bethesda being owned by microsoft means that fallout can be made by obsidian (or inexile for potential remasters of fallout 1 and 2?) so it can be nothing but a good thing
plus you get cool things like everything under zenimax now being on gamepass which is rad
i think we can count on The Outer Worlds being a part of Fallout universe now, but i'm not sure it's a good time to remaster Freelancer or to develop its sequel; considering the demand, they wouldn't be as popular, not unless they somehow receive an FPS element
the other good option would be "Star Citizen, but it's Freelancer"
Lowkey though... I feel like if Elite was better as an actual game, and maybe if Star Citizen ever gets off the ground, I wouldn't be surprised if MS made Freelancer 2 as a competitor. Maybe if space sims ever see a proper resurgence.