A fallout set outside the US would not work. The 50’s culture that is needed for a proper fallout game just did not exist in other countries.

Anyway the passage of time and rebuilding of the world will not be the biggest problem. Sooner or later they will run out of vaults. Not to mention that Super mutants are dying out as they can not reproduce and are getting old, and the enclave is severely diminished. They are going to run our of traditional enemies before they run out of uncivilized wasteland to set a game in.
However once that happens, they can always reboot the franchise.

I'm not sure really.

They can always set the game on events closer to 2077. Each next game doesn't need to be set after the previous one.

well there were company and financial issues , fallout 1 and 2 were only 15 months apart aprox. there was a lot of stuff going on with the company, some of the people wanted to work on other games, prob for financial reasons, but the average time between ES games is about 2-4 years, its not like one company has been making all the fallout games, its not qute that simple, the other companies were dissolving basically and they didn't make a lot of money off of the first couple fallout games, fallout 3 has been a massive success, bethesda's record with high selling games is to make one game about every 2 to 4 years. but bethesda owns the fallout franchise now and they aren't in financial trouble as far as i know, and i doubt bethesda is dissolving anytime soon, pete hines said they are "very serious about bringing fallout to the forefront of RPG's in a major way" thats was a pete hines quote, so i'm not worried about there being a long time between games, bethesda made quite a few ES games in a relatively short period of time.

TES V>FO4. My money is it'll be 2013, 2014 at least before FO4.

you can think whatever you want, but bethesda made a lot of ES games in a relatively short period of time and they weren't 7 years apart, some were only 2 years apart, some were 4, this has been the longest wait actually for a new ES game, and the reason is they have a new and very hugeley popular franchise they are working on called fallout, they aren't putting fallout on hold anytime soon, regardless of when ESV comes out, the fallout franchise is alive and well and in very good hands. i don't see any 7 year gaps between fallout 3 and fallout 4, there is no reason to believe that at all, absoloutely none, some people think because its been 4 years since oblivion that somehow that means they are are gonna wait 5 more years to do fallout 4, but there is no support for that at all and its opinion and it doesn't line up with their statements or track record, they did lots of ES games, did you ever think maybe bethesda wanted to work on something else for a change??? or you think they want to make ES games forever, they made plenty of ES games, if you made half a dozen games for a franchise you would prob want to do something else too. they bought the fallout franchise in order to work on it and develop it, and thats what they are doing.

New vegas is coming this year, so it'd be a 3-4 year wait. And in the other thread on this, you got this offensive. Please, do relax friend. And it's been 4.5, almost 5 years since we got another TES game...

Well guys, I can't see anybody in the Fallout world recovering to the level that humanity was at prior to the war, Humanity used up all the resources available to it, hence why the Great War happened in the first place, how can a new civilization build without any resources? NCR is doing a good job with 700,000 people under their belt, but still, they will slowly stagnate, as the world can not maintain the capacity of humans it did pre-war, ever again

did you ever think bethesda might got a little burnt out on ES ?? maybe thats why they decided to buy the fallout franchise, to do something different. they have only made one fallout game and i highly doubt the bethesda team is burnt out on fallout, maybe after they've made 3 or 4 fallout game like they did with ES, but considering this is a new franchise for them, FO3 was their best selling and most popular game of all time. the series is very much alive and well, so all the remarks i hear about 7 years between fallout 3 and fallout 4 is all hot air not supported by any of bethesda commments, actions and past or for that matter current history with a game series. the fact we have new vegas coming out 2 years after fallout 3 should tell you something, and i would be willing to guess that they are probably looking forward to making fallout 4 because they themselves would want to improve the series just like obsidian is doing, it doesn't even make sense they would put fallout on "hold" after new vegas, that makes zero sense.

New Vegas is being made by Obsidian, not Bethesda. If they dump The Elder Scrolls, they'll be dumping most of their fan base. Sorry, bud. But I don't think they'll drop The Elder Scrolls. You'll just have to be patient, pal. We have waited our turn. Do you really want another FO3 clone (New Vegas is basically a FO3 expansion. No offense Bethesda, but the graphics are all the same, as is the engine) or do you want something great?

As previously stated...

Best Selling gamesas Game of All Time: Fallout 3

Best Selling gamesas Series of All Time: The Elder Scrolls.

[quote name='Kalarn' date='30 July 2010 - 05:54 PM' timestamp='1280537641' post='16221331']
New Vegas is being made by Obsidian, not Bethesda. If they dump The Elder Scrolls, they'll be dumping most of their fan base. Sorry, bud. But I don't think they'll drop The Elder Scrolls. You'll just have to be patient, pal. We have waited our turn. Do you really want another FO3 clone (New Vegas is basically a FO3 expansion. No offense Bethesda, but the graphics are all the same, as is the engine) or do you want something great?

you're arbitrarily making your own time frame for the fallout series, they never waited 7 years between any ES game so far, most elder scrolls games were 2-4 years apart max, they made like 4 or 5 ES games in a 12 year period. so not sure where you're getting this 7 year between fallout 3 and fallout 4, its not based on any statements they have made or their track record with a game series or their actions regarding ES or fallout, the fallout series is going to end up becoming their best selling franshise of all time, easily. fallout 3 and NV are just the forerunners. they prob got tired of working on ES at the pace they were, they obviously wanted to do something different for a while, what did you think they were gonna make ES games forever? you can only make so many midevil/fantasy games, time for a change.

