Bethesda Softworks has made its fortune creating and publishing single-player focused titles like Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Dishonored. While this part of the market has taken hits from used-gaming, Bethesda Softworks vice president of public relations & marketing Peter Hines says that they are doing things to mitigate that and solo gaming isn’t going anywhere.
“Absolutely it’s a concern. We have tried to mitigate it by creating games that offer replayability, by supporting them with DLC that’s worth hanging onto the game for, or offering tools that let them take things further,” said Hines. “Games are not cheap to buy because they’re expensive to make, and people are looking for ways to keep it affordable. I’m not sure anyone has figured out a solution that works for everyone, and there simply may not be one until someone figures out how to include developers and publishers in the loop on used games sales instead of keeping it all for themselves.”
“Single-player games aren’t going anywhere,” he added. “Bethesda Softworks has been making single-player games for all of our 25+ years in the industry. We’re still here, we’re still making them, and people are still buying them. Dishonored was single-player and people really loved it, and it sold well. Skyrim was a complete success. A single-player RPG. There’s practically a cottage industry dedicated to talking about how that isn’t possible or why that won’t succeed. Console fans won’t get a game like that. Has to have multiplayer of some kind. PC gaming is dead. It’s gotta be a shooter. RPGs are a niche.”
Source: Destructoid
