Obsidian even asked if they could do another Fallout spin-off or even an Elder Scrolls spin-off, but BGS said no. It’s clear they don’t want anyone doing games for their franchises again, even if it means making fans wait decades, which is a real shame because these franchises have so much potential for great games that isn’t being capitalized on by anyone. All we have for new content is FO76 and FO4 paid mods. And unofficially, there’s free fan made mods like Long 15 NCR Expansion or Fallout 4 Mind Games. Personally I’m more excited for those two mods than anything we’re getting officially and that’s sad.

I feel like this whole situation could’ve been mostly alleviated if BGS hadn’t decided to make Starfield. That game cost them so much time and effort that they really should’ve been putting into new TES and Fallout content. We likely would’ve gotten TES6 by now and be a couple years from getting Fallout 5. For that matter we could’ve gotten these games even sooner if they hadn’t decided to make FO76. It is what it is. I’m gonna try to enjoy the content we got. Right now I’m playing FNV with Mojave Express Wabbajack, and when Long 15 drops I’ll switch to Viva New Vegas and play it. I’m also playing Fallout 4 FUSION, great modlist. And when Burning Springs drops I guess I’ll try 76 again. Really though, I should just be trying other games. There’s lots of great games out there. I tried Cyberpunk 2077 recently and was having fun with that

I imagine when the decision was made to have a Fallout TV series and New Vegas would be a location in it. That nuked any chance of Obsidian making another Fallout New Vegas game.

Piggybacking off of that, Fallout is not just video games anymore. It is video games and a Television show. (perhaps spin-off Television series from that. Fallout: New Vegas, Fallout: Texas, Fallout: etc etc etc.) Perhaps even movies. Who knows? Anyways, that will all now be one big connected world and that probably complicates bringing other companies into the Fallout world.

Doesn't Microsoft own ZeniMax Media? Ultimately, Microsoft is in charge.

Ego. Simple as that. Put yourself in the mind of a egotistical narcissist like Howard, you bought this IP, spend hundreds of millions of dollars making them and for marketing and all this time and energy only to be out down by a diff company with a fraction of the budget and a fraction of the time. Imagine having to hear every single day that the community prefers the game you didn't make over yours. That it's endlessly praised. As a egotistical narcissist, you would never allow that to happen again

^^ I never once suggested the notion that it would specifically be Obsidian working on more spin-offs, especially because most of the New Vegas team doesn't work there anymore. I have no clue what gave you that idea or what point you are trying to make.

As for the rest, Fallout is primarily a video game franchise, first and foremost. A spin-off of the show is already unlikely. A whole series of films, let alone one, would clash with Bethesda's creative desires for the setting and the franchise as we know it.

Possible? Yes. Realistic? No. I would rather see them start an anthology comic series to flesh out some background lore than make a whole lineup of shows and movies. This isn't the MCU. They would rather pour resources into TES 6, Fallout 5, and the potential Fallout 3 remaster instead.

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Forgive me if I have this incorrect, Obsidian was approached by Bethesda to make a Fallout game due to original Fallout 1 and 2 devs at Black Isle were then at Obsidian, yes? That seemed to be (at the time) the most important qualification for Bethesda for a another developer to make a Fallout game. Does any other developer check that box?

That it may be, (for now.) Yet, the TV show is taking elements from the video games and now placing elements of the show into the games. (The next F76 update, Cooper Howard/The Ghoul is going to be in F76.) Mega Popularity + Making a truck ton of cash changes plans as fast as anything else could.

This isn't the MCU.

If, Fallout became popular enough to "become the MCU," (or at the very least, enough to justify attempting it,) do you honestly think Microsoft/Bethesda even hesitates for second in not pulling that trigger? Also, I don't think Amazon would be satisfied with the answer of "Yeah, we like doing the show, but, we would rather do comics" AND/OR "We don't care if Fallout the Series doesn't make any money and/or not get us nominations for emmy's/golden globes/whateverthehell."

*Walton Goggins, an actor who I think is fantastic as an actor, was/is a well respected actor and after the success of the Fallout TV show, that dude became a pitchman for Wal-Mart, GoDaddy or some other website domain thing and sells his own line of goggles.* It seems clear that "the powers that be" are doing all they can to elevate Fallout the series.