12 Things You Didn't Know About Fallout: New Vegas

3. Bethesda Considered It A Failure

It kind of feels like Bethesda doesn't want to acknowledge New Vegas these days. When discussing the franchise, the company only ever references the games it built, and it didn't seem to take any inspiration from Obsidian's spin-off while making either Fallout 4 or 76.

Worse still, the deal in place was that the team only received an upfront payment to make the game, with no royalties scheme in place and a bonus only promised if New Vegas ended up hitting 85 on Metacritic. Its eventual score was 84, and they didn't get a penny from Bethesda.

Of course, the terms of the contract were clear and the company owed the team nothing, but it has become a point of contention for developers who worked on the title, as New Vegas was a huge commercial success, and the lack of royalties or bonus eventually led to Obsidian laying off tens of their staff.