Sony Doesn’t Trust Microsoft After Starfield’s Exclusive Release

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Microsoft and Sony have always made their respective platforms, Xbox and PlayStation, gripping with their exclusive content. This only became an issue once Microsoft started acquiring other game development companies once available on most platforms,  effectively throwing a wrench. As a result, Microsoft is trying to secure deals with other companies to keep their newly acquired titles on most platforms. Still, Sony isn’t biting because they tend to break their promises and trust.

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The current big issue on the market is that Microsoft is trying to acquire Activision Blizzard, hot on the heels of requiring ZeniMax Media and their child company Bethesda. Before they had managed to finalise the acquisition, Xbox Boss Phil Spencer had mentioned that they had no interest in making Bethesda games exclusive to Xbox but that they would be working on a “case-by-case basis” when it came to handling multiformat and multi-platform releases, and that some, Bethesda games would continue to release on other platforms, but stressed that this wouldn’t be the case with all of them.

It was later revealed that both Redfall and Starfield, two upcoming Bethesda games, were only given launch dates that were Xbox-specific, meaning that they are seeing an exclusive release. Experts thought the upcoming The Elder Scrolls 6 would see the same fate, something Bethesda’s Todd Howard believed wouldn’t happen. However, a year after settling the merger, Spencer says he sees the same happening to The Elder Scrolls 6.

When everything was said and done, Spencer returned to his previous statement, admitting that the deal was actually about giving customers “great exclusive games” to