Will The Elder Scrolls 6 be an Xbox exclusive game? This is one of the many questions that users are asking right now after learning that Microsoft has bought Bethesda for $ 7.5 billion . Important news within the sector for what the popular development study implies for the industry and what it could contribute to the company that owns Xbox.
Microsoft buys ZeniMax Media
“We welcome the talented team and popular Bethesda franchises to Xbox” this is how Microsoft announced the purchase of ZeniMax Media , the company to which the popular video game development studio Bethesda belongs. An acquisition that has supposed the company led by Satya Nadella a disbursement of 7,500 million dollars, but that will surely pay off soon.
What’s more, it is much more interesting for all of us who enjoy games instead of having spent X million on the purchase of TikTok, don’t you think? Anyway, let’s not deviate from the issue that really matters: why this purchase?
The reason for the acquisition is clear: Microsoft is betting on what really matters, games . During the last weeks and knowing the launch dates of the new Xbox Series X and S as well as the Playstation 5, we have seen that the company has distanced itself from the boring console war.
The company is not going to deny that it does not care about the hardware, but where they should put the focus is on the games. Without titles capable of showing all that power, nothing matters. That’s why Bethesda can play a key role in how the next generation develops. Although there is also another important factor: xCloud . From now on, the games will be available on the streaming game service from day one.
Bethesda titles have been important in setting up the game catalog on xCloud and that is why the purchase makes much more sense. Another thing is to know if titles like The Elder Scroll, DOOM or Wolfestein will become exclusive to the platform or not. Although we do not believe that it will happen either, because it would be a bit absurd to give up other sources of income if you have the potential to develop on other platforms.
Of course, what could happen is that as has happened and will continue to happen, there are exclusive releases for a certain time and after those months jump to the rest of the platforms. But all that will be seen with the passage of time. For now the important thing is that with this purchase, Microsoft goes from 15 to 23 own development studios . Among them some really important ones like Obsidian and inXile.
From now on it will be up to Microsoft to take advantage of the talent and titles with which it has been made. Because there are important franchises such as Dishonored, Wolfestein, The Elder Scroll, Fallout, DOOM, The Evil Within, Prey or Starfield that will allow you to expand your game catalog on both Xbox and PC and its recently launched xCloud streaming game service (which we encourage you to try for everything it offers and its good performance).
