People are so spoiled. I wish there was a game like this when I was a kid. The world is beautiful-immersive-dark, the story is amazing, the characters are endearing. The story writing in this is better than New Vegas.
I dont think people are spoiled after paying 60-70 dollars out of their hard earned money, there are bound to be expectasions and complaints, dont get me wrong i love skyrim in many ways, its greatest strength is definitely the open and immersive world.
But at the same time i spend over 400 hours in oblivion with over 120 mods installed on Wrye Bash and nobody bothers to mention after almost 6 years the game is still being modded.
Skyrim has a long way to go before it can be compared to Oblivion because mods made Oblivion what it is today, but i believe it will happen to Skyrim when we see the creation kit, perhaps it will take years before we see mods like Midas magic spells of Aurum or Deadly Reflex.
It will be worth waiting for.