Bethesda Plans on Making More Mobile Games

Bethesda's only concern is making sure the mobile game offers a deep and engaging experience.

During the 2016 DICE Summit, Bethesda Game Studios director Director Todd Howard told GameSpot that the studio was blown away by Fallout Shelter's success and is planning to invest further in that space. "We're gonna do more."

Even with the popularity of the Fallout brand, Howard said the team never anticipated Fallout Shelter big success.

"I think if you expect, 'Yeah, it'll be number one and out-gross Candy Crush for a while,' you're generally going to be set up for failure and disappointment," he said.

Howard stressed that Bethesda's concern was ensuring it would offer a deep and engaging enough experience.

"Mostly we were concerned with it being appropriate for who we are, meaning it's got a bit more meat on the bone than other things like it," he said. "But its overall popularity? We were not ready for that, which is a good problem."

As for inspiration, Howard said that the drive to make more mobile games comes in part from the simple fact that developers at the studio are already playing smartphone games. As such, they are naturally getting inspired to make their own.

"It's in your pocket, a lot of [the games are] free or easy to try," he said. "So every time you're playing, you're thinking, 'We could do one of these, I think we could do something special here.' So we're gonna do more."