Microsoft has announced the acquisition of ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Bethesda Softworks, one of the world’s largest private video game developers and editors. Under the terms of the agreement, Microsoft will buy ZeniMax for $ 7.5 billion.
Bethesda on Xbox Game Pass same day as launch on Xbox or PC
- Successful French creators called by criticism as The older ones roll y Fall out, among others, Bethesda brings to the Xbox an impressive catalog of games, technology, talent as well as a story of commercial success.
- The cultural phenomenon of video games has become the biggest entertainment and biggest growth in the world, an industry that is expected to generate more than $ 200,000 million by 2021.
- Video games are the main engine of this growth and the fuel for new services in the cloud as Xbox Game Pass, which has launched a new catfish with over 15 million subscribers.
- With the acquisition of Bethesda, Microsoft will grow from 15 to 23 creative studios and will add Bethesda’s iconic franchises to the Xbox Game Pass. This includes Microsoft’s intention to include future Bethesda games on the Xbox Game Pass on the same day as the launch on Xbox or PC.
- With unique investments in content, community and the cloud, Microsoft’s strategy in video games is different from allowing people to play the games they want, with the people they want and where they want.
With unique investments in content, community and the cloud, Microsoft is different than allowing people to play the games they want, with people they want, anywhere they want. Games are the most important growth engine in the industryand the games push new services into the cloud this way Xbox Game Passwho has retrieved a new catfish from more than 15 million subscribers. With the incorporation of Bethesda, Microsoft will have 15 to 23 creative study teams and Bethesda’s iconic franchises will be added to the Xbox Game Pass. This includes Microsoft’s intention to bring future Bethesda games to the Xbox Game Pass the same day it launches on Xbox or PC, such as Starfield, the new and long-awaited space era currently under development by Bethesda Game Studios.
“Games are the most comprehensive category in the entertainment industry, with people everywhere turning to games to connect, socialize and play with their friends,” said Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft. “The differentiated quality content is the engine behind the growth and value of the Xbox Game Pass, since Minecraft for Flight Simulator. As a proven game developer and editor, Bethesda has been successful in all game categories, and together we will fulfill our ambition to accommodate more than three thousand players around the world ”.
“This is a wonderful moment to be an Xbox fanatic. Only within the last 10 days will we announce details of our two new consoles that will be booked tomorrow, we launch games in the cloud on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, and now we make another investment in the most critical part of our strategy: the games, “said Phil Spencer, Microsoft’s executive vice president of gaming.” Generations of players have been guarded by the Bethesda card franchise replacements and will continue to do so in the coming years as part of the Xbox. “
The acquisition includes publishing offices and development studios around the world with more than 2,300 employees, including Bethesda Softworks, Bethesda Game Studios, id Software, ZeniMax Online Studios, Arkane, MachineGames, Tango Gameworks, Alpha Dog and Roundhouse Studios. Bethesda’s most critically acclaimed and best-selling franchise includes, among others, The Elder Scrolls, Fallout, DOOM, Quake, Wolfenstein and Dishonored.
Personal opinion
This is undoubtedly a big news that hits us all with surprise and a hit on the Microsoft table to face the sale of the new generation of consoles, now that the titles at Bethesda Game Studios could be exclusively for Xbox and PC in Xbox Game Pass.
It may also mean that games like The Elder Scrolls Online are officially available in Spanish and that The Elder Scrolls VI is available exclusively.
