Will future Bethesda games still release on PlayStation platforms? We know that existing contracts for Deathloop and Ghostwire Tokyo will be honoured, while service-based games like The Elder Scrolls Online and Fallout 76 will continue to be supported – but what about beyond that? It’s been a bigger ‘will they, won’t they’ than Donna and Ringo, with Microsoft giving mixed messages since announcing its acquisition of the organisation.
All may finally be cleared up next month – at least, that’s according to Games Beat scribe turned industry prophet, Jeff Grubb. Speaking as part of a podcast, the crystal ball gazer hinted that the Team in Green may be planning some kind of “event” to tidy up its plans for the publisher: “I don’t know if it will be a full, Direct-style event, but they will make note about it and they will talk about [the Bethesda acquisition] extensively, explain what it means for everybody, and talk about the immediate future of both companies becoming one.”
According to Grubb, this is all scheduled to unfold in “mid-March”, and is set to represent a cornerstone of Microsoft’s marketing efforts this year. It makes sense, as the Redmond giant’s $7.5 billion buyout of Bethesda is plotted to clear next month, which will give it control of the publisher and the freedom to talk more explicitly about its short-term and long-term plans.
[source youtube.com, via gamesradar.com]
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I'm expecting Starfield, Fallout and Elder Scrolls will be GamePass Day One with maybe 6-12 month exclusivity with PS5 ports in the future. We shall see though.
I was always a Home and Away man myself.
I abhor console fanboyism, but I will fight you over this.
Regarding Bethesda, I half expect the next TES game to be on PlayStation maybe for optics. Spencer loves the optics. By the time TES VII comes out most people will expect it to be an exclusive, so when it happens not as many people will be as riled by it. Probably.
I'm really hoping they make all Bethesda games available across all platforms. The games themselves just seem too big to restrict to one platform. If they go full-on greed, Starfield will be the most expensive game I've ever bought at $570.00.
Hopefully we get a clear answer on elder Scrolls, all this speculation is getting annoying, think they might say something like no plans currently for playstation, but we are looking into it, and then I guess ps will get it maybe 12 months after Xbox.
As long as ESO doesn’t go exclusive I’m OK. Gonna suck to lose Elder Scrolls itself though.
@Shepherd_Tallon Yeah, Neighbours was ok mostly because Toadie is my spirit animal but Home and Away was definitely more fun. So many great stories over the years!
Personally don't see much future bethesda content coming ps5 way. Exclusive content to drive gamepass subscribers seems to be the way MS are headed.
Couldn't care after Bethesda last few efforts. Other than doom nothing decent for years. Also with gampass unfortunately AAA games seem to be scaled down probably as its not sustainable yet. So I expect if it's a AAA game and they intend it to be a big game either it will be multiplat or won't release on gamepass. Even Microsoft dosent want to lose money and with top AAA games costing hundreds of millions to make being just on gamepass won't be sustainable. But after Fallout 4 and Fallout 76 I don't support Bethesda no more.
@R1spam It's not sustainable they are bleeding money at present with gamepass.
If it doesn't come out on PS5, I think I need to get ready to buy a computer.
I play elder scrolls games on pc and I don't care about fallout series, but I hope doom sequels will still be on ps5 😃
All you need to know is that Todd Howard is annoyed they're not still getting paid whenever people play Skyrim.
@Max2574
What didn't you like about Fallout 4? I loved it. My only complaint would be they didn't innovate enough from Fallout 3, but since I loved that, too, my gripe was really minor.
@Max2574 maybe, maybe not
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-02-17-is-xbox-game-pass-too-good-to-be-true
@LordSteev Fir me it was the graphics and the world was a bit to dull. I am a proper graphics whore tbh lol.
@Max2574
Fair enough!
@R1spam Imagine though if they up there game quality it will cost billions more. And yh at present Gamepass is not making money they said they hope it will in the future I think they need around the 150mil mark in subs.
@LordSteev I reserve the right to flipflop if the graphics look amazing and they have a new engine lol. But I have a Xbox so covered either way.
@Max2574
I don't want to, but I'll buy an Xbox if I have to. A BetheXbox.
@LordSteev There's no doubt Xbox Series X is a nice console and gamepass great value especially when they start to add better exclusives. Love My PS5 also luckily I have a decent job where I had some disposable income so got both day one the amount of page refreshing I had to do was insane lol. Damm bots!! But looking forward to late 2021/ 2022 from both should be some great games coming.
@Max2574
Yeah, I think I'm kidding myself when I think I'll only get one console this generation. It would be the first time I didn't get both. My problems aren't with cash, but availability. I'm probably going to get both, with separate tv's for each. I try to buy in real stores whenever possible, and they just don't have them yet. Might have to go against that if something comes out that I've GOT to play, but so far so good.
said it at the time it was announced that anything they make once MS own them should stay there. I'd also be only really upset to see DOOM leave Playstation so that's probably the reason I'm not to fussed if it all goes to Xbox.
