E3 2019: 12 Insane Announcements That Could Happen

5. Fallout 76 Goes Free-To-Play

Fallout 76 was the unmitigated disaster of 2018. Following the divisive announcement of the multiplayer Fallout title, Bethesda took to the stage at E3 to prove to gamers that it was a traditional Fallout title that just so happened to feature other players.

Well, that was a substantial stretching of the truth. Fallout 76 was a glitchy nightmare with a piss-poor excuse for a main quest, barely functional multiplayer, connection issues, and subsequent controversies surrounding everything from in-game loot to real-life bags. Everything that could go wrong, did go wrong.

By trying to make a game for everyone, Bethesda made a game for no-one. And some months later Fallout 76 is quite a literal wasteland, with gamers having seemingly abandoned ship. It looks like a real tricky challenge for Bethesda to salvage Fallout 76 and get players to care again, but making the game free-to-play would probably be a decent way to get people in the door.

Should Bethesda announce a big expansion, and a substantial update alongside the free-to-play model, it may be enough to bring gamers back. Otherwise, the game is going to continue to waste away in less than a year, a far cry from the live service Bethesda hoped would last for years.