Author Topic: The Elder Scrolls VI Situation  (Read 346 times)

burningdoom

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The Elder Scrolls VI Situation
« on: November 09, 2026, 12:13:22 pm »
When the Elder Scrolls 6 teaser released Xbox One was current Xbox console. We are now onto Xbox Series X. Not only will this game not release on Xbox One, but it's more than likely not gonna make it onto Xbox Series X, and that's just straight B.S.

We were promised something 8 whole years ago. Some of us bought hardware in anticipation for it. Now it's 8 years later and we're still be told it's years away and get...another teaser. So now we have to pay $1000+ to get in on this...in this economic climate where technology is a premium, after we already bought new hardware for the next-gen to play this vaporware?! Am I the only one frustrated by this?!!!

Re: The Elder Scrolls VI Situation
« Reply #1 on: November 09, 2026, 04:23:38 pm »
When the Elder Scrolls 6 teaser released Xbox One was current Xbox console. We are now onto Xbox Series X. Not only will this game not release on Xbox One, but it's more than likely not gonna make it onto Xbox Series X, and that's just straight B.S.

We were promised something 8 whole years ago. Some of us bought hardware in anticipation for it. Now it's 8 years later and we're still be told it's years away and get...another teaser. So now we have to pay $1000+ to get in on this...in this economic climate where technology is a premium, after we already bought new hardware for the next-gen to play this vaporware?! Am I the only one frustrated by this?!!!

I'd be surprised if it doesn't release on Series X alongside whatever the new one is, because they need sales.  Xbox Series X is doing pretty bad right now and next gen console sales will likely be worse, so they'd be shooting themselves in the foot by not having the game also playable on the console with the playerbase they do have.  It'll also be on PC too.  I'm curious if they'll make it purely exclusive to Xbox though.  Do they bank on it being a system/game pass seller, or put it on PS5/PS6 and get a few more million sales there.

Re: The Elder Scrolls VI Situation
« Reply #2 on: November 09, 2026, 07:03:51 pm »
What's sad is I don't even care anymore. 8 years ago or so, I would have been hyped out of my mind of an ES6 trailer like the one we got last week. Now, I barely even noticed. I've lost all faith in Bethesda as a game studio. Just like Bioware, a lot of the people that made the studio the powerhouse it once was are all gone mostly. Of course, the overpaid car salesman Todd Howard is still there, but the man is so full of shit I pretty much don't believe a word that comes out of his mouth. I hope I'm proven wrong, but my gut tells me ES6 won't even register as a tenth as significant or given even close to the same praise as Skyrim or Oblivion.

dhaabi

Re: The Elder Scrolls VI Situation
« Reply #3 on: November 10, 2026, 10:43:20 am »
Even if the topic were related to a game I was interested in, I can't envision myself being bothered by (much less frustrated by) how much time has passed and will continue to pass between a project's announcement and its day of release. There are so many games both big and small from new and old developers alike that to focus on one singular game seems trivial. If anything, this situation only reinforces the thought that only developers and publishers who actually are able to deliver on goods are worth supporting.

ssj4yamgeta

Re: The Elder Scrolls VI Situation
« Reply #4 on: November 10, 2026, 12:56:42 pm »
You're definitely not the only one who feels like this. In addition to the title reveal for TES6, we recently got the announcement that both Bethesda and Obsidian are working on new Fallout games. Six years ago, I would have been over the moon about all of this. I'd have bought a 9th gen console a lot sooner. Now, however, I couldn't care less. They took too long to make this stuff. Fallout 4 came out in 2015, New Vegas in 2010, Skyrim in 2011. If they're just starting work on the two Fallout games, they're still at least 5-8 years off. TES6 is still probably in the 2028-2030 time frame for release. That means the gap between TES games will be 17-19 years, the gap between Bethesda Fallouts will be 16-19 years, and the gap between Obsidian Fallouts will be 21-24 years. People who weren't even conceived on the release dates of the last games will be legal adults aound the time the sequels get here. That kind of dev cycle isn't only insane, it's unsustainable. 7th and 8th gen games getting sequels in the 10th gen. Sorry, but life is too short to wait for these big companies to squeeze out a dump. If that dev cycle continues, I'll be around 60 by the time TES7 comes out, and I have better things to do with my time than wait that long for a game. "B-but it's gonna be a generational release!" Yeah, I remember when devs used to churn out what people these days call a "generational release" every year or two.
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