Todd Howard has said Bethesda is working on solutions to shorten the length of time between its game releases.

Get capital, spend capital to hire people, do work on games in parallel instead of serial?

I don’t care how long they take on a single game – I mean, that just translates into a higher purchase price, and I’m getting a pretty good return in terms of gameplay hours from their stuff per dollar. However, the fact that getting the next game in a series requires waiting for a huge game pipeline to clear is a pain.