How much will this Starfield lose for being an Xbox exclusive?

Before confirming your exclusivity Xbox, Microsoft It is expected to sell more than 10 million copies Starfield of Bethesda and play Indiana Jones Machine games and play station. That’s according to a new court document from a recent trial Microsoft-FTC.

“Its financial director Microsoft GamingTim Stewart, said that when Microsoft Assessed the exclusivity of the game Zenimax As of December 2020, despite plans for more than 10 million units for both Starfield how Indiana Jones a playstation, Microsoft Believes he can make up for the loss by taking up games Zenimax Exclusive through extended console sales game passA snippet of the FTC document says.

ZenimaxIts parent company Bethesda Softworkswas achieved by Microsoft In 2021. Bethesda Publishers of many popular video game franchises such as Fallout, The Elder Scrolls, Doom and others, including the latter Starfield. In addition to Deathloop y Ghostware: Tokyowhich was supposed to arrive play station Before the acquisition, project Zenimax was designed as exclusive Xbox.

Recent legal battles, which have so far been favorable MicrosoftMeans the company is close to finalizing the deal to buy it Activision Blizzard For about $69 billion dollars. If the agreement is Microsoft Such as owning popular video game franchises Crash Bandicoot, Overwatch, World of Warcraft y Call of Duty.

It is not clear how Microsoft will govern the exclusivity of its projects activation Once the acquisition is completed. Microsoft As already said Call of Duty Will it still be available on console? play station After the contract is closed activation.

Starfield It is being prepared for release Xbox Series X|S y pc September 6 (September 1 for the Early Access version), when the game Indiana Jones There is no announced release date.

Through: Gamespot

Editor’s note: It’s clear that there will be losses in terms of cross-platform forecasting, but whether that remains to be seen Microsoft Betting on users trying to change them play station A Xbox Or if all they want is to generate money, in the latter case, there will be games that will continue play stationThere is hope for Starfield Be one of them? Maybe they could try a temporary exclusive, once sales of the game slow down they could drop it for another console to capitalize on.