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lol they don't have to prove really nothing...now stop it already with the downplay of one of the greatest studio of the industry .just because now is a Ms one

Ah come on, Bethesda games has been joked about for several years and especially since Fallout 76. I wouldn’t call em one of the greatest developers any more, maybe in the mid 2000s up to mid last gen.

But I welcome the fact that MS bought them, I hope and think that their output will get a lot better in terms of quality now that they have some solid financial backing from MS.

 

[Warnen]

It’s still wrong. It should be microsoft exclusive but then have a disclaimer that minimum system specification applies

Over what? How is something exclusive when it’s available on 2 platforms at the same time. You can play it on anything that runs windows? No. It’s xbox console exclusive and also available on pc.

But, that’s why I said the title was wrong. It’s not exclusive on xbox and pc. Like deathloop. It will be on PS5 and PC. So it’s a console exclusive PS and also on pc.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Yeah, imagine Sony not caring about the next big meal ticket from the developers of elder scrolls and fallout.

They could port Skyrim or doom to mobile and still make a million sales so I don’t think they need to prove much tbh. Kinda like Pokémon, they can sell just on the brand name alone.

they have huge operating costs, they were probably facing the reality of having to shed employees or shut down studios or sell out

 

[Unknown?]

Wow, he's doing Xbox damage control now? Didn't he get the hint not to do this from Dusk Golem?

 

[01011001]

Over what? How is something exclusive when it’s available on 2 platforms at the same time. You can play it on anything that runs windows? No. It’s xbox console exclusive and also available on pc.

like Tearaway is PlayStation exclusive even tho it is on 2 playstation systems. it's not PS4 exclusive, and it WAS Vita exclusive, but now it is PlayStation exclusive.
same with Sly Cooper 4, it came out on Vita and PS3, and it is PlayStation exclusive, not PS3 exclusive, not Vita exclusive but PlayStation exclusive

 

[AJUMP23]

But GAF has repeatedly informed me that Microsoft would never do that because it's just them leaving money on the table.

I leave money on the table, I call it a tip.

 

[Shmunter]

Exclusive till it’s not?

 

[Mister Wolf]

I can already picture journalists and twitter annoying Phil asking him about every single game released whether it will be permanently exclusive. I hope he is ready. Every single game.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

I can already picture journalists and twitter annoying Phil asking him about every single game released whether it will be permanently exclusive. I hope he is ready. Every single game.

if starfield is exclusive, that will say everything there is to know on the subject

I wouldn’t count any of it coming to ps5

 

[01011001]

I can already picture journalists and twitter annoying Phil asking him about every single game released whether it will be permanently exclusive. I hope he is ready. Every single game.

I bet what's gonna happen, in order to keep the messaging easy to digest and clean, is that after all the deals with Sony are done they will announce something along the lines of "from hereon out every future Bethesda published game will be Xbox and Windows 10 exclusive.

that's my guess

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

But, that’s why I said the title was wrong. It’s not exclusive on xbox and pc. Like deathloop. It will be on PS5 and PC. So it’s a console exclusive PS and also on pc.

Years later and console warriors like you are still trying to jump through hoops to make this complicated

It’s available on the Microsoft Xbox consoles, Microsoft Windows platforms, and anything running the Microsoft xCloud service. Please tell me the common theme here. Take your time, we will wait. You can do it.

 

[MatrixReloaded101]

...

 

[LiquidMetal14]

THIS

IS

HUGE

 

[Max_Po]

Lets Forget about Zeni/Bethesda for a sec ...


Who gives a flying fuck about Jeff Grub ? Seriously ? this clown is some sort of self proclaimed Xbox authority now ?



Seriously ...........

 

[01011001]

Lets Forget about Zeni/Bethesda for a sec ...


Who gives a flying fuck about Jeff Grub ? Seriously ? this clown is some sort of self proclaimed Xbox authority now ?



Seriously ...........

didn't he leak a lot of Xbox stuff recently and was pretty much spot on? or am I mixing up people here?

 

[Derktron]

Well duh, you think Microsoft would spend $7 billion on a company like Bethesda just to continue to add games to PlayStation, did people not watch the roundtable when both companies were together they talked about it was very clear on what the intentions were, now I will say these things can change and this game may come out PlayStation and another thing if Microsoft does make this game on PlayStation they would be the biggest laughing stock of the new generation.

