The Elder Scrolls 6 is unlikely to release for at least “five-plus” years. That’s according to Xbox boss Phil Spencer, …

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    Finding it harder and harder to think I’m gonna give a shit for TES6, and I love the series.

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      Yeh I remember how people were so hyped for Half Life 3 for years. Then how long it was taking became a meme. Then people pretty much stopped giving a shit about the Half Life franchise entirely.

      Bethesda are risking that happening to their most valuable IP.

      It was 4 years from Morrowind to Oblivion. 5 years from Oblivion to Skyrim. It’s been twelve years since Skyrim. It’s been five fucking years since they released the teaser trailer for Elder Scrolls VI. I can feel myself already losing interest.

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    Game development times are getting completely out of hand at this point. I really hoped that the advancement of game creation technology and more advanced engines, we would have seen sped up game development, but for the past decade we’ve seen nothing but the opposite go the point it’s just ridiculous now for some games.

    This also poses the other question - who thought it was a good idea to show an ES6 teaser if the game was the better part of a decade out at the time of the teaser?

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      Showing off the teaser was a good PR move in my opinion, because they played it right after they announced some ES mobile game. Same year Blizzard did the same with Diablo Immortal without mentioning Diablo 4 and we all know the “Do You Guys Not Have Phones?” meme that produced

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    Yep. Skyrim grandma will never see the game released. The prophecies have come true, it seems. Grade A Toddy

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    It’s unfortunate, honestly. I care MUCH more for Elder Scrolls as a franchise over what they are doing with starfield, and I’ve been waiting for another one since my first playthrough of Skyrim when it launched on xbox 360. At this point I’m more excited for skyrim mods like skyblivion and skywind than anything bethesda is doing.

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    That’s pretty suck, but the worse news for me (and Fallout fans in general) is that it means that Fallout 5 is probably over a decade away. I really wish Microsoft would just tell them to hand over the Fallout 4 engine to Obsidian so they can make a Fallout New Vegas 2 or something.

    Maybe finally implement the ability to not play a human, and possibly be some kind of ghoul, Super Mutant, or talking Deathclaw or whatever. I heard that they’ve tried in the past, but couldn’t quite make it work.

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    At this point I’m more excited about community projects like Skyblivion, Skywind or Beyond Skyrim than the next official game with how long it’s taking. Skyblivion is planned to release in 2025 and their new roadmap shows how close to the finish line they are.

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      Yeah, the bright side is that there are so many mods and mods coming soon
      that there will be a lot to do pass the time until ES6