Microsoft to Purchase ZOS

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Sylvermynx

Hoo boy. Too bad it's not April.... Can you provide a link to that please?

MyKillv2.0

WoW... need I say more?

SantieClaws

Article here:

https://bethesda.net/en/article/1iLtcvwY6Nb1GeKADyDUEX/why-microsoft-is-the-perfect-fit

Yours with paws
Santie Claws

Sylvermynx

Thanks @SantieClaws.

Prof_Bawbag

But muh PS5 order.

Lake

I guess the next Elder Scrolls game will be Xbox / Windows exclusive.

Turelus

In before ESO is dying.

Will be interesting to see if anything changes over the next years, but I don't see it making anything drastic happen.

TragedyOA

lag will be fixed

ValkynSketha

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7EmL55jUk8

anitajoneb17_ESO

I thought it was an hoax.
Obviously it's not.

I'm very surprised, since ESO is the star MMO of Stadia, and Stadia is Google.

Anyway, it's just capital changing hands. Sometimes it's followed by managerial changes, sometimes not. And if so, sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse.

We'll see.

Good luck to all ZOS people, no matter what ! :-)

gatekeeper13

Not sure if this good or bad news...

SantieClaws

Too soon to tell.

The community is still taking a deep breath this one thinks. Many won't yet even know.

More likely to result in organisational changes we don't see directly in Tamriel - like merging certain corporate functions like finance and marketing.

But please no Windows themed crown crates if possible. No one wants to gamble for an apex blue screen mount.

Yours with paws
Santie Claws

Aerenthir

So far from experience, every working and usable software that Microsoft purchased from someone, became unusable and useless.

R.I.P

ghost_bg_ESO

congrats on last TOS, now microsoft owns all your data...

Prof_Bawbag

gatekeeper13 wrote: »

Not sure if this good or bad news...

If you own a Sony console it's probably not bad news, but not great news either. I don't see what it changes for Xbox and PC users.

woufff

Great, that means also internal competition between Obsidian & ZOS

Well, let's wait and see...

Turelus

Bloomberg article for those interested.

$7.5bil deal it seems.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-21/microsoft-to-buy-bethesda-studios-for-7-5-billion-to-boost-xbox

KappaKid83

Am I the only one who doesn't want it to be supported EXACTLY how it was and would like it to be better with better servers, better communication and a better overall experience than the crappy one that has been prevalent for the last 3+ years????

CaffeinatedMayhem

Bye bye TES6.

Microsoft mismanagement is legendary. This is the slow death-knell of TES. 😭

OmniDo

Could have been worse.
Could have been Sony.

UrbanMonk

https://news.microsoft.com/2020/09/21/microsoft-to-acquire-zenimax-media-and-its-game-publisher-bethesda-softworks/

its offically on MS web too

method__01

very soon to tell if good or bad,lets hope for the best

UrbanMonk

ghost_bg_ESO wrote: »

congrats on last TOS, now microsoft owns all your data...

thats why TOS were changed in last moment.

TequilaFire

Oh boy! Now we get genuine certified bluescreens.

gepe87

Ouch...Well, still better than EA...

Banana

I would assume Microsoft might be better at looking after the hamsters

AgaTheGreat

Great news. I'm sure under Microsoft's banner, Zeni will do a better job actually optimising ESO for better performance. But it's probably going to take months anyway.

CaffeinatedMayhem

Banana wrote: »

I would assume Microsoft might be better at looking after the hamsters

You assume very poorly. If anything, MS will turn ESO into a racing game, or football with Nords.

CaptainVenom

You know what's going to change with this? Absolutely nothing (maybe sonyboys may not see ES6 on their PS5 lol)

Edaphon

Lake wrote: »

I guess the next Elder Scrolls game will be Xbox / Windows exclusive.

And will feature a new Daedric Prince: