• Is it something to do with modding-community?

    If that generates a load of free cool stuff people may play more for longer.

    The main IP rights owner probably doesn’t really want this, they want to develop and sell a new game or expansion.

    • Nah, it’s just Todd Howard. His priorities are weird as hell when it comes to games.

      Like, dialog and story is not prioritized.

      While map size is highly prioritized.

      It’s a bit backwards when the games in question are supposed to be RPGs.

    • To some degree, yes. Very few people are playing Skyrim in it’s vanilla format, these days. The same is likely true of Fallout 4.

      I enjoyed Starfield but it’s definitely missing something Skyrim had which made me continue playing after I completed the MSQ.

      I’ve put close to 500 hours into vanilla Cyberpunk but only around 80 into Starfield. My classic Skyrim, which I did play mostly vanilla, was roughly 250 hours. Where special edition is around 1500 hours purely due to mods.

      But I already know I’m not chomping at the bit to mod Starfield like I was other games.