Microsoft Just Purchased ZeniMax Media / Bethesda for $7.5 billion

[Kenrou]

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/21/mic...wner-of-fallout-elder-scrolls-franchises.html

Microsoft announced Monday that it will buy ZeniMax Media, the company that owns well-known video game publisher Bethesda, for $7.5 billion in cash — “This includes Microsoft’s intent to bring Bethesda’s future games into Xbox Game Pass the same day they launch on Xbox or PC.”

 

[freakdiablo]

This can be very bad for Bethesda devs, they may actually be forced to finish a game before they launch it...

 

[BugFreak]

Generally I would agree but to me Microsoft has been good (or should I say better) about game companies it purchases than other companies. EA for example leaves a trail of dead games behind it as it buys up other companies and forces them to rush releases and add dumb content.

 

[freakdiablo]

Generally I would agree but to me Microsoft has been good (or should I say better) about game companies it purchases than other companies. EA for example leaves a trail of dead games behind it as it buys up other companies and forces them to rush releases and add dumb content.

That was more a dig at Bethesda and their tendancy to release beta products, lol.

(Like I'm not buying most of their stuff on launch day and playing the hell out of it anyway...)

 

[BugFreak]

I can't stand when companies do that. Unfortunately it happens too often these days. I thought the new Doom was great though. Can't remember if I bought it at release but a very fun game.

 

[Janus67]

I can't stand when companies do that. Unfortunately, it happens too often these days. I thought the new Doom was great though. Can't remember if I bought it at release but a very fun game.

Yeah, the games made by id proper are a different class than main Bethesda titles (elder scrolls and fallout) with how long in the tooth that engine is and the number of bugs/etc involved in it.