Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-96.252.245.207-20130116060134/@comment-15773446-20130820205425

Even if they did decide to do all of Nirn, or even all of Tamriel, It would take them years with the staff they currently have. Not 5, 6, or 7 years. Not even 10 years. If they wanted to be able to do it in 5 years like the interval between 3&4 & 4&5, they would have to buy roughly 8 more studios, which would cost them God knows how much money, and would take construction years to complete. They would also have to hire 8x the staff that they have now. That would just be for Tamriel.

Even though it would be on an unimaginable level of cool to be able explore all of Tamriel, or even al of Nirn, it would probably cost the hundreds of millions, maybe more, to do it.

People don't pay attention to details and how hard it actually IS to design and create a game, except for some people who have come to their senses. People who whine all day saying "Make 'The Elder Scrolls:VI' already! Make it all of Nirn!" should try designing their own small scale of a game resemblng Skyrim and see how much time and money they have to put into it. I assure you they'll give up pretty soon.

Now don't get me wrong, I too think that it would be amazing to explore an entire planet in a video game. It would most likely be the biggest breakthrough in video game HISTORY. But face it, it's probably not going to happen either ever, or for a long time. You'd probably also have to have a console that will be twice as advanced as the Xbox one. You'd have to have a computer extremely advanced to play it, too.

I hope I've made my point clear. And feel free to reply to this, either critisism or something that I've missed.