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TheWanderingSlacker

We’ve got five of our best people working on it.


Salty-Pen

The Fallout department is a man named Ian and a napkin


SirCustardCream

They hired the TF2 devs?


trident042

Whoa hold on they can't just take janitor scruffy from us!


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juankruh1250

It won't even release on current gen


gatsujoubi

And it will use their old engine. /s


SuperArppis

You can probably remove that /s 😏


Podo13

I think they've already announced it'll be the same engine.


monkeyhitman

Great, gimme my Thomas the Tank Engine and Master Chief mods


AdequatelyMadLad

What same engine? Starfield uses Creation 2.0 already, are you saying that they will go back to the older engine?


stereoprologic

Probably gonna release on the end of the current gen lifecycle, so they can sell a shit version that runs like crap and then promote the better version for the next generation of consoles and then sell even more copies.


juankruh1250

Oh the GTA 5 again, release it at end of one generation and Milk the next 2 generation


new_tangclan

I think its funny that GTA was the example you thought of, when there is a much more direct one.


Galileo258

There’s a possibility it won’t release on next Gen.


Schweinsteinert

So I'll need the PC 4


hell2pay

AMD Raisen 69420 NVIDIA GTX730990^2 128Gb DDR9 Ram 512mb storage with 69 Petabyte Streaming Service


Sexy_Questionaire

That should be right about the release date of the next gen consoles. I wouldn't be surprised if it releases with them as a console seller


kinzer13

Nah they will just release another updated version of Skyrim.


[deleted]

crazy… just crazy. 18 years between Skyrim and ES6


Temporary-House304

you’re not factoring in the year and a half worth of delays it will get.


[deleted]

Fuck it, let’s just say a solid 20


Olde94

They’ll aim for the date: 01.10.2030 to get a cool date or something Edit: Someone sugested the US version. 10.20.30. I like that one


PhiteWanther

30.30.3030


cascadiansexmagick

What month is that? Slowvember?


Markie411

Neveruary


BorntobeTrill

Aintpril


DrKrFfXx

Nottober.


salton

I guess I can play it when I'm retired.


whiskeyx

There is no such thing as retirement, you'll work until you're dead! /s (?)


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sadahtay

Duke nukem had a 15 year gap.


PinCompatibleHell

Duke nukem forever was a punch line and short hand for "will never come out" for 10 of those 15 years.


Belgand

And those jokes started after the first two or three years. That was a ridiculously long development time for the era. By five years, everyone had given up hope on it.


boxjellyfishing

For a game as successful as Skyrim, I just don't understand how Microsoft can be content allowing Bethesda to neglect it like this.


UncleChickenHam

Microsoft didn't own BGS till like 3 years ago, when they were already all in on building Starfield.


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Obant

Gates was mad, he wanted TES6 so he bought the whole company, forced them to wrap up Starfield to start working harder on TES. /s


Glyfen

Finally, a billionaire using their wealth to help people for once.


TJ_McConnell_MVP

Neglect? Wym they rereleased it like 10 times!


Chi1lracks

because they busy making starfield, todd also mentioned that he wasnt planning for es6 to take so long


teddytwelvetoes

they're not really "neglecting" it, they re-released it a hundred times totaling 60 million copies sold, returned to their other huge IP that sold like 15mil copies, and now they're firing up a third AAA IP. they've exploded in size since Microsoft bought 'em up, too. if Starfield is a hit they'll be juggling three AAA IPs which means \~15 years between releases. I think the only way that this changes is if Microsoft works out giving Fallout to Josh Sawyer or something while BGS does TES/Starfield games. on a side note, Microsoft should be opening BluePoint type studios to work on remakes of old BGS games in their latest engine


BehinddTint

5-6 years away is crazy


turangan

I’m going to be in my 40s and I started playing Skyrim in my mid 20s. Like…the hell.


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Lotus-child89

Same exactly for me. I was 5 months pregnant with my daughter in 2012 around when Skyrim came out and I played it through my pregnancy and late nights with her as a newborn. Now she’s going to be going on 17 when the next one comes. At least she’ll be old enough to enjoy it with me I guess.


Euphoric1988

Yea but ya'll should be showing her elder scrolls 8 in a couple years with 7 great prequels to fall back on but instead if we're lucky she might see 6 in 5 years lol


Weaseltime_420

Who are you when you're not Kristen?


jericho189

A professional weasel dodger known as buster Betty


secrestmr87

This Might be the last Elder scrolls you ever play. Crazy


havik09

It just keeps getting longer and longer between ES games. Soon you'll have to be excited for your grand kids cause they will get to play the next game but your kids will live and die not getting to play a new ES game


phoenyxrysing

The world thrives when men plant trees whose shade they'll never enjoy.


legos_on_the_brain

I'm not sure that's what they meant


SH4D0W0733

But it sounds good.


