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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?