https://wccftech.com/fallout-76-live-service-bethesda-not-future/

Fallout 76 definitely wins the award for most divisive E3 2018 reveal. The game certainly looks ambitious, and has the potential to be a massive hit, but some fans are concerned about it being a multiplayer-focused shared world. Is Bethesda following most of the rest of the triple-A industry and fully embracing the “live-service” model? Not necessarily. GamesIndustry.biz asked Bethesda executive producer Todd Howard whether online multiplayer was the future of the studio, and he largely shot the notion down.

“It doesn’t mark the future. We’ve done a mix — people forget sometimes. Elder Scrolls online is one of the biggest online games in the world, we have Fallout Shelter which we keep updating, and Elder Scrolls: Legends. Anyone who has ever said ‘This is the future and this part of gaming is dead’ has been proven wrong every single time. We like to try it all. For a long time we wanted to try a multiplayer game and we had this idea. We shouldn’t be afraid. We should try it.”