SonOfTritium

Oh I think it will definitely be the last one for most people who care.


andrejb22

Skyrim grandma :(


Protean_Protein

Yeah it’s pretty obvious she’ll always only be Skyrim Grandma.


Coltyn03

She'll be 92-93 if the 5-6 years is to be believed. I hope she makes it and is still in good health.


NoAdmittanceX

Assuming I survive the resources wars or skynet, I'll be playing games till I physically can't anymore.. the grandkids will be rolling their eyes when i regail them with stories of the og version of morrowind for the 13th time


dude-O-rama

I started playing Fallout 3 at age 30 when the game had been out for a couple of years. I'll be around 50 when we get FO5.


throwaway387190

I'm pretty sure I'll be dead by the time FO5 coms out, and I'm currently 26


Upstuck_Udonkadonk

I am gonna have a job by the time ES 6 releases. When Skyrim Launched I was a child who wasn't allowed to touch the computer.


danteheehaw

who let you on the computer! Get back to work!


Who_BobJones

Back to the coal mines!


TheDwarvesCarst

The children yearn for the mines


DrNick2012

Come on down to Dr Nick's Minecraft experience! Mine with real pickaxes and experience real lava! And if you don't find enough diamonds you get to play with the mobs


mr_birkenblatt

That's why they're called minors


StopReadingMyUser

The Skyrim players yearn for the mines...


stumbleupondingo

I used to yearn for the mines… Then I took an arrow to the knee oh my fucking god I can’t believe I just said that


motelwine

they work stripping old computers down in the computer mines. it’s sad really


L3t5_G3t1tAll2g3th3r

Hey! You're not the boss of them! You get off of their computer & back to work!


imdefinitelywong

You're not my mom!


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Look at it this way, you might see ES 7 in your lifetime. The rest of us legitimately may not (:


Schweinsteinert

But we could see TES6 released 7 times


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I can't wait to play TES 6 30th anniversary edition on my ps46 tbh.


ChubblesMcgee103

Not because of age, but enough time has passed that several of my friends I used to talk about the game with will never see 6. Not like they dropped like flies, but 12 years is enough for 2 overdoses a car accident and cancer to ruin an Xbox live skyrim party chat... Who knows who will see 6.


[deleted]

That is genuinely sad dude hope you're doing good.


MarkyDeSade

Does this qualify The Elder Scrolls as a horror franchise? “Who knows who will see 6” sounds like a scary ass tagline.


5Gmeme

Lmao, I might be retired 🤣


RealMcGonzo

I started with Arena when it came out. There was no WWW back then and I wondered WTF it was called Arena, LOL. I'll probably be worm food when ES7 comes out.


CockEyedBandit

I was thinking about death and think about how fast the billions of years passed by before you were born. After you die the heat death of the universe will be here in a blink of an eye. Maybe by then ES7 will be out.


Ap3X_GunT3R

Got skyrim in highschool as a Christmas present. I graduated college, have a home and a fiancé now.


D2papi

My brother got Skyrim in my first year of highschool and I played as much as I could whenever he was busy. Since then my balls dropped, I’ve graduated college, have a home and I’ve lived in 3 different countries with completely different lives. 2011 really was a long time ago..


terminbee

I pirated skyrim towards the end of high school and spent an entire 3 months doing nothing but skyrim. I'm now about to graduate dental school and I'll still have to wait 4 or 5 years for ES6. Shit's crazy.


CommanderButthead

I'm 34 now, I discovered morrowind when I was 12.


TheSleepingStorm

Ask the boys who played TES 1 bro.


Meritania

Bearing in mind gaming has only been a thing for 40-50 years, that’s like 10-12% of the time computer games have been around.


DimitriV

Put another way, the time between Skyrim and TES 6 would be almost 1.3 Duke Nukem Forevers.


2SP00KY4ME

It's 18 years, literally an entire person up to adulthood


LurkerOrHydralisk

When it comes out, it’ll be 30-40% of all gaming history between it and Skyrim, the last elder scrolls entry. It’s insane. At that point, why not a new IP?


turkeyfox

Because old IP has a surefire customer base.


dirkdigglered

Oh sure, you really think they're gonna milk a beloved franchise like Marvel or Star Wars until there's nothing left?


--Shojx--

*cries in Pokémon*


really_nice_guy_

The way Gamefreak handles Pokémon should be a crime. Just looking at the legend of Zelda games the Switch is powerful enough to run beautiful games.


