Will ESO "die" when Elder Scrolls 6 will come out?

PlautisCarvain

Considering most of us wait for ES6 to come out, and that almost everyone played Skyrim before, does the release of ES6 will kill the game in your opinion?

Luigi_Vampa

The game will see a drop in users, but they will be back. Single player games are finite. I know for instance I'll still log on when TES 6 is out. I just won't be on as much as I am now.

KramUzibra

No

thedude33

Kali_Despoine

The game will only die when the devs stop supporting it.

PlautisCarvain

Kali_Despoine wrote: »

The game will only die when the devs stop supporting it.

Or when there will not be enough new players and the old community will quit because the game will become boring

Bouldercleave

thedude33 wrote: »

This

PlautisCarvain

Luigi_Vampa wrote: »

The game will see a drop in users, but they will be back. Single player games are finite. I know for instance I'll still log on when TES 6 is out. I just won't be on as much as I am now.

Maybe for you, but me I just wait for ES6 to come out and then I uninstall ESO. The only reason why Bethesda don't work on ES6 is because they know it will eat ESO

zaria

Luigi_Vampa wrote: »

The game will see a drop in users, but they will be back. Single player games are finite. I know for instance I'll still log on when TES 6 is out. I just won't be on as much as I am now.

This, yes it will be an significant drop in players and activity, but majority would come back, make sure to tune it with dlc and expansions.

Apherius

This depend ,if it's a elder scrolls about argonian i will just keep playing eso .

StormWylf

Bouldercleave wrote: »

thedude33 wrote: »

This

Yep says it all.

ThePrinceOfBargains

Hopefully.

Jhalin

ES6? I think you mean TES V: Skyrim, Extra Special Edition 5.0 + Free Mudcrab Armor

Nah, as long as ESO keeps getting story content (we hope) then people will stay. On that topic, they better announce the future Daedric Prince plotline soon cause the player burnout is strong lately. Honestly I really just want more story to explore instead of just the same old crap over and over again.

thedude33

PlautisCarvain wrote: »

Luigi_Vampa wrote: »

The game will see a drop in users, but they will be back. Single player games are finite. I know for instance I'll still log on when TES 6 is out. I just won't be on as much as I am now.

Maybe for you, but me I just wait for ES6 to come out and then I uninstall ESO. The only reason why Bethesda don't work on ES6 is because they know it will eat ESO

sevomd69

ESO is the RPG that I have always wished for... so no...I will not be playing "only heavy attack" ES 6...

Nemesis7884

maybe, maybe not i mean at least you'd see a massive temporary drop in numbers, maybe they could try to time an expansion like 6-12 months after the release of TES 6 to get the players back...but remember, with mods, a GOOD tes game is usually played for up to hundreds of hours - for some even thousands...there are a lot of people who play skyrim to this date - or morrowind...

On the other hand if fallout 4 is an indication for tes 6...meh

And then again, think about that even if development of tes 6 now starts and pre production is done, its gonna take at least another 3-5 years... and thatas a looooooooooooong time for an mmo anyhow - mmo's are finite too...i doubt this game will be around by 2025

PlautisCarvain

Nemesis7884 wrote: »

maybe, maybe not i mean at least you'd see a massive temporary drop in numbers, maybe they could try to time an expansion like 6-12 months after the release of TES 6 to get the players back...but remember, with mods, a GOOD tes game is usually played for up to hundreds of hours - for some even thousands...there are a lot of people who play skyrim to this date - or morrowind...

On the other hand if fallout 4 is an indication for tes 6...meh

And then again, think about that even if development of tes 6 now starts and pre production is done, its gonna take at least another 3-5 years... and thatas a looooooooooooong time for an mmo anyhow - mmo's are finite too...i doubt this game will be around by 2025

yea me too, I kinda fear/feel that ESO will die in the next years, I mean, I don't have a lot of money and all new contents needs to pay, so the game become boring for me...

davey1107

One, I don't think ES6 is a given considering how similar single player Elder Scrolls and ESO are. They might want to continue pumping resources into ESO. Why release a single player Black Marsh or Elseweyr when you can build it into the existing game and give the player base that zone?

Of course, they might want to invest if they can push gaming forward in some way. Maybe they use it to roll a new combat system...like how ESO is a giant leap from Skyrim. Or they might want to push graphics forward...we haven't pushed the PS4 mush past the PS3 yet. Or...this is my hope...at some point they might want to revamp the game engine entirely, opening up new possibilities for future games. Every Bethesda / ZOS game since Morrowind has run on this engine...so the technology is a little (totally) outdated.

