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The fate of the Elder Scrolls 6
At least that's what the director of Bethesda thinksGame Studios Todd Howard. In an interview with Gamesindustry.biz, he noted that it was “hard for him to imagine” The Elder Scrolls 6 as an Xbox exclusive. However, Howard is in no hurry to think ahead, because in the past Bethesda has entered into deals with Microsoft even when it was independent.
"If you look at every Elder gameScrolls, you will see that we have always had some exclusives for Xbox or Microsoft. We had partnership agreements for every game. Morrowind was mostly a console exclusive, Oblivion was a long-term exclusive, Skyrim had timed exclusive DLC,” Howard explained.
Howard added that given the merger, future agreements between Microsoft and Bethesda could become even larger:
"I don't know if this foreshadows another majorconsolidation. This happens in other industries from time to time. In all the games I've made, we've partnered with Microsoft in some way. So when we get to Starfield and Elder Scrolls 6, I think it will be a partnership in a broader sense."
Still, the deal between Microsoft and ZeniMax will be completedonly at the beginning of 2021, so the companies are just yet to talk about the exclusivity of the projects. As Spencer noted, until the deal is completed, Microsoft and Xbox cannot dictate what Bethesda does and shape their destiny. In addition, Microsoft does not chase exclusives and releases its own projects on other platforms. The same Minecraft can be played both on consoles and on PCs with mobile phones. And Cuphead, a couple of years later, came first to the Nintendo Switch, and then to the PlayStation 4.
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