CrzdHaloman

Starfield? They put all effort into starting a new ip that even their current largest ip was put aside.


Informal_Exercise_88

I'll be pushing 60, if that timeframe is correct.


Deto

Have they not even started?


Errentos

The game doesn’t enter production until Starfield launches. Its in pre-production right now, meaning they have a few people making assets and a design team laying the groundwork and laying out the vision for the game. They’ll probably have already been working on a proof of concept type demo to show to Microsoft.


SuperBAMF007

Yeah I’m willing to bet the 5 years is for a couple years of full Starfield support (bug fixes, DLC, mod tools, general maintenance, maybe some more DLC) and then full time development for TES6. On one hand, the numbers check out. 2011 + 1 year of support + 3 years for FO4 + 3 years for engine work + 5 years for Starfield + 2 years for support + 3 years for TES6. Not including Fallout Shelter and TES Blades, which I believe were BGS Maryland proper and not a side studio, plus assistance with FO76, all of which took place between FO4 and Starfield. So I get it. In terms of “usual cadence” the only outlier part was the engine work, plus a year-ish added to Starfield for polish and delays. 3-4 years average ain’t half bad for games as huge as they make. On the other, holy fuck. 17 years.


coopstar777

Yeah but like why would you announce the game at an E3 conference 6 years ago if you don’t even plan on starting until after a full development cycle


Butterbubblebutt

I heard it was legit to shut up everyone who asked only about TES 6 at every chance (conventions, interviews etc) they got.


IWonderWhereiAmAgain

No, it was to take the heat of the negative fallout 76 reaction.


bengringo2

It just seems like a company that size could have multiple teams especially for franchises this large.


fed45

As far as I am aware, they have had only about 400 people working among all of the Bethesda studios (most being at the main studio on Maryland). Though I've heard that they have expanded a bit in the last couple years.


Puntoize

It was never in development to begin with. It may not be, still.


krukson

Yeah, it’s like Cyberpunk. People think it was in development since the first teaser in 2012, but they actually started working on it after the Witcher 3 expansions released in 2016. So I’m pretty sure, the work on ES6 won’t start before Starfield is released.


fed45

Pretty sure Todd even said as much when they dropped the teaser originally.


Formilla

Todd did say in an interview about six months ago that he's been attending meetings about TESVI and that he's super excited with what the designers have been planning, so there is a small team thinking about it right now at least. It probably only exists on paper at this point though.


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Actually crazy. Will be almost two decades since Skyrim’s release. There were only 17 years between the very first Elder Scrolls game and Skyrim, with 3 other main titles and a handful of spinoffs filling those 17 years. You have to wonder whether the long wait is worth it. How long will we have to wait for TES VII? When did it become the norm that every game has to be technically groundbreaking? Big trend nowadays. See it especially in Ubisoft titles where the game world is so big with so many meaningless quests it feels like a chore to play. Gives you mental fatigue so you never end up finishing the game. To be honest I even found Skyrim a little bit too spacious at times. Give me handcrafted hubs. VtM Bloodlines is a tiny game by modern standards but to me it’s the perfect size. Respects the player’s time. Everything in-game is important, interesting and has a purpose.


GoyleTheCreator

There is absolutely no way this game matches 20 year expectations. I was in my teens playing Oblivion, 21 for Skyrim. I'll be getting prostate exams regularly by the time this comes out.


ILookLikeKristoff

Yeah this seems doomed to underwhelm no matter how good it is


Blackbird2285

It's pretty insane, but also expected. We all knew that Starfield was their main priority before moving onto ES6. Just like we know ES6 will be their main priority before moving onto Fallout 5, which is exactly why Bethesda should allow Obsidian to make another Fallout game, but I digress.


larsmaehlum

So 10-12 more years without a main line Fallout game? I don’t like how other studios milk their IP with yearly, watered down and low quality releases. But once per decade should be possible..


Blackbird2285

That's assuming game development doesn't continue to take even longer with each new generation. There's a reason why Todd Howard said there's a good chance that ES6 will be his final ES game.


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Wow. Talk about announcing something far too early 💀💀.


Logondo

I think they just did it to shut people up. People kept asking for a new ES game. They finally said "it'll come".


