I don't know if you pccigarettes realize this, but not everyone has an unending amount of money to spend on a gaming pc.
I bought a laptop last year for over $1000 and I probably won't be able to play Skyrim.
Which is why you don't generally buy laptops for gaming unless you have a lot of money to spend. Albeit there are really nice laptops out there, the prices increase substantially.
A custom built $1000 desktop wouldn't have any trouble running skyrim, or any other game for that matter.
In my opinion it would be a much smarter move to save your money and A.) buy a decent PC when you have enough B.) wait for the next generation of consoles in the coming years, after all the current generation is severely under powered and reaching the end of their lifespan. If you were going to buy one it should have been a few years ago.