"I have purchased every Playstation console but I’ve never owned a Xbox - until now."
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.
Its not just only Todd not playing ball.
Obsidian have made a name for themselves in delivering stellar RPGs, but most famous once have always been sequels/spin-offs to borrowed IPs like KOTOR 2, Neverwinter Nights 2, Fallout: New Vegas, Stick of Truth etc.
Obsidian wants to invest more in their own original IPs like Outer Worlds or Pillars of Eternity with Avowed.
Similar to what Bluepoint & inXile wants to do or Kojima is doing (i.e not involving anymore in Konami's IPs).
So yea, even if New Vegas has the most votes from 3D Fallout fans, Obsidian just wants to do their own thing, like any aspiring dev studio and MS is likely currently respecting that.
But a future Fallout game from Obsidian will surely happen. Founder Feargus Urquhart has already stated an year ago that they're eager to make a new Fallout game with Bethesda, New Vegas 2 or otherwise. Urquhart was the director of the very first 1995's Fallout game after all.
And don't forget Brian Fargo and his studio inXile, as Brian Fargo was the director of Fallout's 1988 predecessor: Wasteland
Steller RPGs? Maybe 15-20 years ago but there's been nothing Steller about Bethesda Softworks since then. Decent RPGs is about the best word you could use for Bethesda of today.
These aren't the Fallout 3 days. The graphically dated, poorly animated characters with terrible voice acting, glitches and jank don't get a free pass anymore.
Athenian Rhapsody is a JRPG with a difference: alongside turn-based combat & exploration, you'll need to complete WarioWare-style microgames.
Originally launched in 2011, El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron is coming to Nintendo Switch, so It's time to look back at the original.
Still have my ps3 copies. Bought it at launch and another one when I found it cheap and in perfect condition about 10 years ago. I wouldn’t buy it on Switch but if they made a PS5 version I would. I still have one of my PS3 Fats hooked up so good to go either way.
Id play it again on the switch. I wished my 360 version was bc but this is still a good way to play.
I am a Sony fan, but I think you really missed out if you never bought an X360 as well.
This won't go over well here....lol I see a lot of people going with xb1 over the competition next year when games like Titan fall, quantum break and sunset overdrive hits, and that's only the beginning. IMO, Xbox is the best place to play. Play station hasn't been the same since ps2 days for me. Xbox has taken that crown. Even the person in that article ( even though he is wrong about xb1 not having a sleep feature) can see how Xbox has improved on things like quality,features and a better controller.
Congratz, on the new console to go with your other console's.
The systems both have been smooth as butter the time i have spent with both the PS4 and the XBOXONE.
And Xbox fan bought a PlayStation so what?
These two are the newest video game consoles. And they are house hold brand name machines. Of course fans will buy one or the the console.
Or in the writers case both.
EDIT: Congrats to the writer. I'm glad he's enjoying his brand new One and PS4. He won't be missing out on any great games now. Again, congrats.