But assuming they do eventually release ES6, it won't likely kill the game. The same was asked about Fallout 4. For a while, people left to play Fallout. But it's a finite game, which can feel kinda lonely if you like MMOs. So people played, and then came back. And I think add'l releases can actually expand the ESO player base. A lot of people discovered ESO from being Fallout players.

thedude33

For sure it is going to kill WoW

Kiralyn2000

Eh, the people who play Skyrim or other TES games for thousands of hours, are off doing that. They're not here playing ESO. They're also a small fraction of the Skyrim playerbase.

So, no. The next TES and ESO don't really have much to do with each other, besides being set in the same universe.


(Anyway, B2P & F2P MMOs, people come and go all the time. I played ESO for a few months last year, I played it for three months this year, I'll likely be back again at some point. Just because I - or you - take a few months off to play some other game or three, doesn't mean that the game is going to die.)

Sixsixsix161

About two years ago during an interview, one of the Bethesda guys (kind of upper level dude) was asked about the next release date of the new TES game (the questioner was asking about the 5-year cycle the releases seem to be on which would make it 2016 (TES 5 was released in 2011 I think). He made a statement that indicated that it will be quite some time before the next chapter is released because they were working on several other games, and for us not to count/rely on the 5- year interval.

They're in no hurry, they know now that whenever the next game is released, we'll buy it anyway, whether it was 5 or 10 years between releases.

I'll probably reduce my playing time in this game drastically - cancel my sub, etc. I've gone through Skyrim 3 times and still kept finding new dungeons and things.

PlautisCarvain

davey1107 wrote: »

One, I don't think ES6 is a given considering how similar single player Elder Scrolls and ESO are. They might want to continue pumping resources into ESO. Why release a single player Black Marsh or Elseweyr when you can build it into the existing game and give the player base that zone?

Of course, they might want to invest if they can push gaming forward in some way. Maybe they use it to roll a new combat system...like how ESO is a giant leap from Skyrim. Or they might want to push graphics forward...we haven't pushed the PS4 mush past the PS3 yet. Or...this is my hope...at some point they might want to revamp the game engine entirely, opening up new possibilities for future games. Every Bethesda / ZOS game since Morrowind has run on this engine...so the technology is a little (totally) outdated.

But assuming they do eventually release ES6, it won't likely kill the game. The same was asked about Fallout 4. For a while, people left to play Fallout. But it's a finite game, which can feel kinda lonely if you like MMOs. So people played, and then came back. And I think add'l releases can actually expand the ESO player base. A lot of people discovered ESO from being Fallout players.

I agree. But personally all zones in ESP base game are boring and the quests are very very boring, I expected more than that but the only way to enjoy quests is by paying DLCS

Pseron_Wyrd

The single-player Elder Scrolls games did not "die" when ESO was released. And ESO will not "die" when the next single-player game is released.

I do not understand this "either-or" attitude that so many gamers have. It does not have to be one or the other. It can be both. Gaming is not a zero-sum proposition where the rise of one game means the downfall of another. We can play both games and enjoy both games. There is room in our lives for more than one game.

Tandor

Pseron_Wyrd wrote: »

The single-player Elder Scrolls games did not "die" when ESO was released. And ESO will not "die" when the next single-player game is released.

I do not understand this "either-or" attitude that so many gamers have. It does not have to be one or the other. It can be both. Gaming is not a zero-sum proposition where the rise of one game means the downfall of another. We can play both games and enjoy both games. There is room in our lives for more than one game.

Agreed. Given that I am fitting in quite a bit of ESO around Fallout 4, Skyrim SE, WoW, LoTRO, Witcher 3, and SWTOR, I'm sure I shall be able to squeeze in TES 6 as well - the only question at my age is whether I'll actually live to see it given that the last information I saw was that development on it hasn't even started yet !

Khenarthi

As long as ESO releases story content, I'll be happy to play both, really. More sources of Elder Scrolls lore are always a good thing.

Darlgon

Come back in 15 years, when ES6 actually comes out.. thats how long down the road it is.. not even in pre-development.

Shardaxx

Bethesda were asked about the next elder scrolls game at E3, they said due to the ongoing success of ESO they don't have any firm plans yet for the next game, and are working on the 2 other games they have coming out next.

andreasranasen

There won't be an elder scrolls for the next 5+ years. So we good

Stovahkiin

I think a lot of people will indeed leave; but as others have said, many/most of those people will come back sooner or later.

Mettaricana

If es6 is as boring as fallout 4 they'll be back sooner than later...

Fo4 was boring as hell lack of unique enemies items boring craft and settlement thing... if es6 tries anything less than skyrim which i found also lacking in many areas

PlautisCarvain

Mettaricana wrote: »

If es6 is as boring as fallout 4 they'll be back sooner than later...

Fo4 was boring as hell lack of unique enemies items boring craft and settlement thing... if es6 tries anything less than skyrim which i found also lacking in many areas

I loved Fallout 4