User blog comment:Timeoin/Emote Contest Winners/@comment-11441665-20131014225750/@comment-5558140-20131017041629

fallout was adopted by bethesda and it took on the same formula as their elder scrolls series. both games are virtually identical in that they are vast, open world rpg's, albiet with very different settings, many of the same things that made the elder scrolls great are in fallout, which is why its just as popular. it hasn't been as popular recently because bethesda focused on skyrim and have ot yet made a "next gen" entry into the fallout series.