Microsoft to Purchase ZOS

Davor

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ParaViking

Guess so!

I wish I had $7.5B to buy Bethesda... Done deal!

Day one, I would walk in wearing a bath robe and play ESO all day long...

Scary visual...

ParaViking

Does this mean Bill Gates gets an "I Win" Button...

Evilspock

Maybe they can get someone from Microsoft to fix the guild trader bug, since ZOS seems unable to...

wishlist14

TequilaFire wrote: »

Oh boy! Now we get genuine certified bluescreens.

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Danikat wrote: »

Where are people getting the idea that Microsoft doesn't care about PC gaming?

For a start Microsoft is not exactly an unknown player in the PC market, they've made a few bits of software you may have heard of, including an OS lots of gamers stick with even if they'd prefer something else, because it's often the only one PC games are designed to be compatible with. I can't see Microsoft wanting to change that, they may not make the hardware but gaming PCs are still a big market for them.

But on top of that in recent years they've been making a push to make sure all their 1st party games are available on both PC and Xbox. That's actually been one of the criticisms of the new Xbox: that if you have a decent PC there's not much point getting and Xbox because you can play all the games that would have ordinarily been exclusives on your computer.

Yeah from what I have gathered they are moving more and more toward a cohesive experience between PC and Xbox and away from exclusivity like Sony. If anything this could be a great thing and could possibly bring crossplay to ESO if done correctly

DigitalHype

Evilspock wrote: »

Maybe they can get someone from Microsoft to fix the guild trader bug, since ZOS seems unable to...

I'm not convinced that the correct people at ZoS even know its still bugged. Its not on the tracker.

SRTtoZ

Yea still don't know how I feel about this. I don't think this changes anything for PS5 and ESO. ESO players have invested a lot of time and money in ESO on Playstation so I don't see them messing with that or it will be pretty messy and bad PR. ES6 and Starfield are 2 different things though.

winterscrolls229prerb18_ESO

Yeah bugger. I was getting so excited about returning to eso this time.

I just really hope that everything under zenimax doesn't die from changing roles.. instead existing to make people money from games, all this stuff now exists for being a chess piece in some corporate services strategy.

Very obviously microsoft didn't buy zos to make money.. they have enough money from elsewhere. They would need 7.5 billions from bethesda before they broke even if you wanted to look at it that way. Taking the billion dollar hit to the pocket was for other reasons.

Sure its all a bit irrational, and i bet the staff are probably even more nervous because they get paid by as well as playing... but way to go do put out the fire for eso. Will just have to wait and see.

russelmmendoza

carly wrote: »

Every zos games will be microsoft exclusives.

Xbox needed 7.5 billion $ to beat ps5.

russelmmendoza

CaptainVenom wrote: »

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

Sony fan boys will not play any zos game on the ps5.

And just to be sure, microsoft will also buy ea games.

Rungar

Molag Bal is pleased.

starlizard70ub17_ESO

Kosef wrote: »

Hey.....At least it's not EA....be thankful it's not EA

I see you've read the reviews of Madden 21 also .

Sindarin

I expect to have eso+ in microsoft game pass

JohnOfMarkarth

JD2013 wrote: »

To all those thinking this may be the death of ESO/TESVI etc:

Microsoft bought Obsidian. Avowed is coming.

Microsoft is bringing back Fable.

It seems like, if anything, Microsoft is lining up a host of RPG's and RPG companies.

tbh am not worried about TES...

this might not be the place to talk about it but i know of nowhere else.


Am worried about a few things like this comment i read:
"I don't think Microsoft would pay Bethesda 7 Billion dollars to not be exclusive to Xbox.."
And i cant stand the idea of bethesda games being console-first, then the rest. Bad ports are 100% inbound

And. Am worried about Doom franchise. I have some trust with them when it comes to TES or FO... but not doom. 0.
I have a strong fear of it being bastardized into a different hue halo. No thank you.

ESO will live. Might be re-grafted when it comes to how expansions come etc but it wont be deleted or replaced with ESO2 ... and TES wont be stopped. Why would they do that to one of the most anticipated franchises ever

(ONE OF because lets put our feet on the ground. REALLY on the ground. The world aint the same as when TESV released. Theres other big boys in play in gaming world and other big things happening that get equal amount of hype. Open worlds arent being... "pioneered" into the wider audience here, like with Skyrim.)

Scion_of_Yggdrasil

Sarannah wrote: »

Avariprivateer wrote: »

Items in loot boxes can always be earned through play. All items available through paid loot boxes in our games will also be available through unpaid opportunity by gameplay (i.e. grinding).

This line is very interesting, this would mean lootbox changes are coming, since not everything in these boxes can be earned in-game. But this also means the game would be made into a major grindfest, maybe ruining the essence of ESO.

Interesting indeed!

Can't be any worse than the existing RNG (i.e. perfect roe). At least I hope not... I'm eager to see how this changes the crown store, if at all (hopefully so).

alainjbrennanb16_ESO wrote: »

Shadowspawn42 wrote: »

What will this mean for TES6? Cause I’m not sure about you guys, but that’s what I really care about.

might not happen microsoft has its own version of elder scrolls coming out its call avowed

I certainly hope they didn't buy the competition just to stifle it... If anything, it would be in their best interest to own one of the leading titles in fantasy RPG and help it succeed to profit off of both TES and their own fantasy game. Us RPG fans are just that, and it really doesn't matter who makes the game, so long as its, you guessed it, an RPG.