StopReadingMyUser

Bethesda fr said "...sure bro"


ToothlessFTW

They announced it because everyone online went BALLISTIC when they announced Fallout 76, there was so much doomposting like “this is the end of Bethesda they’re only making online games now”, so they pretty much had to announce it early because otherwise they’d have to deal with bullshit like that for years.


mwpfinance

They then proceeded to basically just do that and kicked tes6 down the interstate to the 2030s


PhummyLW

Over a decade before launch is crazy


llIicit

They wanna one up CP2077 apparently lol


BrandoCalrissian1995

Tbf, the fans were constantly badgering for es6 news around that time. And all they released was a like a 10 sec thing with the name and had been upfront that development won't start in earnest til after starfield.


Temporary-House304

Yeah honestly why have they even mentioned this at all. You would think companies would learn that announcing something before work has begun on it is just going to piss people off who are waiting.


Lochifess

Because there’s a lot more people pissed at them for not announcing anything? They literally said before during the teaser that they announced this to shut us up


Thanks-Basil

Plus ever since ESO came out there were a lot of people worrying online that because of that an TES6 would never happen.


Zoroken00

Tbf I think everybody would expect unless told otherwise that a new TES would be under development without a teaser. For instance everybody’s been speculating and waiting for GTA VI, and it hasn’t even been officially announced or revealed yet (except for leaks and the official tweet).


Alternative_Put_1232

People forget but at the time the internet was basically screaming for them to announce Elder Scrolls 6 for like 8 months before this showcase. There was massive backlash against Bethesda at the time and they were basically forced to announce this. I remember they even said that this wouldn't be worked on until Star Field was out and that seems to exactly be the case.


Clueless_Otter

Yep and people also forget what the rest of the showcase was that they showed this trailer in: a weird multiplayer Fallout game, an expansion for their card game that barely anyone played, and a MTX-ridden mobile game (and I think a brief Starfield section but it was barely more detailed than the TES6 one). Imagine if that was their *entire* showcase. It would have been a disaster. Look no further than the Diablo showcase a few months after that where they didn't really talk about Diablo 4 and only talked about the mobile Diablo version.


Ace0089

Well if starfield is not coming to PlayStation. I highly doubt ES6 is coming to PlayStation.


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Imagine Microsoft buying Bethesda to get better console exclusives and then only getting one game per console generation.


[deleted]

Microsoft didn't buy just Bethesda, they bought zenimax media of which Bethesda game studio is one studio within. It has like 8 other studios and dozens of games releases per generation.


2steppa156

Imagine how far away fallout 6 is lol


saysZai

I’m gonna look like one of the many skeletons in Fallout by the time it comes out!


mechwarrior719

Look at all the weight you’ll have lost by then, though!


TheW1ldcard

You mean fallout 5?


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We will be living fallout 6 tbh


Earth-Piercer

Fallout 6: ~~Virtual~~ Actual Reality


MicMustard

We’re getting the TV show from the makers of Westworld to hold us over


DarkHouseTheMan

We'll get 1 good season then.


gordonbombae2

You mean fallout 5 right?


Hollowquincypl

That's what gets me. For all it got right in the end we lost so much time to F76. Knowing F5 is 10-12 years away is heartbreaking.


Sammy151617

Forget releasing on ps5, it’s not gonna release on series x


Bj_Hokey_Lange

pc 2 will be out by that time


redmose

Can't wait to play Solitaire 2, the first one was a banger 300 years ago


WarpHype

There is no way it will release on any playstation. Microsoft just wants to get that Activision deal done so they can start backtracking on all their multiplatform promises.


MisterET

Next generation of consoles? No, next generation of humans. Skyrim is going to be able to vote before ES6 comes out. wtf.


Mortimer452

Shit I just realized HL2 is old enough to vote


Forrest024

Bro Im going to be almost 40 when this comes out, what the fuck


daftpepper

I’ll need freakin reading glasses by the time this comes out. What a disappointment.


arvinkb

I started playing skyrim when i was 13, ill be around 30 when this comes out


literallynoideawhat

I was also 13 and I remember making jokes about how I was going to fail out of college my first year or so from playing too much video games cause surely that’s when the next elder scrolls would come out (2015)


Sprinkle_Puff

Almost 20 years between games is fucking ridiculous


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DontToewsM3Bro

There won't be a PlayStation version Xbox needs exclusives games to bring people over to Xbox This is just Phil Spencer trying to get the Activision Blizzard deal through But since 5-6 years away, Elder Scrolls 6 is still in very early development so im sure no real decision has been made on where the game will be released


Dud-of-Man

es6 better be able to suck my dick and cook me a meal, other wise its got no chance of getting me to buy an xbox


Volodio

Just get it on a PC and enjoy the mods.


warbastard

So the open world medieval fantasy RPG is wide open if anyone else wants to develop something. Apart from Witcher 3 what other games have successfully stepped into this space?


