I had never heard of "Subhumans of the Elderscrolls fanbase" before. From what I can see, it's a Facebook group based around mocking fans that it considers to be of a lower level of knowledge on the series, with a smattering of memes thrown in.ToTheMadhouse wrote:Let me just clear up here, I didn't mean that it wasn't a commercial success. The game sold sure, Still does. What I mean is that with many people who came from previous entries now not generating hype, if Bethesda or who ever takes up their role as developer decides to pander to the highest demographic they are going to end up in a self destructive path in regards of content and quality. I'm sure you're probably aware of such pages as "Subhumans of the Elderscrolls fanbase" etc on Facebook. If the fantasy they bring into light has become The Elderscrolls new selling audience then I can't imagine anything good coming from it. That is what I meant,not that it hadnt sold units. As the old saying goes "theres more to life than money" and I'd say that quality content qualifies especially from a creative industry that has proven in the past it can provide
Let me just say that the traffic spike from ESV was so intense here the site was barely usable until we had to permanently change some details with our ISP. We still have people talking about ESV here every day, still adding more into it, because it is a fantastic game to most people. A lot of people love ESV, and if you don't like it, that's fine, don't let other people color your opinion if you don't want them too. I happen to be in the category of people who enjoy it and every game, going back to Arena. The games in the main series have all been single player so far after all, so you don't need to worry about the "quality" of the fans. I personally don't like the notion of showing people the door because they have trouble understanding things like the distinction between Akatosh and Alduin, which is a relative softball compared to some questions in the series.
And the whole reason for delaying the next game for as long as they had has to do with quality, what you say you want. Todd "The God" Howard literally stated that the technology did not exist to make the ES game he wanted to make, so he wasn't going to make it yet. That is the kind of uncompromising vision that makes him such a respected industry leader. He could have compromised and made something similar to Skyrim and made more money than anyone could spend in their lifetime, realistically, but he will not, because he actually wants to create something. In fact, everything about waiting to work on a project says they want to do it for "quality" and "content" purposes over the easily attained "money".
As for fans generating hype, well, I know for a fact that the traffic jump we'll see on the announcement of ESVI will only be beaten by the release and following weeks of ESVI being out.
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