User blog comment:Timeoin/Emote Contest Winners/@comment-11441665-20131014225750/@comment-1600847-20131018025103

You do realise that over 5 million copies times 70$ per copy is hundreds of millions of dollars, right? They more than made up for the cost of making the game and made ample profit. Which is why they're making a sequel.

And why would Fallout 3 being old affect Fallout 4? It's not like they're going to use the 3rd's engine and graphics, they're going to use the newest ones.