Summary
Fallout 76was a disaster at launch, but now, it’s found its audience. That audience even grew larger recently, as fans flocked to the MMO after the success of theFalloutTV show. Now, it doesn’t look likeBethesdais ready to pull support anytime soon.
According to Bethesda’s Todd Howard, Fallout 76 will still be around whenFallout 5is here. In fact, he believes the two games will coexist after launch, even though we have no idea when the next mainline Fallout game will be with us.
Fallout 5 Won’t Hurt Fallout 76, Says Todd Howard
This comes from an interview with the YouTuber MrMattyPlays, in which Howard was asked if Fallout 5 is being held back due to fears that it would take away from Fallout 76’s playerbase, or vice versa.
“When you’re starting those things, we have that fear [of] is one game going to cannibalise another?” says Howard. “The good news is as long as the initial releases are spread out a little bit, they don’t. They both find their audiences.
“Skyrimis still one of our most played games whileThe Elder Scrolls Onlineis celebrating [its] tenth anniversary and going really well. Even when we update those games, they don’t really cannibalise each other.”
When there’s another Fallout, [a] classically single-player game, my expectation is 76 is just as healthy as it is today.
He continues, explaining that this already extends to Fallout. “Then you see it withFallout 4hitting number one in the charts, and then 76 right behind it,” Howard shares. “Logic would say there’s a little bit of cannibalisation between the two. But much, much less in practice than we thought. When there’s another Fallout, [a] classically single-player game, my expectation is 76 is just as healthy as it is today.”
However, don’t think this means that we’ll get another single-player Fallout anytime soon. In the same interview, Howard added thatBethesda will not “rush” another gamejust to jump on the TV show hype. In fact, he argues that the existence of the TV show and Fallout 76 is enough to fill the space between sequels, as we wait for Bethesda to actually announce the next Fallout game. In the meantime, Fallout 76 has many more updates planned.
