Christopher Weaver, founder of Bethesda Softworks – who no longer works for the company – has shared his thoughts on the 5.5 billion buyout of Bethesda and its parent company Zenimax. In an interview with Latu, Weaver said that the acquisition of Bethesda by Micros .ft is similar to the company’s purchase of Bungi.
Microsoft famously acquired Bungie in 2000, and its new game, Halo: Combat Evolves, proved to be a huge success and has since become synonymous with Xbox. Bungi and MicroSFT split later, but Halo MicroSFT is one of the crown jewels.
This could be a “brilliant counter-move against Sony” if Microsoft can successfully integrate Bethesda into MicroS.F.T., Weaver said of the long-running feud between the two companies.
“The acquisition of Bungie served as a key trigger for the success of the early Xbox. Based on how Bethesda could premium the Microsoft Pipeline pipeline, I suspect that Microsoft is looking at Microsoft Play to their playbook and is considering repeating one of its best efforts. Is. ” Weaver told the site. “If the strategy works, it will be a brilliant counter-move against Sony. Users around the world will be the ultimate beneficiaries of this deal. I wish them well.”
Weaver also talked about how he believes Microsoft deliberately announced the Bethesda deal near its latest PS5 news.
“Properly managed, aggregation can provide a powerful mechanism for groups to share experience and ‘best practices,'” he said. “I don’t think it’s an accident that this announcement came close to Sony’s PS5 announcement. AAA has a limited number of proven creators. Micros is owned by Microsoft Ft, Sony can’t get it. There are a lot of economies that have aggregation between them. The right partners have the ability to provide, but the final test will be evidenced by the quality of the products produced over time. “
The full interview on Verse, touches on many other interesting topics – read it here. And for more on buyout, check out Gamespot’s stories below.
