r/XboxSeriesX • u/Turbostrider27 • Dec 04 '23

Xbox wants Starfield to have the 12-year staying power of Skyrim Discussion

https://www.pcgamesn.com/starfield/popular-like-skyrim
1.8k Upvotes

85% Upvoted

1.1k comments sorted by

View all comments

113

u/RMoCGLD Dec 04 '23

Skyrim was lightning in a bottle. So many things made that game special to so many people and I don't think Bethesda are gonna be able to replicate the success of it again.

91

u/Left4Jed2 Dec 04 '23 edited Dec 04 '23

I disagree. The work that was put in Morrowind then Oblivion, Skyrim was easily going to be a great game. With the improvements they made to Oblivion and how easy it is to pick up/get into... word of mouth spread and boom!

Problem is we have waited TOO long for the next elder scrolls single player game, expectation of the new game will be too great.

1

u/JasonDeSanta Dec 04 '23

They should have scaled up their studio to work on two different IP simultaneously at the very least. How the hell are we supposed to get a new Elder Scrolls and Fallout while Starfield is also in their rotation, I have no idea.

Maybe with the Microsoft money and their focus on Game Pass, we would see them grow much bigger in the coming years, but it’s quite discouraging to see how a new mainline Fallout game is a decade away.

3

u/Neirchill Dec 04 '23

With fo76 you can see what happens when their main team isn't running the show.