I want personally wish to see the elder scrolls be set in every province at least once. Then I want to see another Arena where all of Tamriel is in one game or Even better The Elder Scrolls: Nirn. But for consoles and computers to be powerful enough to feature all of Tamriel and have amazing graphics we would need to wait 20-25 years . Maybe by then we will have holosuites. I hope the elder scrolls is still around for 50 years so we can have it connected directly into our brains via neuro connection.
what are thoughts on the future of this gaming series?

The Matrix: Elder Scrolls Edition

The only matrix you would want to be in

Actually the hardware dosent really restrict the size (Well, if it has to be playable from disc on consoles, that does maybe) , the size is restricted by the amount of time needed to create it vs the benefit it would have brought to make all of Tamriel. There are larger game worlds in MMORPG′s then Tamriel.
The evolution in mechanics and creating a more alive world however is restricted by console controls and hardware, modern PC′s have triple or more of the hardware capabilities of the 360, also there are simply more buttons so the game could be more complex.
I expect new settings and graphic upgrades depending on console capabilities, not much more.

I foresee DaggerXL being in good shape and running on most platforms.

I'd like to see the next be Thalmor vs. Empire, preferably set in Hammerfell or a combo of Elswher and Valenwood.

I'd so go down THAT rabbit hole

more pew pew

Well, before I though it was just pipe dreams about Beth remaking the whole of Tamriel as in Arena but since TES is becoming shallower or "streamlined" like Beth likes to call it, that possibility doesn't sound that far fetch.

All I know is that every Elder Scrolls game from now is going to have a lot of mountains and a handful of water falls.

I see raging hairy albino monkey men with muscular frames of pure power and intellect to make Altmer wizards fall to their knees in utmost humility.

What do I see in the future?

more horribly scripted events, not well thought out. like this one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoGTfOI-OKw

We can always hope that Bethesda goes back and starts back on the path of more complex games since there is less and less of a burden on the staff for the development of 3d worlds.

By that, I mean that as 3d technology makes games easier and easier to develop in 3d, perhaps the burden will be taken off world development and they can focus more and more on mechanical and structural (In regards to story elements) complexity.

... That is the most optimistic thing I've said in a long time, I feel like I need to wash now.

Elswher Summerset and Valenwood. I'm calling it now.

Any place that allows us to slaughter more Thalmor bast.s.

I forsee less skills. Soon it will be "melee, blocking, armour, archery, offensive magic, defensive magic, and lockpicking" And yes, those are the names of the individual skills. But don't worry, perks will be making a come-back!

I forsee less spells. Less weapons. More voice acting, but less dialogue options.

I forsee little to no change in the combat AI. Return of the dreaded level scaled loot and enemies. Overall less complexity and realism.

I forsee alchemy ingredients becoming weightless, but there will be prettier alchemy ingredients so hardly anyone will give a damn.

One thing that I'm looking forward to is the graphics improvements. They're doing a good job on that.

I forsee another release date similar to the 11-11-11 marketing gimmick that will only work against the quality of the game.

I forsee less variety of monsters/enemies.

And I forsee mods to fix all of these things. Phew! sorry, console players

If I could have my TES dreams come true, they would just periodically add new maps and areas to explore for ever and ever.

The game to end all games.

Hopefully in Elsweyr next.

I forsee more complaints about every single change they make on the Beth forums. That's a 100% prediction.

Oh gimme a break. All the options are still there, they just don't give you a little sub-category for everything, and that IS realism.

Like or not, Beth isn't only trying to make games for the angry orthodox RPG gamers, there trying to make a freedom based fantasy world that ANYONE can approach and play how they want.

Definitely in Elswher next. No doubt about it. The desert scenery can be utilized just as great as the snowy mountainous scenery of Skyrim,

Even more streamlining and dumbing down possibly. That would be the end of ES for me.

more call of duty:elder scrolls edition games like skyrim

only problem with your statement is that you cant really play skyrim how you want

It's funny because I see people say the same exact thing on BioWare's forum (one of the last RPG companies). Mabye RPG's are just dead (in the sense of being popular). Or at least the old notion of what an RPG is.