Hello, and welcome to every ten years of any industry. You can't predict something when it a natural cycle of capitalism. The "plummeting" stock market for many tech companies is based on projected sales and numbers, and is right now not based in reality. God of War, AC: Odyssey, BFV, Spoder-Man, Hitman 2, whatever Nintendo is doing are examples of TRIPLE A GAMES that has no microtransactions needed to enjoy and complete games. There are more choice of well-produced games out on the market now than ever. I realize that Fallout 76 isn't what you hoped for, but video gaming ins't condensed to the same three publishers. If this is the first time you see the consumption based market shifting drastically in value, but still doing record sales at the same time - welcome to capitalism.,(reply>), Shawnee Anderson You, friend, are not wrong!,(reply>), "You can't predict something. . ." You can do anything. . .on the internet.,(reply>), Fáreryniel Ithilwen No, i’m not praising EA. I’m saying that they are adapting according to peoples complaints. You didn’t like the Premium model for BF, and you didn’t like the loot boxes. Well, none of these things are in BFV. Their obvious bottom line is to make money. That’s every companys mission. <br>I haven’t found anything about developers taking pay cuts. Which are you refering to?,(reply>), @DavidEA? Really? You're going to praise EA? I'm talking about the level of exploitation developers are subject to causing games to be full of bugs, particularly relevant to both Star Wars Battlefronts. You don't appear to understand that developers are taking wage-cuts to uphold these "freebies" that try to placate pissed off gamers. Execs will get their bonuses whilst devs live out of their cars, I wish that were hyperbole but this is the nature of working for AAA corporations. Greed is wholly applicable.,(reply>), Fáreryniel Ithilwen What greed? And how is it ruining anything? Fortnite is doing great and its revenue model is based on microtransctions, while EA made it so that every upcoming map pack for BFV is free. Opposite-land, AM I RIGHT? The general economy isn’t really swayed by precieved greed. And while Fallout 76 wasn’t the best game Bethesda has made, it won’t hurt sales when it comes to Elder Scrolls VI.