Considering weāll wait 14 to 16 years from TES 5 to TES 6 i donāt think Fallout is in such a bad state
I donāt really get BGS sometimes, letting your arguably main franchise lay dormant for that long is insane (excluding TESO of course but that canāt replace a mainline release)
I think a lot of it has to do with TESO being a thing to provide content to that series in the meantime + the eventual retooling of the engine systems. I dont think leaving the series on āiceā is what they intend.
Itās nothing new and surprising that Psychonauts 2 wonāt have PS5 native version.
Double Fineās website already says that since they have new one.
Double Fine was obligated in Figās campaign for Psychonauts 2 to release the game on PS4. PS5 didnāt exist in that time, so how could announce that?
The studio is now owned by Microsoft and they also bought full publishing rights for the game, so itās logical itāll have Xbox Series X|S version.
So, if someone is hungry for exclusives then Psychonauts 2 will be some kind of a generational exclusive for Xbox Series X|S
I woudlnāt say fallout is their main franchise. Elder Scrolls series built Bethesda/zenimax as a whole into what they are. They acquired the fallout IP much later. Fallout is a major IP from them but elder scrolls would be the main.
I could see them forming a second team if starfield takes off how they want it. So that they could reduce some of the turnaround time and kind of cycle between starfield, fallout, elder scrolls and also still have room to do a new IP if theyād like.