While I agree with you, we have to keep in mind even though Bethesda games are pretty fucking shallow. Some people just love them the way they are. Console players are the perfect example of this. I know consoles “recently” added modding but its far more limited than their pc counterparts. Those games had legs even without the modding scene. Its just on the PC market mods are probably the main reason why people play it on that platform.
I wonder how long it will be until Skyrim overtakes Starfield for player count. On Steam right now it seems to be about 26k vs 46k.
If they don’t do anything to fix it, not long
Bethesda always has a long tail on their games. They’re committed to at least one DLC
Nice job not mentioning the real force keeping the games running after decades: the modders.
While I agree with you, we have to keep in mind even though Bethesda games are pretty fucking shallow. Some people just love them the way they are. Console players are the perfect example of this. I know consoles “recently” added modding but its far more limited than their pc counterparts. Those games had legs even without the modding scene. Its just on the PC market mods are probably the main reason why people play it on that platform.