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[–] cybervseas@lemmy.world 29 points 19 hours ago (5 children)

What else have they been busy with? Just Starfield?

[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Skyrim > 4 years > Fallout 4 > 4 Years > Fallout 76 (yes, it was Todd's team that made the map and original quests) > 4+1 years > Starfield

[–] Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 21 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (4 children)

Seriously, it isn't like Bethesda has a long list of IP to work with here.

Other than Elder Scrolls and Fallout (which they should already be assumed to be focusing on to begin with), the only other IPs that are still alive would be DOOM and maybe Wolfenstein,

Dishonored is dead, Quake is dead, they shuttered Tango so no continuation of Hi-Fi Rush or Ghostwire, RAGE is dead.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 5 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Unfortunately, Bethesda decided to spend all their time working on Starfield. The only thing they had when they revealed the ES6 trailer, was the video. And that's because they knew they'd get lynched if they didn't annoubce ES6

[–] BigBananaDealer@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

its not unfortunate that bethesda tried something new, more companies should be doing that. i do not want another sports franchise, call of duty, or far cry just churning out games ASAP with lessening quality

[–] QueenMidna@lemmy.ca 4 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Hi-fi got picked up by a different studio, didn't it?

[–] formergijoe@lemmy.world 7 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Tango Gameworks and the Hi-Fi Rush IP got acquired by Krafton, who is known for publishing PUBG.

[–] TheNamlessGuy@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

Isn't that the publisher dicking over the Subnautica devs?

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 4 points 16 hours ago

Krafton can eat a bag of dicks

[–] Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
[–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Tango was purchased by Krafton and HiFi Rush 2 is supposedly in the works.

[–] Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 0 points 16 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Sidyctism2@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Eh, we will see. I am excited for hi-fi rush 2, but after the subnautica 2 debacle... we will see

[–] Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 1 points 4 hours ago

Tango is still Tango, even if they now have to shoulder the yoke that is Krafton. I'm still excited for more Hi-Fi Rush.

Krafton did lose massively in that attempt and the original Subnautica creators are getting everything they are owed plus some.

Subnautica 2 is definitively a Subnautica game, going back to what made the game great in the original instead of the flop that was Below Zero. So, I'm pretty confident Hi-Fi 2 will be good and maintain the vision of the first game.

Still, whether or not I'm paying for it depends on how much Krafton wants fuck around.

[–] cybervseas@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago

Thanks I suppose I forgot about Doom. So, he meant they shouldn't focus on Doom lol.

[–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Oh is it Bethesda and ID software now? I didn't know they merged. I knew ID software helped with Starfield, but I thought they were still separate.

[–] Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 11 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

The Bethesda-id software-ZeniMax shit is so confusing, especially since Microsoft acquired Zenimax, and by extension Bethesda and id, in 2021.

They are "technically" separate but Bethesda is still the primary publisher of id software's games, and thus they do fall under their umbrella.

[–] addie@feddit.uk 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Asha Sharma had this statement, in amongst the rest of it. As per Ars Technica:

Some decisions in the gaming division currently pass through “14 layers” of decision-makers, Sharma said, before promising that the new Xbox will be a “flatter organization” with “no more than 5, and where possible, 3” layers of management involved in any decision.

You'd have to think that it's this shit that she's pointing at. Massively excessive management certainly helps with all the design-by-committee cookie-cutter crap that's filled with monetisation. Alas, they've just got rid of the really interesting studios that I'd like to see spread their wings a little.

[–] Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Yea, bit of a double edged sword and doubly so with who is swinging it.

Glad they see it's a problem of structure that's getting in the way of creation but their methods of trimming the excess has sadly closed a lot of my favorite studios.

I will never get a Prey 2 no matter what iteration it seems.

[–] The_Decryptor@aussie.zone 0 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

It's similar to Google and Alphabet, the "child" company created the "parent".

Bethesda created ZeniMax, ZeniMax own Bethesda (And ID, and Arkane), and then Microsoft bought ZeniMax and all the child companies.

[–] Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 1 points 4 hours ago

It's all corporate capitalist "I own a piece of paper that says I own you and everything you worked to create" bullshit and tax fuckery to me.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 5 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (2 children)

TES6 for sure and possibly a new Fallout, if rumors are true. Also don't Bethesda handle Doom, now? There's gonna be a DLC to Dark Age coming out tomorrow.

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 8 points 19 hours ago

id develops Doom, Bethesda is the publisher, both of which are owned by ZeniMax, itself owned by Micro$lop under the Xbox division

[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 8 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

Also don’t Bethesda handle Doom, now?

No, id Software is the developer company, ~~which is owned by the publisher~~ and published by Bethesda Softworks, both of which are owned by ZeniMax. The "Bethesda" that does actual game development is called Bethesda Game Studios; they handle franchises like Fallout and TES.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Which one is talking in the article though? I am not sure who Jill Braff is; boss of the game development studio, or the larger publishing part of "Bethesda?" I thought Todd was the main person in charge of the game dev studio part, so I assume this is coming from the publishing part of Bethesda.

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago

Bethesda is hit particularly hard by the layoffs, IGN understands, with staff across its many development studios

It's talking about the publisher.

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Likely ES6, and the DLC for Starfield.

[–] cybervseas@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago

I was wondering which franchises other than their "strongest franchises". I think it's starfield and doom.

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago

Mostly ports. Because the switch 2 really needed a fallout 4 port.