Quote Originally Posted by Bolivar View Post
The Elder Scrolls throws a wrench into this comparison, but those games are on the popularity level of Mario and Call of Duty.
Elder Scrolls was pretty damn niche until Skyrim came along. Arena and Daggerfall were hardcore DOS dungeon-crawling territory. Morrowind and Oblivion were popular and sold fairly well, but they were far from being any sort of global phenomenon. I was working at GameStop when Oblivion came on the scene and no one gave a crap. Meanwhile there were midnight releases for Halo 3 and World of Warcraft expacs. Skyrim is the game that put TES on the map.

(Sorry, I get touchy when it comes to TES )