Hear me out, Bethesda hasn’t made a really successful game since Skyrim. their new overlords are more than happy to shuffle them around, and who’s to say Todd Howard won’t retire after TES6 is launched?
I’m seeing a lot of parallels to Bioware, with game after game not doing as hot as the previous ones, and XBOX being very trigger happy with axing studios that aren’t pulling their weight, similar to EA.
It’s possible TES6, if it releases, will be the make it or break it of the company.
No, I don’t. There’s far too much value in Elder Scrolls and Fallout. Fallout has a very successful Amazon show, and Wolfenstein has an upcoming Amazon show. Obsidian, with the reputation of being the development studio who makes a better Fallout, has now been bundled in with Bethesda to work on Fallout. If you ask me, I don’t think they’re anywhere near closing down, but they sure seem to be boxed up with a bow on it to be sold to Amazon.
Never underestimate Microsoft’s ability to ruin something good. They won’t shut down but by the time it ends up being sold off it will be a shadow of its former self.