The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim was an absolutely huge hit for Bethesda. The studio's best selling release of all time, it's safe to say that Skyrim played a big part in putting role-playing games on the map for many a gamer back when it launched in 2011. However, even with all of its accolades, the tale of the Dragonborn could well be outsold by Fallout 4, according to Bethesda's Pete Hines.
"I think this can top Skyrim. It could be our biggest release ever," the executive told MCV. Given the sheer amount of hype and media buzz surrounding the post-apocalyptic adventure's teasing reveal and its eventual showing at E3 2015, we reckon that it's certainly possible. That said, outselling Skyrim is still going to be a colossal undertaking.
Do you think that a man and his dog can overthrow a man and his dragon soul? Tell us if a shout would work while using VATS in the comments section below.
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Not sure if it would be able to surpass it, TBH. But why wouldn't you say/hope that as an exec?
@ztpayne7 I have my doubts as well, but when you consider the amount of excitement for it... I mean, it's going up against the likes of Assassin's Creed, Call of Duty, and Star Wars Battlefront, and yet part of me thinks it has absolutely nothing to fear.
Bottom line is it's going to be big but to be bigger than Skyrim is going to be tough.
No doubt it'll be huge. But skyrim was rare in that it broke through to more types of gamers than I think fallout will. My wife for instance was much more drawn to skyrim than fallout 3.
I can't wait to buy this game. Somebody freeze me and thaw me out when fallout 4 is released
Agree with the others. I think it's a tad optimistic, but of course it will do very well. Skyrim was a unique game from Bethesda in that it was specifically designed to expand its player base (and although it alienated part of Elder Scrolls existing player base, who I guess felt the game should have stayed esoteric and difficult for newcomers, it was a gigantic success because the new players it attracted outnumbered the hardcore fans like 5 to 1). Whereas Skyrim was an elegant simplification of Elder Scrolls, Fallout 4 feels like an elaboration of its predecessor, so I think its core concept will be harder to understand for the uninitiated.
Plus, lets face it, Fallout 4's advertising hasn't been anywhere near as epic or exciting as Skyrim's was. Do you guys remember the Skyrim reveal trailer? I still get goosebumps.
There's a lot less PS4s and Xbones than there were PS3s and 360s at the time. Even if it sold to the same percentage of its potential userbase, it would do a lot worse.
It's been long enough that Fallout 3 now hits a nostalgic chord with people, so anything's possible.
They are well set up to outsell skyrim, Green man games put up a 20% discount on preorders a while back, it was included with the amazon canada E3 pre order discount promo, and xbox one owners get fallout 3 free with preorders of fallout 4. It wouldn't shock me if they already had a million preorders right now.
'Do you think that a woman and her dog can overthrow a woman and her dragon soul?'
Fixed for myself.
I prefer the post apocalyptic setting to fantasy, but I think I'm in the minority among gamers. I know plenty of people who love Skyrim, but aren't fussed about Fallout 3 at all, so based on that I'd say it's unlikely.
@ApostateMage I wrestled with the idea of putting 'a person and their dog' but it just didn't read as well, so I based it upon the male marketing characters for both games. Insider story for you there.
@ShogunRok Ha, no worries. I'm not a feminist or anything.
Trouble is, hype can be a double edged sword.
Personally, I now right now as I type this that I am going to love Fallout 4 and get many sleepless nights playing it until the birds start to sing and beyond.
Choosing between the two is like asking which of my children I love more.
As long as its as good as Skyrim Bethesda will have a massive hit on there hands.
@Matroska It will be selling for the next few years easily so in the end I believe Fallout 4 will sell the most.
I do agree with your comment though. It may just take a little while longer to outsell Skyrim due to the amount of systems in peoples homes. Probably going to be a good few million console sales this Christmas due to the amount of current gen only games.
I myself would buy a PS4/XB1 for Fallout 4 alone
I felt let down by skyrim. After all the problem it had running on my ps3. Serious, i had to reboot the game every 40 mins to play. Which must have been a know issue but yet they release the game. I feel i cannot support fallout 4.
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