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Microsoft Isn’t Trying To “Keep Other Players From Playing” Bethesda Games

Gabriel Stanford-Reisinger 1 Comment
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On the heels of the ZeniMax purchase that set Microsoft back $7.5 billion, the thought of Bethesda titles coming to PS5 is looking increasingly more worrying. During a chat with Kotaku, Xbox CEO Phil Spencer was asked about the deal and if they could recoup the costs if they don’t release The Elder Scrolls VI to PlayStation.

Spencer’s immediate reaction was a simple yes. This quick response elected a clarification that he isn’t out there trying to stop people from playing its games. Read the quote here:

“This deal was not done to take games away from another player base like that. Nowhere in the documentation that we put together was: ‘How do we keep other players from playing these games?’ We want more people to be able to play games, not fewer people to be able to go play games. But I’ll also say in the model—I’m just answering directly the question that you had—when I think about where people are going to be playing and the number of devices that we had, and we have xCloud and PC and Game Pass and our console base, I don’t have to go ship those games on any other platform other than the platforms that we support in order to kind of make the deal work for us. Whatever that means.”

All that said, the only glimmer of hope PlayStation fans have is the “case-by-case” basis ZeniMax and – in tandem Bethesda – will take when launching games outside of Microsoft-owned platforms. Fans will also be glad to hear that both Deathloop and GhostWire: Tokyo will still launch on the PS5, though, but anything further than that is anybody’s guess.

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The Elder Scrolls VI: Bethesda Doubles Down, TESVI Is Still Years Away

Gabriel Stanford-Reisinger 1 Comment
The Elder Scrolls VI

We all know that The Elder Scrolls VI is years away. Bethesda never went about hiding that. They’ve openly admitted that they’re more interested in finishing their first new IP in more than two decades, Starfield. It’s looking like they’ve doubled down on the timeline, though, on Twitter.

Bethesda’s Pete Hines responded to a tweet wanting to “cut the sh$t [sic]” and asked about when we’d see any sort of details on the next entry to the well-loved fantasy franchise. Hines responded saying that it’s after their new IP’s launch title. That said, there isn’t any indication when Starfield is coming out either. He then told the user that if he’s asking for information now and not “years from now,” he failed to manage fans’ expectations.

Bethesda hasn’t hidden the long development time in the slightest. Back in 2018, it was reported that The Elder Scrolls VI wasn’t even in development. In 2019, Todd Howard told IGN that Starfield would be holding their attention “for a very, very long time.”

The antsiness of The Elder Scrolls fans is a valid one. It’s one of the bigger and more loved properties Bethesda has made, after all. It’s also been nearly nine years since the initial release of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. They kept the franchise alive with Elder Scrolls Online, its remaster in 2016, release to other consoles, VR release, and its free-to-play Alexa game, but people are itching for more. People want another story to delve into. Bottom line, it’s going to be a long wait before we get a full look at The Elder Scrolls VI.

What do you think? Are you excited for The Elder Scrolls VI?

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Bethesda: No New Elder Scrolls Yet, It’s All About Fallout 4

John-Shepard 14 Comments

The Elder Scrolls is an iconic role-playing franchise and you can bet Bethesda will return to it at some point.

But it won't be any time soon. For the time being, the developer is "100 percent focused" on their upcoming open-world RPG blockbuster, Fallout 4 .

Bethesda Vice President of Marketing Pete Hines told DualShockers that they won't be talking about the next Elder Scrolls adventure for a "very long time." Don't forget that The Elder Scrolls Online just recently launched for consoles, and the team still has a ways to go with Fallout 4 .

The source adds that the developer in question isn't especially big; they're only a hundred-plus strong and they're the same size they've been for some years. This is why they put all their weight behind one game. Hey, I'm down with that philosophy.

Fallout 4 should launch on November 10 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. And yes, you will be able to keep playing after completing it .

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