Speaking to this website, Bethesda's Peter Hines has admitted that the new game, due out this autumn, is all about the new players - the exec stating that were the new title only purchased by 'old school' fans then that would simply not be enough.

Here's the word from the interview, Hines revealing that new players are a priority. "I think it'll probably skew a lot towards newer players, just if you look at how many people bought or played Fallout before, versus what we're looking at sales-wise, the numbers don't add up, there's got to be a lot of new players. Either that or all the original Fallout players need to buy ten copies each!"

He continues: "I think it'll be a mix. Even on 360, or PS3, there are a lot of people who used to be players in the 90s - maybe still are - but maybe they now play consoles and they're likely to play Fallout on these platforms. Rather than PC... that's their new platform of choice now."

For more on everything Fallout 3, investigate the full interview now.

By Luke Guttridge