Bethesda is basically backed up entirely by modders who are able to finish their shoddily made games for them. Bioware had no such benefit due to being console focused. While their games were better quality, they didn't have the longevity with modders constantly adding new content and fixing annoyances. Then once the luster for Bioware got lost after Dragon Age 2, they went downhill. Bethesda can still bank on modders fixing Skyrim and Fallout 4 over and over again.
CDPR, meanwhile, pretty much just had Witcher 3 that became insanely successful, and they only did that primarily due to good PR where they talked about how they won't fuck over the end user. That was standard behavior back in the day, but everyone's so used to an assfucking now that not getting assfucked is considered noteworthy, and they were rewarded for it. But once their reputation stumbled with Cyberpunk 2077, I doubt their next projects will reach the same heights.
