The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrimis considered by many to be one of the most influential games ever released. A landmark title that has stretched across entire console generations,Skyrimhas impacted millions upon millions of members of the gaming community and as of today, the game has surpassed a major milestone.
Skyrimis a game that is brimming with possibility and things to accomplish within the game world. So much so that players are stillfinding new things to do inSkyrim, despite the game’s age. Though, what people often forget is just how oldSkyrimis. The game originally released on November 11th, 2011, exactly nine years ago today.
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Today obviously marks the nine year anniversary ofSkyrim’srelease. Fans joinedBethesda Studiosin celebrating the game’s anniversary with celebratory Tweets and Reddit posts. It’s amazing that a game that’s nearly a decade old has still maintained such impressive longevity in terms of its popularity and recognizability.
Outside of games likeGrand Theft Auto 5,very few other games have managed to maintain their success and relevancy for such a long time, let alone nine years, inSkyrim’scase. Considering that the game has been ported onto the last two console generations and still possesses a dedicated PC modding community, it seems unlikely that the game’s popularity will dwindle anytime soon.
Although, it begs to question what Bethesda plans to do with the game going forward. The game has a port on the Nintendo Switch and there’s even a version ofSkyrimon Amazon Alexa. It seems likely that the game will be ported to Xbox Series X and PS5 given Bethesda’s behavioral pattern in terms of this game, but this ultimately leads to a fundamentally more important question that Bethesda has yet to really address.
The gaming community has known of the existence ofThe Elder Scrolls 6ever since E3 2018. However, since its initial announcement, Bethesda has yet to release any further news with regards to the game’s development, not even a screenshot teaser. Given that it’s nine years later andSkyrimis still considered a household title, Bethesda could have relied on the success ofSkyrimfor several more years, but now thatElder Scrolls 6is in development, it will be incredibly hard to live up to the precedent thatSkyrimhas set. For now, fans of the game can continue to celebrate the game’s 9th anniversary.
The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrimis available now on Nintendo Switch, PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One.
