[Review] PS5 will run out of some Bethesda games, which will be exclusive to Xbox and PC

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Phil Spencer, head of the Xbox division at Microsoft, has confirmed that a portion of Bethesda's games will become Xbox and PC exclusive. The executive has not specified which games will become exclusive, which means that we are still not clear about which franchises will be affected in the short term, but it is possible that, initially, it will be limited to new sagas, and that they will be excluded , therefore, the existing ones.

In other words, it is possible that franchises such as Fallout, DOOM, Dishonored and Wolfenstein continue to be multiplatform, and that they do not incur any type of exclusivity, but this is something that, at the moment, is not confirmed, and therefore we must keep in mind that right now all doors, and all possibilities, are open.

What exactly has Phil Spencer said about Bethesda games?
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I think it is important to take a look at a literal translation with the words of the executive to better understand Microsoft's intentions against Bethesda games, after the purchase transaction is closed:

“This is the next step in building an industry-leading studio team of our own, a commitment we have to our Xbox community. With the addition of Bethesda's creative teams, players should know that Xbox consoles, PC, and the Game Pass service will be the best place to experience new Bethesda games, including some new titles in the future that will be exclusive to gamers. Xbox and PC «.

The reference to "new titles" is very ambiguous, and has, as we have anticipated, several possible interpretations. By "new titles" we can understand new franchises, that is, totally original developments and far from the original franchises, but it also makes sense to think of the opposite, that is, a new DOOM or a new Fallout.

On a personal note, I am a lover of major Bethesda franchises. The only one that I have not finished liking has been Dishonored, but I love the rest, and I am clear that the fact that they end up becoming, even partially, Xbox and PC exclusives could end up helping Microsoft to give a boost to Xbox Series S-Series X sales.

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What are the next big Bethesda games?
Although we still do not have official information, Phil Spencer himself confirmed at the time that Bethesda is working on more titles apart from Starfield and The Elder Scrolls VI. Although there is nothing concrete, beyond those two names, everything seems to indicate that Fallout 5 would be one of the star projects that would have been "in the oven" for a while.
 

DOOM Eternal arrived relatively recently, so a new installment is not to be expected in the short or medium term, and the same goes for Wolfenstein (Youngblood arrived in 2019). Among the big Bethesda games most in need of a revamp is the Quake saga, which hasn't had a real update since the arrival of Quake 4, and Dishonored, since the second installment arrived in 2016.

In my case, I am looking forward to a new Fallout and a new installment of The Evil Within, a franchise, the latter, that made me fall in love with its first installment, and that left me a little bitter taste in its second part. The third time lucky.