Microsoft to acquire ZeniMax Media and Bethesda Softworks for $7.5B

Re:Microsoft to acquire ZeniMax Media and Bethesda Softworks... by ohyeshedid on Monday September 21, 2020 @05:05PM (#24548475)

So was No Man's Sky when it came out. Though rare, sometimes studios do the right thing over time. FO76 seems to be having a better second act.

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Re:Microsoft to acquire ZeniMax Media and Bethesda Softworks... by shultays on Monday September 21, 2020 @06:50PM (#24549268)

I think comparison is a bit unfair since nms is (mostly) single player while fo76 is not. If nms gets good (i believe it is good btw, I play it regularly on VR) it would still sell 5 years later but fo76 would be dead if it can't keep up player count high.

So yeah, a failed multiplayer/mmo game is a bigger failure imo, because it is hard/impossible to recover from

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Re:Microsoft to acquire ZeniMax Media and Bethesda Softworks... by psyc on Monday September 21, 2020 @05:21PM (#24548620)

See also, Final Fantasy XIV. From disaster to IMO one of the most magnificent games ever created.

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