$7.5 billion...

But now they own Fallout, Skyrim, etc. I guess its better than EA

Not like they can screw up those buggy games any further... They might even improve quality. Maybe. Hopefully.

Interesting. Yeah, EA has been a mess for years, and only getting worse. As a Star Wars fan, I really loathe what they've done with the franchise, which is essentially, a big, fat, steaming pile of nothing.

It would be interesting to see if Microsoft continues to support the Bethesda franchises with updates and such. I've been playing through the Halo: Master Chief Collection this year. Halo 3: ODST unlocks tomorrow. These are pretty damned old games to be re-releasing on PC. 20 years in the case of Halo: Combat Evolved.

That is a massive valuation for a gaming company that has become toxic to so many gamers.

And EA hasn't recovered their reputation since the Command and Conquer takeover.

This is super exciting. Venimax/Bethesda have been making some super questionable decisions recently, whereas Microsoft seems to have been overall gamer friendly and on the right track recently.

If MS can get Venimax/Bethesda back on track of making gamer friendly games instead of their stupid damned microtransaction client, as well as the fact that MS now owns both Obsidian AND Bethesda so now Obsidian can make another Fallout game