Game development times are getting completely out of hand at this point. I really hoped that the advancement of game creation technology and more advanced engines, we would have seen sped up game development, but for the past decade we've seen nothing but the opposite go the point it's just ridiculous now for some games.

This also poses the other question - who thought it was a good idea to show an ES6 teaser if the game was the better part of a decade out at the time of the teaser?

It's unfortunate, honestly. I care MUCH more for Elder Scrolls as a franchise over what they are doing with starfield, and I've been waiting for another one since my first playthrough of Skyrim when it launched on xbox 360. At this point I'm more excited for skyrim mods like skyblivion and skywind than anything bethesda is doing.

At this point I'm more excited about community projects like Skyblivion, Skywind or Beyond Skyrim than the next official game with how long it's taking. Skyblivion is planned to release in 2025 and their new roadmap shows how close to the finish line they are.

Finding it harder and harder to think I'm gonna give a shit for TES6, and I love the series.

Yep. Skyrim grandma will never see the game released. The prophecies have come true, it seems. Grade A Toddy

That's pretty suck, but the worse news for me (and Fallout fans in general) is that it means that Fallout 5 is probably over a decade away. I really wish Microsoft would just tell them to hand over the Fallout 4 engine to Obsidian so they can make a Fallout New Vegas 2 or something.

Maybe finally implement the ability to not play a human, and possibly be some kind of ghoul, Super Mutant, or talking Deathclaw or whatever. I heard that they've tried in the past, but couldn't quite make it work.

It can be assumed there will be a gap at least 17 years between Skyrim and TES6.

That's honestly ridiculous.

I guess they've been all in on Starfield and its likely DLC content as priority.

It feels like the hype for this game already died a year or two ago... let alone lasting five more years. There's nothing wrong with ensuring quality by having longer development cycles, but a nearly twenty year gap? They dropped the ball hard on maintaining momentum. Even worse, that means they'll be courting additional delays due to the usual hiccup of entering a new console generation and potentially having to tinker with the game engine mid-development...

I think one title per generation doesn't really hold up as a series.

I loathe teasers. I know they're made for hype but with products like this that take years to complete I feel like they're just edging fans. I would much rather they wait to have a complete product to showcase than repeating stuff like cyberpunk 2077.