Grand Theft Auto 6 is one of the most anticipated games of all time, and the long-running “We got X before GTA 6” meme will soon be transferred to another game: The Elder Scrolls 6. Both games have been in development for an astonishingly long time, but the wait for GTA 6 at least is almost finally over, unless i just jinxed it. Rockstar has been slow to roll out trailers and GTA 6 updates, but players are waiting The Elder Scrolls 6 have actually been in a much worse boat.
Rockstar has at least released two trailers, story details, tons of footage to sift through and analyze, and even launched GTA 6 pre-orders. Bethesda, on the other hand, has only released a 36-second teaser trailer. That was eight years ago, and there's no telling when Bethesda will be ready to finally reveal a little more about the game. Once GTA 6 finally coming here in november, The Elder Scrolls 6 will become the new target of one of the internet's biggest memes.
This “We got X before GTA 6” meme has permeated the internet for years at this point. It's hard to pin down exactly when the joke started, but it goes back as far as pre-covid. For those who may not be aware of the meme, it's basically something someone says in reaction to some crazy world event or technological advancement that feels weird to have happened before GTA 6s release.
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In the last six years alone, the world looks and feels completely different than it did before 2020. Now everything feels like a pre-COVID and post-COVID era, and GTA 6 will be in a fascinating time that seems worlds away from the pop culture landscape that GTA 5 launched in. Early GTA 6 The sales already show how hungry gamers are for a new version after over a decade of waiting and brought to life one of the internet's longest running jokes.
A brief look at some of the events that have been happening in anticipation of GTA 6 and The Elder Scrolls 6
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The world dealt with the covid-19 pandemic.
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The United States has had three different presidents: Barack Obama, Donald Trump and Joe Biden.
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17 different versions of the iPhone have hit the market.
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Vine was shut down and TikTok eventually took its place.
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Queen Elizabeth II passed and King Charles III took the throne.
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NASA landed the Perseverance rover on Mars.
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Two console generations have happened.
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Over 30 MCU movies have been released in theaters.
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Space tourism is closer to a mainstream activity due to companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin.
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AI has evolved to the point where it is one of the most debated topics at the moment.
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Waymo gave the world self-driving taxis.
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Artemis II successfully completed a lunar flyby.
This is just scratching the surface. Pop culture and society at large has evolved at an alarmingly fast rate since then GTA 5 came out, and there's still time for even more wild things to happen before November 2026 arrives. Rockstar has yet to reveal extras GTA 6 details, but the rapid change that has occurred around the world since 2013 also makes me wonder if some aspects of the game might actually feel outdated by now.
The distance between GTA 5 and GTA 6 will be 13 years when the latter comes out, and the time between Skyrim and The Elder Scrolls 6 rumored to be from 2011 to 2028/2029. Well-known insider Jason Schreier has claimed that The Elder Scrolls 6s release date probably won't come for at least two more years, and that might be a generous estimate. Based on how slow Bethesda seems to be working, it could be even longer.
With all the crazy things that have gone down since then GTA 5there is no telling what will happen in the coming future before The Elder Scrolls 6. It's even quite possible that the PS6 and next-gen Xbox could be out by then. It's a mind-boggling thought, but unless Bethesda has some big surprise up its sleeve that no one knows about, a 2028/2029 or 2030s launch looks like a real possibility.
Also with GTA 6 and The Elder Scrolls 6 both being the sixth installment in their respective franchises, it shows how much more complicated and time-consuming game development becomes with each new entry.
Bethesda will probably inherit “We got X before GTA 6” meme even after The Elder Scrolls 6 also comes out. After The Elder Scrolls 6the eyes will then be on Fallout 5. At the rate these games are being developed, hopefully Bethesda will outsource Fallout 5 to another studio to speed up the process, but that remains to be seen.
The Elder Scrolls 6 and Fallout 5 aren't the only games stuck in limbo
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake
- Star Wars Eclipse
- Beyond Good and Evil 2
- BioShock 4
- Judas
- Star Citizen
However, a long development cycle is not always a bad thing. There have been many games that have faced delays and production shakeups and still turned out great. Games like Pragmatics and Dead Island 2 made it out of rocky development cycles, but a game that The Elder Scrolls 6 is a completely different beast. Its predecessor, Skyrimis still very popular, and that leaves Bethesda with high expectations to meet.
Right now it looks like waiting for more The Elder Scrolls 6 the news will continue. Big gaming events like The Game Awards that air at the end of the year are good times to make big announcements, but Elder scrolls It might be better for fans to keep their expectations in check for a little while longer. A new reveal is likely still a long way off at this point, and it will be fascinating to see how much more the world changes before The Elder Scrolls 6 makes its debut.
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2026
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Bethesda Game Studios
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Bethesda Softworks
