All this move does is makes me worried about Zenimax Online, I play The Elder Scrolls Online and it's pretty obvious they were moving into a more agile mode which typically means less major content drops, which typically means a winding down, aka Halo Infinite, I was fine with that as The Elder Scrolls Online has almost filled out its entire map and I've had my fill of great stories.
To me, I was ready for a sequel to The Elder Scrolls Online with the NEW ENGINE THEY WERE BUILDING but I was hoping they would release this New IP MMO first and then that would take over as their "10 year plan" while they work on a sequel to The Elder Scrolls Online.
What do they do now? Triple down on The Elder Scrolls Online and change their plans? Well they better hope they can keep people interested in TESO for the next 10 years because that's when their next MMO will be releasing, can people tell me honestly they think The Elder Scrolls Online can keep enough interest for 10 years? MMOs are fucking expensive to maintain.
I'm unconvinced, I love the game and the stories told but I'm a massive Elder Scrolls lore fan and ESO does feel very outdated in gameplay, now another 10 years of that and I feel like a lot of people play it simply because they're Elder Scrolls fans and Elder Scrolls has so few releases, it does not scratch the Elder Scrolls itch completely though and when the next Elder Scrolls releases they will move onto that, I also think in terms of being an "MMO" both WoW and XIV are better than it in that regard.
Last edited by Ryuu96 - on 02 July 2025
