Or maybe some people have different opinions.
Shocking, I know.

I appreciate them by purchasing their products, friend.

Simple question. Do you appreciate Bethesda for making a sequal?

What sets Bethesda apart from just about all other developers.

1) They don't sell stock in their company.
2) They are their own publisher.
3) Their parent company Zenimax was created by them.

So what you have is a company that doesn't answer to share holders, publishers or a corporate conglomerate making decisions based purely on market anolysis. Sure like an company they are out to turn a tidy profit but they aren't just buy sports cars and yachts with all that money.

MW dev team = 6
OB dev team = 40
FO3 dev team = 60
SR dev team = 100

Do the math. Ok i'll do it for you.

Lets say for the sake of argument that 100 employees avg 100k each a year. After 4 years that's 40million$.
Now lets say licensing fees cost another 10million$
And game print cost 10$ per copy x 5million copies = 50million$
That's a total 100million dollars invested in Skyrim and if all five million copies sell in the first year at 60$ each then that is a gross of 300million and guess what FO3 made that on opening day(because of CEs and SEs)

The trend here is they are making money hand over fist and they are reinvesting it into the companies by hiring more people and acquiring other studios and even venturing into MMOs. At their current rate of growth i fully expect them to be developing FO4 and TES 6 at the same time with two completely separate teams. The more money they make the more games we get and hopefully sooner.

Simple question. Do you appreciate Bethesda for making a sequal?

This may seem like a stupid question but its got to the stage where I have to ask the forum this. I feel bethesda personally have done a fantastic job with the series and think every game is unique and different in their own way. And yes, I would judge the elder scrolls as an RPG series.

I am not saying I think the elder scrolls is the best thing since sliced bread. I do like certain games in the series better than others but I like them all enough to claim that this is my favourite game series (like many people on this forum). Would you prefer to have the series exist rather than not? The way some people talk about Skyrim, it makes me think some people don’t.

Last year, people were wondering if Bethesda would even make a sequel. Now that they have confirmed it, everyone is all excited and of course we cant wait. When they give us game news and screenshots though... people have basically judged the game in very bold statements of "if they do this, i will never buy another elder scrolls game again" and "Skyrim is a disappointment".

I don’t mind constructive criticism about game news or suggestions about adding to the game. What i do mind is people mindlessly attacking the series, Bethesda, each other, about how bad and terrible they think Skyrim will be. Not only does this not achieve anything at the end of the day but it spoils it for people who are really looking forward to the game. And lastly, the pointless attacks on Bethesda who made the elder scrolls. I am not a Bethesda fan boy, I am just struggling to see why people throw so much hate and annoyance at them when A. the game is not even out yet and B. without them, there would be no elder scrolls.

So my question is once again, do you appreciate Bethesda for making a sequel and do you think making such bold hateful statements against the game before it is even out is wrong? Now I shall eat my cookie and hope i dont get flamed