KwakungoSepthemba, ngaphambi nje koku-oda kwangaphambilini kwe-Xbox Series X ne-S, lapho imboni yemidlalo yevidiyo yanyakaziswa. ngesimemezelo sokuthi iMicrosoft ithenge iBethesda ngokugcwele nawo wonke ama-IP kanye nezitudiyo zabo. Yize kusobala ukuthi ngeke siyibone imiphumela yalokho ngomunye unyaka okungenani, kuyinto ehlela kabusha imakethe ngendlela esiyazi ngayo. Kunemizwa enamandla ngezindlela eziningi ngakho, kodwa umbuzo owodwa osasele: ingabe izihloko zeBethesda zizoba kwamanye amapulatifomu angewona aweMicrosoft? Akumele kube khona impendulo ethi yebo noma cha lapho, kodwa kubonakala sengathi inhloko ye-Xbox isiholela endleleni eya ku-cha ekugcineni.
Yize ingqondo ibeka ukuthi konke okuphumayo kweBethesda manje sekuzotholakala kuphela ku-Xbox-ecosystem (okuhlanganisa njengamanje i-Xbox One, Series X, Series S, PC kanye ne-Xbox Cloud Gaming), abanye banethemba lokuthi kungenzeka iMicrosoft isazokuvumela. Izihloko ze-Bethesda kwezinye izinkundla ngoba, ngokusobala, uhlelo lusavumela i-Bethesda ukuthi ishicilele izihloko ngaphansi kohlobo lwayo. I-Xbox Head uPhil Spencer naye udanse ezungeza umbuzo, bethi ukukhethekile kuzoba “ngecala ngalinye.”
Enkulumweni ne Kotaku, uSpencer waphinda wawuphendula lo mbuzo. Lapho bebuzwa ukuthi kuzofanele babeke izihloko ze-Bethesda (ikakhulukazi maqondana nelandelayo Abadala Imiqulu isihloko) kwamanye amapulatifomu ukwenza imali eningi kakhulu yama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-7.5, uwuchithile lo mbono. Uthe ukungezwa kwezihloko eziningi ze-Bethesda nama-IP kokuthandwa kwe-Game Pass ne-Xbox Cloud Gaming kuzonweba ukufinyelelwa kanye nabalaleli balezo zinhlelo. Yilokho kuphela okudingayo ukuze isivumelwano "sisebenzele" iMicrosoft.
“Angifuni ukukugxeka ngalokho. Lesi sivumelwano asenzelwanga ukususa imidlalo kwesinye isizinda sabadlali njengaleyo. Akukho lapho emibhalweni esiyihlanganisayo ukuthi: 'Sibavimba kanjani abanye abadlali ukuthi bangayidlali le midlalo?' Sifuna abantu abaningi bakwazi ukudlala imidlalo, hhayi abantu abambalwa ukuze bakwazi ukuyodlala imidlalo. Kodwa futhi ngizosho kumodeli-ngiphendula ngqo umbuzo obunawo-uma ngicabanga ngokuthi abantu bazodlala kuphi kanye nenani lamadivayisi esasinawo, futhi sine-xCloud ne-PC ne-Game. I-Pass kanye nesisekelo sethu sekhonsoli, akudingeki ukuthi ngithumele leyo midlalo kunoma iyiphi enye ingxenyekazi ngaphandle kwezinkundla esizisekelayo ukuze senze isivumelwano sisisebenzele. Noma ngabe lokho kusho ukuthini.”
Ngakho-ke ngenkathi uSpencer ephinda engawuphenduli umbuzo ngokuqondile, kubonakala sengathi ufunda phakathi kwemigqa ukuthi impendulo esizogcina ngayo ukuthi singalindeli izihloko zeBethesda ku-PlayStation kanye ne-Nintendo platforms ukuya phambili. Noma kunjalo, umuntu angaphikisana ngokuthi uSpencer, noma noma ubani kwaMicrosoft, ukungaphenduli umbuzo ngokuqondile kuyaxaka. Kungenzeka yini ukuthi ingxenye yesivumelwano ayikanqunywa, okwamanje? Yize sazi inani elikhokhelwe i-Bethesda, asazi ukuthi iyiphi imininingwane engcono kakhulu nokuthi yiziphi izimvume lapho kwenziwa khona nhlangothi zombili ukuze kwenzeke.
Nokho, lokho cishe kuwukufisa okungaphezu kwanoma yini. Kungcono kakhulu ukuthi uvele ucabange ukuya phambili ukuthi uma ufuna ukudlala noma yini ngaphansi kwesambulela se-Bethesda, uzodinga okuthile okuhlobene ne-Xbox.
