https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/21/microsoft-to-buy-zenimax-owner-of-fallout-elder-scrolls-franchises.html
Oh no :-[
Time will tell if this is a good or bad thing.
If we get new single player Fallout & Elder Scrolls games that don't suck it will be a big plus. Unfortunately, Bethesda has jumped on the MMRPG bandwagon.
^Yeah. I am hoping for a revitalization of single player games from them. Who knows what kind of influence MS will have on that.
Yeah I'm on the fence with this.
MS basically killed Bungie but I will say their ownership is better than EA or Activision so there's that to consider.
https://www.pcgamer.com/what-microsoft-buying-bethesda-means-for-pc-gamers/
There was a story in the 9/22 Wall St. Journal about this. This was an opinion piece and not a news article - but the WSJ is usually pretty well-sourced on business opinion things.
Their take was that the purchase was all about Game Pass - for both Xbox and PC. They wanted a set of must have properties that would only be available if you purchased them individually - or had Game Pass. They seem to think that single pass, subscription software is the way to go in gaming.
I have no idea what the actual outcome of this will be good or bad for the average gamer.
Supposedly a while back MS was also looking at purchasing EA.