Starfield Could Have Had Fallouts Version Of Earth
Todd Howard: "We talked about it".
Starfield has thousands of planets and worlds to explore, and if you didn't already know - Earth is one of them. While we'll refrain from any further spoilers, there was actually a point in the space RPG's development where the Fallout version of Earth was considered.
Speaking to The Washington Post, director Todd Howard mentioned how Bethesda "talked about" adding the Fallout universe to Starfield, but ultimately this 'Bethesdaverse' didn't go ahead. One of the main issues was the timeline - with the events of Fallout 4 happening just decades before Starfield, so it didn't really make sense to connect the two.
Read the full article on purexbox.com