This. I am a huge fan of both series and couldn't just buy one of them.

Activision wants better sales so they took an earlier date, and BF3 is better. Bethesda did not pick a bad date, they picked an epic date,

Counter strike global offensive you mean.

@ OP: *brohoof*

On-topic: I'm going to get MW3, play it until Skyrim comes out, then buy Skyrim, and play that for months. I'm a fan of both series, and i'll be getting both, but i'm a bigger fan of RPG's than FPS's. There is nothing wrong with the release date, true Skyrim fans will still get Skyrim.

P.S: Team Fortress 2 is better than Call of Duty.

@Magmarrax: /brohoof


CoD is mostly designed with multiplayer in mind... I have friends who are barely gamers, and most of them have around 20 or 30 days of playtime in MW2.

Well, sure, there are a lot of games coming out this Fall, but there's a HUGE bright side to it. 11-11-11 is Remembrance Day here in Canada. And it happens to fall on a Friday. So, I get a long weekend off school to enjoy Skyrim's awesomeness.

No, it's perfect. It's 11-11-11!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why does everyone seem to think that when two games come out around the same time people will only buy one?
It's not impossible for someone to buy two games at once, you know.

New Game Informer pole showed that more people care about Skyrim at 32.6 percent of the vote for which game you are more excited about for the holiday launch. Batman came in second with 14.3 percent and Uncharted 3 came in third with 12 Percent followed by Battlefield 3 at 10.8 Assassins Creed at 9.1, and then Call of Duty MW3 at 6.5 percent.

The game lost a lot of interest when the head devs left and so did half the studio. I'm frankly hoping they get the COD title back from activision in that lawsuit because I want to see where they take the series not where activision wants it to go.

But numbers wise Skyrim is going to beat out MW3 and so will Battlefield 3 but the real winners are us gamers who get to enjoy them all.

I know it's a cool date and all, but you could have at least tried to get it out in time for my birthday. Jeez Beth... :meh:

More on topic: I don't think it will matter too much - even if there are people who want a few games but can only afford one, you know the game(s) they don't pick will end up on Christmas lists.

Sorry, I'm afraid the only thing that can kill the COD franchise is the COD franchise itself, if it continues to release the same game every year.

I'll be too busy playing Gears of War 3 to even notice MW3. Then all other games will be forgotten when Skyrim gets put in the disc tray.

The only problem with the release date I can think of is it's proximity to december, where most exams take place, as far as I know, so a lot of people might just fail them.

I would be more worried about Saints Row: The Third coming out 4 days after Skyrim than I would about a Call of Duty game coming 3 days before, to be honest. Might just be me, though.

The only problem I see is that there are a ton of great looking games coming out in November, and it's hard to choose which ones I can afford. At the moment I'm looking at Skyrim and SR3, as they should keep me occupied for a long, long time. It will hardly cause problems for the developers and producers of said games, though.

What's CoD? Oh, that..... thing..... No I'm more into Arma, and Arma3 doesn't come until next summer - plenty of time to get the dosage I need.

Well, I know several gamers that play differant types of genres, just like me. And for some, it would be hard to choose between 2 contenders for game of the year. I have chosen Skyrim and Uncharted 3 over MW3. And while UC3 might not come close to the sales of MW3 or ESV, I think its also a strong contender for GOTY in some gamers eyes. It might not be the best time to release Skyrim, but it was set in stone almost a year ago, then these other games were announced, so we cant really be picky about it

Im not exactly sure if i went anywhere or was going anywhere with that for some reason.

I couldn't even begin to describe how much I dont care about CoD or any other similar war games for that matter. Ive only ever even bothered with the local multiplayer, and even then Ive played dozens of games that did it better and with more style in the past. They literally have nothing of worth as far as I can see, and fathoming their popularity is something I try not to even attempt.

I didn't even know those games were coming out anywhere near Skyrims release date. I wouldn't even know they existed if everyone STFup about them for long enough for me to finish a [censored] mouthful of cherio's.... -_-

So "s t f u" is being changed into "Please continue, my good sir." now is it...........................

THERE IS NO MIDDLE FINGER BIG ENOUGH, BETHESDA :banghead: :swear:

Agreed, BF3 FTMFW!!!

Having two games you want come out early in November, certainly gives you great opportunities to ask for one of them for Christmas (or other similar holiday)....


Beth will sell plenty of copies of Skyrim that week. And they'll sell plenty of them over the next year. It's fine.

Yeah they did. Bethesda should have released it NOW!!

Joking aside, no. They broadcasted their decision perfectly, and picked a date that would stick and be remembered. It's good marketing and publicity. It's awesome. Everyone is waiting at the edge of their seats because of it.

It's coming out before the Christmas holidays so they will do fine. Not everyone is a CoD nut.

MW3 might be coming out 3 days b4 skyrim .... which means i will play MW3 for all of 3 days and then it wont see the light of day until June next year
as i will be playing skyrim until christmas and den my xbox goes bye bye until i finish my leaving cert ,,, dat day when ive to give my xbox up myt b the worst day of my life

11-11-11 also happens to be on Veterans' Day...

Actually, Bethesda might have made a very good decision.

11-11-11 is very well an iconic date. A date such as that will not be seen again for a long time, and is very memorable, for rarity and relevance. Triple eleven. Sticks in the mind. I'm always forgetting CoD's release date.

A good way to recieve attention is to go head-to-head with the heavyweights. When reviews start coming up and assuming they'll all be reviewed with positive reception, everyone will see Skyrim has a rating just as good -if not better than- the other two heavyweights, Battlefield and CoD. If Elder Scrolls manages to recieve the Game of The Year Award despite CoD and Battlefield, then they'll have aquired a large amount of acclaim, making them a sought out title to buy.

Thankfully, The Elder Scrolls is an entirely different genre of game as well as era. Thus, it's not directly competing. TES is offering must more than CoD.

I think a lot of people will end up buying both.
The holiday season will also see sales of the game go up.

It's just I can't afford to buy both of games at release (CoD and Skyrim), so I chose Skyrim. MW3 is just the same game with new guns and perks, though I would get it if I could afford.