The Elder Scrolls VI to be Xbox Console Exclusive and Launch in 2026 or Later - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 03 October 2023 / 4,376 Views
A recently made available document as part of the FTC v. Microsoft case has revealed The Elder Scrolls VI will be an Xbox console exclusive, along with a release on PC.
The document lists Xbox and PC as the platforms The Elder Scrolls VI will be available on with an expected release in 2026 or later.
Four of the other Bethesda games - Deathloop, Ghostwire Tokyo, Fallout 76, and The Elder Scrolls Online - in the document do show a PlayStation release, while two others - Starfield and Redfall - released as Xbox console exclusives, along with a PC release.
Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer during the FTC v Microsoft hearings in June stated the game is "so far out" that it is "hard to understand what platforms will even be at this point. It's the same team that's finishing Starfield, which comes out this September. So we're talking about a game that's like five-plus years away."
Spencer earlier this month was asked if The Elder Scrolls VI would be an Xbox console exclusive and while he didn't give a direct answer he did say the team makes this decision "on a case-by-case basis with the games that we build."
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Pretty sure they recently announced that they just started active development for the game. So 2026 seems unlikely. I'm gonna say initial target will be 2027 or 2028. Not counting delays.
Would make one of the greatest launch games for a new Xbox...
2026 seems early. The rest is extremely painfully obvious.
Probably around 2030 if they are also making starfield dlc
Even if it was going to be an exclusive, which I don't believe for one second, I couldn't care less since Ill buy it on pc...
As annoying as it can be to be in the dark about Nintendo's software, I'd rather a game get announced 3-6 months before release compared to 8-10 years. Heck, I'd take 3-6 months over 3-4 years.
It was beyond stupid for Bethesda to announce ESVI back in 2018. There was at least a 99% chance it would happen at some point, so there was no point in announcing it so early.
Well, with these court docs revealing that Xbox is aiming for 2028 on their next gen console, and Phil Spencer saying 5 years to make TES 6, we could very well see TES 6 as a launch title for the next-gen Xbox in 2028. Probably cross-gen release though, wouldn't make sense to make it a next-gen exclusive because there is no way you could make enough units of the next-gen console to meet TES 6 demand as an exclusive title launch Holiday, they could make maybe 5m consoles for the launch Holiday and alot more than 5m people will be wanting to play TES 6 at launch.
No one at all should be surprised by this.
Bethesda is one game a gen studio, thia will be for Next xbox in 2030
Bethesda is, but they also house multiple studios like ID Software etc.
sad about xbox exclusive, excited its coming
Water is wet. Who literally throught otherwise?
Final Fantasy and Spiderman are locked to PS, this only makes sense.
Hahahaha doesn't know if playstation will exist by then,
U should just close shop in the Xbox division coz clearly u ain't selling as well as Playstation
As it should be, why pay 7 billion if nothing changes. PlayStation fans shouldn't expect any Actibliz game either outside of COD
And as a result will see the same bias certain reviewers showed against SF.
Why? Plenty of Microsoft games are scored 10's from those same outlets I'm guessing your talking about like IGN and Gamespot.. Forza Horizon 5, Deathloop, Pentiment, Flight Simulator all scored 10's, and Halo Infinite and Hi Fi Rush both scored 9 on both.
Next time they should cut even more "bias" reviewers , and should only give the game to "xbox universe", mondo "xbox", windows central, and demand the youtube and twitter shills reviews to be acepted by metacritic.
What a ridiculous thing to say, especially with how well other Xbox exclusives have reviewed in the last few years.
Depends on who you ask. After almost 50hrs myself, it's an easy 8.5/10, might raise it to 9 once I beat the main story. Majority of review scores are 8 or higher, which is considered great.
Hilarious coming from someone who has not played the game.
Can you prove this to be the case? Gamespot and IGN scores are well below the average and they got early copies (not that I disagree with their own opinion). Bethesda has certain sites blacklisted from getting early review copies of their games. It has nothing to do with artificially inflating scores, but journalist breaking embargo for previous games.
