Well, of course Bethesda is dogshit. We’ve known this for almost a decade. Todd Howard is little more than a shady used car salesman, hocking video games instead of old sedans. The problems date back Skyrim and its myriad bugs (remember that god-awful PS3 version?), and its reputation has really taken a nosedive over the course of this console generation.
— The Wolfenstein series went from great to mediocre to fucking terrible.
— Fallout 4 showed holes in the armor and, for many, was a significant step back from its predecessors.
— RAGE 2. Pretty uncommon for a AAA title from an allegedly respected publisher to shit the bed like this did.
— Bethesda harshly changed direction, from championing single-player games to forcing multiplayer into single-player games.
— Even Bethesda’s press events during E3 time have hit the skids, now punctuated by lame musical performances and screaming fan/assholes.
Even though Bethesda has sunk to the level of the true dregs of the industry, with EA, Take-Two Interactive, Warner Bros., and Activision... like those shitstain publishers, its fans will keep the company going. Maybe the publisher’s games lose some appeal, but there’s still plenty of people out there to suck money from.
Bethesda isn’t irrelevant. Just less relevant.