Originally Posted by GhanBuriGhan 
Once again, Bethesda Softworks and Zenimax online (the MMO branch) are separate studios. Even if there is a TESMMO, with no modding, pay-per-levelup and purple dwarves, it does not directly affect the development of TES V.
Aren't they funded by the same source? For example. if the parent spends all their money on the MMO development, there will be no $$$ for the TES V development.