Holy f***. Everyone thought Bethesda was big
This changes everything in gaming.
So when's the anti-trust review? Awful news if it goes through.
$70 billion btw.
I believe Microsoft purchased Bethesda in September 2020, and the deal went through in March 2021. So ~6 months is a good educated guess.
Netflix of video gamingWe're getting closer and closer to a few corporations (or just one?) owning all the major studios.
“And, of course, the newest Call of Duty will launch exclusively on Xbox, and be available #DayOne on Xbox Game Pass”
A $70 billion price tag is just proof that tech giants are playing with pretend money. That's utterly insane.
But this is a seismic shift of the gaming market. They hold the rights to biggest bro gaming franchise on the market with Call of Duty now and making that an Xbox exclusive would probably be worth a solid ten million plus consoles or more in a given generation all by itself. And that's not even accounting for anything done with the Starcraft, Warcraft, and other IPs that they hold under their belt with A-B alongside everything Bethesda related.
Netflix of video gaming
Bad news for Sony. They will either have to join Gamepass or stop with the exclusives.
The crazy thing is that, even after the acquisition, Microsoft will still be a smaller gaming company by revenue than Sony. It'll make them only the 3rd largest, whereas Sony is 2nd and Tencent (the Chinese conglomerate) is 1st.
Also, everyone is ignoring the big prize here: Candy Crush.
So when's the anti-trust review? Awful news if it goes through.
$70 billion btw.
We're getting closer and closer to a few corporations (or just one?) owning all the major studios.