Bethesda was surprised that Fallout 76 players weren’t after PvP, Pete Hines confessed.
“At the end of the day, our intention was always, we’re going to put this out there, see what folks think, and then cater the stuff that we do later to their reaction,” Hines told USGamer.
“So, for example, I think we were a little surprised how few people wanted to take part in PvP and how many more they were interested in PvE together. As opposed to, ‘I want to test my mettle against you and let’s get into a duel.’ There’s some folks who do, don’t get me wrong, but I think it’s a smaller percentage of our player base than we thought.”
Fallout 76 will lean into PvE content instead from April thanks to the upcoming Wastelanders expansion, which brings highly-anticipated NPC characters to the barren world.
Do you think Bethesda’s surprise was warranted… or more troubling, do you think Bethesda doesn’t understand a typical Fallout fan? Sound off in the comments area, below.
Fallout 76 is currently available on Windows PC, Xbox One and PS4.
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