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Waiting a decade for new instalments in franchises as massive as Fallout and Elder Scrolls feels like a waste.
Microsoft have Obsidian but I feel it's Bethesda who just don't want to play ball as they've always said they want to do it themselves.
Once MS bought Zenimax in 2020 they should have put the Outer Worlds 2 on the back burner, allow Bethesda to finish off its own Space RPG with Starfield (despite totally different tone why have two in your first party portfolio with two developers who's gameplay is a tad similar) and got Obsidian for one of their projects to make a spiritual successor to New Vegas.
When the Elder Scrolls VI is finished Bethesda can then onto the main numbered Fallout 5 themselves.
The Outer Worlds 2 started development in 2019 so putting it on the back burner wouldn't have been the end of the world, they'd have always come back to it once Fallout was done and it would have been nicely spaced out from Starfields release once they had most likely stopped supporting it and all the expansions were released.
If they did this back in 2020 when they bought Zenimax and the game had a good, steady 4 - 5 years development, you might have seen it release in 2025.
We are literally going to be waiting until 2030 at the very earliest for Fallout 5 and all they seem bothered about is pushing Fallout 76.
I disagree. Part of these games is the support for the mod community. If they move to releasing a "next game" every 2 or 3 years, the modding support plummets and the franchises turn into just another run of the mill RPG.
Make the games good enough to withstand the test of time, to keep people coming back to them and expanding on them with mod support.
Yeah, let's all advocate for smaller gaps between series' releases, then we'll probably get headlines about how the series have dropped in quality and they could have benefited from more time in the oven. Let them cook.
Bethesda [or Microsoft] would have to reallocate internal and external studios towards fallout and elder scrolls titles. Bethesda has the issue of developing 2 big IPs that are large RPGs on rotation. If you want more Fallout and Elder Scrolls, development will have to be outsourced.
And this has been Microsoft's intentions all along. Not games, but grabbing as much data from people who play Xbox One as it can, so it could sell to potential firms who care nothing about our privacy.
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Oh you don't want us to give your information out to the highest bidder so they can try to sell you stuff?
The easiest way to do data mining with minimal backlash, besides not doing it. Is to offer a decent compensation for your data.
You people are funny. No one knows how this service will work for sure, but I'll give you an idea how it might work. It could work like Hulu where if you sign up for the service you'll get a chance to interact with the type of ads that are shown during live broadcasts. You could interact where when a commercial comes on, you'll be asked if this advertisement is relevant or not. It could also offer an option to snap a web page to make a purchase or even open a dedicated app. Or it could be book marked for viewing later after the show is over. There's tons of options and people are already jumping to conclusions.
They may even be partnering with cable/satellite companies to subsidize the Xbox One for say... $99 on a 2 year contract and if you want you could agree to providing feedback or opting in to the service I mentioned above and get Xbox Live subscription for free. The bottom line is that it could be beneficial to everyone and offer a service that people could want if it gives them something back. Until we know for sure everyone should just wait and see what it will be.