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- Skyrim and Starfield director says most people move on from games after 6 months.
- This has led to the death of DLCs because they don’t recoup the development costs.
- However, there are exceptions with huge franchises like Fallout and The Elder Scrolls.
The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim is one of the best games Bethesda has ever released. Skyrim brought in a lot of expansions making the game even more popular. However, the game’s director says DLCs don’t make much sense as people move on from games after 6 months.
Why it matters: While we have seen some outstanding DLCs in recent years like Phantom Liberty and Shadow of Edtree, they have mostly been on a decline, and the Bethesda veteran has explained the reason for that.
Talking to Videogamer, Skyrim lead, and Starfield systems designer Bruce Nesmith explained why DLCs or expansions have become less existent in recent years. He says the audience doesn’t stick to a game for much longer which makes expansions unnecessary.
There are a lot of games out there that after six months, the audience has moved on to another game
– Bruce Nesmith
Expansions do make sense for games like Fallout or Elder Scrolls that sell millions of copies and have a huge fan base. However, for smaller titles, it is difficult to recoup costs as most people won’t be interested in buying the DLCs.
He further stated that if a game sells 10 million copies, that doesn’t guarantee that the DLC will follow similar figures. While this isn’t always true, this is the fact in most cases. There are exceptions when a DLC drives the sales of the main game, but it’s rare.
Even massive games like Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 didn’t receive DLC. The development costs have indeed become so massive that launching an expansion could, at most, be bad for business.
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