Fallout 76 Cancellation Floated by Xbox Boss Phil Spencer

A newly uncovered court document has revealed that Xbox boss Phil Spencer considered shutting Fallout 76 down after its negative reception.

[XiNatsuDragnel]

They should tbh save resources and money imo.

[anal_vegan_moans]

idk, seems to have an ok player base as it cracks the steam top 100 player count once in a while

[XiNatsuDragnel]

Yeah but overall it isn't worth it tho

[-Foxtrot]

Probably will have to agree with Phil on this one, it should have been cancelled. They could have done a single player Fallout spin off game instead.

[Concertoine]

But Phil only floated “cancelling” it after it came out.

Considering the game got years of support after this, it was probably financially successful. Even if it represents everything i hate about modern gaming

[-Foxtrot]

My point is if he did it as soon as he could, then they'd never know about the sad "success" and he'd have never known to then keep it going. He'd have hopefully tried to find another way to get Fallout out sooner because now with the long wait until Fallout 5, as Bethesda are being stubborn arseholes by having it where only THEY will make a new game, they'll just support 76 instead and that will be our Fallout game until then...and what's that? After Elder Scrolls VI...so probably 2030 at the earliest before Fallout 5.

[Crows90]

Im confused. The game was released before the acquisition. MS had no say.

[Zeref]

They're talking about stopping updates and shutting down the servers

[autobotdan]

Close it down

[purple101]

Anyone remember Biden vs trump in the debates..

Biden "I'm going to shut it down"
Trump "il m going to shut YOU down"

Funniest thing I ever seen

[tagzskie]

I also agree with this move, but i feel sorry to the people who bought the game. Support the game as you can because theres people still playing and loyal to the game. I imagine if i were in their shoe im gonna be piss off.

[anast]

76 has a 6k average player count with Fallout 4 at 14k more than double, and with Sea of Thieves doing better, it's time to cut it. I'm in shock though, how a company with the resources that Bethesda has makes the most sh#$y games.

[Zhipp]

Steam numbers aren't exactly ideal for judging playercounts for games like this. I imagine most players are on Xbox, PlayStation, and Windows Xbox store.

[anast]

Yes, it's obvious, but they are the only numbers that show people that bought the game.

[jznrpg]

All mediocre games

[CappyBlack]

The game got a lot better over time. Horrible at release, but it's a pretty solid game now.

[Hofstaderman]

But the ray tracing.....

[TheColbertinator]

Scrap it please

[henbayward]

Played it for a few days when it was free on PS+. The game I played was alright, not the broken mess it was upon release, but the "Bethesda Formula" for RPGs has worn thin for me, which is the same reason I felt no sadness at Starfield being and Xbox exclusive; 76 was more of the same, and Starfield looks no different.
If it ain't making money, go ahead and give it the axe, I guess, and I say that as someone who still plays the hell out of Elite: Dangerous on PS4.

[Si-Fly]

That’s cool that you’re still enjoying the unsupported version of ED.

[Einhander1972]

Remember when Phil said he was going to be hands off with Bethesda?

[Einhander1972]

This is a bad sign, Microsoft is trying to move all it's games onto the cloud and doesn't mind shutting off the games for the people who buy them and are invested...

People just can't see the writing on the wall...

[DrDoomer]

"Phil Spenser Says" is back for another season!