 

[FIREKNIGHT2029]

didn't he leak a lot of Xbox stuff recently and was pretty much spot on? or am I mixing up people here?

No, he's the clown that said XBL Gold was going to be free only to be debunked later by MS themselves.

He's a nobody to be honest. Actually him saying this kind a just made the chance of Starfield coming to PS5 a little bit higher

 

[Clear]

Totally unsurprising if true.

Its a new IP so keeping it exclusive is a clean "win", whereas taking a formerly multi-platform title exclusive risks pushback from fans feeling strong-armed.

Bear in mind this is all a glorified PR exercise, because when all's said and done, had Bethesda remained independent, they'd have done the right thing for business and published it everywhere.

 

[01011001]

No, he's the clown that said XBL Gold was going to be free only to be debunked later by MS themselves.

He's a nobody to be honest. Actually him saying this kind a just made the chance of Starfield coming to PS5 a little bit higher

pretty sure he leaked a bunch of Xbox related stuff at the start of this year, all of which came true

edit: never mind, you're an obvious fanboy looking 2 sec into your post history

 

[MonarchJT]

and here we are)) ... where we can always read the usuals starting the damage control
- iTS not exclusive or at most timed exclusive
- Bethesda is not good anymore
-Peoole doesn't care about this game.

 

[Derktron]

Would love to see this not be the case just so he ends up looking stupid (though he does enough of that on his own, mind you)

This would be the biggest laughing stock if this is true. Imagine spending $7 billion just to continue to add games for the completion. This would be a big mistake.

 

[Investor9872]

Wasn't this already obvious? It seems very self-serving that this hack is stating the obvious to boost his dreadful credibility. People don't go around spending $7 billion + on a company, and then make their most important IP in decades a multi-plat.

 

[MonarchJT]

This would be the biggest laughing stock if this is true. Imagine spending $7 billion just to continue to add games for the completion. This would be a big mistake.

there's very low chance for Sony to get the next big Bethesda games...
pretty much the same that big naughty dog.games go on Xbox

 

[Derktron]

and here we are)) ... where we can always read the usuals starting the damage control
- iTS not exclusive or at most timed exclusive
- Bethesda is not good anymore
-Peoole doesn't care about this game.

Look on Twitter. It's far worse.

 

[MonarchJT]

Look on Twitter. It's far worse.

the ridiculous thing is that they think no one notices they always behave the same hahaha and that their judgments can be taken seriously

 

[OmegaSupreme]

They got the biggest game of 2021 as an exclusive. The deal already paying off.

What do you base this on?

 

[Salz01]

The only Starfield, planetary hoper I need on PS5 is Ratchet and Clank. I mean Starfield could be a big pile of shit for anybody knows.

 

[Deleted member 471617]

No surprise. The only Bethesda games that PlayStation is getting is Deathloop and Ghostwire Tokyo which Sony paid ZeniMax in order for them to be a one year timed exclusive. Other than those two games, PlayStation is NOT getting any other Bethesda game. Don't know why this would even be a debate. SMH.

 

[Derktron]

there's very low chance for Sony to get the next big Bethesda games...
pretty much the same that big naughty dog.games go on Xbox

Yeah, that is true again in my opinion, Microsoft was very clear on their message but then again things could change.

 

[FrankWza]

like Tearaway is PlayStation exclusive even tho it is on 2 playstation systems. it's not PS4 exclusive, and it WAS Vita exclusive, but now it is PlayStation exclusive.
same with Sly Racoon 4, it came out on Vita and PS3, and it is PlayStation exclusive, not PS3 exclusive, not Vita exclusive but PlayStation exclusive

At one time it was vita exclusive and that ceased when it went to other ps systems but it’s still ps exclusive. So at one time it was exclusive vita then it wasn’t. This game is console exclusive and also available on pc. It’s releasing for both on the same day isnt it?

Please tell me the common theme here.

