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Not exactly seeing this as a good thing. but to quote a famous rts game: "Time will tell, sooner or later, time will tell."

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bluethief: So it's safe to assume that no more games from Bethesda are going to release here on GOG, since they're now Microsoft?
Maybe some obscure catalog titles I guess, but anything they can keep exclusive to Game Pass they're going to do it. This move and all their other acquisitions lately have been about building a huge library of games that make people pay that $10-15 a month to them in perpetuity. Their goal is to be the Netflix of games, it's pretty clear. I'm sure they'll keep selling stuff on Steam for a while, but eventually it'll be all about Gamepass.
Yay, the real sequel to Fallout!


I know. It's just a dream...
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Darvond: Yes. Zenimax. Not just Bethesda Softworks.

So that's a bit of a shift.

(My snarky side secretly hopes that this involves making a competent game engine for ES.)
The T-Rex killed a Velociraptor ?
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Themken: I see, so Microsoft decided to buy some companies to boost their MS shop. First aquire quite a few popular sellers then pull all games the same day and only sell them on MS own shop, that has not been doing well enough. Every serious gamer has access to that anyway, right, since if you want to play new games, like Cyberpunk 2077, you need Windows 10 anyway.

Alright, so it was pure speculation but maybe they try to learn from Zenimax' devious methods.
That is an aspect of Windows 10 that leaves much to be desired: the way they try fo force Office, the Xbox and their games store down your throat. It does not feel serious. Then, the adds in the start button/search bar (happily disconnected now in the machine where I am typing this)
A massive delisting is on the way !
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bluethief: So it's safe to assume that no more games from Bethesda are going to release here on GOG, since they're now Microsoft?
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StingingVelvet: Maybe some obscure catalog titles I guess, but anything they can keep exclusive to Game Pass they're going to do it. This move and all their other acquisitions lately have been about building a huge library of games that make people pay that $10-15 a month to them in perpetuity. Their goal is to be the Netflix of games, it's pretty clear. I'm sure they'll keep selling stuff on Steam for a while, but eventually it'll be all about Gamepass.
Interesting! It goes back to the old "turning ownership of software/digital media into paid service", isn't it? And streaming games instead of having them installed is a parallel thrend that reinforces the service paradigm. The more I hear about all that, the more I love my GOG

How do you think that Steam, Epic, GOG, and others will stand up to that?
Post edited September 21, 2020 by Carradice
I understand Microsoft wants to push its new shiny service, but I think that removing stuff that is already here would just be bad PR all around.
I'm pretty sure GOG will see absolutely no new games, but the old ones? People don't get Xbox Pass for oldies, so maybe there is a tiny hope to get more games. Very tiny, but it's there.

Also, it might depend on the degree of freedom MS leaves to eacg studio. Who knows.
Post edited September 21, 2020 by Enebias
If there's any way Elder Scrolls Skyrim Legendary Edition can get here before the buyout finalizes, that would be great. For that matter, any classic Bethesda/Zenimax owned games, even if they aren't here for long. Microsoft this time around is going for exclusives because they've never been able to have a rich catalog of games brewed just for their platforms. It would be nice to experience what is left before they're gone for good, as Microsoft will make then only available on Microsoft platforms, most likely.
Darn, there are some Bethesda games I don't have that I wanted to buy eventually. Oh well, it is what it is.
Well, this made me sad today. I was rushing here to post the same thing as I just saw the news (I'm at work so I had to wait for a break). Just... WOW. I can't believe it. Can 2020 continue to get worse?
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StingingVelvet: Maybe some obscure catalog titles I guess, but anything they can keep exclusive to Game Pass they're going to do it. This move and all their other acquisitions lately have been about building a huge library of games that make people pay that $10-15 a month to them in perpetuity. Their goal is to be the Netflix of games, it's pretty clear. I'm sure they'll keep selling stuff on Steam for a while, but eventually it'll be all about Gamepass.
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Carradice: Interesting! It goes back to the old "turning ownership of software/digital media into paid service", isn't it? And streaming games instead of having them installed is a parallel thrend that reinforces the service paradigm. The more I hear about all that, the more I love my GOG

How do you think that Steam, Epic, GOG, and others will stand up to that?
GOG won't do much. It doesn't need to. This store's existence is the pure antithesis of what Microsoft is trying to do. In fact, this kind of "monopoly" will make some people migrate towards GOG as they see it as an alternative to the advance of removal of consumer ownership.

As a for steam and epic, I suppose they've more to suffer, since in my opinion a vast majority of their user base consists of casual gamers who only care about playing games regardless of whether they buy them or rent them.
Just seen his on the news, what a disaster. Bethesda have long since been know as a company who provides a modding engine rather than a game, and creation club was a terrible idea. That being said, now it’s part of M$ that is the end of it. No drm free, no modding, no releases here, games for windows dead only.

Such a black black day. The actual fallout future would have been preferable.
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paladin181: Well, this made me sad today. I was rushing here to post the same thing as I just saw the news (I'm at work so I had to wait for a break). Just... WOW. I can't believe it. Can 2020 continue to get worse?
Don't jinx it! :P
Ok.
Emergency re-check:
Arx Fatalis - bought.
Morrowing - bought (+ Arena & Daggrfall)
Oblivion - bought
New Vegas - bought
Dishonored I - bought
Prey - bought
The Evil Within - bought

Wolfenstein TNO and The Evil Within II - should be bought in the next opportunity (I hope it will come before the entire Bethesda catalog is removed).

No hope to see Doom 2016 and Skyrim here ever :(