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Article: Bethsda/Microsoft Merger

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  1. Chris Wilkinson
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    #1
    Posted Sun 27 Sep, 2020 8:59 PM
    You can view the article at https://ufplanets.com/news.php?1361-...crosoft-Merger
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    #2
    Posted Mon 28 Sep, 2020 2:52 AM
    Excellent Article, Can only Hope things get better, but we can only wait and see, though I wouldn't mind another fallout game made by Obsidian or one made by Inxile.
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    #3
    Posted Tue 29 Sep, 2020 8:33 AM
    Ohhh Todd you did it again you little scamp
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    #4
    Posted Tue 29 Sep, 2020 12:34 PM
    I heard that as recently as a few months ago Sony was trying to secure Starfield as an exclusive (don't know if it was full or timed) so I imagine they've been caught off guard just as much as the rest of the industry.
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    #5
    Posted Tue 29 Sep, 2020 4:46 PM
    Yeah hopefully we won't see exclusives or timed ones in Bethesdas library now this deal has gone down
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    #6
    Posted Tue 29 Sep, 2020 8:34 PM
    Thanks for posting this. I'm not sure how I feel about it honestly. I guess it depends on what MS will do with it if anything. It sounds like they won't touch it at least for now, but we'll see. Maybe they'll be able to help along development for future TES installments or something.

    Btw, you might want to fix the title. Bethesda is missing its second e. Wink
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    Posted Wed 30 Sep, 2020 12:16 AM
    my biggest fear about this merger is that it may kill the modding scene, Skyrim's longevity is more or less due to the modding scene some of the things modders have done over the last 8 years have been mind blowing it would be a bitter blow to lose that ability in future Bethesda titles
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    Posted Wed 30 Sep, 2020 3:45 PM
    XBox has always seemed to support the mods more than most, and I can't imagine they would do anything to pull back on them on PC. Fingers crossed.
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    Posted Wed 30 Sep, 2020 5:12 PM
    I can only hope for better quality control under microsoft, after yesterdays kerfuffle with the new atom shop power armor skin missing its butt plate on fo76, I can only hope Bethesda either does better testing or just limit the number of atom shop only items and make them available as quest or achievement rewards instead.
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    Posted Fri 02 Oct, 2020 12:49 AM
    I have high hopes for the results of this merger. To this day my favourite game of all time is Morrowind on XBox, although, I never knew about the little trick they did, that does explain some epic loading screen waits now.

    Well written article, Kudos!
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    Posted Sat 10 Oct, 2020 2:15 AM
    Good news
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    Posted Sat 10 Oct, 2020 8:02 AM
    Enjoyed the article. I look forward to seeing what becomes of Bethesda's lineup and imagine there will be some great improvements made as they become a part of Microsoft's gaming division.