He paʻakikī ke manaʻoʻiʻo i hoʻokahi mahina i hala aku nei ua loaʻa iā mākou ka pōkā Ua kūʻai ʻo Microsoft iā Bethesda piha a me kāna hui makua, ʻo ZeniMax. ʻOiai ʻaʻole e ʻike ʻia nā hopena o ia mea no kahi makahiki ʻē aʻe, nui nā nīnau i koe. ʻO ka mea nui: e lilo wale anei nā inoa ʻo Bethesda i ka kaiaola Xbox? Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Logic e lilo lākou, ma hope o nā mea a pau, akā ua ʻōlelo ʻia e hoʻomau ʻia ʻo Bethesda ma kāna hōʻailona ponoʻī, me ka waiho ʻana i kahi manaʻolana e hiki ke hoʻonui ʻia kā lākou mau inoa. ʻO ia a ʻo Phil Spencer i hoʻopaʻapaʻa e pili ana inā paha lākou a ʻaʻole paha, e ʻōlelo wale ana i nā mea paʻakikī e like me ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i ke kumu a ʻaʻole pono ke kūʻai aku Nā inoa ʻo Bethesda ma nā kahua ʻē aʻe e hoʻolilo i ka loaʻa kālā. ʻAe, ʻike mākou i ke kumu ʻaʻole i loaʻa iā mākou kahi ʻae a ʻaʻole paha.
Ma ka ninaninau me Pāʻani pāʻani, ua nīnau hou ʻia ʻo Spencer e pili ana i ka exclusivity. Ma ʻaneʻi, ma ka pane maʻemaʻe loa a maʻemaʻe hoʻi i ka nīnau i kēia manawa, wehewehe ʻo ia ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke ʻōlelo kikoʻī e pili ana i kēia mau ʻano kumuhana ma muli o nā kumu kānāwai. ʻIke ʻoe, ʻoiai ua piha ka ʻaelike i mua a noʻonoʻo ʻia ua hana ʻia e nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua, ʻaʻole i hele ka loaʻa maoli a ʻaʻole e hiki i ka makahiki e hiki mai ana. No laila, ʻaʻole hiki iā ia (a me Microsoft) ke hana i nā hoʻolālā no nā ʻoihana e hiki mai ana i kēia manawa.
"ʻO ka mea mua, makemake wau e ʻōlelo ʻaʻole mākou i loaʻa iā ZeniMax. Ua hoʻolaha mākou i ko mākou manaʻo e kiʻi iā ZeniMax. Ke hele nei ma ka ʻae kānāwai a ʻaʻole mākou e ʻike i nā pilikia ma laila. Manaʻo mākou ma mua o 2021 e pani ka ʻaelike. Akā ke ʻōlelo nei au no ka mea makemake wau e ʻike ka poʻe, ʻaʻole wau e noho me Todd Howard a me Robert Altman a hoʻolālā i ko lākou wā e hiki mai ana. No ka mea ʻaʻole ʻae ʻia iaʻu e hana i kēlā, he kānāwai ʻole ia. Ua komo loa kāu nīnau, akā loaʻa iaʻu nā nīnau he nui i kēia manawa: "He mea kūʻokoʻa kēia pāʻani? He kūʻokoʻa anei kēia pāʻani?” A i kēia manawa, ʻaʻole ia kaʻu hana e pili ana iā ZeniMax. ʻAʻole kaʻu hana e noho i lalo a hele i kā lākou kōpili a kuhikuhi i ka mea e hiki mai ana.
Maikaʻi kēlā, a wehewehe pū i ke kumu i kūpaʻa ʻole ai ʻo Spencer a me nā mea ʻē aʻe e pili ana i ka wā e hiki mai ana no Bethesda / ZeniMax IPs a hiki i ka hana ʻana a me ka inika a me ke koko, e like me kā lākou e ʻōlelo nei. No laila, inā ʻoe e manaʻolana nei he hōʻailona ka cageyness e hiki paha iā Bethesda ke hoʻomau i kāna ala he nui e hele ana i mua, me he mea lā ʻaʻole ia ka hihia.
