A new petition has demanded that Microsoft drop any plans it may have to releaseThe Elder Scrolls 6as an Xbox console exclusive and release it for PlayStation as well. Microsoft’s acquisition of Bethesda ensures that the company could very well makeThe Elder Scrolls 6an Xbox console exclusive, like how it’s doing with Bethesda’s next game, the open world sci-fi RPGStarfield.
Fans have been looking forward toThe Elder Scrolls 6sinceSkyrimwas first released in 2011. Over a decade later, all fans really know about the game is thatThe Elder Scrolls 6exists, it will be Bethesda’s next game afterStarfield, and it will haveSkyrimgrandma Shirley Curryas an NPC. With Bethesda squarely focused onStarfieldfor now, it’s unlikely that fans will learn Elder Scrolls 6at any point in the near future.
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Whenever the full reveal forThe Elder Scrolls 6takes place, it will likely include confirmation on if the game is going to be an Xbox console exclusive or not. With those details likely years away, fans have already started apetition on Change.orgdemanding that Microsoft releaseThe Elder Scrolls 6as a multi-platform game and not an Xbox exclusive. The petition was posted online a few days ago and has already amassed over 1,500 signatures, with hundreds of new signees today, though online petitions like these almost never amount to anything.
IfThe Elder Scrolls 6is an Xbox console exclusive, it wouldn’t even be the first time that a game in the series skipped PlayStation.The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowindwas only released for PC and the original Xbox, skipping the PlayStation 2 entirely.The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion, meanwhile, did release on both Xbox 360 and PS3, but it didn’t hit the PS3 until a full year after the 360 version dropped.
And even thoughThe Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrimreleased on PS3 and Xbox 360 on the same day, the PS3 version had some platform-exclusive problems that didn’t 360 gamers didn’t have to deal with. Not only that, butSkyrimDLC came to Xbox 360 before PS3, so the franchise has always favored the Xbox brand on consoles. Even so, that is unlikely to lessen the sting that PlayStation gamers might feel ifThe Elder Scrolls 6skips their platform of choice.
