A lot of these comments so far talking about how this is a clickbait title, and that that the former dev says it’s not a bad thing and isn’t a big deal.

That’s true, but only to an extent. Todd having final say isn’t inherently a bad thing, but it’s also the reason for a lot of Starfield’s criticism, and the reason Bethesda hasn’t evolved in over 10 years. I’m sorry but with Zelda, Elden Ring, and RDR2 completely transcending their genres, Bethesda has looked borderline primitive in comparison. And that is also on Todd.

Man really going for that clickbait title here. In the interview he stresses this is not a negative thing, but here it sounds very controversial.