Microsoft purchases Bethesda parent company ZeniMax Media; future Elder Scrolls, Fallout games may be Xbox exclusives

[Redaktion]

Microsoft has purchased ZeniMax Media for US$7.5 billion, bringing popular game development studios like Bethesda and id Software under the Xbox umbrella. This may mark the beginning of Xbox exclusivity for series like The Elder Scrolls, DOOM, Fallout, and more.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Microsoft-purchases-Bethesda-parent-company-ZeniMax-Media-future-Elder-Scrolls-Fallout-games-may-be-Xbox-exclusives.527084.0.html

[Vaardu]

Exclusivity should never be a thing.

[LHPSU]

Isn't this news 6 months old?

[Andrey Konstantinov]

Even the sources mentioned in this article clearly state "Xbox and PC". Where did you get "Xbox exclusive" from?

[E House]

Yeah, a lot of us are saying that it's old news, but I think what's going on is that while the deal was announced a while ago, the actual sale didn't go through until just recently.

(Oh, and they mean 'exclusive' in the console sense.  Problem is that they're so laser-focused on the console exclusivity that they gloss over the PC part. There's no way Windows would ever exclude PC.)