• warm@kbin.earth
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    20 days ago

    They just dont want to invest the time to overhaul the engine or start from scratch. Even Call of Duty managed to do this.

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      20 days ago

      “Even one of the largest and most well funded game franchises in history did this”

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        20 days ago

        Call of Duty is known for recycling as much as possible to pump out yearly games, I was actually surprised to hear they convinced management to give them time to rebuild the engine.

        Besides, doesn’t Bethesda Game Studios have more employees than Infinity Ward?

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        20 days ago

        Elder Scrolls probably fits this category as well - not as much as Call of Duty but Bethesda probably has amongst the best RPG sales of anyone. They sold a hilarious number of copies of Skyrim alone.

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        19 days ago

        Yeah, because Microsoft/ZeniMax/Bethesda is such a small corporation and Fallout/The Elder Scrolls is such an inconsequential, low budget franchise.