The latest set of documents related to the Microsoft Activision Blizzard deal have surfaced and one of the new revelations to come out is that Sony is convinced The Elder Scrolls 6 It will be exclusive to Xbox. The statement was made as part of the reasoning why Sony thinks Microsoft might make Call of Duty exclusive in the future.
Sony doesn’t trust Microsoft over Bethesda deal
Sony has previously said it doesn’t trust Microsoft’s exclusivity claims due to the way games from Bethesda have been handled since acquiring the company in 2021. Although Microsoft hasn’t made any games previously released exclusively on Xbox, the next Starfield has just been released. on Xbox Series. X|S and PC. According to Sony, The Elder Scrolls 6 will also be exclusive to Xbox:
Microsoft likes to claim that with its previous acquisitions, it hasn’t made the existing, previously released games it acquired exclusive to Xbox. But the locking issue in this case does not affect previous versions of Call of Duty. This is the impact of Microsoft making new versions of Call of Duty (which come out every year) exclusive, as it did with new versions of Starfield and Elder Scrolls following the acquisition of ZeniMax in 2021 As the FAQ explains, these releases were announced in 2018 and weren’t meant to be Xbox exclusives at the time. It wasn’t until after the ZeniMax acquisition that Microsoft’s Phil Spencer revealed that, from the start, the deal had been to “provide great exclusive games” for Xbox.
Oficialmente, las plataformas aún no han sido confirmed para The Elder Scrolls 6. The CEO of Xbox, Phil Spencer, insinuated beforehand that the game could be exclusive to Xbox, some previous documents presented during the arguments insinuated that the game could go to PS5 después of all. Either way, you can see why Sony might be worried about Call of Duty’s future.