In the recent interview with Kinda Funny, Todd Howard reported that Bethesda is trying to accelerate game development and reduce the company’s long waits between launches
The duration of projects under development at Bethesda is historic, but it is linked to the colossal dimensions of the team’s typical games, particularly with regard to Bethesda Softworks, which has accustomed us to long waits of several years between one title and another.
The issue has become particularly pressing during this period, because as was also mentioned during the interview, with the recent revival of Fallout thanks to the Amazon TV series, the fact that the next game will only arrive for a few years could be counterproductive.
Howard also realizes the need to change the organization and ensure that it allows for more optimized and faster game output, with most frequent releasesbut this certainly cannot be resolved in the short term.
“These are things that take a lot of time and I think one of the things that we need to stay focused on is obviously making sure that we achieve the highest quality, but it is also important to find ways to increase our production, because we don’t want to keep waiting too long. This is not something we had planned far in advance, but we want to make sure we get it right,” Howard explained.
As for potentially paving the way for new collaborations with Bethesda’s other historical series teams, the company boss reportedly said: “I would say we always have these conversations”, but didn’t actually explain much about the subject. In the interview he confirmed that being at Microsoft with many other teams opened up new possibilities for collaboration, but at the moment there is no precise information to report.
The idea obviously goes to an organization like the one that emerged to Fallout: New Vegaswith development entrusted to Obsidianand considering that both teams are now under the umbrella of Microsoft the issue could be simplified and could also solve the problem of the huge wait that probably separates us from the new Fallout.
Previously, it had emerged that Microsoft was evaluating the possibilities of reaching the launch of Fallout 5 earlier than expected, considering that in Bethesda’s plans this will only come after The Elder Scrolls 6, so we are talking about at least 5-6 years of waiting. On the other hand, Howard also mentioned two projects in the series yet to be announced in the interview.
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