The elder scrolls online was announced on may 3 2012 on the game informer website and in that same month s issue of the magazine.
The elder scrolls 6 playstation 4. Elder scrolls 6 probably won t be xbox exclusive todd howard hints the elder scrolls 6 is a long ways off but it could be a multi platform console release and not a next gen xbox exclusive. It s not showing up on playstation 5. The game originally required a subscription to play. The elder scrolls online was released for windows and macos on april 4 2014 with the xbox one and playstation 4 versions initially slated to follow in june 2014 but later delayed until june 9 2015.
Phil spencer head of microsoft s xbox division has said that the elder scrolls 6 doesn t need to come to playstation 5 in order for microsoft to make the zenimax deal worth the 7 5 billion. For playstation 4 on the playstation 4 a gamefaqs message board topic titled no elder scrolls 6 for playstation then. When elder scrolls 6 releases in the year 2030 it will be on playstation xbox and pc they will easily make back that money with xbox gamepass and pc zenimax get a steady amount of money from eso and they have a lot of great multi million sellers ip. I mean it s makes sense from a business perspective of course but a significant amount of the bethesda fan base are on playstation and many can t afford or simply wont buy and xbox so elder scrolls and fallout likely being exclusive is disheartening.
The game was later ported over to stadia on june 16 2020. The same goes for the next doom fallout etc etc. As a fan of fallout and elder scrolls though i can t help but feel disappointed. However it s reasonable.
No microsoft will keep the next elder scrolls game exclusive to xbox series x s and windows 10 on pc because microsoft owns both the xbox and windows brands. Considering this it seems highly unlikely that the elder scrolls 6 will launch for modern consoles which means playstation 4 and xbox one are likely out of the question.