I think that an Elder Scrolls MMO might be good, but it WILL ABSOLUTELY NOT be much like previous Elder Scrolls single-player rpgs. Think of it this way -- how often, while you are exploring an MMO world, do you discover new dungeons that you've never known about before, and decide to randomly explore it on your own? In an MMO version of this scenario, it's more likely that you will have people spamming advertisements in public channels for groups, using obscure acronyms for the dungeon that only the more experienced players will recognize as not actually being gibberish. How often while playing Skyrim, do you have to deal with people trying to sell gold. How often do you hear Chuck Norris references, or racially offensive speeches that have absolutely nothing to do with any of the actual elder scrolls races?

The problem with using the Elder Scrolls name is that too many people will have some expectation that the game will feel like other ES games that they have played. And it probably won't to any great extent. But for the rest of us, that's ok. Because it still can be a game that stands on its own merits. We'll have to wait and see.

@Slim-Jim2011 While I personally agree that I don't want my video games turned into interactive movies, those types of games actually do have an audience. So guess what? I don't purchase those types of games. Simple solution, case closed, problem solved. You don't want other people dictating what kinds of games you will play, so don't be a hypocrite and tell others they can't play the games that they want to play.

@Drshotgun Actually, it's you who are completely missing the point -- yes, if you purchase a game, you have the right to expect what you paid for -- no one here disputes that. If you want to criticise someone for their decisions, go right ahead. The problem comes when those criticisms change into personal attacks and threats. You want to say that someone is wrong, go right ahead -- it's what we gamers do all the time. But when you start saying that someone is a fat stupid pig, who ought to be raped, killed, or whatever, you've stepped WAY beyond the bounds of both legally and morally acceptable behavior. Second, she is being criticised not only for games that people have purchased in the past, but ALSO for games that don't even exist. When that game comes out, feel free to not buy it, or buy it or try the demo and give it a bad review, criticise the devs for anything and everything. and so on. But no one owes you a game that you haven't paid for. THAT'S entitlement twisted into something... childish, irrational, and downright threatening. Game criticism should NEVER be personal. And criticising a game you haven't actually played, and ESPECIALLY one that doesn't even exist just sounds like the actions of someone who has a personal grudge. Now THAT'S entitlement gone wrong.

Honestly, I'm not a fan of Bioware games. I've played a few, and am not a fan. I may or may not buy another in the future -- we'll see. The fact is that NONE OF THAT has anything to do with the topic of the article. You'd think that some industry person was bringing about the Mayan apocalypse by the way she's being treated here and elsewhere. If you are discussing ANYTHING, whether it's story in rpgs, or Peace in the middle east, the moment threats and personal insults start flying, the conversation is over. No one is telling you you cannot disagree. But for the sake of maintaining an ACTUAL conversation, instead of merely throwing insults around, you'd think that some people would be just a tad more intelligent. No one has EVER convinced someone else of anything by calling them fat or stupid.

You don't like a game, don't buy it, write a bad review, or find a game that does whatever it is you like, and praise it all over the internet.. There's no good excuse for the type of personal attacks though given here. And remember, you don't OWN a game unless you created it. You simply pay for the PRIVILEGE to play it. You don't like it, don't give them your money. You want more games that you like, buy those types of games. Money speaks louder than words. And you CERTAINLY aren't owed anything by anyone.

A few people here are focusing on what Kepler said, and not on the response to it -- imho, this is part of the problem. I'm sorry but when speech becomes threatening, the conversation is over, because there's no longer any point to it. This is not something isolated to the internet -- it's becoming a cultural norm, to a large extent, a type of speech that used to be isolated tothe internet and rare talk-radio hosts that hardly anyone ever listened to, is now almost fully mainstream. And it should not be tolerated, period. I wish that Bioware WOULD pursue legal action, but I fear that they will not, as it could be bad for business.

@auron Spoken like all those who give capitalism a bad name. As someone who actually was a software developer, this problem is not isolated to the games industry, but is a common corporate cultural problem. The reason WHY software developers can't just 'quit', is the same reason why employers get away with this abuse -- it's far too common a practice, and it's far too difficult to just change jobs. I've worked at places that would routinely bug their own office to spy on their employees, so don't tell me that that is just capitalism. I had to move across the country twice for better jobs. Eventually I found my dream job, only to have it vanish when our company was bought out, and my actually fair and well-meaning employer was replaced by yet another corporation that treated their I.S. people like slaves. So good for you if you have the freedom to just change jobs at will. 99% of people do not have that freedom. It's the myth that the bad employers always tell their employees with a wink because they know it's not true, and they know that we know that it's a bald-faced lie.