Finally an acquisition that is exciting. Lack of first party exclusive games in xbox platform was the only complain I had. Unlike Minecraft acquisition which I think was way overvalued and did not produce anything meaningful other than its one hit wonder, this one comes with a huge list of high profile games. Fallout, Elder scrolls, Doom, Dishonored. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/microsoft-to-buy-bethesda-softworks-parent-zenimax-media-for-75-billion-in-big-bet-on-gaming-2020-09-21 #gaming
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Meh. Doom is over the hill. Bethesda is not what they once were, they have missteps like ESO, fallout 76. Don't have enough info on dishonored
ESO is not misstep. 2nd most popular mmorpg since wow. Fallout76 is a misstep though. Doom is awesome. Best fast paced shooter out there. Dishonored is pretty good stealth action rpg. Prey was good scifi horror. Wolfenstein series is one of the best story driven single player fps. Evil within series one of the scariest horror games out there. Point is Bethesda is full of AAA games. And I would argue bethesda had a history of releasing incredibly buggy games (fallout 3, new vegas, 4) which nowadays are much polished. The studio has grown a lot and expanded their A list games.
Okay I will give you that but both doom and wolf are nowhere near as big as they used to be. Gamebryo games were super buggy but that didn't seem to affect sales They have a growing portfolio but not at take twos levels yet