Exactly. It can’t be xbox and pc exclusive. It can be Microsoft exclusive or xbox service exclusive. NOT exclusive to xbox and pc. It needs to be exclusive to whatever the common is. So tweet your boy and call him out. He used that emphatic spelling out of period but that tweet isn’t accurate. PC running Microsoft windows and owning xbox doesn’t change that. It’s wrong. You’re making this about something it isn’t. It’s about this guy falling all over himself to tweet something and it’s wrong. Don’t get all mad. You can play it day one on an xbox or a pc. No big deal.

 

[MistBreeze]

actually I think all bethesda games going forward will be exclusive

this is first party

actually microsoft having good games will pressure sony like ps3 days

this bring out best of sony IMO

bethesda games is not my cup of tea anyways but regardless competition is great for the industry

 

[Derktron]

the ridiculous thing is that they think no one notices they always behave the same hahaha and that their judgments can be taken seriously

Yeah, that is what I mean by everything being bias.

 

[Bonfires Down]

i have no idea what this game is even about..

rpg? open world? action?

Yes.

 

[MISTER INVEIGLER]

I think it's really stupid to limit yourself to just PS5 this gen.

Xbox and PC will have some really good exclusives.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

I'll enjoy it on pc.

 

[skit_data]

I think it's really stupid to limit yourself to just PS5 this gen.

Xbox and PC will have some really good exclusives.

Ha, I’ll just play it through the browser on my iMac instead! Take that!

/jk

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

This would be the biggest laughing stock if this is true. Imagine spending $7 billion just to continue to add games for the completion. This would be a big mistake.

I dunno. It seems like they could have their cake and eat it to

get this game on GamePass or pay $70 on a competing platform. The idea is to incentivize GamePass but at the same time they could recoup a lot of sales through PS5 gamers that won’t touch an Xbox

I’m not saying that’s what they will do, but I don’t think it is an outlandish strategy

 

[OmegaSupreme]

I think it's really stupid to limit yourself to just PS5 this gen.

Xbox and PC will have some really good exclusives.

Not everyone has the time or money for everything. If I had to choose just one it's always going to be playstation or pc

 

[LordCBH]

I mean I’m buying it on PC either way. I just hope it’s less shit than FO4 and FO76.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

I mean I’m buying it on PC either way. I just hope it’s less shit than FO4 and FO76.

Here's hoping. I couldn't he be bothered to finish fallout 4.

 

[The Pleasure]

And that's why this game will be highly divisive.

Xbox fans will praise it to heaven and PS fans will trash it to hell.

Gamebryo. Praise be the glitches and all their glitchiness!

 

[Zones]

lol they don't have to prove really nothing...now stop it already with the downplay of one of the greatest studio of the industry .just because now is a Ms one

Oh the typical persecution complex strikes again!

I mean before you become so irrationally defensive, maybe you should take a look at the last major release from Bethesda...

 

[Mokus]

Said a big nobody.

 

[Mister Wolf]

What do you base this on?

The last two games directed by Howard.

 

[zcaa0g]

It must be challenging to state the obvious.

 

[j0hnnix]

 

[IntentionalPun]

i have no idea what this game is even about..

rpg? open world? action?

They've hinted it's a betheda RPG, but with new mechanics.

So perhaps spaceflight, and I wouldn't be surprised if it had colony building to expand upon their recent obsession with base building.

 

[Zones]

Microsoft windows is a Microsoft platform..they are done with "just on console" thing following Sony in a war that would seem then always as losers . Now is the opposite with them beating hard Sony with the user reach and user base

Windows is Microsoft is part of the Xbox branding/ecosystem, so yes.

Is Xbox platform exclusive.....and it mean PC+consoles+Xcloud that can run gamepass

If it's Windows store / Game Pass exclusive on PC, then fair enough... But if it's also on Steam with MS giving some 30% cut to Valve, then his point absolutely stands.

Before making such a childish response, maybe you should take a look at how Sony describes their PS5/PC 'exclusive' games...

Oh precisely like how he explained it... In any case, this whole thing is about semantics and nothing else at all. So it's kind of irrelevant to the main point of this topic.

 

[Corgi1985]

Maybe the game will be bad. Take for example, pokemon sword, the shittiest rpg of all time. The switch is a worse system for having it.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

The last two games directed by Howard.

Fallout 4? Lmao. That doesn't fill me with confidence.