What video game are you playing?

[ACamp1900]

Never played new Vegas,… I might check it out

 

[ACamp1900]

Btw, what’s going on with elder scrolls six??? New Vegas came out right before Skyrim right? And it already has a remaster in the works, more Fallouts have long since dropped and we are STILL waiting on the next ES??

 

[NorthDakota]

Btw, what’s going on with elder scrolls six??? New Vegas came out right before Skyrim right? And it already has a remaster in the works, more Fallouts have long since dropped and we are STILL waiting on the next ES??

New Vegas came out fall 2010. Skyrim was fall 2011. Elder Scrolls Online was 2014. Fallout 4 was fall 2015. Fallout 76 was 2018.

I think they should have skipped ESO and F76.

 

[greyhammer90]

I think they should have skipped ESO and F76.

I could be wrong but I don't think Bethesda Game Studios main team even primarily worked on those games, so I don't think they've delayed ES6 or Fallout 5 too much.

The real issue is the general creep up in timeline across the entire game industry. In the PS2 days we had GTA3, GTA Vice City and GTA San Andreas over the course of 3 years. Basically you got one every year or so. By the time GTA6 comes out it will have been 13 YEARS since GTA5. Newly minted 18 year olds who can buy GTA6 would have been in preschool when GTA5 came out. This is the case with a lot of franchises currently. The time between releases are frequently approaching decades for most major franchises not named Resident Evil.

This obviously sucks for me because I would like to think I get to play more than 2 more elder scrolls games before I die of old age (which is shockingly not looking likely as a mid-thirties guy if the trend continues). I also think it's just horribly unhealthy for the games industry in general. How are games supposed to cultivate fanbases if entire generations of kids are going through their youths without anything coming out? Why would a 15 year old care about Elder Scrolls 6 when the last one came out before they were born?

 

[ACamp1900]

New Vegas came out fall 2010. Skyrim was fall 2011. Elder Scrolls Online was 2014. Fallout 4 was fall 2015. Fallout 76 was 2018.

I think they should have skipped ESO and F76.

So five years between major fallout releases,… and it’s going to be close to 20 years (hell, it could be longer for all we know) before the next major ES game,… even with everything Grey correctly noted, why is this particular game taking DECADES?? Hell they announced the game close to ten years ago now lol

 

[ulukinatme]

There's been a number of conflicts that have delayed ES6. For one, I believe they upgraded their in house engine again which took some time. Then there was the departure with Starfield that was their main focus for quite awhile. Now it sounds like we're getting closer to a release for ES6, maybe next year, maybe 2028 at the latest? I think Microsoft will definitely push for earlier though, especially with the recent cuts. They want a return on their investments.

The fact Bethesda is working with Obsidian again is music to my ears though. @ACamp1900, I can't believe you haven't played New Vegas yet. It's arguably the best of the Bethesda era Fallouts. It has a lot more RPG elements than the others, a lot more factions and different options on how to complete quests so you can get many different endings. At this point if you haven't played it I'd wait for the remaster, but it's definitely worth your time.

 

[ulukinatme]

New Vegas came out fall 2010. Skyrim was fall 2011. Elder Scrolls Online was 2014. Fallout 4 was fall 2015. Fallout 76 was 2018.

I think they should have skipped ESO and F76.

You'd think so, but I just saw something where ESO has apparently brought Bethesda $2 billion in revenue since it's release! I had no fucking idea, I played it the first year or two it was out but didn't think it was all that popular or that it had grown to that level. Apparently Microsoft is taking resources away from it, which seems stupid given the money it generates. It apparently consistently pulls in $15 million a month, I'm at a loss.

Fallout 76 is a slightly different animal. Obviously there was the absolutely awful launch, which they later were able to recover from years later to a degree. They haven't generated the same revenue that ESO has, but apparently they've seen up and down popularity since the launch of the TV show. They're reportedly bringing in $20 million a month around the months each new season is released. That's not shabby if they're running with a skeleton crew. Earlier this year I picked Fallout 76 back up after not playing it since launch. It's definitely a better game, but it still suffers from the repetitive grind that other MMOs have. At some point you max your character on Perk points, you can continue getting level ups, but they do basically nothing other than allow you to collect more Perk Cards that you don't need or can really use. There's a new season every 3 months for you to grind tasks to unlock cosmetic items and some machines/utilities for your CAMP, but the rewards aren't particularly worth the time investment. It was fun for a bit, but running the same events every day gets old.