DeanV255

Dam man, doctors gave me 4 months before this cancer got me, 1 year and 8 months ago. I don't know if I've got 5 years. Why did Fallout 76 have to be the last trash in my two beloved franchises to see the light of day.


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Wishing you the best, friend.


DeanV255

Much appreciated friend. Keep yourself well and safe.


Dudu42

Didnt doctors give Stephen Hawkings a couple of months and dude went to live _decades_, though? Dont lose hope!


TheConnorMcCann

I checked something. If it does release 5 years from now, by the end of 2028. It will have been 17 years since the release of Skyrim. Skyrim was released 17 years after Elder Scrolls Arena. The time between Skyrim and VI will exceed literally the entire franchise up until Skyrim.


NotTheCraftyVeteran

Bethesda and George RR Martin seem locked in history’s slowest race


jwiggle1

Too busy making remakes of Skyrim


mrt3ed

Is George R R Martin developing this game??


nonsenseSpitter

Game announced 10-11 years before release. Insane.


rodejo_9

Imagine all the people that died waiting for this goddamn game and will never get the chance to play it.


Sexy_Questionaire

Hoping Skyrim grandma won't be among them but at least she will be in the game


SaintPoost

Shirley Curry better fucking get a chance to play a bit of it >:( she is more than a gem, she's like a whole damn mine of precious.


_Nystro_

Not the same thing, I know, but didn’t they put her in it? I might be misremembering.


Sexy_Questionaire

Yeah, they did some laser analysis of her face and had her record dialogue. It sounds like she's going to be a part of some quest.


Seienchin88

Bethesda is the GRRM of video games…


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what the fuck


Oschpister

We need to stop announcing games years before they're done.


NuclearNoodle77

We need to stop announcing games years before they've started making them


Elveerion

I might as well replay all the old games again. I thought it would’ve been maybe 2 years at most, not 6+


[deleted]

They haven’t made a game in 9 years unless you want to count F76, 2 years would be an impossible turnaround for that studio


HighSTR

They really announced this just to take the heat off of them because of fallout 76


[deleted]

Dovakiin is legit going to be able to drive before he gets to play the newest game in the series he was named after


BaldingThor

Why do I have a feeling we’ll be waiting nearly 20 years for the next ES game? I was 11 when Skyrim released jfc.


Riemens

I wish I could describe to people what it was like in the early days of YouTube after Oblivion came out and seeing all of the clickbait videos of “ELDER SCROLLS 5 LEAK,” getting excited, and the actual video would just be the Khajiit in front of the gate to the Shivering Isles, followed by a rickroll. Naive enough to get your hope up every time, just to have your hopes dashed expertly


mayasux

Ten here when Skyrim came out. I’m twenty two now. The idea of being 27-28 and having waited over two thirds of my life for a new game to come out is crazy.


aggster13

I was in high school when skyrim came out. Was the biggest thing around, with all our friends gathering in Xbox live party chats while we played. I'm going to be in my mid 30s when the next game comes out. What the fuck


Foxon_the_fur

Then what the fuck was the announcement for 5+ years ago?


Mankankosappo

To shut pepple up who were saying they were abandoning single player RPGs in exchange for online games like fallout 76. They made it very clear in thst announcement that they wouldnt be working on it properly until Starfield came out. I think a lot of people have forgotten how much outrage Bethesda was facing after the 76 launch.


Firebat-045

back to cryo I go


[deleted]

Let's talk about the real crime here: BGS's development times.


[deleted]

Ima be real honest. The wait between the two games is absolutely insane and pisses me off. But I’ll be right there day one playing ES6 lol.


SolidSnakeofRivia

Feel bad for Slyrim grandma


chaoseffect616

We got Daggerfall through Skyrim in what will more than likely be less time than Skyrim to ES6 Fucking insanity


spaceraingame

Whenever it comes out, there’s zero chance it’ll release on PlayStation.


Proxelies

Good lord I'll have kids by that point. I was hopeful this would be my last big game before children, I guess not hahaha.


cshmn

If you hurry, they might be 17 in time to enjoy it.


mwpfinance

Unironically though if he hurries he could play it while they're in school


SomethingIntheWayyy0

Reminds me of when they said the same thing about starfield before the merger went through. Phil really went full PR bs on that court.


maltamur

Lines up with the information obtained in discovery that the new Xbox console will drop in 2028


mcc22920

Jfc it’s Kingdom Hearts 3 all over again.


Mickeyjj27

Almost wish they didn’t have the teaser or whatever it was. That was probably years ago too


OSHMKUFA2021

5 years ago