Which means more games of lower quality, usually. Unless Microsoft plans on shelling out a bunch of money to expand BGS so they can have two teams working on games simultaneously this is not good news for the future of Bethesda.
SaltyShawarma
Sounds like corpo-speak for “we are using AI.”
Hopefully they keep it to general world detailing and utilize people for the good stuff.
Avenger1324
Both Fallout and The Elder Scrolls are large enough series to warrant having their own dedicated teams working on new games. It is crazy that these are queued up one behind the other, also behind Starfield, to the point we’ve seen 10 year anniversaries pass for Skyrim and even ESO and nothing but guesses when the next TES game will be, while Fallout is a guess if we’ll even see one this decade.
Microsoft bought them a few years ago, along with Obsidian and other studios with some really good RPGs under their belts. Now they need to make use of all that talent and from it form teams that can work on both of these series simultaneously.
They don’t need to be pumping out annual instalments like an Assassin’s Creed, but is it really compromising quality and considered rushing a game to think we might have 2 Fallouts and 2 Elder Scrolls games in a decade?
DeficientDefiance
Are Bethesda sure that quantity is the issue?
KingStannisForever
Output? What about quality?
Geeekaaay
Oh yeah increased output, that will make Starfield not an empty waste of 100 hours.
Poosley_
Quality be damned
splash_43
How about finding ways to make sure what they put out is actually GOOD, maybe someone competent to be in charge of writing
That80sguyspimp
Focus on increasing your quality, mate. Thats the issue.
GhostDieM
You know what would increase output Todd? Ditch that disaster of a creation engine and join the 21st century. I’ve just started playing Fallout 4 and in that game it honestly works but holy shit does it NOT work in Starfield. Having everything be a separate instance and worse, having a load screen for every instance is just unacceptable these days.
MK5
Elder Scrolls VI in my lifetime would be nice.
BurntToasti
16 times the detail Todd
SolomonDRand
That reminds me, where’s that Starfield DLC Todd?
MadeCoffee
Quality over quantity Todd.
SpanishBrowne
Took them years to make starfield and that game is absolute cardboard. Not sure they can do better with less time.
YallGottaUnderstand
Simple. Outsource some of the games like they did with New Vegas.
Mydogisawreckingball
Bro how do they release games so slowly and when they come out they look like they were barely in the oven. Fuck bethesda and Todd Howard, he’s such a fucking hack.
Justgrp
Bethesda is the only developer that would update a game and make it 100% unplayable, at least for me.
ThicccBoiSlim
It’s a balance of both that needs to be found here. Focusing purely on one or the other when the issue is clearly BOTH will only exacerbate the problems with their games.
They’re not putting out IP or continuing franchises in a timely manner, and when they do, it’s soulless and a fraction of what the Bethesda experience used to mean. I wouldn’t claim to know how to fix it, but they definitely need to focus on a tighter timeline for projects while also increasing the amount of content worth consuming inside each project.
Starfield was about as far in the opposite direction as it should have been and makes this comment from Tom reason to do a triple-take.
spilledkill
Output some fucking starfield content. I feel like it has been a year since I touched the game.
Dyyrin
They should be focused on increasing quality
Snugglebadger
“I’ve got it! If we only make half the game, we can ship twice as many!” -Todd Howard, probably
ms7398msake
Tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies
LaserGadgets
Output is fine, care about quality of what you produce.
THSiGMARotMG
I for one would love a fallout game that doesnt release in 10 years
SomethingIntheWayyy0
They just refuse to listen to criticism and the sad part is a lot people will still buy elder scrolls 6 day one.
RoninSoul
Has Bethesda tried replacing the game designer and game engine?
HiTekLoLyfe
How about they just let other devs take a crack at their series that’s how we got the best modern fallout game ever.
Surroundedonallsides
LORD PLEASE LET LARIAN STUDIOS MAKE A FALLOUT!!!
Skasue
Their game engine needs an upgrade more than anything. Starfield looks and runs the same as Skyrim and Fallout 4 with all its same flaws.
dudSpudson
They need to split these franchises up into different teams so we can get sequels sooner than 10+ years.
TheSkyking2020
Too little too late. Should have focused on this in 2014 after the release and success of Skyrim and FO4. Everyone knew they’d bed hits.
It’s been SO long since there was an Elder Scrolls, at this point the next one will feel more like a reboot than a follow up. Who waits this long for a follow up.
People who were born in 2011 will literally have drivers license and picking colleges when TES6 comes out.
AlibiYouAMockingbird
I’m kind of perplexed that they signed off on a Fallout live action series and didn’t coordinate it with a major release or announcement of a Fallout game. They dropped a mega-ton ball on that one.
Sure the Fallout 76 is getting a lot of hype but then these fresh new audiences see that micro-transaction littered game and may be turned off. As Lethal Company, Helldivers 2, and Baldur’s Gate 3 have shown… the player base is tired of half finished games and micro transactions. Give us a complete and solid game that the developers intended not the garbage shareholders are pushing.
Aobachi
We need an improvement in quality, not output.
animalsbetterthanppl
How about hire more people.
