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Will the Elder Scrolls 6 be exclusive to Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S? Since Microsoft’s unexpected acquisition of Bethesda’s parent company ZeniMax last month, it’s a question many have asked. Despite this, the future remains unclear for Elder Scrolls and other major Bethesda franchises on the PlayStation platform.
When Xbox head Phil Spencer was asked in a recent interview with Kotaku if Microsoft would be able to recoup its $ 7.5 billion investment in Bethesda without selling Elder Scrolls 6 on PlayStation, his immediate answer was “yes.”
However, Spencer also said that securing exclusives was not necessarily the primary goal of the Bethesda deal:
“This deal was not made to take games away from another player base in that way. Nowhere in the documentation we gathered was, ‘How can we prevent other players from playing these games?’ We want more people to be able to play, not fewer people to be able to play. “
However, going back to the question asked, Spencer made it clear that “I don’t have to ship those games to any other platform other than the platforms we support for the deal to work for us. “
Overall, Spencer’s answer doesn’t provide much more clarity on whether PlayStation 5 owners will be able to play Bethesda titles later on. Just because Microsoft can recoup its huge investment without releasing Elder Scrolls 6 on PlayStation 5 doesn’t definitely mean that it will make the game Xbox exclusive. But it also means that it could.
What does the future hold?
Of course, since Microsoft has previously said that exclusivity will be decided on a “case-by-case” basis, these decisions may not have been made yet. Since the next generation hasn’t even started, and some of Bethesda’s most anticipated next-gen titles, including The Elder Scrolls 6, have no release. years no matter the dates, Xbox is likely in no rush to make any firm statements.
In fact, keeping things vague before the launch of next-gen consoles could work in Microsoft’s favor; for gamers who feel more loyalty to game series like The Elder Scrolls than to the PlayStation or Xbox brands, even opportunity Exclusivity could influence the choice of the console in these reservation stages.
Even if Microsoft did eventually turn around and release the big Bethesda franchises on PS5, those who bought an Xbox at launch just to be absolutely sure of playing Elder Scrolls 6 probably aren’t. too Sorry since thanks to Game Pass, Xbox will probably be the cheapest place to play Bethesda games from day one anyway.
At the moment, it’s hard to predict which path Microsoft will take when it comes to the exclusivity of big-name Bethesda releases. While Spencer has made it clear that releasing The Elder Scrolls 6 on PS5 wouldn’t be necessary to make the Bethesda deal worthwhile, he also said Microsoft wants to “grow the market” rather than limit it.
It’s possible, even likely, that we won’t get an answer to this question until after the next-gen consoles launch next month. Both the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S will launch on November 10 worldwide, while the PS5 will launch on November 12 in select markets, such as the US and Japan, before reaching the rest of the world. on November 19.
