UMicrosoft wathatha ishishini ngokumangala kutsha nje ngokubhengezwa kwabo ukufunyanwa okukhulu kweebhiliyoni ezi-7.5 zeedola yeBethesda inkampani yabazali beZeniMax media, kwaye ngequbuliso, bajonge ukuba kwi Kakhulu isikhundla esiqinileyo, ngakumbi kwixesha elide. Ngokukodwa kwixesha apho uSony ebekho ukwenza utyalo-mali kakhulu ekukhetheni iqela lesithathu elikhulu elikhethekileyos, kuquka ezithandwayo ze Final Fantasy 16 kwaye Eyakhe iBethesda I-Deathloop kwaye GhostWire: Tokyo (batsho walandela Starfield ngexesha elinye, ukuba iingxelo ziyakukholelwa), kubonakala ngathi isivumelwano seBethesda yindlela efanelekileyo yokuphendula iMicrosoft.
Kwaye loo nto, eneneni, yile nto kanye umseki weBethesda uChristopher Weaver, owayekunye nenkampani kude kube yi-2002, ebona isivumelwano ngokunjalo. Ethetha kudliwanondlebe no reverse, U-Weaver uthe ukuba isivumelwano sisebenza kakuhle kuMicrosoft njengoko sinakho, iya kuba "yintshukumo eqaqambileyo ngokuchasene ne-Sony."
"Ukufunyanwa kweBungie kusebenze njengesiqalo esibalulekileyo kwimpumelelo yeXbox yokuqala," utshilo uWeaver. “Kuxhomekeke ekubeni iBethesda inokuqalisa kwakamsinya kangakanani umbhobho weMicrosoft, ndiyarhana ukuba iMicrosoft ijonge incwadi yabo yokudlala kwaye ijonge ukuphinda enye 'yeyona ntshukumo ilungileyo.' Ukuba isicwangciso siyasebenza, iya kuba yintshukumo eqaqambileyo yokuchasana noSony. Abasebenzisi abavela kwihlabathi liphela baya kuba ngabaxhamli bokugqibela kwesi sivumelwano. Ndibanqwenelela okuhle.”
Ukujonga kwikhathalogu kaBethesda – kuquka nezinto ezithandwayo Imiqulu yabadala, i-Fallout, i-DOOM, Ububi obungaphakathi, uWolfenstein, uhlazekile, kwaye ke, ezininzi kakhulu - amandla ekhathalogu yeqela lokuqala likaMicrosoft kukunkcenkceshela kwamehlo. UMicrosoft uthe ukuba imidlalo ezayo yeBethesda ikhethekile kuya kugqitywa ngomcimbi ngamnye, kodwa kunzima ukubona eyona inkulu kula magama iyenza ingene kwiPlayStation.
Kwelinye icala, zonke iBethesda ziyakhutshwa uza kujoyina i-Xbox Game Pass kanye ekusungulweni, ukuqhubela phezulu ixabiso lenkonzo kumanqanaba aphambeneyo.
