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The Elder Scrolls VI Is at Least Five Years Away, and Is Likely to Launch on PC, Xbox Series X|S Only (wccftech.com)

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Despite previous reports revealing the game's 2026 release window, The Elder Scrolls VI is at least five years away and is likely to release, unsurprisingly, only on PC, Xbox Series X, and Xbox Series S.

Today, new court documents of the FTC vs. Microsoft case surfaced online, including a summary of Microsoft's approach following acquisitions since 2018, which includes all games released by Bethesda since its acquisition as well as the yet-to-be-released sixth entry in The Elder Scrolls series. According to the document, the game is not releasing on PlayStation 5, and its expected release window is 2026 or later. As reported on X/Twitter by Axios' Stephen Totilo, during the testimony at the hearing, Phil Spencer clarified the game's release date, saying that it is at least five years out, and that platforms have yet to be determined, although, back in 2022, Microsoft did say that The Elder Scrolls VI is unlikely to release on platforms other than PC and Xbox Series X|S.

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[+] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (14 children)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

On the one hand I fully agree. They have plenty of resources to be working on multiple projects at once.

On the other, it’s very easy for studios to lose their way when spread too thin. There is value in staying focused.

On the third hand, it’s taking an absurdly long time to build their games now. It’s clear the Gamebryo/Creation Engine is no longer fit for purpose. I don’t give a fuck about object permanence for 10,000 cheese wheels. I want fewer loading screens, much better facial animations, much better lighting, much better performance, and MUCH better collision handling. Unreal proved YEARS ago that functionally unlimited polygon assets were achievable with good performance with dynamic mesh loading. Gamebryo is absolutely shitting the bed with the assets in Starfield. Maybe it wouldn’t take 5+ years to build these games if they weren’t shackled to Gamebryo.

[–] Chailles 2 points 1 year ago

Except you're looking at Unreal from a purely graphical perspective and as if Bethesda's slowest process was making the engine work. If either of those two points were the issue, we'd have a whole bunch of Bethesda-style games on Unreal already, but we don't.

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