Oblivion WAS already available on modern consoles. The first time I ever played it was on Xbox One, which is essentially the same thing software-wise as the Series X and S 💮consoles. Not to mention Gamepass streaming to phones or PC, or just downloading to PC.

Ive seen some posts on reddit from indie game developers who give a great insight as to how games are mad๊e, and they made me realize something: all the gameplay additions to TotK were WAY MORE ADVANCED than what people really think. Technically, it was a major overhaul just to have all these rideable contraptions with near infinite customization. But that work is all ignored and underplayed, despite it probably being like trying to make Mario 64 for the first time.