» Fri May 27, 2011 4:35 pm Seeing as though Pete Hines said years ago that the development teams at Bethesda would divide into several groups, one of which was assigned to the next Elder Scrolls title, I'd be completely shocked if they weren't working on it in some capacity right now. That's not the only reason either. Let's be frank here. It's about $$$. They know where their bread is buttered. Fallout and Elder Scrolls. They can publish little niche titles that all they want. They can introduce shooters into the flooded shooter market all they want. But at the end of the day they're going to make bank on Elder Scrolls and Fallout. Period. They have also made statements in the not so distant past that gamesas has grown tremendously in the last few years and that they are capable of developing at least a few titles simultaneously. It'll be four years since the last Elder Scrolls this March. I would expect an announcement anytime from there onward.
Now, on the other hand, if they are planning on Elder Scrolls V to be a PC/Next-Gen console release, we're not getting a game until 2012 at the earliest. I would certainly hope that if that were their plans they would let us off the hook. 'Cuase that would be just cold man.
Now, on the other hand, if they are planning on Elder Scrolls V to be a PC/Next-Gen console release, we're not getting a game until 2012 at the earliest. I would certainly hope that if that were their plans they would let us off the hook. 'Cuase that would be just cold man.
All this talk about bread and butter is making me hungry :liplick:
Now, to be fair, before Fallout 3 was announced, people probably said the same thing. And look what happened, Fallout 3 made just as much money as any TES game. Bethesda makes good games, we know that. Bethesda is more than capable of striking gold more than twice. Lets say TESV does come out around 2010. People will then expect Fallout 4 to come out next, and we'll be repeating the same song and dance all over again about how they "have" to release a Fallout title and they "have" to bank on TES and Fallout. The cycle of TES then Fallout then TES can't continue forever, that's all I'm saying.
And I'll say again, I firmly believe the next game will be TESV, I'm just making sure I'm not setting myself up for a massive disappointment if isn't.
As for the next-gen comment, both Microsoft and Sony has said they expect their current consoles to have 10 year lifespans, meaning we wont see a next gen console until 2014 or 2015. So I wouldn't worry about them waiting for the next generation of consoles.
