Sony was negotiating Starfield exclusivity for PS5 as recently as “a few months ago”
It'🥂s entirely possible the talks are off with Bethesda's acquisition.

澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Starfield on PS4 or PS5 almost happened, with Sony reportedly trying to negotiate a deal with Bethesda for Starfield before yesterday's acquisition of Bethesda and parent company Zenimax Media by 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Microsoft.
The claim was made by Kinda Funny reporter and host Imran Khan, who reported that Sony had been negotiating a timed exclusivity period for 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Starfield as recently as "a few months ago."
At the time of writing, it's anyone's guess as to how the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:﷽acquisition of Bethesda by Microsoft has affected the negotiations between Bethesda and Sony for Starfield, but we'd assume it would probably affect 💖it a fair bit.
FUN NOTE: Sony had been negotiating timed exclusivity on Starfield as recently as a few months ago. Going to guess either those talks are done or the price sꦓuddenly 🐓went way, way up.
It's not hard to imagine two sc🦋enarios. Firstly, the talks for Starfield's exclusivity could be entirely off the table now with the Microsoft acquisition. Alternatively, as Khan notes, Sony could still be negotiating for a timed exclusivity period, but Starfield's price might have just shot through the ceiling with the acquisition.
We can't say we're too surprised by the news that Sony was attempting to negotiate timed exclusivity for Starfield though, considering it has successfully secured a similar deal for Bethesda games 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Deathloop and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Ghostwire: Tokyo.
Either way, the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:acquisition of Bethesda by Microsofꦫt rocked the games industry yesterday. Microsoft is aiming for the acquisition deal to go through in the second half of the 2021 fiscal year, and if it does, Microsoft will have control over countless Bethesda IPs, including Wolfenstein, Dishonored, Fa♉llout, and more.
There's a lot left to unpack with the acquisition, but you can check out our feature on what the acquisition could mean for Dishonored, Fallout, Deathloop, and more Bethesda games.
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