How Bethesda Fumbled Fallout 4's Sudden Popularity With The Next-Gen Update

Fahad from eXputer: "Bethesda rolled out a messy next-gen Fallout 4, ruining the experience of many new and returning players after the TV show's success."

[RaidenBlack]

Fallout London would've been the perfect return gift for Fallout fans after watching the Prime show

[EazyC]

Bethesda could have kicked them some cash about a year ago and collaborated to make it a full scale thing

[RaidenBlack]

or atleast given them a heads up regarding the current-gen update

[LordoftheCritics]

My perfectly modded game just died.

[Abear21]

Yeah, they had so much time and that show budget, holy shit, you’re telling me they had no time to put together a game with how long they knew about the show coming?

Blame Starfield.

[Profchaos]

I think they chose right 4 was the most accessible fallout to date however I really wish 3/NV got some switch love or psvr2 ports

[MrDead]

They didn't fix the major bugs that have been plaguing the game since release and they broke mods and every modded save. Good work.

[phoenixwing]

They've been ruining their mod scene for elder scrolls skyrim as well. If they're barely increasing the graphics then it's a complete waste since molders already had done better.

[raWfodog]

I don't use the mods, but why do they even offer mod support if they constantly break them with their updates?

[anast]

Modders fix their game for free. They use that information to do an update of their own and paly it off like it was all them.

[Futureshark]

Well....Bethesda! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[on_line_forever]

I like the show BUT i can't play the game

Bethesda = poor quality games

[Abear21]

Skyrim exists so you are wrong, although, that took being re-released 6 times on newer hardware and countless patches, but now it’s a good game.

[Crows90]

Skyrim isn't much better. Morrowind was their A game...but they abandoned that direction in favor of the low quality game but accessible offering in Skyrim.

[anast]

Billions is spent on cheap plastic trinkets each year all of which are poor quality. In fact, it is a fact that poor quality sells more that good quality. Skyrim existing supports this.

[mkis007]

Literally the simplest thing they could have done would be to integrate the unofficial patch...but they couldn't even do that much.

[Flakegriffin]

It’s Bethesda. It’s in their nature to fumble things.

[gold_drake]

quite honestly, the upgrade didnt rly do much for the game. there wasnt a huge difference imo, and i still had bugs ha

[anast]

I shot a super mutant last night and it flopped around like one of those wavy arm things at a used car dealership.

[Abear21]

They released it late too, most already finished watching before the patch.

I thought it was a native beefy version but it’s more of a patch. It feels sluggish af still and maybe this is due to input lag? Who knows but the games runs and looks like a last gen game still, so disappointing!

[KwietStorm_BLM]

I can't believe it took them this long just for a current gen update and still messed it up. Then again, I can believe it.

[purple101]

ALSO, while fallout series is a massive smash hit, 2nd biggest show to launch on Amazon prime video, its at 65million,

Meanwhile, "The last of us series on HBO, quietly clocks up 2 million more, currently at 67.7 million.!!!

[Petebloodyonion]

So basically it's Bethesda's fault that non-official mods don't properly work on the next-gen patch.
I'm sorry but when did it become the job of a game studio to support outside products?
Heck, many studios try to kill mods but hey Bethesda should before giving a free patch f make sure that current mods and future mods work.

Also, It's Bethesda's fault that Sony asked that the PS4 version of a game and a PS5 version be treated as 2 completely different games that required 2 sets of licensing.

[RNTody]

Your opinion is wrong. Change it.

[1nsomniac]

The patch was literally a framerate patch and should have been marketed that way. That would have been received perfectly fine. Instead in typical fashion it was a completely BS fake “next-gen” marketing campaign.

This is why this industry needs proper regulatory body. We can’t have nice things as it’s being ruined by these crooks.

[mastershredder]

Um. They updated it for current gen and gave it out for free to many users. Does not seem like much of a fumble for a almost 10 year old game, not unless your'e and exputer staff writer that is. God, you guys are superficial and petty as f.

[SPEAKxTHExTRUTH]

It’s a free update for a game that’s old. There’s no such thing as fumbling something free…

[Charlieboy333]

So if someone gives you a free coffee, but they put salt instead of sugar in, that means they didn't fumble it according to your logic?

[SPEAKxTHExTRUTH]

If someone gave me a free coffee and mad it incorrectly I’d say thank you but no thank you and keep it pushing not sit around whining about someone messing up my free coffee. You gamers are an entitled bunch of spoiled brats. You people whine about anything including something FREE. My logic is that of an adult who understands the world what’s your logic?

[Charlieboy333]

@Speak You said "There’s no such thing as fumbling something free"....my point is that just because it's free, doesn't mean it can't be messed up. What part of that is difficult for you to understand "Mr Adult" ?

You also then say "you gamers".....so what does that make you genius? Being on a gaming site making comments on gaming articles.....or do just talk and not play?

[Vladdrew666]

It works great on my PC with my ultra widescreen monitor 🙂

[Ironmike]

The games have has had a massive popularity boost they haven't fumbled nothing even though ne t genupdate was notthe best