Random: It's Been Four Years Since The Elder Scrolls VI Was Announced

I really can't see the Elder Scrolls 6 coming to switch outside of a cloud version.

The Switch in its current form, probably not. Even if there is a Switch that could handle it in the future, chances are MS will say stream it through the cloud on the Game Pass app (or web page) on your TV or set top device. This would be if you didn’t have an Xbox or PC.

It won’t come to switch simply because the successor will be out by the time this game launches. TES games are pretty portable though so I am sure if MS wants another revenue stream they could make it happen for Nintendo consumers.

Also gaming ages a person. I had no idea it had been so long. They need to hurry up. I upgrade my GPU when a new TES game comes out.

Unless Nintendo allows Xbox Cloud Gaming on Switch, I don’t think there’s even a tiny chance.

The Elder Scrolls VI will be available on the same platforms as Starfield. If it has Game Pass, it will have TES VI. You can figure out the rest.

Well... We still don't have Skyrim: Anniversary Edition with ability to fishing and community mods update! And TES VI... Well... I doubt that's it will be released in the near future... Metroid Prime 4 will be released earlier than TES VI, I think.

I don't think I need anymore Elder Scrolls since Skyrim basically does it for me and the fact that we had not gotten ES1-4 yet so not getting ES6 isn't that big of a lost.

Its clearly not coming to the Switch, and doubtful it will be on the Switches successor. This game is at best, a 2025 release, but it was obviously just announced years ago to help create a metric Zenimax could use to inflate their sale value to Microsoft or who else would buy. This article is pointless

I could see Switch 3 getting the anniversary edition, so never say never Nintendo only gamers. 👍

Unless Nintendo upgrades to more powerful hardware, they will never get elder scrolls. But if a new console isn’t available by the time this game comes out I would be concerned. Switch will be nearly ten years old at that point.

With the combination of Phil Spencer's "legacy" comments and what's happened since June 2021, it appears to be that the only future Xbox Game Studios games that'll come to non-Xbox consoles are Minecraft, the ones with already existing contractual agreements (e.g. Modern Warfare II and Warzone 2 on PS4/PS5) and ports/remasters (e.g. Skyrim Anniversary Edition and Goldeneye 007 on Switch). New games only end up being PC/Xbox.

It will be four years after it finally releases to not be a buggy mess but even then the jank will linger.

Well of course it won't come to switch. What kind of stupid question is that? Unless you want a scaled down version that's likely missing all or half of whatever DLC there might be. Maybe switch 2 perhaps.

I kinda doubt it will ever release; they have the on-line version of Elder Scrolls and that's probably what they'll focus on looking forward.

Edit: plus Fallout 76 (an on-line multiplayer game too) which didn't fare well at first. But they seem to have turned that one around and that must have used a lot of their resources. But it's probably were revenue really comes in nowadays (from on-line gaming, not huge singleplayer games).

Considering its current gen only and most likely just Series S/X and PC i highly doubt its coming to Switch or even the Switch 2 because it will be very demanding no doubt and will most likely push the Series S

There is absolutely no way this comes to the Switch.

I thought Microsoft already said it would be an XBox / Gamepass exclusive?

@Grumblevolcano MW2 was coming regardless to PS because MS don't own Activision yet and have zero say over their current choices. Actually going by MS comments it seems Activision's library is not going to be tied to Xbox and PC only, they seem to want to treat it like they do Minecraft. Not only that both Sony and MS are being way more open to multiplatform, remember Bungie are staying multiplatform despite Sony buying them.

Elder Scrolls 6 is just embarrassing. 7 years after Skyrim they announce nothing but a title (not even a subtitle!) and we're 4 years after that without ANY more info.

Blaming the wait on Starfield just makes me resent Starfield. I may even be interested in it, but telling fans waiting for 7 years this random new game gets priority doesn't make a good impression.

