It is just a matter of time before we get The Elder Scrolls 6. However, the highly anticipated sequel to Skyrim maybe Todd Howard's swansong. In an interview with IGN before Starfield Direct, Howard talked about how long Bethesda's game development takes. The 52-year-old said that he may be close to retirement age when the game comes out.
"I want to be faster, but speed isn't the goal," Howard said. So our ability, like we talked about, to support Starfield... Whereas maybe in the old days, you would put it out and then you'd go on to a sequel, now we can support that game for a much longer period of time, which is what our plan is."
He adds, "And then as we look to an Elder Scrolls 6, that is one where... I probably shouldn't say this. But if I do the math, I'm not getting any younger. How long do people play Elder Scrolls for? That may be the last one I do. I don't know."
Bethesda has undoubtedly allocated most of its resources to the release of Starfield. The upcoming space exploration RPG is the studio's first major release in eight years and its first new IP in the last quarter century.