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That seems like a lot of consolidation. Will Microsoft make all of these franchises exclusive to their platforms with this move?

DominikD 6y ago
Probably depends on the franchise and will be decided on title by title basis. After all Minecraft is on many more platforms today than before the acquisition.
leetrout 6y ago
My bet is no but that they will make them part of the game rental platform "game pass".
eldelshell 6y ago
I don't think their plan is to make them exclusives. MS makes lots of money from PS (i.e. Minecraft). What I can see is Fallout New Vegas 2, TES6 or any other big game, being free with Game Pass and 70€ for PS5. And you can already see this with The Outer Worlds & Minecraft Dungeons. That's a power move that wouldn't make half of the consumer base annoyed at you and make everyone want to buy an XSX with the 35€ payment plan. I also hope this pushes Sony to be more competitive with their "exclusive" titles.
- refracture 6y ago
  The Outer Worlds had already entered a publishing deal with Private Division before Microsoft acquired Obsidian, and Minecraft was already a released product.. I wouldn't hold your breath given that Obsidian's upcoming titles Grounded and Avowed are both Xbox/Windows 10 exclusive. It's possible they'll think on Fallout, TES or other franchises that already have a long history on Playstation being available there.. but I doubt it.
gnu8 6y ago
They will likely be exclusive to Microsoft’s so-called Microsoft Store. Microsoft (and the other game vendors) really needs to stop pretending to have an App Store. Valve owns this space on the PC and it belongs to them. Microsoft does not get to have one.
- refracture 6y ago
  Doesn't seem like it.. Halo, Gears of War 5, Flight Simulator 2020.. those are all on Steam as well as the Microsoft store. It does require you to login after launching those titles on Steam but it's all contained with-in the game, and apparently with a small enough amount of crazy middleware that you can even play Halo The Master Chief Collection under Linux using Proton. I think Microsoft is very much aware that trying to keep major games like these exclusive to the Microsoft store isn't a great idea, a lot of people never open, let alone use it.

DominikD 6y ago

Probably depends on the franchise and will be decided on title by title basis. After all Minecraft is on many more platforms today than before the acquisition.

leetrout 6y ago

My bet is no but that they will make them part of the game rental platform "game pass".

eldelshell 6y ago

I don't think their plan is to make them exclusives. MS makes lots of money from PS (i.e. Minecraft). What I can see is Fallout New Vegas 2, TES6 or any other big game, being free with Game Pass and 70€ for PS5. And you can already see this with The Outer Worlds & Minecraft Dungeons. That's a power move that wouldn't make half of the consumer base annoyed at you and make everyone want to buy an XSX with the 35€ payment plan. I also hope this pushes Sony to be more competitive with their "exclusive" titles.

refracture 6y ago
The Outer Worlds had already entered a publishing deal with Private Division before Microsoft acquired Obsidian, and Minecraft was already a released product.. I wouldn't hold your breath given that Obsidian's upcoming titles Grounded and Avowed are both Xbox/Windows 10 exclusive. It's possible they'll think on Fallout, TES or other franchises that already have a long history on Playstation being available there.. but I doubt it.

gnu8 6y ago

They will likely be exclusive to Microsoft’s so-called Microsoft Store. Microsoft (and the other game vendors) really needs to stop pretending to have an App Store. Valve owns this space on the PC and it belongs to them. Microsoft does not get to have one.

refracture 6y ago
Doesn't seem like it.. Halo, Gears of War 5, Flight Simulator 2020.. those are all on Steam as well as the Microsoft store. It does require you to login after launching those titles on Steam but it's all contained with-in the game, and apparently with a small enough amount of crazy middleware that you can even play Halo The Master Chief Collection under Linux using Proton. I think Microsoft is very much aware that trying to keep major games like these exclusive to the Microsoft store isn't a great idea, a lot of people never open, let alone use it.