I would do this on Reddit but I'm worried it will get taken down sooner as opposed to the looser moderation here

I would do this on Reddit but I'm worried it will get taken down sooner as opposed to the looser moderation here.

I work with Bethesda Studios as part of their MMT outreach. We work with media contacts; shows, unveilings, advertising, youtuber/streamer coverage. Think of it as the branch of advertising that covers timing and availability rather than the content itself being advertised.

Earlier this year Bethesda itself announced that we were to halt all review copies to online coverage entities. The advertised goal of this was to encourage fair and representative coverage of titles.

This is not true. In a firm meeting following the questionable reception of DOOM(2016)'s online beta, on April 2 at 2:30pm, Pete Hines, the senior PR manager, suggested that we immediately begin working on a media announcement that Bethsoft would cease the distribution of early review copies. The goal of this decision was motivated by a concern that coverage of incomplete releases would discourage the sales of preorders and subset Edition Packages. The announcement was delayed until after DOOM (2016)'s release, on account of the expectation that the title would receive good critical reception, as it did.

In 2017, according to our program head, we are to prepare another announcement stating that day-in-advance review copies will also cease distribution under the intention that these copies "were not representative". This is in preparation for the release of The Elder Scrolls 6, inspired by the fears that critical reception to the early game will deter preorders and purchases.

Any posts in the thread below are not mine, nor any fellow associates of Bethsoft.

Neat.

So when is DOOM 2(2.0) coming out.

>In 2017, according to our program head, we are to prepare another announcement stating that day-in-advance review copies will also cease distribution under the intention that these copies "were not representative".

I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and screencap your post, if it happens in 2017 then hooray. If not I guess it's just bullshit business as usual on Sup Forums.

>I work with Bethesda Studios as part of their MMT outreach.

No you don't. Why do you have to lie on the internet?

Leader of Sup Forums here.
Fallout 3 and Fallout 4 are shit.
Skyrim is shit too.

That's nice, maybe you should focus on making a good game instead of trying to jew people out of their money by running a bait and switch ad campaign.

You know, that thing review copies tend to deter.

>This is in preparation for the release of The Elder Scrolls 6
Oh look, a retard. We'll be very lucky if TESVI is even ANNOUNCED in 2018.

>This is in preparation for the release of The Elder Scrolls 6

Jesus dude if you're gonna lie, at least do your research first.

Assuming this is real for a moment, they must not have confidence in the next Elder Scrolls if they're considering this. Only a company that's looking to pull a fast one on consumers would oppose early reviews and impressions.

>Bethesda doesn't want to be judged based on their incomplete games
>Never complete any of their games before release date anyway

why would they need so much time to rehash a butchered version of their previous title?
>inb4 putting on a filter takes time

Not even research, that was stated like fucking everywhere.

Fallout 4 was garbage, so it's not surprising that they don't have high hopes for the next one

>2019

Whats the fucking point? They may as well not even make it then.

Todd Howard here.
Starfield is next on the the release schedule don't listen to this liar.

He did make a good suggestion though.

>I work with Bethesda Studios as part of...

This is clearly all fake. They released Skyrim SE to pretty much anybody for press and got good press from it.

I'm Anonymous (the notorious Elite who hacked Sup Forums) and I can confirme that you're full of shit.

No, not 2019, it's not even in development and will not be next year, so 2022 at the earliest.

Stop shitposting, Todd

>I would do this on Reddit but I'm worried it will get taken down sooner as opposed to the looser moderation here.
No shit. This wouldn't make Kotaku let alone NeoGAF.

Nice blog. Now make like a bird and fuck off.

Fallout 4 sold like hotcakes and made them hundreds of millions of dollars. They care less about quality and more about money, and after the success of Skyrim they are guaranteed to get that with the next installment regardless. Also pandering to casuals and the 'omg I'm such a nerd' crowd pays off much, much more than making a great RPG for hardcore gamers.

Thats even worse they may as well just outsource it. I fucking hate that these fags cornered the market and everyone else id to fucking scared to make a FP openworld RPG.

Why do this? Heavy criticism of Bethesda games doesn't hit the mainstream until months after a game is released. Fallout 4 is shit and was correctly predicted to be shit long before it came out, but that didn't stop advance reviewers from saying it was the second coming of Christ, didn't stop it from breaking sales records, and didn't stop mainstream audiences from memeing about it for months.

TES 6 could be half the fart F4 was and it will STILL be the world's fastest selling game, scoring Bethesda record profits.

slap emil pagfag in the face and laugh at pete hines short forearms for me

They also gave free pre-release copies to a lot of modders.

this larper doesnt even know theyre doing fallout 5 next

Give Fallout back to Obsidian please

This. When I was a kid I played Daggerfall on a demo disc from some magazine and was blown away by it. I thought the future would be full of FP RPGs in all sorts of various settings and worlds. Instead there's just one. I still enjoy Elder Scrolls games, partly from nostalgia, but I wish there were other companies willing to put the time, money and effort into making these types of games.

lmao they are preparing to release even worse games and you'll faggots will still buy them.

Good. You and all publishers should make reviewers buy their own copies and play the games after release just like everyone else if they want to write a review about it. So few people give a shit about reviews by game journos these days, there's no reason why they should be getting any of this shit free.

This means that publisher fucks can't do backroom deals (as effectively) with journos for good reviews, and reviewers are no longer some pampered privileged class that gets to access all this shit in advance. Since we got streaming and shit, the reviewers can do the same stuff every youtuber and streamer does and do a day-one playthrough, showing us the fucking game as we the players would get it.

Either the reviewers get their heads out of their thesaurus and word processor, and get to playing the fucking game where their audience can see it, or they can fuck off.

I wish a *good* kickstarter would start up for a FPOWRPG so that companies would have undeniable proof that their is a huge market for it and that its not all controlled by Bethesda. Its a case of not having any other option rather than no one will leave.

>tfw you don't care because you're never buying another bethesda game after fallout 4

Pretty sure they're gonna do another fallout before the next TES.

Probably because they've publicly stated that their focusing on the next Fallout.
Making OP a big fucking retarded liar.

You suck. Your games are fucking garbage. Die in a fucking fire

Games take several years to make and there's no reason why a studio should only ever produced one franchise.

Are you serious? God dammit. They need to stop molesting the Fallout corpse.

If anything the good thing no early review copies can provide is people learning to be more careful with their purchases if the game is shit, not including fanboys.

it also gets rid of the IGN monopoly review with their "7/10 not enough water or the 11/10 totally not paid for this review" Gives the little guys a chance to review the game when it comes out.

take good and bad. I'm careful with what I buy and Fuck IGN so I'm kinda for it. Good and Bad.

Beth needs to work on a new engine before a new fallout or ES game. Gamebryo had its day but now needs to be put down. Fallout 4 is evidence of this.

Because he'll get loads of (You's) from dumb fucks who think it's real. He must replenish them before Winter sets in.

>franchise

Who cares about the franchise? I dont want a TES game I want a FPOWRPG. It being a TES game is completely arbitrary. The problem is other companies are to afraid that Bethesda has cornered t he market to make t heir own attempts.