Da Fallout 76 udkom var det omtåget af så mange skandaler, at det næsten kan være svært at holde styr på. Bare en af disse var spillets Collector's Edition, der skulle være kommet med en "canvas bag", men hvor fans blev meget, meget chokerede over den ringe kvalitet, da de modtog deres eksemplar.
Det blev kun endnu værre da Bethesda først nægtede at gøre noget ved det, derefter kom de til at lække klagende ejeres personlige oplysninger på nettet, for så at være mange, mange måneder om at levere erstatninger.
I dag kigger Bethesdas Pete Hines tilbage på det hele i et interview med DLBTAP, og føler at det var lidt pinligt:
"My first reaction was, 'When the f**k did we add a canvas bag to this collector's edition?' Because the version I approved did not have one. They were trying to add more value to the Collectors Edition. We were always fighting with the finance people about margins, right? I would throw shit fits around. 'We cannot charge $300 for this, it's f***ing insulting.' But in this case, their hearts were in the right place. There was literally a canvas shortage, and some folks decided we're going to do this instead. My biggest failing there was not pushing immediately for making and sending one to everybody that wants one. Because I was still annoyed that the damn thing was in there in the first place, and nobody had told me and that this canvas shortage happened. It's probably the dumbest thing I ever did at Bethesda."
Vi sætter altid pris på selvindsigten, men i Fallout 76's tilfælde er dette vitterligt toppen af isbjerget.