drunk". Then I refresh the home page and OMG!!! This is a megaton, I was thinking of not preordering any next gen console but fuck that, tomorrow I'm going to do my best to snatch a XSX!
Dirk Benedict
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Lol. This is good news... for Xbox and PC people. Also the thought of reuniting Obsidian with Fallout goes beyond any meltdown.
Microsoft have managed to etch a grin on my face.
NullZ3r0
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It's going to get to a point where Sony will need to team up with Amazon or Google either of whom can easily purchase them. MS is spending big boy money.
MilkyJoe
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Bitmap Frogs
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It is very likely that they were aware of this and I wouldn't doubt for a second that once Zeni owners had the final offer they asked Sony if they'd pay more.
Grinchy
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I'm so late to the news, but god damn. I'm not sure what to think yet. This is 3 times the amount they paid for Minecraft, which they went on to sell more than 100M copies (after buying it!) and tons of licensing deals and toys and stuff.
With such a massive acquisition of not only a developer, but also a publisher, I have to wonder if the endgame really is to just completely cut PS5 out. From a publishing perspective, that wouldn't make sense. But maybe MS has gone fully crazy and just paid $7.5B to buy game pass profits 10+ years from now or something...
With such a massive acquisition of not only a developer, but also a publisher, I have to wonder if the endgame really is to just completely cut PS5 out. From a publishing perspective, that wouldn't make sense. But maybe MS has gone fully crazy and just paid $7.5B to buy game pass profits 10+ years from now or something...
Kadayi
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That Little S series is a white ninja. Too inexpensive not to appeal as a sidecar purchase if nothing more than for the game pass content.
Explosive Zombie
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I can't imagine what all is contained in the 30 pages this thread currently encompasses. This is potentially good news for the industry, though, things have been sliding downhill for Bethesda with their biggest franchises, no one can claim Fallout 76 or Elder Scrolls Online are their favorite entries of either franchise. Hopefully this means some shifting directions and since they also own Obsidian I want my Fallout New Vegas 2. If you can't handle 2-3 years from now one of these games coming out exclusive I don't know what to tell you... which franchise bugs you most? Because none of them will have a new entry for at least 2-3 years, Starfield MAYBE in 2021, if that's not enough time to save up for an XBOX or a good PC then what do you want from me? You either care about these games or you don't.
Sakura
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I mean, big news and all but, I don't really see this being a gamechanger for this generation. It would be one thing if the new Xbox was launching with TESVI or something, but it's not. I also don't have much confidence in Microsoft's ability to manage their studios.
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Stuart360
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'the deals we have in place will be honoured. The thing this is about is a huge commitment in our Xbox community, we now have 23 studios and those games will come to Xbox and Gamepass'
Phils comments in the interview with CNBC.
It looks like future games will be Xbox console exclusive.
Phils comments in the interview with CNBC.
It looks like future games will be Xbox console exclusive.
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