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Microsoft acquired Bethesda back in 2020 in a drastic move when they saw how Sony had been paying Bethesda to keep their games away from Xbox. Not many would know what Phil Spencer, Head of Xbox, revealed during the FTV vs. Microsoft hearing where he mentioned how Sony regularly paid competitors to “skip” Xbox and even desktops by making games PlayStation exclusives, and hence, Microsoft had to own Bethesda to compete with the rest. At that moment, the move to acquire Bethesda did look drastic, but afterStarfield‘s release, the move has borne fruit.
Starfieldgoes Live today for gamers who pre-ordered the Premium Edition or the Constellation Edition and received Early Access to the game. While the standard edition of the game costs $69.99, there are more and more gamers who are subscribing to Xbox GamePass to play the game for far less.
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Microsoft Bought Bethesda For $7.5 Billion, Added Bethesda Games To Xbox GamePass
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Gamers Subscribe To GamePass To Experience Starfield For Far Less
For gamers looking to play new titles likeStarfieldand looking to complete the game in a couple of months, this plan should cost less than the Standard Edition of the game. This makes the subscription more valuable and it shouldn’t be a surprise for Microsoft to start seeing a spike while the game launches and is still hot for the remainder of the year.
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Todd Howard’s Wholesome Letter To Bethesda Team, Prior To Starfield Early Access Release
Game Director, Todd Howard, has written a heartfelt thank-you letter to his entire team back at Bethesda ahead of the successful release of the game to early-access gamers. Howard recalled how the team was working on a lot of other in-house titles whenStarfieldwas pitched making it quite a tumultuous path for the game’s final release. Howard also thanked Xbox Head mentioning how he had supported Bethesda and all their games, over the past few years since the acquisition. He concluded his letter by handing over the game to gamers starting today as early access goes Live.
Bethesda’sStarfieldreleases to early access gamers today and is launching for everyone else who bought the game on the 6th of September.
Source:CNet
Ayoub Hassan Adur
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Ayoub Hassan Adur worked in the Translation Industry for more than a decade before turning to Content Writing. Ayoub loves Gaming and has also written news stories in the gaming industry for two other websites before joining FandomWire Gaming. Manchester United fan since the ’90s.
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