Bethesda announced The Elder Scrolls VI five years ago at E3 2018, but the new fantasy RPG is still “five-plus years away,” according to Phil Spencer..
They’re moderately different target audiences. ESO is probably mostly a subset of the main ES target audience. But I’d say most Elder Scrolls players won’t try ESO.
Personally, I will likely buy TESVI if it holds up to expectations (which no, aren’t all that high right now, but I’m expecting a better game than Skyrim given 15 years of tech advances and all the money Bethesda has now compared to the late 00s when they started work on Skyrim). I haven’t tried ESO though, and likely won’t because I haven’t had time for MMOs in ages. That’s not to say I haven’t put hundreds of hours into Skyrim over the years - but that’s all on my own schedule. Same can be said for most of my gamer friends.
Now there’s going to be overlap obviously, but likely TES:VI will sell way more copies (I’m talking orders of magnitude) than ESO has active subscribers, and likely won’t have a huge impact on ESO subs either - not a long term one, anyway. Actually, it might have a positive long-term impact if anything, because more people will find out about the universe and will be willing to try ESO.
They’re moderately different target audiences. ESO is probably mostly a subset of the main ES target audience. But I’d say most Elder Scrolls players won’t try ESO.
Personally, I will likely buy TESVI if it holds up to expectations (which no, aren’t all that high right now, but I’m expecting a better game than Skyrim given 15 years of tech advances and all the money Bethesda has now compared to the late 00s when they started work on Skyrim). I haven’t tried ESO though, and likely won’t because I haven’t had time for MMOs in ages. That’s not to say I haven’t put hundreds of hours into Skyrim over the years - but that’s all on my own schedule. Same can be said for most of my gamer friends.
Now there’s going to be overlap obviously, but likely TES:VI will sell way more copies (I’m talking orders of magnitude) than ESO has active subscribers, and likely won’t have a huge impact on ESO subs either - not a long term one, anyway. Actually, it might have a positive long-term impact if anything, because more people will find out about the universe and will be willing to try ESO.