ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o $7.5 biliona nui o Microsoft i ka ʻoihana makua o Bethesda ʻo ZeniMax Media ua hoonaueue i ka oihana. He hana hoʻomāinoino ia, ʻo ia ka mea e hoʻoikaika koke i ka laina hui mua o Microsoft e pili ana i nā studio a me IP nui loa, a ʻaʻohe kānalua e manaʻo ʻia ka hopena o kēia loaʻa i nā makahiki e hiki mai ana.
I kēia mau lā, ua kamaʻilio mākou me ka mea loiloi ʻoihana ʻo Michael Pachter o Wedbush Securities e pili ana i ka mea like, a nīnau e pili ana i nā ala i manaʻo ai ʻo ia ka hopena o ka ʻoihana i ka wā lōʻihi a pōkole.
ʻO ke ala mua a maopopo loa e pōmaikaʻi ai ʻo Microsoft mai ka loaʻa ʻana o Bethesda, e like me ka Pachter, ʻo ia ʻo Game Pass- e loaʻa i kahi hale waihona puke ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi i ka wā e hiki mai ana, ʻaʻole wale i ka mahalo i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o Bethesda e hiki mai ana, akā ʻo nā pāʻani kahiko ʻo Bethesda e hui pū ana i ka lawelawe. ka laina.
"E ʻōlelo wau inā makemake ʻoe e pāʻani i nā pāʻani hou mai Bethesda, pono ʻoe e kūʻai i Xbox, a i ʻole kau inoa no Game Pass, ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi," wahi a Pachter. "E hana ana ka Game Pass, no laila inā e pāʻani ana ʻoe ma PC, hiki iā ʻoe ke kiʻi i nā pāʻani Bethesda ma ia ala. Akā inā he pāʻani PlayStation ʻoe, ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke pāʻani i nā pāʻani Bethesda hou ma laila.
"He mea paʻakikī loa ka ʻike ʻana i ka mea e hiki mai ana i nā poʻo inoa papa inoa Fallout 3 a 4, Wolfenstein, Wolfenstein Youngblood, DOOM, aia kēlā mau mea ma PlayStation, a ʻo koʻu manaʻo hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomau i ke kūʻai ʻana a pāʻani iā lākou ma laila. Akā ke manaʻo nei au e hōʻike ʻia kēia mau pāʻani ma Game Pass ma hope o ka pau ʻana o ka loaʻa ʻana, no laila ua hana lākou i ka Game Pass i mea waiwai nui loa, no ka mea hiki iā ʻoe ke pāʻani i nā mea āpau a Bethesda i hana ai no $15 i ka mahina. No laila ke manaʻo nei au e kōkua maikaʻi ia i nā helu inoa inoa o Microsoft.
I kēia manawa, ʻike ʻia kahi pāʻani ma Pachter ma ke ʻano he mea kūʻai aku nui no Microsoft ʻO nā puke kahiko 6, ka mea āna i wānana ai e lilo wale ia no Xbox a me PC. E like me kā Pachter, ʻoiai Na kahiko pepa la 6 a ʻo nā pāʻani e like me ia ʻaʻole e hoʻokau maʻalahi iā Microsoft ma mua o Sony, e hāʻawi nui lākou i kēlā hana.
"ʻO nā studio ʻo Bethesda, ʻaʻole nui lākou, akā hoʻopuka lākou i hoʻokahi a ʻelua paha mau pāʻani i ka makahiki ma ka liʻiliʻi," wahi āna. “No ka laʻana ka hope kahiko pepa la Ua puka mai ka pāʻani i ka makahiki 2011, a ke wānana nei au e puka mai ana kahi mea hou mai ka makahiki 2016… Ua pololei wau ma hope!
"Akā ʻaʻole pili ka makahiki pololei, e puka mai ana i nā makahiki e hiki mai ana, a ʻo ia makemake e kūʻokoʻa i ka Xbox. No laila he mea kūʻai pūnaewele. ʻAʻole ia e kau iā lākou ma mua o Sony, akā e hoʻololi maoli ia i kekahi mau miliona mau kānaka mai PlayStation a Xbox. A ʻo kaʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻoi aku wau i kahi mea kūʻai PlayStation prospective ma luna o Xbox iaʻu iho, akā ʻo kaʻu helu 1 a me 2 mau pāʻani o nā manawa āpau he mau inoa Bethesda, a ʻelima paha i kaʻu 15 kiʻekiʻe; No laila, ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke kūʻai aku i PlayStation a ʻaʻole Xbox, e loaʻa iaʻu nā mea ʻelua. Akā inā wau e kūʻai i hoʻokahi wale nō, ma mua o ka PS5, no ka mea, ʻaʻole oʻu manaʻo nui i ka hoʻopuka a Microsoft e like me kaʻu e hana ai. Nā hope o Iā kāua or Punawelewele,-Man a i ʻole nā pāʻani na Sucker Punch. I kēia manawa, ʻo ia ka Xbox, no ka mea, ua loaʻa koke ʻo Microsoft i nā poʻo inoa hoihoi e like me kā Sony.
No laila he aha ka hopena e manaʻo ai ʻo Pachter e loaʻa i ka ʻaelike Microsoft-ZeniMax ma Sony a me ka PS5 i ka wā pōkole? "ʻAʻole nui," wahi a Pachter, ka mea i manaʻo e pili ana ia me nā pāʻani e hiki mai ana i 2021 a ma waho aʻe - ke hoʻomaka nei ʻo Microsoft e hoʻokuʻu i ka ʻikepili Bethesda kūʻokoʻa - e hoʻomaka ana ka hopena.
"Ke hilinaʻi maoli nei ia i nā kuʻikahi i kau ʻia," wahi āna. “E like me Starfield Manaʻo wau e puka koke mai ana, no laila aia ma nā paepae ʻelua. E lilo ana ia i mau pāʻani hou e hiki mai ana ma 2021 a ma waho aʻe o ia mea e kūʻokoʻa, ʻoiai inā i hoʻolaha ʻia kekahi no PlayStation, manaʻo wau e pā lākou i ka PlayStation. No laila, ʻaʻole e loaʻa ka hopena koke, a e like me kaʻu i ʻōlelo ai, hiki iā ʻoe ke hele kūʻai Fallout 4 ma kāu PlayStation, aia nō ia no ʻoe. Akā, manaʻo wau e hele i mua, kahiko pepa la he 15 miliona mau mea kūʻai aku, a ke manaʻo nei au e hoʻohuli i nā kānaka i ka Xbox. Manaʻo wau he 2-4 miliona mau mea pāʻani i loaʻa iā PlayStation ke loaʻa iā Xbox.
Me Microsoft ua hōʻoia i nā poʻo inoa Bethesda e hiki mai ana e hui pū me ka Xbox Game Pass i ka hoʻomaka ʻana a inā paha e kūʻokoʻa lākou i ka Xbox a me PC e hoʻoholo ʻia ma ke ʻano hihia, ua maopopo ua kūpono lākou e ʻohi i nā pōmaikaʻi mai kēia hana koʻikoʻi. He manawa liʻiliʻi paha ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana e ʻike i nā hopena, akā aia lākou i kahi kūlana ikaika.
E ola koke kā mākou nīnauele piha me Michael Pachter, no laila e hoʻomau ʻoe no ka mea holoʻokoʻa.
