Eli5: Video game companies being publishing companies but also making their own titles?

Question

Are video game companies like Bethesda, Rockstar etc companies that just publish other companies games? Or is Bethesda over there grinding to make ES6 and Fallout.

I’m confused because I know a different company made doom eternal but Bethesda has its name on it.

In: Technology

Answer 1

Some studios are just large enough to self publish, and have smaller divisions inside the company making the actual games.

For example.

*Bethesda* is a publisher, but the company making Elder Scrolls and Fallout is *Bethesda Game Studios*.