PROJECT LEAD TODD HOWARD EXPLAINED THE REVOLUTIONARY NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT ALLOWS FOR THE MASSIVE LEAP IN QUALITY THUS:
"YEAH, WHEN WE WERE TALKING WITH THE FANS OF OUR GAMES
OVER AT THIS WEBSITE, A FAN MAINTAINED WIKI WEBSITE FOR OUR GAMES, CALLED UESP,
AND, BASICALLY, FOR A LARK WE DECIDED TO TAKE AN IQ TEST, YOU KNOW ONE OF THOSE ONLINE IQ TESTS, AND I SENT THE LINK TO ALL OUR DEVELOPMENT TEAM AND TO THE WEBSITE
AND THEN WE COMPARED NOTES
AND IT TURNS OUT THAT, ON AVERAGE, THE FANS HAVE A THIRTY IQ POINT, LIKE, THE MEDIAN OF THE RESULTS IS SOMETHING LIKE TWENTY EIGHT IQ POINTS HIGHER THAN THE MEDIAN FOR OUR DEVELOPMENT TEAM
AND IM, I HAVE TO SAY -- I AM VERY PROUD OF OUR FANBASE AND WE'RE PROUD TO . . . HAVE DEVELOPED THESE GREAT . . YOU KNOW, VERY CEREBRAL GAMES FOR THEM TO ENJOY
SO WE TALKED ABOUT IT FOR A BIT AND WE'VE DECIDED THAT, YEAH, THE NEXT GAME IN THE SERIES
AND WE'RE ALL VERY EXCITED
IT'S GONNA BE DEVELOPED BY THE FANS, THEMSELVES
WE WILL FACILITATE THAT THROUGH OUR CREATION CLUB SYSTEM AND OF COURSE A PORTION OF OUR REVENUE WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE CREATORS"