I didn't say a 7 year wait. Please read my posts if you're going to argue with me. And a Fallout every 2 years is rediculous.

Elder Scrolls Timeline

Arena - 1994

Daggerfall - 1996

Various games (Battle Spire, Redguard)

Morrowind - 2002 (that's 6 years of waiting, about how long I estimated)

Oblivion - 2006


And they'll make ES games until it dries up. It'd be stupid to quit, West. TES is their money-maker. They drop TES, Bethesda will go under...In a matter of years, they'll be in the same spot Interplay is. They won't drop The Elder Scrolls, strategically, that'd be like Bungie dropping Halo. Sorry, but I have to say it won't happen. Not today, not tomorrow, not for another decade.

West, if you had a multi-billion dollar gaming company. You have two series. A midevial roleplaying game and a post-nuclear game. The only reason you even have this nuclear game is because of the midevial roleplaying game. Do you drop the midevial roleplaying game (the one that puts food on your table and a roof over your head) for the game that (buys you nice things like Playstation 3's and Plasma Screen TV's?)

And The Elder Scrolls aren't a generic LotR clone. Try them sometime, pal. You might like them.

I didn't say a 7 year wait. Please read my posts if you're going to argue with me. And a Fallout every 2 years is rediculous.

Elder Scrolls Timeline

Arena - 1994

Daggerfall - 1996

Various games (Battle Spire, Redguard)

Morrowind - 2002 (that's 6 years of waiting, about how long I estimated)

Oblivion - 2006


And they'll make ES games until it dries up. It'd be stupid to quit, West. TES is their money-maker. They drop TES, Bethesda will go under...In a matter of years, they'll be in the same spot Interplay is. They won't drop The Elder Scrolls, strategically, that'd be like Bungie dropping Halo. Sorry, but I have to say it won't happen. Not today, not tomorrow, not for another decade.

West, if you had a multi-billion dollar gaming company. You have two series. A midevial roleplaying game and a post-nuclear game. The only reason you even have this nuclear game is because of the midevial roleplaying game. Do you drop the midevial roleplaying game (the one that puts food on your table and a roof over your head) for the game that (buys you nice things like Playstation 3's and Plasma Screen TV's?)

And The Elder Scrolls aren't a generic LotR clone. Try them sometime, pal. You might like them.

[quote name='Kalarn' date='30 July 2010 - 11:34 PM' timestamp='1280558077' post='16222371']
I didn't say a 7 year wait. Please read my posts if you're going to argue with me. And a Fallout every 2 years is rediculous.

Elder Scrolls Timeline

Arena - 1994
thats the timeframe i said for ES, 4 games plus expansions etc. in 12 years thats a game every 3 years, now fallout 3 came out 2 years ago aprox, so if FO4 isn't out for 5 more years thats a 7 year time frame between fallout 3 and fallout 4 ,and thats absurd, there is no reason to think they will wait 7 years to follow up FO3, and i hear many saying that, there is no basis for that at all, its certainly not based on bethesdas track record, or statements or actions past or present , thats just an arbitrary time frame with zero support to back it up. bethesda would be insane to let fallout die like that and based on pete hines and toddd howards coments they fully intend to develop the series into the foreseeable future. so i wish more people would actually research their track record, the time frame with the ES games and comments made by the game developers, this arbitray 7 year period between fallout 3 and fallout 4 is basically people who don't like the fallout series very much and they would just rather play ES forever. the very fact that bethesda not only bought the fallout franchise but also has obsidian making games for the series too is making a pretty bold statement, personally, i think they got burnt out on the ES series, how many dungeons and dragons type games does there need to be ? the market is flooded with those types of games, they obviously wanted to do something different, and they are, 2 fallout games in 2 years, but they only made one of em, so they are definately not gonna let obsidian upstage them for long, and a fallout game every 2 or 3 years is totally possible, there are two companies making games for the fallout series now, not just one. so yeah i think two companies can easily make a game every 2 to 3 years, fallout is a massivley popular game and as long as people are buying the games, the series is gonna be around. FO3 and NV is just gonna be the tip of the iceberg, not the end of the road.

All I'm saying is, don't be dissapointed when your game isn't out in 2012. Tes V will come first before Fallout 4. My guess is FO4 will be out in 2013 at least.

2013 might be right, i do believe ESV is prob in the making and who knows maybe after new vegas comes out they'll announce it. maybe it will be out in 2011, that would of made it a 5 year time frame between oblivion and ESV. which is a long time in a way. i was thinking maybe they got burnt out on the series and thats why they bought the fallout franchise. in either case they should be able to make more than one game at a time. when i hear some people saying its gonna be 7 years between fallout 3 and fallout 4, thats a pretty long time and they never waited that long even to do an ES game. bethesda has two huge franchises that have a large following so i hope they continue making both games for at least some years to come.

Definitely, but not soon. 2011 comes in 4 months. It'll be at least late 2012, early 2013, before we see Fallout 4, though.

when you think about it, they have a bit of a dilema, they have two very popular franchises and they can't really afford to completely neglect either one, its already been 4 years since oblivion came out, i can't see them waiting 7 years to follow up oblivion, they are well known for being tight lipped about their games, i bet they will announce ESV by christmas.

If it's not then the fans will riot, :biglaugh:. I'll start buying steel platemail and a steel longsword from eBay.