Because Skyrim is the most generic fantasy game designed to appeal to the lowest common denominator, ie -- the most casual of the casual gamers. Skyrim is designed to be accessible by eight year olds and by eighty year olds and every age in between. Bethesda went for "big market capture" with Skyrim. Bethesda was not interested in making a great game. Sales was their goal, not pushing the boundaries of gameplay. Skyrim was designed to be all things to all people. As a result, everyone knows what Skyrim is.
>cuz bethesda is based. They didnt chase graphics and just made a good RPG that supported mods.
Bruh. Bethesda is indeed based in some ways but you're being full of shit right now. Good graphics doesn't mean does not mean cutting edges. Things can look good without being demanding.
>Witcher 3
That I don't understand. Witcher is more popular than Skyrim. Haven't played Witcher yet, maybe the two are widely different and it can't really be compared to other rpg / fantasy games. Skyrim baseline is very generic fantasy even if they are quite creative with it.
>Witcher is more popular than Skyrim
Not even close, all witcher 3 discussion nowdays is about which npc had a bigger ass, yen, triss or ciri.
Skyrim sold more copies, and took the market by storm in a way the witcher 3 couldn't.
Wait until you find out there is a whole planet beyond Poland.
If I had to be delusional about something it'd be Rayman or Dofus. But anyway, was just going by sales and Witcher sold more. That's just it mah doodes.
Ye I was surprised too. According to wiki, Skyrim has sold 30m copies and Witcher 40m. Those numbers aren't accurate I will give you that. Witcher is from 2022 and Skyrim 2016 (okay that's a little yikes).
Sooo let's settle and say they roughly sold about the same.
Skyrim sold more than double what Witcher 3 sold at launch. Witcher 3 has had a big boost in sales in the last few years because of the Netflix show, but it still probably hasn't caught up to Skyrim. We don't know exactly how much Skyrim has sold to date because the last given number was like 5 years ago.
because bethesda became a household name and the marketing of skyrim made it visible everywhere. all the normies in 2011 played it. it even turned my non-gamer sister into a gamer.
cause people who play skyrim don't play any other games
otherwise they would realize it's shit
It gets thrown into discussion about other games by people shitting too, so that can't be it.
Because everyone knows what skyrim is
>Because everyone knows what skyrim is
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Because it's the best fantasy game
Because Skyrim is the most generic fantasy game designed to appeal to the lowest common denominator, ie -- the most casual of the casual gamers. Skyrim is designed to be accessible by eight year olds and by eighty year olds and every age in between. Bethesda went for "big market capture" with Skyrim. Bethesda was not interested in making a great game. Sales was their goal, not pushing the boundaries of gameplay. Skyrim was designed to be all things to all people. As a result, everyone knows what Skyrim is.
cuz bethesda is based. They didnt chase graphics and just made a good RPG that supported mods.
Dont have to be fricking geralt, dont have to be in some massive, empty, inhuman and depressing gothic setting with a thin story.
Which is ironic because Skyrim easily has the thinnest story in the entire series.
If you count the civil war, not really
Because it's the best.
>cuz bethesda is based. They didnt chase graphics and just made a good RPG that supported mods.
Bruh. Bethesda is indeed based in some ways but you're being full of shit right now. Good graphics doesn't mean does not mean cutting edges. Things can look good without being demanding.
It will be Elden Ring from now on so who cares
They said the same thing after Witcher 3 and Breath of the Wild, but we're still getting Skyrim as the default fantasy open world game.
>Witcher 3
That I don't understand. Witcher is more popular than Skyrim. Haven't played Witcher yet, maybe the two are widely different and it can't really be compared to other rpg / fantasy games. Skyrim baseline is very generic fantasy even if they are quite creative with it.
>Witcher is more popular than Skyrim
Not even close, all witcher 3 discussion nowdays is about which npc had a bigger ass, yen, triss or ciri.
Skyrim sold more copies, and took the market by storm in a way the witcher 3 couldn't.
>Witcher is more popular than Skyrim
lmao
this delusional slav
If I had to be delusional about something it'd be Rayman or Dofus. But anyway, was just going by sales and Witcher sold more. That's just it mah doodes.
>and Witcher sold more
Huh?
Ye I was surprised too. According to wiki, Skyrim has sold 30m copies and Witcher 40m. Those numbers aren't accurate I will give you that. Witcher is from 2022 and Skyrim 2016 (okay that's a little yikes).
Sooo let's settle and say they roughly sold about the same.
Skyrim sold more than double what Witcher 3 sold at launch. Witcher 3 has had a big boost in sales in the last few years because of the Netflix show, but it still probably hasn't caught up to Skyrim. We don't know exactly how much Skyrim has sold to date because the last given number was like 5 years ago.
Wait until you find out there is a whole planet beyond Poland.
People have been talking about skyrim in elden rings threads, so that didn't work out well.
Won't happen. Todd will remain king until TES 6 comes out and everyone decides they don't want anything to do with the franchise anymore
it's the GOAT
>we want the skyrim audience
it's one of the 10 best selling video games of all time, and it provides good advertising to get compared to skyrim
Because Skyrim is the Dark Souls of fantasy game comparisons
Skyrim let's me be a slaver that rapes anyone who insults me.
Because it's the quintessential fantasy game everyone in this generation has played
Ask me how I know you are under 25.
because bethesda became a household name and the marketing of skyrim made it visible everywhere. all the normies in 2011 played it. it even turned my non-gamer sister into a gamer.
Why would you compare it to anything but the best?