{"id":77402,"date":"2023-06-24T07:19:21","date_gmt":"2023-06-24T07:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamepirenews.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/24\/starfield-could-have-been-a-playstation-exclusive-prompting-microsofts-zenimax-acquisition\/"},"modified":"2023-06-24T07:19:22","modified_gmt":"2023-06-24T07:19:22","slug":"starfield-could-have-been-a-playstation-exclusive-prompting-microsofts-zenimax-acquisition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamepirenews.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/24\/starfield-could-have-been-a-playstation-exclusive-prompting-microsofts-zenimax-acquisition\/","title":{"rendered":"Starfield Could Have Been A PlayStation Exclusive, Prompting Microsoft&#8217;s ZeniMax Acquisition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img src=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/a\/uploads\/screen_medium\/1746\/17463818\/4157306-3845818-starfield_trailer_thumbv1_site.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div data-content-element-selector=\"p, .js-buylink-item-container\" data-allowed-classes-selector=\"js-buylink-item-container\">\n<p>Xbox boss Phil Spencer revealed that Xbox&#8217;s extremely anticipated RPG Starfield may have been PlayStation unique and Microsoft had bought Zenimax to forestall that from occurring.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Whereas talking with the FTC in regards to the Activision Blizzard acquisition (by way of The Verge) in the present day, we all know that Spencer revealed that Sony pays opponents on a routine foundation to skip Xbox. So to forestall this from occurring, Microsoft felt it wanted to buy Bethesda to forestall it from being a PlayStation unique. 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As soon as the deal was official, it was revealed that Bethesda would launch &#8220;some&#8221; video games unique to Xbox and PC. 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