Bethesda's next title, Fallout 76, is not coming on the Steam platform and will instead be available on the Bethesda.net proprietary launcher. Previous chapters released in 2008 such as Fallout 3, Fallout New Vegas and Fallout 4 had all been released on Steam. For this reason, many fans of the saga were disappointed.
The need for user feedback
The software house explains that this choice was made since Fallout 76 it is a mainly online game, which needs continuous feedback from players. The Bethesda.net platform it is the only one able to guarantee this relationship with users.
It also happened with Destiny 2
A similar situation also occurred when Destiny 2 was released on the Battle.net platform about a year ago. The game could be bought and played only on that platform and not on Steam.
The game may arrive on Steam in the future
The spinn-off Fallout Shelter was also initially released exclusively on Bethesda.net, but was, after a short time, released on Steam. We can hypothesize at this point that the same thing will happen with Fallout 76 in the future?
Recall that Fallout 76 will be released for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC the next November 14. The beta will be playable for those who have pre-ordered the game on Xbox One from 23 October and will arrive on all other platforms the 30 October.
