Highlights
- Fallout 76 sees a surge in popularity after the Amazon TV show, bringing in new players to the online experience.
- The Fallout TV series was a hit, drawing in over 65 million viewers and sparking interest in the franchise.
- Bethesda's Todd Howard discussed the success of the Fallout series, plans for future games, and a second season of the TV show.
Todd Howard has commented on the surge in popularity that Fallout 76 has seen in the wake of the highly successful Amazon TV show. The franchise as a whole has seen a slew of new players, with many of them congregating to the online experience of Fallout 76.
The Fallout TV show was a huge success for both Bethesda and Amazon, pulling in over 65 million viewers within the first 16 days of its premiere. The show was relatively well-received by both fans and newcomers alike, and its popularity has led to a surge of new players coming into the Fallout community.
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In an interview with Variety, Bethesda director and executive producer Todd Howard shared his thoughts on the overall success of the Fallout series, how the Amazon TV show has aided this, and what lies in the future for the famed franchise. Fallout 4 has seen a rise in sales, as has New Vegas. A record was broken for Fallout 76 with one million concurrent players in the weeks following the show's launch, and even the modding community for the Fallout games have felt the full effects of the franchise's growth when Nexus Mods' servers began to struggle under the strain of how much traffic Fallout was bringing in. Howard states in the interview that across the board there is a 4x-6x increase in daily players for any given Fallout game since the launch of the Amazon series.
Todd Howard Discusses The Success of the Fallout Series
As Fallout 76 reaches 20 million players, Howard addresses queries about the franchise's future. A second season of the Fallout TV series is already in the works and is set to still star Ella Purnell, Walton Goggins, and Aaron Moten on their journey across the wasteland. Howard mentions that whilst there is nothing concrete to talk about right now, they are always planning something when it comes to games, and as for Fallout, they specifically have plans for future games in the franchise.
Video game adaptations have been historically polarizing among fans of the game whenever they are done, but Fallout seems to strike the balance perfectly between being appealing to newcomers while still respecting fans of the series and what they've come to expect. It was approachable enough to someone without any knowledge of the lore, but it still stayed true to the game series in a way that Fallout fans could appreciate. With this success, it's no surprise that Bethesda wishes to keep this momentum going with frequent updates to Fallout 76, as well as keeping fans informed regarding the future of the franchise.
If there's one thing that Fallout 76 has done successfully, it's bringing gamers together, and the influx of new players thanks to the TV show has only added to this. Whether coming together to repeatedly nuke the camp of Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer as a form of protest, or building an entire base dedicated to helping new players of Fallout 76, the games' online nature has brought fans of Fallout together. With frequent updates and events coming through to Fallout 76, a second season of the Fallout TV show on the far horizon, and the promise that there are plans for more games in the series, it seems that Fallout fans are eating well this year.
