Less than six, as there was FO3 and all that. So if TES V is being made, while FO3 was being made and finished, very few would've been working on TES V.

AFAIK, they have some developmental offsetting, if not two outright different teams at this point. So I don't see the development cycle of FO3 impacting the release of TES:V.

'A while' could mean anything from a month to a hundred years. We shouldn't use that for a basis.

I've got a theory. Let's look at the numbers, shall we? Morrowind was released on May 1st, 2002. Four years later, on march 20th 2006, Oblivion was released. Two and a half years after that Fallout 3 was released. The time between Oblivion and FO3 is only two years (as opposed to Morrowind-Oblivion's four years) because they had a seperate team working on FO3 as soon as they aqcuired the rights. Whereas before, when gamesas ws a much smaller company, everyone worked on one game at a time. Now that they've expended they can have at least one small portion of the team working on a seperate game while another game is polished up. In this case, while Oblivion was being developed, FO3 was at least being conceptualized. And while Morrowind was being finished, a small team was planning out Oblivion. I believe they've said this in interviews. So a conclusion can be reached that they are working on TESV at this very moment (obviously), and have been ever since FO3 was in developement.

Now, with my marketing experience, and studying gamesas's buisiness model, this is what I predict.
The first TES novel will be released this November. Perhaps TESV will be officially announced along side it, thus bringing attention to the book and at the same time generating hype for the fifth game. Maybe we'll also get a single screenshot too just to wet our apetites, kind of like what they did with Oblivion's announcement with the screenshot of the guy in steel armor on a horse looking out at some poorly rendered mountains. Whew.
Then we don't here anything from bethesda for months. Maybe they do some interviews, but they're tight-lipped about game features and what have you. E3 2010 rolls around and thats when they finally showcase their workable demo to the massess. We see how awesome it is. From there, they slowly release more screenshots, videos, and game mechanics up until a 2011 Q2 game release. They build us up, creating more hype like all developers do.

That's three years development between Fallout and TESV, more than enough time to make a good game, especialy if we take in the idea that concepts for TESV have probably been around ever since Oblivion was released, and that a small team was devoted to figuring out the basics. Now that Fallout3 has been out for a year, it's likely the entire team is working full-time on the next TES game. If they wait too long (someone a few posts back mentioned four years from now was likely), then people loose interest and the fanbase dissipates. Too soon and the game comes out sloppy. You have to aim for that sweet spot in the middle.


Remember Q2 2011. You saw it here first.

I was almost ready to believe you were on to something here, until I saw your auto signature.

Bravo.

I think I'll give the release date until the end of December, if nothing appears then I think I'll actually lose all interest in TES.

You do that.

I've temporarily lost interest in ES V. But the moment we get info about it, I'll be just as excited as I was before.

Question is, if a compulsive liar tells you he is a compulsive liar, then is he telling the truth or lying?

Anyway touche, i've been saying it for a long time, but you gave the proof i could not.

I'm confident they're waiting for the next generation of console technology to be released to them, so they bigger resources and better margins to work with. I know for sure, it'll release on the PC too, and honestly I'd rather wait for an AWESOME next gen console release than a rushed game that looks the exact same as oblivion did.

I'm curious as to what they are working on now though...

How about this?

http://www.gamespot.com/pages/unions/read_article.php?topic_id=25515805&union_id=11961&print=1

Is this for real? Summerset Isles?

From the page you linked:

"However, there will be amazing new features added, such as:

New Skills.
- New Weapons.
- Advanced AI, the NPCs (all Sload) now turn corners better than ever!
- More "Nothing I'd like to talk about" conversations (all in Sload)!
- Annoying fan, but a Sload version!
- Better modding power (note, all scripts must be in Sload tongue)."

...Oh sure... this is definitely for real...

I cannot see why this may not be true. Sload as the only playable race is just great!

Sarcasm overload, seriously, do you expect that stupid site to have something before they post it on their blog/forums/homepage, especially gamespot, most stupid of them all.

I can't wait to write modding scripts in the sload tongue; I bet that script's a lot more functional than the C++ derivative they're currently using (or whatever it is).

Now my code can look like this!

ScriptName N'gasta! Kvata! Kvakis!Ebsos GxinEbsos KajAliaj LokauwCxiam AhkstasEn AlifsOnkeAliaj kiujn == 1	En Kiujn.AspektoOix > 0 || AspektoPli > AspektoOix		GxishoraSama "N'Gasta! Kvata! Kvakis! ahkstas so novajxletero (oix jhemile) so Ranetauw. Ricevas gxin pagintaj membrauw kaj aliaj individuauw, 		kiujn iamaniere tusxas so raneta aktivado. En gxi aperas informauw unuavice pri so lokauw so cxiumonataj kunvenauw, sed nature ankoix pri aliaj 		aktuasoj aktivecauw so societo. Ne malofte enahkstas krome plej diversaspekta materialo eduka oix distra.		So interreta Kvako (retletera kaj verjheauw) ahkstas unufsonke alternativaj kanasouw por distribui so enhavon so papera Kva! Kvak!. Sed alifsonke		so enhavauw so diversaj verjheauw antoixvible ne povas kaj ecx ne vus cxiam ahksti centprocente so sama. En malvaste cirkusonta paperfolio 		ekzemple ebsos publikigi ilustrajxauwn, kiuj pro kopirajtaj kiasouw ne ahkstas uzebsoj en so interreto. Alifsonke so masoltaj kostauw reta distribuo 		forigas so spacajn limigauwn kaj permahksas pli ampleksan enhavon, por ne paroli pri gxishora aktualeco.		Tiuj cirkonstancauw rahkspeguligxos en so aspekto so Kvakoa, kiu ja cetere servos ankoix kiel gxeneraso retejo so ranetauw."			NeenNe

No clue what it does, but hey, it's gotta do whatever it does better than before! It's written in sload-tongue!

lol, i remember when i first heard about the book, i was thinking, "what is the hidden message?" Then i heard about it being copied from a random website, LMAO!

I was being dead serious with that post. Even if I was lying, though, it does make sense, non?


Bethesda has expressed interest in releasing at least one more TES game for the 360. It'll be this generation, gauranteed.

I am one hundred percent sure that they are working on TESV right now.

OK Good to hear. I agree. It wouldn't make sense to wait too long. Waiting for the next console could be a long wait.

The Fallout 3 publisher announced that the next instalment in its popular RPG series will be available for Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and PC, with no plans for a release on Nintendo consoles.

Well, it does make sense that TES V will be out for the next generation of consoles. MW was out for X-box, OB for 360/PS3.

I highly doubt that it will be for the new next gen. If so, be expecting a release in about six to eight years.

I am positive it will be for the 360 and PS3, I mean, the regular Xbox's life span was short, so of course OB would be for the next-gen. (Or current-gen now. )

But the 360 and PS3 are still going strong. M$ is adding more features, etc to the 360, and IDK what Sony is doing with the PS3.

IMO, it just wouldn't make sense for them to wait for the next-gen consoles.

Yes it would be a waste of time, there aren't even any clues as to what the next generation consoles will be like, except of course that new thing that sounds really similar to the Wii, but everybody knows that a game like TES on something like that is never gonna happen.

The motion sensor, Project Natal, is for the 360.

Of course, I sincerely hope I'm wrong.

Yes, besides if they wanted it to be for the next generation that would mean that they hadn't even started the physical development of the game, way too much time to waste.

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