Remember that Skyrim's budget is probably something like 50-100 million dollars. Another thing: Skyrim and current CRPGs in general are not skill-based games,

Remember that Skyrim's budget is probably something like 50-100 million dollars. Another thing: Skyrim and current CRPGs in general are not skill-based games, like FPS'es. They reward for time-played, not for skill. This does not translate well to learning actual skills. I teach game design and programming, and one of the huge problems is that new students think that making games is not much harder than playing games. Wat, I need to know math? OTOH, I learned a lot of history through playing miniature and computer war games.