The Elder Scrolls VI and Bethesda games will surely be exclusive...

Microsoft has never ceased to talk about the release of the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S in just over three weeks. And communication around the Xbox brand has been carried on with drastically since. the announcement of the acquisition of Zenimax Media which owns the publisher Bethesda and a large number of licenses such as Wolfenstein, Prey, DOOM, Dishonored, The Evil Within or The Elder Scrolls.

And since the question arises seriously around the management of franchises for the future. We know that Ghostwire Tokyo and Deathloop will keep their temporary exclusivity on the side of the PS5 but it is already much more vague for the next Starfield or The Elder Scrolls VI. Will Microsoft adopt a strategy like Minecraft by making titles available on all machines, or will future games be console exclusives on Xbox? It was during an interview with our colleagues from Kotaku that an answer was given.

Indeed to the question if it was possible to recover the 7.5 billion dollars of investment by not releasing The Elder Scrolls VI on the PlayStation console, the boss of the Xbox brand replies in the affirmative, then backs up his point:

“We did not sign thinking that the games would not be accessible for certain players. At no point did we ask ourselves how to prevent players from playing these games. We want more people to play our games, not just some of them. But I also said that it could do this within our model. When I think about how many players and how many media we have, and I count the xCloud, PC, Xbox Game Pass, and consoles, I don’t see the point of releasing these games on platforms other than the ones we have.»

A clear answer that leaves little hope for PlayStation players to taste the next productions from Bethesda studios.