I think that Beth will have no problems selling games in the future considering they could publish a game about filthy vikings in rural greenland, and get all the money from all the heavens. The only way the game could have sold more copies would have been to have told consumers that every 100 box they pushed out the door would have a 100$ bill taped inside of it.
Face it, TES is here to stay for a long time.
I really really hope that the few things that bother me about the general direction TES has been headed in since Oblivion will be rectified after the player feedback Beth is getting from Skyrim... IE: Bring back Spellcasting, varying run/jump speeds/heights, fall damage reduction, more weapons, deeper quests, etc. etc.
Further, I know for sure I will get TES 6. Heck, I'll preorder it 6 months in advance like I did Skyrim, and eagerly sit by the computer the night before release as the seconds click down to the moment I can click: "Download game" on steam.
In regards to stuff mentioned earlier in this post about Steamworks: Shouldn't we all wait until the bloody feature
COMES OUT, before you start denouncing it?
Oh, there is ONE thing that will effect my buying of the next TES game though: Make sure it is released on a saturday. That way, gamers who hold jobs can do predownload on friday, get the game activated at midnight, and then play all we want the following night, and on into the morning.