I just wish Bethesda would communicate with us a little bit as to what's going on with PC and PS3 versions. It's pretty weird to see them bending over backwards to act like they don't exist, and brush off or dodge any questions about the subject. I'm no expert on PR, but when you have a bunch of people dead set on giving you their money and begging to know when they will have the chance, it seems like it would very wise to take them seriously. They are in a position that just about any business would be jealous of, and I don't think it's in anyone's interest to take that for granted.

As I stated already they aren't allowed to talk about the PC or PS3 versions until after the thirty days are up. That is how exclusivity contracts with Microsoft work.

Money talks, and pc and ps3 were silent, end of story.

Its all money driven for certain. I gotta say though, on PC i for one wont complain too much. We have mods. Just my 2 cents.

"PC" isn't represented by any 1 corporation, and that tactic Microsoft uses to limit competition is underhanded and dirty, just like Don Mattrick's rat looking face.

Nice guys finish last, money talks, its how the world works, get over it. And Im sure steam could do a exclusivity deal, and PS3 could too, but they sat on their hands and did nothing, so blame them for dropping the ball.

Yeah, we have mods, but the reason we have mods and the 360 doesn't have mods, is not due to a rat faced sleazeball suit bribing Bethesda to not make those mods available on the consoles. It's technical limitations, possible stability issues, and the fact that Microsoft won't allow user made content free of charge over xbox live.

I'll bet you think that EA's tactic of buying studios and then laying everyone off to eliminate competition is also a good move too, rather than an industry ruining load of crap that it is.

You're ignorance is astounding, that is just bad business, because in the long term creativity is sacrificed and games end up being rushed, what MS did is REALLY good business, guaranteed people would buy the game for their platform mostly. NOTHING was stopping Sony or steam from doing the same, nothing, they were just dragging their heels and being cheap, nothing else to it, also, with what EA does, they end up losing customers over time because the quality of the product is sacrificed. You obviously have zero understanding of the business world. And arguing with someone like you that is obviously just butt hurt is pointless, ciao.

Are you saying that Bethesda made an offer to release the DLC on time only for platforms whose owners paid them, and Sony and "The PC" (whoever that is supposed to mean) just didn't want to pay? I don't think that's how these sorts of deals work. Pretty sure Microsoft gave them a deal that explicitly excluded the other platforms and there was nothing anyone else could do once the agreement was made. That's the nature of "exclusivity". It's not like Microsoft made a deal because they care about Xbox users more than Sony cares about PS3 users or whatever, like I've heard people claiming in discussions like this. The purpose of the deal was to undercut the other platforms by intentionally inconveniencing their users. It's not like it's evil or particularly uncommon, but let's call it what it is. Microsoft didn't pay to give Xbox users an early release, they paid to give PC and PS3 users a late one.

Here's hoping that Windows 8 is a flop and Microsoft have to close down their XBox division.

I think they should just made it $10 more for a month on ps3 and pc that way everyone would get to play it and bethesda would make a ton of money

I just find it ironic that Microsoft want exclusive when Skyrim is a Games for (Microsoft) Windows.

They want you to buy their noisey, high failure rate, overheating paper weight, and pay for their premium online service filled with advertisemants, and buy their gimmicky, overpriced camera and microphone addon.

Ah, but it isn't Games for Windows Live - that might have made a difference. Fallout 3 was a Games for Windows Live title, and it got DLC at the same time as the 360 versions, IIRC. New Vegas and Skyrim are not Games for Windows Live titles, but rather Steamworks titles - and they got delayed DLC (1 DLC in the case of New Vegas, 2 in the case of Skyrim).

Thankyou for your measured commentary. Waiting doesn't bother me - I was however taken aback to read Beth cannot even disclose release dates for other platforms within the 30 day period. With no confirmed date to look forward to, for their sake I hope I and a bunch of other people don't simply forget about this altogether.

To be fair, that much is still speculation. It's possible that Bethesda is able to discuss release info for other platforms now that it's out on Xbox; it's only been a day, they might have just not gotten much of a chance yet. Here's hoping that's the case, but I'm not holding my breath.

To be honest after they released the construction kit the feeling of not caring what the other does became mutual between myself and Bethesda. Let them release dawnguard for PC in 3 months for all I care because at the end of the day I am still running close to 60 mods that cost me absolutely nothing.


Actually all that reveals is how far the intelligence of the average human has fallen in the last several decades.

Speculative but entirely feasible.

The iron is hot: they strike or they don't.

It'll be out in 30 days. Money talks and there are a lot of people that play on the PC ready to spend $20.00 to play Dawnguard.

It's only 30 days, we should be able to survive.

Yeah, i can't see them waiting longer due to the popularity of the game and if they do then they'll do nothing but hurt themselves.

I'd have the PS3 and PC versions ready to go the minute the exclusive deal is over. Then I'd sit back and watch the cash flow in, like they did today!

The only kind of money talking all this makes me want to do though is busting slimeball in the mouth with a sock filled with quarters. That'd shut him up from his "Better with Kinect?" speeches for awhile (that he always claps after saying, seriously, clapping to a crowd after your own statements is just sleazy).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7D0_Cj1xxDo