Fallout 4 rumored to be Xbox One exclusive

[ShinyCharizard]

I'd expect it to have timed exclusive DLC on the Xbox One but there is no way Bethesda would agree to an exclusive release of the game. Especially considering the popularity of their games on the PC.

 

[Chris Tian]

In reality, if they don't track digital sales, then they're figures for PC are essentially useless.

Yeah, I really don't get why this is still common practice in alot of those statistics.

Anyway, I'm confirmed to not be getting a console this generation, at least for a good few years due to university budget, so I'm stuck with an admittedly-nice laptop I recently bought. SO possibly no Fallout 4 for me

I know what you mean. Being a student sucked for me too, money-wise.
On the bright side, if you recently bought a new gaming-laptop there is a good chance that it will still be able to run FO4 on it, if and when that comes out for PC.

 

[OpticalJunction]

Not gonna happen, that website regularly reports on the flimsiest of rumors and bethesda wouldn't be THAT stupid.

 

[Requia]

Console exclusive maybe, but there's no way in hell it won't be on PC.

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

There is no logical way that would ever happen. Even if Microsoft paid Bethesda millions or billions just to get the one game to be an exclusive, they still wouldn't do it. It'd be suicide for the company.

 

[DustyDrB]

Has to be total BS. But if it's true, then whatever. Any Fallout that is console exclusive is unlikely to to be a game true to the series anyway.

 

[Atmos Duality]

Speculative fear-mongering maybe-nothing.

I have little respect left for Bethesda, but I'm pretty damn sure that they would have more reason than ever to go multiplatform with their buggy overhyped supergames. Especially now that two major platforms share the same architecture.

Bethesda would have to be literally insane to accept any offer M$ makes for exclusivity save maybe for majority share control in the company.

EDIT: And fuck you too surprise Captcha. How about you show up before I click post?

 

[Treeinthewoods]

I could see them not releasing it on the PS4 if it's going to have problems similar to Skyrim on the PS3 but I'm still going to call bullshit until I see it from somewhere official.

 

[Hero in a half shell]

This'll never happen. I could at most see it being a timed exclusive (even that's incredibly unlikely), but a full on one? Nope. Bethesda knows they'd get more money from going multiplatform, and they've always been PC first (apart from Skyrim's DLC)

I would be incredibly surprised, considering how big the PC modding community is for Fallout (and especially Elder Scrolls) It would be a direct kick in the teeth to a huge, HUGE chunk of their fanbase, and the amount of bad blood from that would cripple the game before it even launched.

I'm going to stick my neck out and say Bethesda aren't that dumb, but time will definitely tell.

 

[MysticSlayer]

I'm betting this is just a rumor. It just doesn't make sense that Bethesda would turn away the PS4 or PC community. If anything, there will probably just be certain exclusives given to the Xbone version (perhaps timed exclusives).

If it is true, though, I'm still not going anywhere near the Xbone. Fallout 3 may be one of my favorite games ever, but I'm hardly getting a crappy console just to play its sequel, especially since Skyrim, the sequel to another one of my favorite games, was a major disappointment.

 

[thomaskattus]

Unless I hear it from Bethesda and Microsoft I will not believe it.

 

[krazykidd]

Best case scenerio : it's available on all consoles and PC

Likely scenerio : it's available on PS4 , Xbone and PC

Worst case scenerio : Xbone exclusive , sales are terrible because no one has an Xbone , it get's ported to PC and PS4.

So no need to worry , it's WIN/WIN\WIN for us.

 

[krazykidd]

There is no logical way that would ever happen. Even if Microsoft paid Bethesda millions or billions just to get the one game to be an exclusive, they still wouldn't do it. It'd be suicide for the company.

Well if they are paid millions and billions , that would make up for the sales ... I ... Logic where are you?!

 

[KarmaTheAlligator]

Best case scenerio : it's available on all consoles and PC

Likely scenerio : it's available on PS4 , Xbone and PC

Worst case scenerio : Xbone exclusive , sales are terrible because no one has an Xbone , it get's ported to PC and PS4.

So no need to worry , it's WIN/WIN\WIN for us.

I like the way you think.

Yeah, I have to say I really don't believe in that rumour, considering how popular modding is for the FO games. I mean, they'd lose all the people who fix their bugs for them (for free, too!), and would have to actually work. No way in hell that'll happen.

 

[uzo]

I have a hard time believing this. A quick glance at VGChartz suggests that 360 sales for both 3 and New Vegas were at best equal to combined PS3 and PC sales. I don't know what could possibly convince Bethesda to exclude half of their audience, assuming console loyalties persist across generations.

VGCharts does not track digital sales, so the PC numbers should be alot higher in reality. As far as I'm aware, a good chunk of Bethesdas fanbase is on PC, because of the absolutly awesome modding community.

OT: I dont belive that, they would loose over half ther potential customers, even more if the XBone doesn't sell so good this gen.

In reality, if they don't track digital sales, then their figures for PC are essentially useless.

Anyway, I'm confirmed to not be getting a console this generation, at least for a good few years due to university budget, so I'm stuck with an admittedly-nice laptop I recently bought. SO possibly no Fallout 4 for me

Ha good point. At last count I have around 75 games digitally (Steam/GOG etc.), and only around 15 actual physical copies, for PC. The physical copies are all bargain bin $9 jobs from the local EB Games, so likely sold at a loss below retail price.
And I wouldn't consider myself unusual in that regard.

Hur durr they'd done XBoned emselves.

 

[AzrealMaximillion]

http://www.examiner.com/article/fallout-4-xbox-one-exclusive-rumor-details-revealed?fb_comment_id=fbc_522456414458106_5359678_522988617738219#f322fa38b4

I call bullshit on this one but I am also nervous if this is true, part of the reason I was comfortable being able to not pick up an Xbox One is knowledge that Fallout would still be available on PC.

(I would miss Halo so dearly)

Still, just a rumor. Wait till E3.

It wouldn't make sense from both a traditional or business perspective, DLC coming out first I can understand, the game itself?

Isn't the Examiner known to be a bullshit factory? Why even listen to them?

 

[omicron1]

This seems like just the kind of move Microsoft would pull. For their sake I hope they don't - the negative outcry would FAR outweigh any positive benefits.

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

Well if they are paid millions and billions , that would make up for the sales ... I ... Logic where are you?!

Stock and company value would drop, or the company at least would be laughable. Famous game being an exclusive to an increasingly unpopular console would cause repurcussions no matter how much dosh rolls in. Less company loyalty, ignoring the niche gamers (most famously the modding community), the game simply won't sell as much, and so on.

Then again, speculating that Microsoft does a huge payoff for one game exclusive is, you know, not that logical. They did it with Halo, but the circumstances were different, and with less money.

 

[Nowhere Man]

Whoa whoa whoa whoa. Now this is just crazy talk now. Is it? Please say it is. I honestly cant see this happening. Bethesda can make far more money keeping Fallout multi platform. I think someone out there is trolling.

 

[lacktheknack]

They're... not going to do that.

They have the largest modding community, bar absolutely none.

Valve set up the Skyrim Mod Workshop EVEN BEFORE the Portal Level Workshop. Think about that.