"Sony had been negotiating timed exclusivity on Starfield as recently as a few months ago," he said. Khan followed up to his initial tweet saying that Sony was reportedly looking into a special deal with Bethesda's sci-fi new IP. The timing was genius, there is no denying that, but apparently the 7.5 billion dollar deal has an even greater impact than we originally thought. The week after Sony solidifies their existing exclusivity with some Bethesda games but the day before Xbox opens up preorders." According to a recent Twitter post from Khan, "The timing on this announcement is absolutely fascinating.
The latest report about one of the alternate timelines for Starfield comes from esteemed journalist and industry insider Imran Khan. That being said, it looks like Sony was in talks with Bethsesda for exclusive rights to their upcoming IP Starfield before the acquisition was finalized, at least according to recent reports. Moreso, Microsoft has confirmed that they will honor exclusivity deals with PlayStation for games like Deathloop and Ghostwire. The good news is that PlayStation has many excellent console exclusives and Starfield will still be available on PC.By now, you've likely heard that Microsoft has acquired Bethesda alongside other ZeniMax properties. PlayStation owners will no doubt be disappointed to hear that Starfield won’t release on PS5, and neither will other Bethesda titles now that its parent company, ZeniMax, is owned by Microsoft. In saying this, there is another key difference with the Microsoft/Bethesda exclusivity deal and it’s that Bethesda titles won’t be limited to just Xbox, they’ll be available on PC, as well as through the Xbox Game Pass program. However, exclusive titles have always driven console sales.
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This marks a major moment in gaming where huge AAA series have gone from being available across multiple platforms to being limited to only a select few. The key difference here is that Bethesda titles have typically been console agnostic.
PlayStation already has a lot of stellar first party titles such as God of War, Spider-Man, The Last of Us, and Ratchet & Clank.
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Spencer spoke of this during an interview with Kotaku’s Stephen Totilo and then later on, in an Xbox Wire post, he confirmed that Bethesda games will be “ exclusive to Xbox and PC players.” Head of Xbox Phil Spencer also thinks that Xbox can recoup the price of purchasing ZeniMax without releasing Bethesda games on PlayStation. To that end, the likelihood of Starfield, or any future Bethesda game, coming to a Sony console – be it PlayStation 5 or PlayStation 6 (whenever that inevitably happens) – is next to nil. One does not spend this amount of money without ensuring everything that comes from the company stays within your ecosystem. Microsoft spent $7.5 billion USD acquiring ZeniMax, the parent company of Bethesda. The answer to the question, “Will Starfield ever release on PS5?” is no. While the game will be available on PC (thanks to the relationship between PC and Xbox), many Sony PlayStation owners are panicked, wondering whether or not Starfield will ever release on their preferred console, the PlayStation 5. With this acquisition comes the stark reality that Starfield is an Xbox exclusive. Console exclusivity is a tricky topic that’s gotten a bit trickier now that Bethesda is a Microsoft property.
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