All subsequent games from the Bethesda Game Studios will be exclusively owned by the Xbox platform

Earlier, Microsoft announced the acquisition of Bethesda Game Studio’s parent company for US$7.5 billion. Currently, this transaction has been approved by EU and US regulatory agencies.

Approval means that this transaction has been completed, and after regulatory approval, Microsoft also eagerly announced the new policy for all games of Bethesda Game Studio.

Simply put, all subsequent Bethesda Game Studio games will be exclusively owned by the Xbox platform, and most games will participate in the Xbox Game Pass service.

At present, some of the games developed by Bethesda Game Studio have signed agreements with other platforms, so Microsoft cannot make changes during the agreement period.

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Therefore, Xbox director Phil Spencer said that it is wrong to monopolize the Bethesda game at present, and Microsoft will continue to perform the agreement until the relevant agreement expires.

Phil Spencer also said that it is even possible that Microsoft will release certain games to other communities in the future, but as you know, the probability of this happening is relatively low.

Because Microsoft has decided to monopolize the newly developed games of its own platform, after all, the purpose of huge acquisitions also includes the exclusive game development of its own platform.

Of course, the strategies adopted by companies such as Sony are also the same. In most cases, after acquiring certain studios, the corresponding games become exclusive and no longer open.

In addition, Microsoft also announced that a number of games from Bethesda Game Studios will soon be added to Xbox Game Pass, allowing consumers to enjoy these games in the form of a subscription.

Xbox Game Pass is a game subscription service launched by Microsoft, which mainly covers platforms such as Xbox, Windows 10, and xCloud to provide a huge game library.

After subscribing to the service for a monthly fee, users can freely play all games in the game library and do not need to pay for each game separately to avoid waste.

The games that will be added to the Xbox subscription game library include the Elder Scrolls series, Fallout series, Prey, and Doom series.