Xbox/Bethesda Acquisition: 8 Predictions For What Comes Next

8. Game Pass Bolstered With A "Bethesda Collection"

There are already a few Bethesda titles on Game Pass, however, following the acquisition, you can expect a great many more, if not all of their back catalogue.

More than likely, these can be included and sectioned off for marketing purposes, in the same way that EA Play titles are available through Game Pass but designated differently.

Anyone who keeps even wavering attention on Microsoft should know how important Game Pass is becoming for the brand. To have a full suite of games to add in one go as a 'Bethesda Collection' is a real win, from their point of view.

Just think: the three console Elder Scrolls games; Fallout 3, New Vegas, 4; all current Wolfenstein titles; both Dooms; Dishonoured and its sequels/spin offs; Prey; and so on and so on.

The audience they can capture by making all these titles available on Game Pass is liable to be sizeable, and represents an exquisite marketing opportunity to help smooth over the still ongoing supply chain issues for new gen machines.