Mik195

I think they bought it because Sony are so fixated on "exclusives." From what I've seen Microsoft seems to want to make everything available to everyone everywhere. So if making a few games that people want to play exclusives and upsetting the PlayStation player base gets Sony reconsider, I'm all for it.

Alinhbo_Tyaka

Personally I think the shakeup will be good for ZOS and Bethesda . Only time will tell but the likely change in management and senior technical staff to Microsoft employees would not be all that bad. It might mean that ESO and some of the Bethesda titles get better organized project management and more importantly some developers that actually know how to fix the performance problems. I suspect the purchase also means that the various Zenimax and Bethesda servers will be moved to Microsoft's cloud services which again won't necessarily be bad with their experience of hosting services for customers who require a high level of service level.

EdmondDontes

Maybe by this time next year the game will be on Azure servers. We can only hope.

AefionBloodclaw

Hopefully Microsoft can get some better resources sent to ZoS to improve the game and make ZoS listen to their players finally

Zama666

Satya Nadella is an Imperial Templar I heard....

CherryCake

MyKillv2.0 wrote: »

WoW... need I say more?

please please please dont turn this into wow, most toxic community ever, in ffxiv we got a lot of wow refugees and it feels horrible now (also n00bs)

Luke_Flamesword

Hey.....At least it's not EA....be thankful it's not EA

Yeah, and it was even a possibility because at some point EA tried to buy Zenimax: https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2020/09/26/ea-bethesda-parent-company/

It's relief that's Microsoft, not EA, not some non-gaming investing company...

juliandracos

JohnOfMarkarth wrote: »

Am worried about a few things like this comment i read:
"I don't think Microsoft would pay Bethesda 7 Billion dollars to not be exclusive to Xbox.."
And i cant stand the idea of bethesda games being console-first, then the rest. Bad ports are 100% inbound

And. Am worried about Doom franchise. I have some trust with them when it comes to TES or FO... but not doom. 0.
I have a strong fear of it being bastardized into a different hue halo. No thank you.

PC and Xbox both run on essentially the same OS. It is known as Windows Core One. MSFT supports both PC gaming and Xbox. They have worked in multiple ways to integrate the gaming audience and support both. When posting about gaming, it is always Xbox and PC. MSFT also lets game studios do their own thing. You should not expect support to change for Xbox/PC for any Zenimax games.

In a statement to Bloomberg, Microsoft confirmed it will honor Bethesda's exclusive PS5 deals. However, as for other games, it will be on a case by case basis as to if they will end up on a gaming system other than Xbox/PC. Consumers, however, should expect a lot of exclusive games for Xbox/PC.

rpa

DigitalHype wrote: »

Evilspock wrote: »

Maybe they can get someone from Microsoft to fix the guild trader bug, since ZOS seems unable to...

I'm not convinced that the correct people at ZoS even know its still bugged. Its not on the tracker.

What? Where? I was under impression there is no publicly accessible known bugs list / bug tracker for this game.

shadyjane62

I see no hope. Microbad gave us Win10, tried to kill Win7.

virtus753

rpa wrote: »

DigitalHype wrote: »

Evilspock wrote: »

Maybe they can get someone from Microsoft to fix the guild trader bug, since ZOS seems unable to...

I'm not convinced that the correct people at ZoS even know its still bugged. Its not on the tracker.

What? Where? I was under impression there is no publicly accessible known bugs list / bug tracker for this game.

There is a Dev Tracker where you can see dev and community manager posts:

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/tracker

It is not the same as a known bug list/tracker, but it usually beats trawling through threads with a Z only to find a mod post rather than a dev/CM one.

Mathius_Mordred

This is fantastic news for ESO. I don't expect much to change within the game but we could see more console/PC crossover and better servers. I just wish MS would now buy my other favourite MMO, Star Trek Online off the Chinese bean counters at Perfect World.

woufff

Mathius_Mordred wrote: »

This is fantastic news for ESO. I don't expect much to change within the game but we could see more console/PC crossover and better servers. I just wish MS would now buy my other favourite MMO, Star Trek Online off the Chinese bean counters at Perfect World.

I fully agree, especially concerning STO, being an "old" Trekkie

Mathius_Mordred

KoultouraS wrote: »

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You sound like you need to take a break. I find personally that after a few months off, coming back to ESO is a breath of fresh air. For the most part there are very few bugs, I've been playing a week now after a few months layoff and found not a single bug and had no lag or disconnects. In a week playing STO I could write a book on the amount of bugs and the amount of times I've shouted "another Craptic fail" at the screen and disconnects are every other map change. Perhaps STO is a bad example, maybe the worst MMO out there for bugs and glitches, but I can tell you ESO is definitely streets ahead in every area.

PvP? At least ESO has functioning PvP. Quests? Thousands more than the 200 or so in STO. Graphics? Way better on the ground maps than STO (Space is still awesome). Stories? Far better written and 100% voice acted, unlike STO's patchy content. Events? Tons of events with some nice freebies in ESO, most of the events in STO revolve around you spending a ton of cash.

Sorry to compare the two MMOs but they are the only ones I know, maybe others are better than both ESO and STO, perhaps others could comment on that aspect.

The issues I hear about from my son who is 100% PvP orientated in ESO is that of lag in Cyro, I'm hoping if MS use their own cloud servers this could be a thing of the past.

Thank you for taking the time to comment.