In the past few days, the developer has become a major bone of contention in the Microsoft-Activision deal. The gaming giant didn’t provide any exact numbers, but they are probably very low.įurthermore, Microsoft also gave us some details about the platforms future ZeniMax titles will launch on. In addition, Microsoft also unveiled some info regarding the sales of Redfall, saying the Arkane shooting title only generated minimal sales. Therefore, both Redfall and Starfield will remain exclusive to the PC and Xbox ecosystem and it seems like the company’s reasoning for this move is to meet the need for exclusive content. Keeping with the need to offer some exclusive content while mitigating the economic costs and damage to its player-focused brand.” As per Totilo, Microsoft said that its basis for making Starfield an exclusive is to “ mitigate the damage done to its player-focused brand. In its latest bid to convince America’s antitrust body to greenlight the merger, the tech giant shed some light on the company’s exclusivity principles.

Microsoft: – Redfall/Starfield are Xbox/PC-only: 'keeping with the need to offer some exclusive content while mitigating the economic costs and damage to its player-focused brand' – Redfall 'generated minimal sales' – 'many other' future ZeniMax titles will be shipped on PS/NintĪxios journalist Stephen Totilo reported all of this info from FTC’s most recent hearing for the acquisition of Activision by Microsoft. In the hearing, Microsoft also expanded on the exclusivity of its first-party titles, saying that even though Redfall/Starfield will stay unique to Xbox and PC, future ZeniMax titles will come to other platforms like PlayStation and Nintendo. The tech giant also shed some light on ZeniMax saying future games from the company will release on Nintendo and PlayStation.ĭuring the latest round of legal proceedings by FTC in the Microsoft-Activision merger, the American company shockingly uncovered that Redfall generated “ minimal” sales on launch.

Furthermore, Microsoft also unveiled that Starfield and Redfall were exclusive to Xbox so they could mitigate damage done to the brand.

In new court proceedings for the FTC-Microsoft/Activision case, the American company revealed that Redfall sold a minimal amount of copies.

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