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From: Lane Larson <lnlarson@stoat.inhoin.edu>
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Subject: Re: Next Fallout Game Coming... Sooner?
Date: Sun, 5 May 2024 03:16:37 -0500
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Kyonshi wrote:
> On 4/30/2024 5:53 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
>> On Tue, 30 Apr 2024 08:14:07 -0600, "rms"
>> <rsquiresMOO@MOOflashMOO.net> wrote:
>>
>>>> Rumors* have it that - due to the recent success of the TV show -
>>>> Bethesda is accelerating the release of the next Fallout game.
>>>> Because if there's anything we all want, it's a Bethesda game even
>>>> /more/ rushed out of production. After all, it's the bugs and janks
>>>> that make their games so memorable, right?
>>>
>>>    Perhaps they could reuse the same engine to save production time?  Or
>>> shorten the writing process by replacing writers with a chatbot?
>>
>> Procedural generation all the way, baby! Why hand-craft maps, quests,
>> characters, ANYTHING when you can get a computer to do it?
>>
>> I'm sure it will all work out fine. ;-)
>>
>> In truth, the rumor that Bethesda is expediting the next Fallout
>> remains just that: a rumor. But it's definitely something Bethesda
>> needs to get ahead of. They /don't/ have the best reputation right
>> now. A lot of their recent in-house productions have been
>> disappointments; maybe not flops, but seen as a step down from earlier
>> games. "Fallout 4" was fairly average. "Fallout 76" had an incredibly
>> rocky launch. "Starfield" failed to impress on almost every level.
>> They're continually milking "Skyrim". They're breaking mods. Their
>> trying to grift off the modder's hard work. They don't have anything
>> exciting in the pipeline.
>>
>> Their PR team needs to get out there and issue the usual platitudes:
>> 'of course we aren't going to rush out the next game. We're dedicated
>> to creating quality products. We're not simply chasing the next
>> popular trend. Other other IPs remain important to us.' The usual
>> schtick; say a lot without saying anything. That it's been several
>> days and Bethesda has remained silent does not speak well of their
>> management.
>>
>>
>>
>>
> 
> Bethesda is in the slow downward spiral of death right now. It's gonna 
> take a few years longer, but they will become irrelevant, their IP will 
> get sold to a different company founded by one of the original people of 
> whatever, and then stuff is gonna get released that's actually decent to 
> good again.

Don't you think they are making bank off of Elder Scrolls Online?