Current Events > Bethesda says fan criticisms will not define what they do

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Bethesda will not let fan complaints and criticisms define what games it works on or releases.

That's according to PR and marketing dude Pete Hines, who said he's well aware of a critical fanbase, but won't let the dissenting voices influence the publisher's plans with the likes of Skyrim, Fallout and Doom.

"We're aware of it, but we're not going to let it define what we do," Hines said in an interview with GamesRadar.

"Ultimately, we're going to try and do the things that we think are the best for the games that we're making, because that's, honestly, all I can really control.

"I went to Todd [Howard, Skyrim creator] a couple of E3s ago and said 'everybody's going to ask us about The Elder Scrolls 6. You have to help me, you have to help me come out and say what the studio's path is, and when The Elder Scrolls 6 is coming, to try and manage expectations'."

Fans may cry for The Elder Scrolls 6 when Bethesda announces Skyrim for Switch, or Fallout 4 VR when it announces Doom VFR, but Hines made it clear that his development teams "aren't just a vending machine where you press for the soda and they just go back and forth they want to be able to stretch their legs creatively, or try a new idea, or do something different and not just fall into the same pattern."

He pointed to an example of another development team's success this year, praising Guerilla Games' for stepping away from Killzone to create Horizon Zero Dawn. "It might be my favorite game this year," he said.

https://www.vg247.com/2017/09/29/bethesda-fan-criticisms-wont-define-what-we-do/

Hm...
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Fuck off Bethesda. We don't want shitty paid mods
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Apocalyptic posted...

Hines made it clear that his development teams "aren't just a vending machine where you press for the soda and they just go back and forth they want to be able to stretch their legs creatively, or try a new idea, or do something different and not just fall into the same pattern."

Yeah stretch their legs on the 4 different versions of Skyrim and 3 different Fallout 4s
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good. when fans have their way, most times everything goes to shit. eg. Arrow.
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Bastards!

Obsidian4newFallout

Bethesda have a unique concept of a PR spokesperson.

I don't know any other company that believes the role of that job is to show nothing but contempt for their consumer base.

Not intentionally anyway.

Apocalyptic posted...

"Ultimately, we're going to try and do the things that we think are the best for making more money with as little effort on our part as possible, because that's, honestly, all I can really control."

Fixed.
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TLDR: Bethesda says shut the fuck up and buy Skyrim for the fourth time
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Sounds like a proper way to run a business. Of course when your fans will buy the same game repackaged for the 4th or 5th time fuck it
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lol
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Yep. Bethesda knows what they're doing. Paid mods are going to be their ticket to profit apparently.