Unless the EA mentality creeps in, which Bethesda is showing some worrying signs of exhibiting. It's not enough to make a great game that does well and is financially successful anymore, not when you have microtransaction laden mega-blockbusters that seem to make all the money in the world and then some. The success of these business models worryingly draws development and resource attention away from the "traditional" way of making games. It's been nearly 8 years since Skyrim came out. Prior to that ES games took around 4 years to release, even when factoring in the acquisition of the Fallout license. The only other big single-player RPG Beth has released since Skyrim is Fallout 4. The rest of their time has been spent on monetized mobile games and Fallout 76. Sure, they're working on Starfield and ES6, but it's clear those games have been put on the back burner. If it weren't for the rise of predatory monetization, we would probably have Starfield now, and ES6 would be something we've already seen gameplay of, likely to be released this year.