@WallyWest The way Microsoft have worded things is vague enough that they can get the deal through easier without promising much. For example they said CoD is still coming other systems, well they could continue full support for Warzone 2 for several years and remaster all the 360 CoD games for PC/Xbox/PS/Switch while the new CoD games are PC/Xbox only without the comment being a lie (CoD would still be technically coming to other systems).

Is that a joke? Of course it's not.

No, and please stop assuming that new Triple A games like SF6 and TES6 are coming to a tablet with a chip from 2013.

Lol, and it will be probably another 4 years before a concrete release too

I think its a laughable notion to expect any AAA dev to port to Switch at this point. Unless you hear something about the Switch successor, I would expect anything ESVI, Fallout 5 or Starfield to just ignore Nintendo absolutely, given past treatment

No way in heck does ES6 land on Switch. Lol

Please. Switch is gen 9, and Nintendo might well be mid-cycle™ into gen 11 by the time TESVI comes out.😅

TESVI is still 3-5 years off, so it will launch on the next gen Nintendo console. Well, if Microsoft lets them.

Is this article necessary?

First off, ES VI is still years off, definitely won't come out until the next Switch. Even then, Microsoft seems pretty adamant about keeping these 1st party Bethesda titles on Xbox and PC.

I'd say no to it coming to switch but then again Skyrim looks like an early PS3 game so I won't be expecting it to be graphically amazing lol

Why not it's not like Bethesda will suddenly get an artistic bone in their body and blow us away with some new update to their disgustingly old engine

Probably not until 2024 will we see anything at all

No it won't, Switch 2 at best imo.

No it won’t come to Switch. I doubt it’ll come to PS5 either. Maybe PS7.

Elder Scrolls VI is a Bethesda game, which means it is a Microsoft game. It will release on Xbox, PC, and Xbox Cloud.

No Switch/Switch 2, no PlayStation 5/6, no Stadia, etc...

Pretty sure they already said it was an Xbox exclusive

It won't but imo if you don't have a Xbox (S version is dirt cheap) by now and you like to play third party games you shoot yourself in your foot. The Game pass library or even in the shop is so much cheaper than all the overpriced ports on the Switch.

It won’t come to switch but I would like to see Oblivion!

Elder Scrolls 6: Skyrim 2.

It's unlikely it will come to switch. Newer titles using Bethesda's creation engine like fallout 4, fallout 76 and Starfield won't either, because Bethesda says the engine is too advanced.

I wouldn't mind seeing ports of fallout 3 and New Vegas though.

In all honesty, I don't see it coming to Switch.

Number one, the system barely runs Skyrim, and Skyrim is over 10 years old at this point. What makes you think it would be able to run a mid-to-late 2020s game with hardware that was already outdated by a few years when it launched?

Number two, ever since Microsoft bought out Bethesda, the company has started to move towards console exclusivity, such as with Starfield (which angered PlayStation users). Even though Microsoft "promised" that games from companies like Bethesda and Activision Blizzard would still appear on rival platforms, there is no reason to suggest they will keep their promise. It's entirely possible that they will go back on their word if they make the calculation that they will make more money by making it exclusive to Xbox and PC.

So no, Elder Scrolls VI appearing on Switch just isn't feasible, both from a technical and legal viewpoint. Absent a major hardware upgrade for the Switch (or whatever future system Nintendo has up their sleeve) and/or legal deal with Microsoft, it will never happen. My suggestion is that everyone save up for an Xbox or a gaming PC.

It wont even come to Playstation 5...its Windows-Xbox exclusive now. It wouldn't be able to run in Switch anyway

I'd hope that whatever they do for TESVI is much too advanced to run on Switch. I'd also hope we have something other than Switch to play by the time the next TES drops. Who knows with Nintendo though. That might be when we get Gameboy games on NSO...

No way it's coming to switch. Microsoft bought Bethesda because they lack first party titles compared to Sony, so that's gonna be an Xbox exclusive (maybe PC later). That and Starfield are the sole reason I bought a Series S last month.

@RayReliable An Oblivion remaster would be awesome on Switch

Of course not this will be tailor made for high end PCs and consoles. I love my switch , but you would be silly to think this even had a chance