The move is set to be beneficial for both the parties. For Microsoft, this is the perfect response to the range of games that have been announced as being part of Sony’s PS5 at launch. Regardless, Todd Howard, the Executive Producer and Director at Bethesda Game Studios, released an elaborate statement on the said deal.
Executive Producer at Bethesda opens up about the $7.5B Xbox-Bethesda deal
In the statement that you can read by clicking this link, Bethesda’s Executive producer shed light on his ‘incredible team of talented, humble, and passionate people’. He conceded that Microsoft has proved to be the oldest and closest partner through his long career.
He talked about how it all started with Microsoft back in 1999. Bethesda had just become part of a new startup called ZeniMax Media, and Todd Howard had travelled to Redmond to talk to Microsoft about bringing their game - Morrowland, to the first Xbox.
He explained that he had reservations about the game being part of the console. Despite this, ‘Morrowind’ went on to become one of the best-selling Xbox games of all time. He compared the game to Halo, which was another PC-style game that did very well on the Xbox.
He further talked about the evolution of Bethesda and Microsoft’s relationship, as you can see below.
Towards the end, Todd talked about how this new partnership between Bethesda and Microsoft is due to a shared belief in the ‘fundamental power of games’.
Towards the end, the Bethesda Director looked back at his long journey, and the innumerable honors that he has received, and hoped that there will be more to come. He further said that Bethesda will go on to create many games in the future.
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