MCd0nutz
I would rather never play another new Elder Scrolls game, then waste my time on a half baked piece of shit like Starfield. I REALLY hope the lesson learned from Starfield was one of quality over quantity. Especially when compared the other successful games of the year…. Ehhem Baldurs Gate….
gkn_112
todd howard should stop saying things
Konker101
Bethesda is a fucking shit company now. The fall from the grace that was Skyrim/Fallout 3/new vegas is insane.
I dont trust and havent trusted bethesda to produce a piece of quality content in a decade (or more)
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Which means more games of lower quality, usually. Unless Microsoft plans on shelling out a bunch of money to expand BGS so they can have two teams working on games simultaneously this is not good news for the future of Bethesda.
Sounds like corpo-speak for “we are using AI.”
Hopefully they keep it to general world detailing and utilize people for the good stuff.
Both Fallout and The Elder Scrolls are large enough series to warrant having their own dedicated teams working on new games. It is crazy that these are queued up one behind the other, also behind Starfield, to the point we’ve seen 10 year anniversaries pass for Skyrim and even ESO and nothing but guesses when the next TES game will be, while Fallout is a guess if we’ll even see one this decade.
Microsoft bought them a few years ago, along with Obsidian and other studios with some really good RPGs under their belts. Now they need to make use of all that talent and from it form teams that can work on both of these series simultaneously.
They don’t need to be pumping out annual instalments like an Assassin’s Creed, but is it really compromising quality and considered rushing a game to think we might have 2 Fallouts and 2 Elder Scrolls games in a decade?
Are Bethesda sure that quantity is the issue?
Output? What about quality?
Oh yeah increased output, that will make Starfield not an empty waste of 100 hours.
Quality be damned
How about finding ways to make sure what they put out is actually GOOD, maybe someone competent to be in charge of writing
Focus on increasing your quality, mate. Thats the issue.
You know what would increase output Todd? Ditch that disaster of a creation engine and join the 21st century. I’ve just started playing Fallout 4 and in that game it honestly works but holy shit does it NOT work in Starfield. Having everything be a separate instance and worse, having a load screen for every instance is just unacceptable these days.
Elder Scrolls VI in my lifetime would be nice.
16 times the detail Todd
That reminds me, where’s that Starfield DLC Todd?
Quality over quantity Todd.
Took them years to make starfield and that game is absolute cardboard. Not sure they can do better with less time.
Simple. Outsource some of the games like they did with New Vegas.
Bro how do they release games so slowly and when they come out they look like they were barely in the oven. Fuck bethesda and Todd Howard, he’s such a fucking hack.
Bethesda is the only developer that would update a game and make it 100% unplayable, at least for me.
It’s a balance of both that needs to be found here. Focusing purely on one or the other when the issue is clearly BOTH will only exacerbate the problems with their games.
They’re not putting out IP or continuing franchises in a timely manner, and when they do, it’s soulless and a fraction of what the Bethesda experience used to mean. I wouldn’t claim to know how to fix it, but they definitely need to focus on a tighter timeline for projects while also increasing the amount of content worth consuming inside each project.
Starfield was about as far in the opposite direction as it should have been and makes this comment from Tom reason to do a triple-take.
Output some fucking starfield content. I feel like it has been a year since I touched the game.
They should be focused on increasing quality
“I’ve got it! If we only make half the game, we can ship twice as many!” -Todd Howard, probably
Tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies
Output is fine, care about quality of what you produce.
I for one would love a fallout game that doesnt release in 10 years
They just refuse to listen to criticism and the sad part is a lot people will still buy elder scrolls 6 day one.
Has Bethesda tried replacing the game designer and game engine?
How about they just let other devs take a crack at their series that’s how we got the best modern fallout game ever.
LORD PLEASE LET LARIAN STUDIOS MAKE A FALLOUT!!!
Their game engine needs an upgrade more than anything. Starfield looks and runs the same as Skyrim and Fallout 4 with all its same flaws.
They need to split these franchises up into different teams so we can get sequels sooner than 10+ years.
Too little too late. Should have focused on this in 2014 after the release and success of Skyrim and FO4. Everyone knew they’d bed hits.
It’s been SO long since there was an Elder Scrolls, at this point the next one will feel more like a reboot than a follow up. Who waits this long for a follow up.
People who were born in 2011 will literally have drivers license and picking colleges when TES6 comes out.
I’m kind of perplexed that they signed off on a Fallout live action series and didn’t coordinate it with a major release or announcement of a Fallout game. They dropped a mega-ton ball on that one.
Sure the Fallout 76 is getting a lot of hype but then these fresh new audiences see that micro-transaction littered game and may be turned off. As Lethal Company, Helldivers 2, and Baldur’s Gate 3 have shown… the player base is tired of half finished games and micro transactions. Give us a complete and solid game that the developers intended not the garbage shareholders are pushing.
We need an improvement in quality, not output.
How about hire more people.
I would rather never play another new Elder Scrolls game, then waste my time on a half baked piece of shit like Starfield. I REALLY hope the lesson learned from Starfield was one of quality over quantity. Especially when compared the other successful games of the year…. Ehhem Baldurs Gate….
todd howard should stop saying things
Bethesda is a fucking shit company now. The fall from the grace that was Skyrim/Fallout 3/new vegas is insane.
I dont trust and havent trusted bethesda to produce a piece of quality content in a decade (or more)