I do love me some evil within also dishonored and prey.word up son
I do hope we continue to get Doom but most of all I want the last instalment of Wolfenstein to come to Playstation. I think I am right in saying New Order and New Colossus were part of planned Trilogy. I need to know what happened to BJ Blazkowicz's & I hoped the 3rd instalment would be all about that!
I'm expecting TESVI to be a timed Xbox/PC only game with Day 1 on Game Pass but Starfield I can definitely see being a full exclusive given it's a new IP and Microsoft would likely want to flaunt that as part of their Xbox lineup of exclusives
Same with Indiana Jones given I think this could be Xbox's answer to PlayStation securing exclusivity with Spider-Man games (another huge Disney IP)
@LordSteev Yep if you didn't get one day one they are virtually impossible to get now. Hopefully Autumn time they will be more widely available for people to buy.
Well MS tried to double the cost of game pass recently, the internet declared war and MS backed down. So MS definitely are seeking to make more money from gamepass.
I suspect doom, wolfenstein, fallout etc will be locked to the MS console and if they are continue losing money then they might send some titles Sony’s way.
MS hasn’t been able to comment on their plans until the deal is signed and done. Hence we find out in March what their actual plans are....
@Max2574 I'm not sure, microsoft seems to make plenty cash from gaming at present and given Google have effectively given up with stadia, gaming pass ultimate streaming with 5g might be the way to attract larger number of subs. No overhead console price for casual players, tie in with ea for madden and fifa and transition from mobile to big screen gaming. 50 million subs would be around the 6 billion dollars mark annually, seems like it might be sustainable
@Max2574
I hope you're right!
A year from now, we're going to be rolling in great games, I think. Including Starfield.
Grubb also said Xbox Live Gold was going away so whatever, I guess...
@R1spam But probably 50 to 60 percent of those are not full price subs. For example I got it for a quid ages ago and brought a few deals I am good up to the end of 2022 for a fraction of the price. Anyway I am predicting a rise in price to gamepass in next few months. They need over 100mil at least. Also expect to see gamepass as an app on all TV's by the end of 2021/2022.
@AhmadSumadi ZOS have already said that ESO will continue to be supported on the PS4 and they're working on the native PS5 version.
@jmac1686 I'm close to your view but a little differnet.
As a broad rule I think any new IP like Starfield will be exclusive whereas existing IP like Doom, Elder Scrolls MAY be timed exclusive.
It will be on a title by title basis and Microsoft will likely make as much exclusive (timed or full) as they feel they can get away with without completely alienating a huge segment of gamers.
Sony has a few games locked on their consoles, I think it’s Microsoft’s turn.
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I could see this decision going either way. They'll make a lot of money from selling these games on other platforms, but exclusivity would drive sales of Xbox consoles and Game Pass. Maybe they'll aim to get the best of both worlds and do timed exclusivity.
Buying Bethesda was a bad idea on Microsoft's part they haven't made a game worth buying in a long long time. But neither has Microsoft, so I guess if the shoe fits.
Wouldn't need an Xbox as I have a PC. But I'm not particularly interested in anything Bethesda make anyway, so... I'm good, whatever they decide.
@nessisonett I had this exact conversation in work a few weeks ago, then we spent an afternoon looking up old iconic H&A scenes from the 90s.
It was a busy afternoon...
@BloodNinja You mean from studio's they worked with for years or have build up from the ground these monsters.
I’m not fanboying here I swear but I couldn’t care less about Bethesda games after 76. I reckon the devs under Bethesda would also do well to leave or face making half assed exclusive games for the shrinking Xbox user base
@GamingVeteran @Paranoimia this
As long if I can play the next Fallout without needing to buy an Xbox then I'm all good.
If the games do come to PlayStation I can imagine them being Xbox exclusive for at least six months first...
Bethesda? Who's that?
Im expecting all of Bethesda games will be exclusive to the xbox.
Surely it would be in their interests if xbox are serious about the console market. I for one would by the series x if either Starfield, Fallout or importantly to me, the Elder Scrolls, became xbox exclusives. I dont think them making those games timed exclusive would have the same effect, as i would probably wait for them to come to PS5.
I believe they'll keep nearly all of them exclusively to xbox. Makes more sense long term for gamepass. I have both systems so not bothered, but I'm also not a fan of Bethesda anymore, as the quality has definitely been going down. I do wonder at Microsofts future quality as well, they need to fill gamepass with a constant influx of new games, to keep the value going. I worry its going to be quantity over quality as them seem to be aiming for the casual gamers. They want people on gamepass, they're not bothered if it's a xbox die hard or the phone user who plays a couple of games.
I'll need to upgrade my PC haha
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