Matt Firor Discusses Elder Scrolls Online

<p>Speaking to<a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gamesindustry&period;biz&sol;articles&sol;2012-07-17-the-elder-scrolls-online-reinventing-a-franchise-in-an-online-world"> Game Industry<&sol;a>&comma; Matt Firor of Zenimax spoke on a number of topics regarding <em>The Elder Scrolls Online&comma; <&sol;em>which included fan reactions&comma; consoles and more&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Firor is now in charge of handling the development of the online version of Bethesda&&num;8217&semi;s hit title&comma; and discussed how he&&num;8217&semi;s dealing with fans&&num;8217&semi; less than enthusiastic response to the news regarding the online version of <em>Elder Scrolls&period; <&sol;em>He stated&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;We&&num;8217&semi;re taking the license and the franchise online and doing something with it that hasn&&num;8217&semi;t been done before&comma; much like the <em>Elder Scrolls<&sol;em> novels&period; But all of those concerns are valid by the community until they actually see it and play it&period; We&&num;8217&semi;ve taken a lot of effort to make the lore consistent and make sure that it&&num;8217&semi;s the experience that they expect&period; The places they can go&comma; the characters they can play and the enemies are all based very much on the world that they know&comma; and that&&num;8217&semi;s where it works&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>When quizzed about whether <em>Elder Scrolls Online<&sol;em> could ever see a console release&comma; he went on to say&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;There are a lot of rumors swirling around the next-gen coming back together with PCs&period; I haven&&num;8217&semi;t seen any of that&comma; but I read all the rumor sites just like everyone else&period; It seems like things are going back to a more standard platform&period; That being said&comma; we haven&&num;8217&semi;t thought about it heavily right now&period; The worst thing you can do is worry about new platforms while in development&period; We want to do what we&&num;8217&semi;re doing right now and then look around for further opportunities&period; Certainly we&&num;8217&semi;re open to new opportunities&comma; and we&&num;8217&semi;re going to be looking into new territories beyond North America and Europe&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Check out the full article <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;shoptonews&period;net&sol;2012&sol;07&sol;18&sol;not-impossible-elder-scrolls-online-could-come-to-consoles&sol;&quest;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;twitter&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;twitterfeed">here<&sol;a>&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;Via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;shoptonews&period;net&sol;2012&sol;07&sol;18&sol;not-impossible-elder-scrolls-online-could-come-to-consoles&sol;&quest;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;twitter&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;twitterfeed">Game Industry<&sol;a>&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;