What if it is moved to 2012, also i seen games over period of times moved like brink was suppose to come out last year and now it's in march. Gears of war 3 was suppose to come out in April now its September. Batman arkham city supposedly to come out in October. I just wonder if they move the date for skyrim to 2012 they say that it's suppose to be 11.11.11 but really its funny because most games are moved up a couple of months or a year later.

12.12.12 then.

Surprisingly, I dont think ES:5 will be delayed. Time will tell.

Well i was so excited to get batman arkham asylum in june, but wait hmm it was moved to august. It just makes me wonder why what bug error, graphics problems or whatever.

The release date is pretty specific, normally they are announced as something like "4th quarter of 2011" or "Autumn 2011". Therefore I am pretty sure the release date will be met, however, if it gets put back a couple of months to iron out any problems that could be found I will be good with that as well.

Im hoping it does come out on it's release date, but if so i won't mind waiting a couple more months.

Obviously, it is possible that Skyrim will be delayed, there's always a chance that it simply can't be ready before the release date, it's hardly unheard-of. But there's certainly no guarentee it will happen. Developers don't give out release dates with the intention of failing to meet them, it's just that sometimes, they can't finish the game when they thought they could, but only time will tell if Skyrim will be one of those times.

If it does get delayed, though, I doubt they'll try to go with another clever date like 11.11.11, I can't imagine Bethesda would delay it for a full year, they probably want to get the game out as quickly as is feasible and, if it must be delayed, won't push the release back for more than is necessary to ensure it's ready for release.

Nah. Games that have exact release dates typically don't get delayed. If it was just November 2011, then I might agree with you. But Todd was rather assertive that the game would be out 11-11-11. I won't doubt Bethesda's abilities to launch this game on time. Oblivion was different as Holiday 2005 was a placer holder (not an official release date), and Bethesda only had 6 months to work with the hardware.

I think they know what they are doing. They have ten more months of any correcting and polish which needs to be done.

They wouldn't push out a half-made product or an unfinished one like a specific other company does. Which results in uncountable bugs and glitches. Games have bugs and glitches here and there, but nothing to the point of not being able to play the game. O_O

In my opinion they're not gonna set a date like 11\11\11 and delay it

Indeed. With a date like that they have to be pretty confident they can meet it. I'm guessing all the engine issues are already ironed out and they're spending the rest of the time on content.

Delays seem to happen no matter what date it is!

My guess is there won't be any delay. They had enough time, the hardware was old, the game was announced late, the screen dated 2009 looks fine, I think this game is gonna meet the release date and my expectations as well.

that's my 20th B'day!!!!

Bethesda is generally very good about meeting their release dates. Yes Oblivion was delayed once by several months but it was also for a new platform, something that isn't a factor here. Morrowind missed their initial target but it never missed an officially announced release date, neither did Fallout 3. They have a good track record with DLC and expansions as well, Tribunal was never delayed, I don't believe Shivering Isles was ever delayed (although I wasn't watching that one closely, my computer at the time couldn't handle TES IV), and most of the FO3 DLC were released on time; Bloodmoon and Operation Anchorage were both delayed by a few weeks. The PS3 release of the FO3 DLC was delayed multiple times, it's also the only BGS release I can think of since Daggerfall that was delayed.

Perhaps Bethesda won't make the November 11 release date but I think if they're willing to announce a specific date at this point it's because they are very confident that they'll make it. If they were unsure we would have gotten a Fall 2011 release date when the game was announced.

From what i've gathered the bulk of undone content is voice acting.

I always assume an invisible "or when it's ready" following any release date. It sounds like Skyrim is far enough along, and the date is specific enough that they'll likely release it when they say they will, but I'll enjoy it whenever I'm able to get it.

skyrim will most likely not get delayed, since it has a exact release date

Bethesda's pretty far along with Development. I'm sure that they won't move the date.

Why would it be released late? They did say that they weren't saying in till they were sure. Would you rather they announced it a year ago and let us down multiple times?


It WILL be released on 11.11.11 :celebration: :celebration: :celebration:

Not really a problem. Be patient and you'll be rewarded.

Didnt Todd Howard mention in a interview late 2010 (Before Skyrim news was out) that the game they where working on (Skyrim) was actually ready to launch ?????

Ready to show, not ready to launch.

If I had the pick I would gladly take it in a none perfect form

Like if it has bugs on release than fine Let us play it because I know a patch will come out for it ASAP when they find out
but if the bug is like the one in Fallout NV were you froze when walking to a certain place THAN and only than I will be angry. But most games have bugs on release anyways or some sort of issues but as long as it doesn't influence the game play in frustrating ways (think freezing at a certain area every time) than id love to still play it, i say this because i know i WILL be angry when it is delayed even tho I would know it would be for the better

Would you rather have the game early and not fully polished or have the it win GOTY 2012? This game needs to be truly epic, in design, content and polish, and if that comes at the price of another 2 years wait I'm all for it.