I could see character transfers through same ecosystem on PS Plus or XBLive as long as Sony and MS let it happen and if ZOS engineers have the resources to make it happen.

As far as this game lasting 10 years....I hope so but it is many years behind on being a modern MMO.

I absolutely think so. However, I do remember reading a statement (some time ago) that they only had a five-year plan for TESO.

Enemy-of-Coldharbour wrote: »

I absolutely think so. However, I do remember reading a statement (some time ago) that they only had a five-year plan for TESO.

How very communist of them!

no.

In order to maintain the longevity of the game there needs to be content which has progression unrelated to the gear grind.

You're right, that would be MMR in PvP and more elaborate PvE challenges with scores.

Vet maelstrom had a short time period where the score you received was the reward, not the items. But that time has passed, and is evident because some of the top scores have not changed in a month. If content can capture that score competition, and appeal to a wider audience, then it will promote the longevity of the game.

However this game is fairly young in terms of MMO ages. But these features should be a priority after the Dark Brotherhood dlc.

As others have said, we need replayable content that isnt artificial (like grinding a dungeon over and over for gear). Normally this would mean PvP but in this game it is completely broken atm.. although personally for myself, even if the lag was fixed I still would not step foot in Cyrodil because I completely hate large scale PvP. I would like PvP arenas and battlegrounds as soon as possible.

The only thing MMO about this game is;


1 Trials
2 Pledges
3 Craglorn
4 PVP

The rest is a horribly easy boring single player game.

I really REALLY want to say yes... but I just don't think it does. Too many compromises. Too many problems that seem like they can't be fixed. Too many broken promises.

If it does survive, we would probably see ESO migrate to the PS5 and XboxTwo (?) DCUO has moved quite successfully from the PS3 to the PS4.

Well, the game is nice. It has had some moments. If you just showed me the game and asked that question, I would say yes.

However, it is the team running the game and making decisions that will ultimately answer that question. And I wish it wasn't true, but that team has demonstrated some problems over the past couple years in terms of management and communication that make it difficult to see this game ever gaining momentum again.

tl;dr: No. The high point of this game, as a business venture, was console launch. We are on maintenance mode now. This game will follow the path of most other MMOs, and slowly bleed users over time.

This is already the longest (by far) that I have ever stuck with a game, June - Present. I think they've done a tremendous job and if they can stick to their quarterly injection of new content, I think it will last a long time. Also, if someone can dig up that old map that shows all the regions of Tamriel that they plan to add over the years, you may feel better

If they could ever get their crap together and live up to any of the promises they made before PC launch, it could maybe have sustainability. But as it is, I don't see it lasting 10 years. All I hope is that they finish telling whatever story they're gearing up to tell as foreshadowed at the end of the Wrothgar dlc. And if they can "end" the game with some epic event like FFXIV did before they rebooted themselves, that would be amazing.

Akerith wrote: »

What do you think?.
I recently started this game and loving it so far,really do.
As most MMORPG's,I am always scared about its future and population;can you see ESO in let's say 10 years on console and pc?.
Or seeing how PS5 is releasing in 4 years (?),could Zenimax abandon console players?.
That's what scaries me most,console version having less life cycle than pc for new generations coming up and seeing how there isn't cross platform,I'd lose my progress.

The game is very close to finishing out its second year. Thats a huge triumph for an MMO as it speaks to the health of the game. The MMO has won numerous awards that wouldnt have gone to it if it was failing or beginning to falter. And generally speaking, and I dont know how theyll be able to keep this pace, Ive never seen an MMO that was dropping content this regularly the way ZOS has been able to do of late. Granted it took them two years to get themselves at this stage where they can churn out content every 3 months. But again, had the game been falling apart. Theyd have been spending that money elsewhere or not at all. Makes me think the B2P Model was more or less forced on them thanks to the Console release. I cant say as to who pushed it on them if it was one party or both. But the B2P Model doesnt harm them in the least as it opens up financial avenues they didnt have before under the Sub Model. The B2P Model also helps secure them in the MMO Market as most of their competitors have moved over to a F2P/B2P Model and had ESO remained Sub would of been at a disadvantage.

PS5 is as you said, at the very least 4 years out. Thats 4 years of content guaranteed. With atleast another 2 years of support from Sony as they transition from PS4 to PS5. So somewhere around 6 years if we're expecting the PS5 in 2020. How ZOS will handle the migration of players to PS5/XBOX(X) is something they will have to hammer out as that gets closer. More than likely ESO will not follow over to the next generation. As the team is already spread across the platforms as is. And ZOS would have to hire even more Developers to support moving ESO over which might need another build of the game much like they had to do with Consoles the first time round. It just wouildnt make sense to build a new version of a 6 year old game to fit the next generation of consoles.