• Ephera@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      I don’t believe, they’re actually 6 years into the development. Back then, they just announced that at some point, there would be a TES6, but they’ve been busy developing Starfield since then.

      As part of Starfield, they did do some engine upgrades. You know what that looks like…

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          1 year ago

          Wonder if it’ll be ready for the 30th anniversary of Skyrim

          Anyway

          Chances of it running on the same exact engine as Starfield are practically 100%

          You can still make improvements in pre-alpha for sure. Not massive overhauls of existing systems, but there’s no reason you couldn’t fix bugs, incrementally improve existing features and add new ones.

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            1 year ago

            Sure, you could, but given beths track record in that regard, why would they? They have been perfectly happy shipping Skyrim to new platforms with the same bugs for nearly a decade.

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          1 year ago

          I don’t think the announcement implies anything. Truly. It’s just them trying to get shareholders happy about hype.