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What Bethesda Learned From Fallout 3

While Fallout 3 is a resounding success, the game wasn’t without its flaws. Looking to the future of the Fallout franchise, Bethesda takes with them two very important lessons from their first attempt.


August 2, 2008
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Why Bethesda Prefers The 360, More Fallout On The Way

Every time I’ve seen Fallout 3 in action, it’s been on the Xbox 360. From the earliest playthrough demos right up to last motnh’s E3 Expo, I’ve yet to see anyone controlling Fallout 3 with anything other than a white 360 controller. Speaking to TechRadar UK in London, Bethesda’s Pete Hines explains away the 360 love. “If you have the PC as your lead machine you have the problem of not knowing what configurations people have, how many gigs of RAM or what graphics card they have”, explained Hines. “Obviously we are more familiar with the Xbox because we are familiar and the other thing is that the Xbox is much easier to take to tech shows. We can just pop the hard-drive off the Xbox and put it on any machine which is an advantage. Taking the PC or PS3 to these things just isn’t convenient”.