The acquisition doesn’t come cheap, either. While details are yet to be finalized, Microsoft’s announcement said the deal costs $7.5 billion. For reference, that’s $5 billion more than Microsoft paid for Mojang, the developer behind Minecraft, and $3.5 billion more than Disney acquired Star Wars for.
Spencer said:
What that means for the short term is that Bethesda’s “iconic franchises,” like Wolfenstein and The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim, will be heading to Game Pass for Xbox and PC. Future releases from the studios under ZeniMax, including id Software (Doom), Arkane (Dishonored), and more, will land on Game Pass when they launch.
Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier said on Twitter that Spencer told fellow Bloomberg reporter Dina Bass current agreements with Sony would be kept, but “future Bethesda games will be on Xbox, PC, and ‘other consoles on a case by case basis.’”
According to Game Informer, the deal won’t be finalized until the second half of the 2021 fiscal year. For Microsoft, that’s between January 2021 and June 30, 2021. Stay tuned to GameSkinny for more Microsoft and Xbox news as it develops.
[Source: Xbox Wire, Game Informer]
