Rumour Claiming Microsoft Is 'Changing The Culture' At Bethesda Was 'Inaccurate'

I mean I don't think there's any doubt that people have left the company since the acquisition. People leave companies all the time. This person however is stating that people have left because of a change in culture due to Microsoft's influence. That to me doesn't make sense because why would it exclusively happen to the ZeniMax studios and not all the other studios Microsoft has acquired over the past three years.

Looking at the video he posted, the pinned comment by him states: "It was a rumor fed through a trusted source who had misunderstood previous information, resulting in the disastrous game of telephone that resulted here". Basically, a misunderstanding that happens all the time with the key difference now being that the rumour was accentuated with the help of an influencer utilising his popularity in order to boost the credibility of the rumour. Absolutely ridiculous.

A lot of these “insiders” getting it wrong lately. Its as if news outlets trust them too much despite their bull

Problem is too many gaming news articles publish 'news' from so called insiders too easily these days without checking up the info themselves.
Another case of a Youtuber trying to make the big time, click bait media attention, and then getting called out on his false info.

On a separate note, it shows how seriously Xbox is seen as a threat these days by smear campaigns such as this in the leadup to their E3 presentation.

Any piece of news with that many spelling and grammatical errors should instantly be taken as false

It was stated that the shake up is more to do with the board of Directors at ZeniMax, which included Jerry Bruckheimer. There has also been some restructuring, but certainly not people leaving in their droves due to a change in culture.

@The_New_Butler pretty sure removing the leadership of Zenimax was the change you were looking for. From what i understand they rushed games out and pushed lackluster titles out, i haven't played them so it's all based on what I've read about.

@sikthvash "No, Jerry, we're not putting blinding lens flare in the damn videogames. Stop bringing it up."

Yeah, given what's been coming out of Bethesda for the last decade compared to what came the decade before, they really do need a shakeup. Or a shakedown. They need to return to their past.

Let's also not forget that the founder of the company who still ran the day to day died recently. That alone would do a lot to change the culture quickly - from the sounds of it he was the heart and soul of the company.

It's really too soon for this to be true...

It would take at least a few years for parent company to change culture.

Something similar happened at Blizzard but that was well after the Activision buyout.

He apologized for being innacurate, not for lying. McVicker is a low-life.

@LX_FENIX those were my thoughts too

“These claims are inaccurate, but instead of deleting the original Tweet I will leave it there so I can get more clicks and views and stay popular, knowing that 90% of people will never see my explanation and the damage to the people I lied about is already done.”