Not being pessimistic... but my expectations of Skyrim are low. Don't get me wrong; I love Bethesda and Elder Scrolls. I <3 Morrowind. I still have for Xbox somewhere... back to the point though... Games on most of the consoles have really fallen short of their expectations. Over hyped as you will. I still think it'll do better then any game that has been released to date, but... I think I'll wait till the game gets released before I make a decision as games have all really fallen short of what they claimed to be over the past year.