Now that Xbox has control of Bethesda, a significant portion of the studio’s fanbase is concerned they will never see another title again on their chosen platform—namely…
In context: Microsoft’s acquisition of Bethesda was undoubtedly the most significant coup ever pulled off by Xbox. Until the merger, Bethesda games were largely platform-agnostic. In fact, fan-favorite The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is available on eight platforms, including PC, Nintendo Switch, and three generations of PlayStation and Xbox consoles. Now that Xbox has control of Bethesda, a significant portion of the studio’s fanbase is concerned they will never see another title again on their chosen platform—namely the PlayStation. Last week, during Gamescom, Bethesda’s Pete Hines and Xbox’s Aaron Greenberg talked about the situation. When posed with the question of whether PS fans would ever see another Bethesda game, Hines was noncommital, saying, “I have no idea how to state this in a way when… I don’t know. I don’t know the answer. It doesn’t exist. It’s not like I know it, and I just don’t want to tell you. I don’t know.” “If you can start to conceptualize down the road where cloud can go, it starts to not care about what platform.”—Bethesda’s Pete Hines.
