I never saw any of the bugs people talk about with Skyrim or Fallout. I saw some small glitches from time to time at launch but those were fixed and frankly will always be a part of massive open world games. They can't Quality Control those games to perfection, at some point they need millions of people to try and find them. That's why I always wait for 1-2 major patches to be released for any open world game before playing them. Nothing wrong with waiting a couple extra months and let other people be the public beta testers.

Whatever changed between Oblivion and Skyrim is what needs to be fixed. Non-breaking bugs are forgiveable when a game is as good and engaging as TES IV. The Skyrim story, quests, and locations felt stale and forced compared to Oblivion.

Bethesda is a fantastic studio-'s. Looking at metacritic they speak for themselves. Outrage about "broken games" only really became a problem with gamers, when Microsoft acquired them. Yes gamers complained about bugs when they released games, but NEVER to the extent they do now.

Starfield was beloved by so many, with anticipation and excitement. Now suddenly, after Microsoft acquired Bethesda, it is going to be a hot mess. I can read the comments of people bashing the game now, who said exactly the opposite, before it became an Xbox family exclusive.

Bethesda said it is going to be better than Skyrim, and have more to keep players engaged.

I will pick up a PS5 ASAP, but I am glad Microsoft is stepping up to the plate this gen! GOW and now possibly Forbidden West are not releasing this year. The list of Xbox games coming this year is amazing. The Ascent, Flight Simulator, and Halo are my most anticipated games this fall. If Forbidden West does come out this year, that is my most anticipated game hands down.

I disagree - I want them to focus more of the quantity of quality material/more experiences rather than making sure some NPC didn't spawn in a table lol.

I personally LOVE the Elder Scrolls and Fallout games for their sense of scale and ability to explore. Having some glitches or crashes is annoying, but I wouldn't want their focus to turn away from making another fun game and instead making sure its spotless out of the gate.

"Why cant they do both?" - sure a few other developers have had similarly massive games come out the door cleanly, but for the most part I struggle to think of any similar experience to a bethesda title for scale and variety, that released in a cleaner state.

Yes please launch the game when it's ready and bug/glitches tested/fixed (I know not every big/glitch could be fixed before launch but still release a game that is polished) also we need better post launch patch support because some of these bugs/glitches are never fixed by Bethesda and instead rely on the community to fix them

I think we as gamers could deal with a delay if it means the game will launch when it's fully polished. Now with ms resources and updated engine please make better quality games. I don't think that's a lot to ask for

i can already see all the 10/10 reviews, as long as the bugs are not game breaking there's absolutely no reason to even mention them

No dude, haven't you heard? The consistent degradation of their games, sh!tty greedy monetization practices and multiple instances of downright false advertising never happened and shouldn't be taken into account now that MS owns them, they will be perfect now, instantly and forever!

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Love some good ol' Bethesda bashing...15xs the focus...This game will be janky and heavily reliant on modders to clean up Bethesda's mess for free. The story will probably be shallow, if they think Skyrim was an improvement.

I only enjoyed The Evil Within 1 and 2 The Evil Within on PS3 is a bug fest it will take a long time for Bethesda to have a bug free game. I use to enjoy watching speed runners do level skips and glitches to beat Prey in under 5 minutes. Fallout online has its bugs where everybody was nuking the whole map to crash the servers. I myself I am just not a big Bethesda fan I tried Fallout I couldn't get into it I never touched Skyrim.

Don't bet on it.

The problem is their rubbish Creation game engine and with Microsofts money they better move to a different/new one.
It's been like nearly two decades they have been working with that peasant's trash as a base and still can't get it right.
MOVE ON.

Doubtful. Up to the modders to fix their game in the end.

That jankiness needs to be worked out. I hate backing up in combat only to turn around and see that I'm stuck on a pebble.

This game better live up to all the hype. That's all I'll say.

I think now they can collaborate across the studios of playground games, 343i etc, the quality of Bethesda developed games will increase significantly.

Tell me again how the multiplatform strategy was supposed to fix everything. Look at your results and compare them to Nintendo, which keeps thriving with exclusives. Your loyal fans are gone. And let’s not forget the pile of IPs you purchased only to let them rot.

The worst thing is this is down from last years numbers/expectations which was down from the previous years numbers/expectations. You think about how long “down” has been a consistent part of the communication and you realize those subscriptions are what’s holding that boat together. The price cut of gamespass is still a price raise in a string of price raises. They are trying to use players to offset the missing revenue. Now call of duty is out of gamespass, which is literally WHY they bought the company. To draw people to the subscription. They realized they missed a boatload of money and that wasn’t sustainable. Now you pay for it like you would have if they never bought the company… so why buy the company? Mind you those billions still need to be paid back. Yeah it gives you a chance to say we make the biggest FPS… but the internal conversations must be brutal at high level on topics that really matter. Like revenue. Profitability. And ROI for the shopping spree.

Is this like the 10th quarter in a row they're down 33% on hardware how is that even mathematically possible. You would think their mediocrity would Plateau