No, actually I was referring to this excerpt from a Gamasutra interview with Pete Hines:
"Any chance, and this could be out there, that somewhere down the line we could see a jointly-created game, or is it safe to assume products will be separate?
PH: I don't think so. They're building up their teams, and they already have four amazing brands they're working on. So they already have enough titles to work on that they own. On the flip side, Todd [Howard] and his team have their hands full with The Elder Scrolls and Fallout."
Which took place after Oblivion. And, if my memory serves me correctly, the Zenimax Skyrim marks were filed in 2006, long before the Skyrim Wifi or whatever marks were filed. Considering how many people figured everything out before the announcement, you cannot possibly think the secret was well kept.
"Any chance, and this could be out there, that somewhere down the line we could see a jointly-created game, or is it safe to assume products will be separate?
PH: I don't think so. They're building up their teams, and they already have four amazing brands they're working on. So they already have enough titles to work on that they own. On the flip side, Todd [Howard] and his team have their hands full with The Elder Scrolls and Fallout."
Which took place after Oblivion. And, if my memory serves me correctly, the Zenimax Skyrim marks were filed in 2006, long before the Skyrim Wifi or whatever marks were filed. Considering how many people figured everything out before the announcement, you cannot possibly think the secret was well kept.
First: There is a new thread.
Second: He never said that They were actually working on an Elder Scrolls game. He said that the team had their hands full.