Bethesda Softworks

Brian Murphy

Products

• Developedo Gridiron! (1986)o Wayne Gretzky Hockey (1988)o The Elder Scrolls (1994-)o Fallout 3 (2008)

• Publishedo The Elder Scrolls Travels (2003, 2004)o Fallout: New Vegas (2010)o Prey 2 (2012)

Financials

• Privately held companyo Doesn’t release numbers

• Skyrimo 7 million copies available for

release Approximately $450 million global

saleso 3.5 million sold in first 48 hours

• Fallout 3o $300 million in first week

History

• Christopher Weaver founds Bethesda Softworks in 1986• Weaver and Robert Altman co-found ZeniMax Media Inc

in 1999• Gridiron! Was the first physics based sports simulation

o EA impressed, had them develop first John Madden Football• Most well known for The Elder Scrolls series, started in

1994• Acquired Fallout series in 2004• Made multiple movie franchise games

o Pirates of the Caribbeano Star Treko The Terminator

What did you find interesting?

• Average of over 4 years between Elder Scrolls releases• Credited with the first physics based sports simulation in

Gridiron! (1986)• ZeniMax Media

o Bethesdao Id Software

Quake DOOM

o Arkane Studios Arx Fatalis

What’s new, what’s hot?

• Currentlyo Skyrim

• Futureo Prey 2o Doom 4

Secret Sauce

• They take their time• Have multiple popular series

1994 1996 2002 2006 2011

Prognosis

• Popular serieso TESo Fallout

• Current numbers outshining competitorso Steam’s player statisticso Skyrim has double the active players than

closest competitor MW3, TF2, CS, CS:S

Questions?