Elder Scrolls Online: No TESO for Playstation 4 and XBox One – how credible is the rumor? (Denied)

Recently, a highly dubious rumor has surfaced regarding the fantasy MMO The Elder Scrolls Online: The port to the consoles Playstation 4 and Xbox One has supposedly been cancelled because Bethesda does not want to ruin the reputation of the franchise.

Currently, there is a rumor from the site “levelsave”, which all gaming magazines around the world are likely jumping on. According to “Levelsave”, a hacker who heard it from an anonymous source told them: The Elder Scrolls Online is not coming to Playstation 4 and Xbox One. The game would be in a “playable” state, but Bethesda is dissatisfied with it and does not want a TESO on consoles to collide with a potential The Elder Scrolls 6. They are concerned about the good reputation of the franchise.

Rumors are a sign of how much scorn The Elder Scrolls Online still faces

Mein MMO believes: There are not enough quotation marks in the world to wrap around the word “rumor”. Unfortunately, even the big gaming sites in Germany report on it gratefully, even though the source situation here is extremely uncertain. It is no coincidence that such theses repeatedly emerge around The Elder Scrolls Online. Such a resounding slap in the face for the game would be water on the mills of those who already held nothing of The Elder Scrolls Online in April and now feel confirmed by such “Bethesda finds it dumb” things. Few games face as much scorn in forums, social networks, or on gaming sites as TESO. Many fans of Skyrim or veterans of the series clearly wished for a sixth Elder Scrolls part and not an MMO, especially not one only on PC.

In the past, various gaming magazines have reported “rumors” that TESO would soon be Free2Play. However, these were simply speculations from fans, but that just sounds too unspectacular.

Admittedly: It seems extremely unlikely that The Elder Scrolls will still be released for Playstation 4 and Xbox One as announced by the end of 2014. According to the latest information, work has continued all the time, and they were last satisfied with the progress. Moreover, it was recently announced by both Matt Firor and Paul Sage that information about the port of The Elder Scrolls Online on Playstation 4 and Xbox One would be coming soon.

The Elder Scrolls Online has been actively developed and improved on PC in recent months at full speed. Therefore, such a dramatic turn of events for the worse seems highly unlikely. Zenimax is not a contractual partner of Bethesda, as they are under one roof.

Update 22:15: What a crazy surprise. The rumor was baseless. Wow, who would have seen this twist coming?