Microsoft has stated that it expects to ship “many” future Bethesda/ZeniMax video games on the PS5 and Nintendo Swap. The corporate made this revelation throughout yesterday’s court docket listening to the place it argued in protection of its acquisition of Activision Blizzard.
Microsoft canned PS5 variations of a number of Bethesda video games post-acquisition
The Federal Commerce Fee has lengthy argued that Microsoft reneged on the guarantees it made when buying ZeniMax media by canceling video games that have been initially meant to launch on the PS5 as nicely. It has now been confirmed that Redfall, Starfield, and MachineGames’ Indiana Jones have been all deliberate for the PS5 till the acquisition.
In its protection, Microsoft says that it wants to supply some unique content material to Xbox gamers, and neither Starfield nor Redfall have established communities on PlayStation. The corporate selected to stay mum about The Elder Scrolls VI, and it was Bethesda’s Pete Hines who spilled the beans about Indiana Jones.
Microsoft says Redfall’s exclusivity has no materials affect on console gross sales, particularly for the reason that recreation was “extensively panned” by critics and generated “minimal gross sales.” “On the similar time, Xbox expects that many different future ZeniMax titles might be shipped on PlayStation and Nintendo,” the court docket doc reads.
Which Bethesda video games will grace the PS5 with their presence stays to be seen.
