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| Spade said: How long did Starfield take to deliver again? No I know it wasn't 20 years in the making... |
Around 8 years but this was a new IP and a large revamp to the engine to account for that. Moving forward, as the foundation is already laid for these IPs and future updates to Creation Engine will be more iterative and not full blown revamps, we should see Elder Scrolls/Fallout on a 4-5 year development cycle which is fine but the complication is that Maryland handles all the core development of their projects so Elder Scrolls can't start development until Starfield is done, Fallout can't start development until Elder Scrolls is done, etc.
I'm not as hopeful as others that Todd is going to let Obsidian have another crack at Fallout, I also think they'll be some other potential questions with Obsidian doing a Fallout and I don't think Phil will force him, nor should he, but I hope they can have some conversations and Todd can let go a little for the fans benefit. My solution would be to move Fallout 76 fully over to Double Eleven and have Bethesda Austin staff up, take over Fallout and Todd Howard can Executive Produce, Austin can focus solely on Fallout, Maryland can focus on Starfield and Elder Scrolls.
It'd still be about 8 years between each Elder Scrolls/Starfield entry but it's at least an improvement on 12ish, Lol.
Todd Howard actually doesn't sound like he'll retire anytime soon, he said in a recent interview that retirement is weird to think about and it's a long, long way off. He said he wants to keep doing it forever and then mentioned 71 year old Miyamoto, Lol. Todd is 53. So sounds like we got another 18 years of Toddfather! That'll be another Elder Scrolls, Fallout, and Starfield.
