When will ESO die out?

RealHeadhonchoe

Just wondering when you guys will think this game won't be relevant?

Vipstaakki

Never

Lol get comfortable mate.

BigBragg

I give it more like a decade.

KhajiitLion

3-4 years

Maybe when eso 2 comes out?

Rohamad_Ali

Even bad MMOs are getting 10 year runs these days . Some even longer . There's no way to say how long a good title will last . Not in the foreseeable future would be best option .

RealHeadhonchoe

5-6 years

Rohamad_Ali wrote: »

Even bad MMOs are getting 10 year runs these days . Some even longer . There's no way to say how long a good title will last . Not in the foreseeable future would be best option .

10 years oh boy, totally forgot about games like world of Warcraft that been out like 12 years??

KochDerDamonen

When there's no more poll threads to stoke the fire in the winter :^)

idk

5-6 years

Or longer.

ESO will easily be around for a decade. Just look at SWTOR. It's been around for about 5.5 years and going strong though many of the strong raiders and moved to other games, especially over the last two years. But it's still very populated.

FlyLionel

3-4 years

Very good question/pole! Taking in when ps5/xbox..2? Comes out and many will want to upgrade to those platforms I'd say 4. Unless you can upgrade to it with same accounts. As for PC...who knows 6+?!

Absalon

what's your problem, lol?

ANGEL_BtVS

When people stop playing. Duh.

ParaNostram

5-6 years

I'm not saying it's never going to die, all MMO's "die" eventually everything dies. I hope it'll take a decade.

If anything kills ESO, it will be a toxic player base or blatant cash grabbing. So far, the later is manageable though flirting with danger, it's the former that worries me most.

grizzledcroc

Uh oh spaghettios, tomorrow

Honestly prob till they run out of Tamriel to do :v .Seeing how WoW is still going prob a long long time.

Ankael07

Even if the game dies out they'll release the necromancer class and it'll resurrect it

LadyLavina

I suspect that TES6 will cut the player base to a degree whenever it's finally out, but there are so many dedicated people that it'll probably be around for years to come. I wouldn't be surprised if it lives until TES7 and they have to shut it down when the technology/code used is too archaic, only a small amount of REALLY dedicated players are left, and the team has moved on. (TES7 is probably 10 years away at least )

That's just my opinion/thought though.

Elsonso

3-4 years

In 3-4 years, the game engine and content will be very outdated.

ThePonzzz

Poll didn't have "One Tamriel Release" option for all the doomsayers.

KingKush

It will probably remain relevant on PC for quite some time.

However, I don't see it lasting very long on console due to their horrendous optimization. There's just not much else to play MMO wise on console as of now. I expect that to change within the next couple years.

After that, I expect a lot of people to jump ship. Myself included.

Tasear

Never

This is the best game I ever seen. In fact, If I could work for them it would be perfect.

david1mchughb14_ESO

3-4 years

I give a good 4 more. Generally if Fallout Online ever decides to try to become an Official thing, not too long after it's release. maybe.

Tryxus

Hopefully when ESO2 goes live

Marktoneth3

Next major patch

soon

theher0not

3-4 years

I doubt it will completley die out in a long time, at most they will have to go f2p. If they keep doing things like they do now I think it might happen within 4 years

faerigirl

You forgot the F2P option. When flashy animations and silly mounts and skimpy outfits rule the cash shop. That comes before a game dies usually.

OrphanHelgen

1-2 years

Last two patches have been the most complained patches I have seen. Many endgamers quitting.

Elsonso

3-4 years

OrphanHelgen wrote: »

Last two patches have been the most complained patches I have seen. Many endgamers quitting.

New end-gamers take their place. These will be people who grow up in the game.

The biggest issue with end-game these days isn't people leaving, it is that ZOS has made decisions that make it more difficult to transition to it. A lot of these decisions were actually intended for the end-game players, and I think it was done at the expense of everyone else. What I see when I look at the game is people leaving before they get to the end-game, simply because it looks like an impassible mountain. It doesn't block everyone, but it certainly shortens the game for what I have to consider might be the majority of the players.

SnubbS

1-2 years

It'll take more than Morrowind to kill ESO—but 3 or 4 bad patches in a row? Yeah, that'll do it—I'm not saying there's going to be 3 or 4 bad patches in a row, but they're showing with Morrowind that they have a vision for the game, and literally no idea how to execute it properly. This kind of ineptitude if left unchecked will lead to bad patches.

Edit: I forgot that BDO is actually getting a console release. Yeah, when that releases on console—watch out.

Elsonso

3-4 years

SnubbS wrote: »

Edit: If Black Desert ever gets the console release that they've floated around—the game would die on that announcement.

BDO isn't that bad. It wouldn't die right away.

QuebraRegra

when there is a better MMO... or if certain members of the combat design team make too many more ill advised decisions in the name of "balance" that are laughable in the given system.

Is there any adult supervision there?

timidobserver

Never

ESO has very little competition. Particularly on console. It isn't going anywhere anytime soon.

itscompton

Next major patch

lordrichter wrote: »

OrphanHelgen wrote: »

Last two patches have been the most complained patches I have seen. Many endgamers quitting.

New end-gamers take their place. These will be people who grow up in the game.

The biggest issue with end-game these days isn't people leaving, it is that ZOS has made decisions that make it more difficult to transition to it. A lot of these decisions were actually intended for the end-game players, and I think it was done at the expense of everyone else. What I see when I look at the game is people leaving before they get to the end-game, simply because it looks like an impassible mountain. It doesn't block everyone, but it certainly shortens the game for what I have to consider might be the majority of the players.

You are correct in that the learning/power curve in the game turns off many new players. In the nearly three years I played it was actually pretty stunning how many people quit the game within a month of trying it for the first time. Even with experienced players in our guild willing to craft armor, explain mechanics, and run content with the newbies it was still too much for them. And there's the rub. If current end gamers leave then new players don't have anyone to turn to for help making it up that mountain and the end game population will continue shrinking. Just remember those previously dedicated end game players who are leaving had more invested in the success of the game and so were much more motivated to try to bring in and help retain new players than the casuals replacing them who will likely pick up the game for a month or two then move on.