There are few creators, directors, or responsible executives of big gaming companies that can say that they won fans and players hearts; one of these personalities is Todd Howard. This man was behind several of the most successful games developed by Bethesda, like Skyrim, Fallout, and many more.
In an old interview, Howard talked about how to make games for everyone, including non-gamers. He talked about how difficult this is and how only a few titles have achieved this goal. He also mentioned another big IP that achieved this, aside from the latest, The Elder Scrolls.
The Mastermind Behind Games like Skyrim and Fallout Talks About How these Popular Games Work
The video game industry has reached a very complicated scenario where AAA projects have a budget so huge that if the game is not a success, all the studios will suffer. In past decades, this was not so complicated because the budget was moderated and the chance to make a hit was at least a bit easier. One of the greatest minds behind various games that were total hits was Todd Howard.
With IPs like Fallout, Skyrim, and Wolfenstein, the man behind Bethesda has a pretty good reputation with games, being a trustworthy face behind these studios. In previous interviews, he mentioned numerous key points that were critical to gaining the popularity and respect that this studio has. He talked about how games like Skyrim and Minecraft reached audiences that were not easy to reach.
The Game that Makes Non-Gamers Want to Play
He mentioned how the latest Elder Scrolls game reached a level of popularity that few games like Minecraft have achieved, where almost everyone knows what it is. He said the following:
You never know how your work is going to be received, and to have it be not just received by the people who wanted it or knew about it or our traditional fan base, which is pretty big, but also having it spill over to everybody who plays games, and then those people telling everybody else who doesn’t play games. That’s what it became.
Howard also said that word of mouth was a huge reason why this game was more popular every year. He said:
There are other games you might put in front of somebody and say, “I know you don’t traditionally play games, but you’ve got to check this out.” Then it sucks those people in as well.
He knows how this kind of recognition can help upcoming games become even more popular.
Bethesda is waiting to release various titles in the upcoming months and years, like Indiana Jones, Marvel’s Blade, The Elder Scrolls 6, the new Starfield DLC, Fallout 5, and other titles that were only rumored. Since the merger with Microsoft, the studios of Zenimax have been very active in working on new titles that will make Bethesda be in everyone’s conversations; Starfield has not accomplished this.
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