Bethesda er notorisk lang tid om at udvikle og udgive nye spil. Eksempelvis er det snart 12 år siden at The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim udkom, og vi er endnu ikke tæt på en lancering af The Elder Scrolls VI. Fallout 5 står sågar til at udkomme efter, som betyder at det kunne tage mange, mange år.
Todd Howard har allerede slået fast at de har taget stik af situationen med tv-serien, og ønsker at prioritere Fallout 5 lidt mere, men samtidig slår han nu lidt i bakgear. I et interview med MrMattyPlays siger han, at det faktisk ikke er så slemt at savne ting:
"For other Fallout games in the future...obviously, I can't talk about those right now, but I would say, sort of, rushing through them, or we need to get stuff out that is different than the work we're doing in Fallout 76, you know... We don't feel like we need to rush any of that. Right now, the Fallout TV show fills a certain niche in terms of the franchise and storytelling. I don't think it's bad for people to miss things, as well. We just want to get it right and make sure that everything we're doing in a franchise, whether Elder Scrolls or Fallout or now Starfield...that those become meaningful moments for everybody who loves these franchises as much as we do."</em>
Præcis hvordan den interne timeline ser ud ved vi naturligvis ikke, men alt peger i retning af at Fallout 5 først bliver en realitet mange år ude i fremtiden.
