the one thing we know for sure about the elder scrolls 6 is that its going to be a long long time before any of us get to play it so long in fact that even xbox boss phil spencer doesnt know what platforms itll be available onduring todays hearings over the xbox activision deal ftc lawyers asked spencer about how xbox decides which games will be exclusive to its consoles spencer said that the decision is made on a casebycase basis starfield of course is exclusive to xbox and pc with no playstation version planned asked if the elder scrolls 6 would follow suit spencer said the games so far out that the decision hasnt been made yeti think weve been a little unclear on what platforms its launching on given how far out the game is its difficult for us right now to nail down spencer said according to the verge adding that its so far out its hard to understand what the platforms will even be at this pointtheres some discrepancy in various transcriptions about the next part of the quote but journalist stephen totilo quotes spencer as saying were talking about a game thats fiveplus years away if the elder scrolls 6 does come out in 2028 that would make it a full decade between the initial announcement and final launch and 17 years since the launch of skyrim that would also put it around microsofts expected launch timeframe for the next playstation and xbox consoleswhile the elder scrolls 6 has never been fully confirmed as an xbox exclusive spencer did hint at that being the case in a 2021 interview in todays questioning however he told the ftcs lawyers i dont know that ive made a public statement saying that when i said it i believed it was true but if you ask me today i cant recall a public statementthe ftc says the console war has been a competitive backandforth battle while xbox argues that its already lost