Last year, Microsoft announced its intention to acquire ZeniMax Media, in turn getting its hands on some major video game studios and IP. This includes Bethesda Game Studios and the games it publishes, like the Doom, Fallout, The Elder Scrolls, and Wolfenstein franchises. Some fans have been wondering if Microsoft’s acquisition of Bethesda meant that games from the company would be Xbox exclusive, and now that issue has been addressed.
In its announcement about the Bethesda acquisition, Microsoft stressed that Bethesda games will be best experienced on PC and Xbox consoles, with all of them coming to Game Pass. Microsoft added that “some” of Bethesda’s new games in future will be exclusive to PC and Xbox, meaning those on PlayStation will be missing out. Microsoft did not specify which upcoming Bethesda games will be Xbox console exclusives, but details on those games should come to light at a later date.
Bethesda games being exclusive to Xbox has always been one of the big concerns gamers have had about the acquisition, but it makes sense on Microsoft’s end. Before fans get too upset, though, it’s been teased in the past that The Elder Scrolls 6 will come to PlayStation still, though it’s unclear if those plans have changed or if the Xbox version of the game will be available first.
Microsoft is honoring existing exclusivity deals that Bethesda has made with PlayStation, though one has to imagine that those games will be making the jump to Xbox at some point in the future. This year alone will see Deathloop launch as a PlayStation console exclusive, followed by Tango Gameworks’ GhostWire: Tokyo. PlayStation fans will get first-dibs on those Bethesda-published games, but it seems anything after that will be favoring the Xbox brand.
Source: Xbox
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