Overview
- Bruce Nesmith, who led design on Skyrim, argues Bethesda would earn only "peanuts" from licensing compared to the "literally billions" generated by the game itself.
- He contends Fallout’s world is uniquely suited to television, whereas The Elder Scrolls leans toward more conventional fantasy that is harder to distinguish on screen.
- Nesmith frames TV adaptations as attention drivers rather than profit engines and questions whether The Elder Scrolls 6 needs that kind of promotion.
- Coverage notes the Fallout TV series is a hit, with season 2 widely praised, which has fueled renewed discussion of adapting other Bethesda properties.
- No Elder Scrolls TV project has been announced, and though Todd Howard has said it "can't be ruled out," another industry voice counters Nesmith by claiming a modernized Morrowind concept would sell strongly.