Ben-DutkaNot every publisher believes in "annualization."
Take-Two Interactive, for instance, has often spoken out against the practice, and Bethesda isn't too crazy about it, either.
During a recent Telegraph interview (as cited by GameTral ), Bethesda vice president of marketing Pete Hines responded to the possibility of a sequel to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim . The idea represents something the developers just aren't interested in:
"It’s rare to have franchises like the ones we have and to have people joking about “when is Skyrim 2 coming out? The reason they say that is because generally speaking that’s what you’d be getting with another publisher in charge. They’d be spitting out a Skyrim 2 the year after or two years later. That’s just not how we view it. We’re not the sort of publisher that focuses on ‘what’s our 25 titles for 2015′.
We do smaller stuff, we don’t publish to scale, we try to publish to quality. Make sure everything we do is noteworthy. Our approach to that hasn’t differed. Here and there we might change our approach to how it’s presented but we’ve still stuck to who we are."
Make sure you finish reading that second paragraph; it'd be confusing if you stopped at "we do smaller stuff." Obviously, they produce some seriously huge games in terms of content but that's not what Hines is talking about here. And we've got no interest in anyone "spitting out" a Skyrim 2 just for the heck of it.
And you now, Bethesda and Take-Two's approach does seem to work best. Wonder of wonders.
Related Game(s): The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
bluh bluh bluh I don't care im ben and im a prick and im five years old do what I
Care for some popcorn with all that salt?
You ok bro? You seem mad or somethin
He losing his marbles…
You know, when someone really isn't even putting any effort into their trolling you guys really shouldn't reply.
I like that you somehow managed to hit Submit Comment while in the middle of typing whatever the hell you were trying to say.
Are you becoming a habitual linestepper?
you put salt on your popcorn Riku?
…And there's nothing wrong with that. Fact of the matter is you can play Skyrim twice and have a completely different experience. In other words "we are not Ubisoft, EA or Activision/IW and whoever else releases game every year.
What would Skyrim 2 even mean? I mean, we're getting a sequel, TES 6. Just like Skyrim was a sequel, and every game in the series since Arena. What? Do people want The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim 2? That would even beat Square for most ridiculous game naming.
There should not be a Skyrim 2. There should be a next Elder Scrolls entry. Console owners sometimes forget that Oblivion even exists – still prefer it over Skyrim – and that's why they say Skyrim 2. As of its Skyrim rather than the Elder Scrolls. Youngins I suppose.
You won't see too many PC guys referring to the Elder Scrolls game as anything else but an Elder Scrolls game.
Anyways Bethesda and Rockstar both develop and publish the same way and they have some of the best games available.
Different every time is the way to go.
That's the Bethesda Difference. It's a unique, singular experience every time out. Each one is a must-play because it will never be replicated. I'll take that every time over the god awful 12 month turnover for franchises we tend to get more and more.
Well, as far as I am concerned, I am playing the next Elder Scrolls game with ES Online. I am so addicted to that right now.
I can't remember ever seeing a new game with this much content for $60.00
Thank God for outfits like Bethesda or I'd have totally quit gaming already. Imagining The Elder Scrolls or Fallout in the hands of any of these other big publishers these days…it just makes me ill.
There should not be a Skyrim 2. There should be a next Elder Scrolls entry. Console owners sometimes forget that Oblivion even exists – still prefer it over Skyrim – and that's why they say Skyrim 2. As of its Skyrim rather than the Elder Scrolls. Youngins I suppose.
You won't see too many PC guys referring to the Elder Scrolls game as anything else but an Elder Scrolls game.
Anyways Bethesda and Rockstar both develop and publish the same way and they have some of the best games available.
Different every time is the way to go.
…And there's nothing wrong with that. Fact of the matter is you can play Skyrim twice and have a completely different experience. In other words "we are not Ubisoft, EA or Activision/IW and whoever else releases game every year.
you put salt on your popcorn Riku?
Are you becoming a habitual linestepper?
Well, as far as I am concerned, I am playing the next Elder Scrolls game with ES Online. I am so addicted to that right now.
I can't remember ever seeing a new game with this much content for $60.00
What would Skyrim 2 even mean? I mean, we're getting a sequel, TES 6. Just like Skyrim was a sequel, and every game in the series since Arena. What? Do people want The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim 2? That would even beat Square for most ridiculous game naming.
Thank God for outfits like Bethesda or I'd have totally quit gaming already. Imagining The Elder Scrolls or Fallout in the hands of any of these other big publishers these days…it just makes me ill.
That's the Bethesda Difference. It's a unique, singular experience every time out. Each one is a must-play because it will never be replicated. I'll take that every time over the god awful 12 month turnover for franchises we tend to get more and more.
bluh bluh bluh I don't care im ben and im a prick and im five years old do what I
I like that you somehow managed to hit Submit Comment while in the middle of typing whatever the hell you were trying to say.
Care for some popcorn with all that salt?
You know, when someone really isn't even putting any effort into their trolling you guys really shouldn't reply.
You ok bro? You seem mad or somethin
He losing his marbles…