For nylig kom Bethesda under fjendtlig beskydning fra deres fans for deres Creation Club-initiativ, der endnu engang satte debatten omkring betalte mods i gang. Hvoraf nogle ser det som et udtryk for firmagrådighed, så ser Bethesdas pressechef det lidt anderledes - han ser det som noget positivt.
I et nyligt interview med Venturebeat fortæller Hines at firmaet har et behov for at tænke ude af boksen og gøre tingene anderledes.
"That's something that—at least we like to think we're known for that at Bethesda. We try stuff and maybe do things that other folks don't. Not that long ago—okay, maybe pretty long ago. But I remember working on Morrowind for Xbox and people repeatedly telling me, "That kind of game will never work on a console. That's not what console gamers are used to. They don't want games with too much choice. They like simpler stuff. They like action games. They won't get into this."
"Trying stuff and not being afraid to do things that break apart from what everyone else is doing is part of what I feel like Bethesda is, in all the years I've been here. Obviously we won't be wildly guessing for experimentation's sake, but we want to try to place smart bets and do the kinds of things we're excited about, and that we think other people will be excited about," sagde Hines.
Dette, ifølge Hines, kan også ses i firmaets Switch-støtte. Spørgsmålet er bare, er du enig?