Would you guys be able to keep this thread alive for a bit, as I'll shortly be going off as I need my sleep like everyone does and I can't keep checking on here, I'm loving the replies and contributions you have all made so far, will help alot with my research, good night guys.

EDIT: Would like to get like 1000 votes on the poll, but thats going to take a while, but you never know. Will post in here again tomorrow. Thanks again

8 overall. Character development doesn't really play into any of my purchases; I go for setting and what the game is about, and if that means I can only, say, run around and pick up different weapons, that's fine as long as the game is good.

10/10 It's not perfect but I can't take the entertainment it provides for granted. It's silly to expect more.

I'm mostly interested in PC digital vs retail sales. Need to subtract 74 votes from retail sales since that's how many vote were in before digital option was added

btw the http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1252690-skyrim-community-poll/ has >4,500 votes already, and has data on PC vs XBOX vs PS3 (but NO digital option)

I voted other because I got the game as I have played other ES games so I was inclined to buy it.

Someone needs to add a mod that would let you connect the game worlds of Oblivion, Morrowind, and Skyrim. And you can walk freely between all three. Now that would be a truely epic game of vast porportions unheard of!

I got the game because of gameplay. I believe the graphics are stunning, and the free and open world is wonderful. I believe this and the Mass Effect series are my favorite games of all time, followed by the Total War series, and then the Assassin's Creed series.

I gave it a 9/10, which in a few months time will be a 10/10. Reason? The bugs. The reason for it going to 10/10, the patches. People need to realise bugs etc are pack-and-parcel with Bethesda releases and the fact people were surprised, surprises me. Bethesda, release a bugged game then fix it to the High Heavens. Still not happy? Then the mods will be fantastic, always are.

Back to topic though, I was actually very much not looking forward to Skyrim despite being a TES fan, the reason is; Port, port, port. I have strong feelings againsts ports, (please note, against ports not consoles), however I was pleasantly surprised. I voted for Gameplay, though it is far from just one factor that determines if I buy it or not - graphics, character development etc play a role too.

I pre-ordered Skyrim because i knew it will be Bethesda sandbox game, huge world to explore and fight enemies in different ways, resulting in embarrasingly high number of hours wasted on it. Also as expected it has poor balancing and stupid design decisions which is why buying it on PC due to modding potential was a no-brainer. Digital download due to convenience and being a Steamworks title.

And for the aforementioned (balance and design) reasons i say 8; very good, but could be a lot better.

Good comments guys, keep them coming

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Fair enough, partly involved in my decision too

1. Other - the completeness of the package realy
2. Xbox 360
3. 9 , very fun but not perfect

What do you mean by completeness of the package?

8/10 because Ive found numerous glitches and inadvertantly broken quests.
Also the save file corruption problem is constantly nagging in the back of my mind.

Gameplay - Xbox360 - 9/10.

I loved the previous Elder Scrolls games and knew this would be an evolutionary step. So I got the game

Hi! I'am with your games from the begining. I hardly testing 3D with Skyrim, now, etc, etc. I decided to write about some of Skyrim and other TES games disapointments but I admire the rest of work You done with this title. I've found several bugs in the game, too which are disapearing of some objects sometimes, hope other people tested it more.

1. This...the leveling. As we know Bethesda keeps the leveling of the world with leveling a player's character. This is really bad concept. In Skyrim it is better then in ealier games but the most annoyng is the situation when after a player's character leveled 1-2 levels then he finds much better stuff in orydinary hamlet's shop withis few days!!!! The stuff a player working hard for, for example to get better shoes, after 1-2 levels he can get even better but he cannot because new ones costs much more and there is any olders shoes he worked for (the same shop, a few days) And I ask. Is this so difficult to make normal and constants level monsters?? Really? Why not make this to be typical for older RPG games? Levels of the monsters should be from the lower level (as player is) to maksimum level (as player will be) but there should be different monsters so the player couldn't defeat some monsters when at lower levels and it cannot be linked with the level a player enters an area. Of course in Skyrim is some like that but you cannot find weaker type of monsters in new entered areas. To defeat stronger monsters the player has to use better stuff and tactics. This is stuff which should make a player stronger. IF You want to keep the leveling system in should be linked with a part of world only or with differnt starting places. For example, Nord character can start in WhiteRun, Reptile in South East City, etc. When it will be good if some surrounding places has lower lewels when player starts his yourney next to them, and higher when starts in different place. But I think that if the player finds often the same high level monsters (other types as is made in skyrim) when in higher level it kills the game!

2. Area scaling. Nobody finds tha this is really, really bad. The world should be 3-4 times bigger with the same places in it because now we have the situation when next city is in the same distance as a next corner shop from player's home in real life. This is very annoying!!!!! Really and very unnatural. Why You still keep this? Why, when makes the same world bigger will support crafting much (more animals, more plants, more ore, etc.).

3. In Skyrim there is the third big mistake. There is any characer screen!!!!! As Skyrim claims to be a RPG game this is unintelligible. Why You have done this? A character is very important for seeing effects, stuff and as character grows.

My opinion is that: fix those things mentioned above and you will make a historical- big game. Now it is a medium-good game with some annoying and unnatural elements.

Think you have the wrong thread dude, this thread is regarding sales research for Skyrim. I am not a Bethesda employee, nor do I have any contact/ connections with them, thanks

Also if the mods read this, could you close this thread once the poll has had 250 votes total, trying to keep my sample size at 250

bump...

Character development and sandbox factor.

Other- Their style of making game is remarkable. They can mix graphics, gameplay, story and soundtracks/sound effects into something fantastic.
PC digital version - I said I'd buy the normal version, but I just couldn't wait, I bought from Steam ... Brazil is not good with games. Trust me. I can't find Skyrim normal version anywhere yet. Only 2 stores selling it... And they started selling it this week.

So, I chose "Other" because the main reason I bought Skyrim was because it's an Elder Scrolls game. And Elder Scrolls games are Always great, there's also no game out there that's quite like it. Also no game that can match its modding community. That might just be the largest reason, actually; that feeling to know that even if the game turns out sub-par it can still be modded to be better than most other games out there. The Elder Scrolls on PC is an easy win that way. But theoretically I would buy it on an Xbox/PS if I didn't have access to a proper computer, because the combination of gameplay, story and character development.
I also gave it 10/10, because even with some lackings and some bugs it still wrecks the other games out right now on the market and will only get better from now on. GOTY? Yep, The Witcher 2 comes close but can't close the deal versus this beast.

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Gameplay

and any game that can make me waste almost 70 hours while not even doing the main quests gets a 10/10

1) Other
2) Xbox
3) 10/10

I put other because I knew that, being a Beth game, I would not be disappointed. I love everything about Beth games from the character creation to the gameplay, to the [sometimes cliche] story. For me, Beth delivers the total package every time, and since Morrowind came out, Beth has made my favorite games of all time.


While I generally hold to the belief that no game should get a 10/10 I can safely say that I do not see the need for me to purchase another game in the foreseeable future. I will continue to play this game for [hopefully] years to come.

This is me right here. I know it's not perfect but I have so much to do to keep me busy that I'm at 55 hours and havent touched the main quest yet. Heck, the bottom half of the map hasn't been touched yet.

I have it on the 360. I pre ordered it be because I'm a Bethesda freak. And I'll be getting the PC version when I get my gaming rig for income tax return time.