Here you go, if the game can be zoomed in like this, will that make it better for you guys/gals?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLsP0c-DZsw
I was pointing out, that regardless of the excuse, the games that came out around the same time and were not first person oriented did better. As an MMO you want lots of people to play your game and pay for it so you can continue to keep the game going, and make money. The games that offer third person as the first option, and at times only option, have done that for them much better. I am pretty sure everyone here fully understands that that was a false statement that you can not do first person.
Again you are missing the point. The problem is that the gameplay anounced for TES:O favor 3rd person as it doesn't require to aim. A lot of people find a gameplay based on a 3rd person based view to not be "TES-like" because it is less immersive than a first person view and a gameplay where you actually have to aim.
Im pretty sure TES:O is going to include FPS-view, and if I play it, I will surely use it unless Im in combat (no point in doing so since I won't have to aim). That said, I know I won't be fully satisfied, as the experience wouldn't be "complete".
So, in fact, the real concern is the hotkey-based combat they decided to use. Wich is obviously to appeal the average MMO player.
That said, TES fans aren't a small niche, Oblivion and Skyrim were big hits, and TES:O have a lot of budget too. With that in mind, you can't say that FPS based gameplay TES:O is bound to fail, since a lot of people expect that kind of gameplay from a Elder Scrolls game.
Also, games like Darkfall and Mortal were made by indie or small companies, with low workforce as well as low budget. Zenimax isn't anything like them, they have ton of money, a lot of talented people, the TES name, and they are way more effective on the marketing side as well. FPS based gameplay isn't enough to make TES:O into a commercial disaster (in fact, it may be the inverse), unless they completely change their design to go hardcoe to the max (one life, one character, and so on), wich would really affect the sales.
Because zooming into first person to them is unacceptable. They need to be spoonfed first person where their hands are shown. But then they will complain that content is spoon fed to them. No imagination among these "true RPers".
Now you are trolling. Not saying that 3rd person rp is impossible though, if I can rp with a piece of paper and a pair of dice, I can do it in 3rd person too (and already did).
1st person help though.