Really? Because I seem to remember hearing about Skyrim being finished like 2 weeks ago. They still had a decent amount of time to finish if they were falling behind. They've worked for 3 years on this game, and you think they've missed some things that a little more time could have fixed? Besides, they could always push the game back. A lot of people here would respect that decision to make the game better at the expense of a little bit of time. Like I posted above, they've had time to bug fix since the game has been finished.

No it doesn't worry me. I'm hoping it will somehow KILL all of the illegal copies floating around out there and expose those fu ckers who stole the game and couldn't even pay a measly $60. But I doubt that's the case...

Graphics problems are on the 360, not PS3. Tough [censored].

It does the opposite of worry me. Its great when companies support there game with updates!

The game was pretty damn close to being finished when they announced it. Skyrim is the only game I've seen that hasn't been pushed back, but that's not a bad thing. I'm not worried about the day one patch, in fact I'm excited for it.

Only thing that worries me about the patch is the size.

how big is the ps3 patch?

Yeah, I usually haul the frigging thing to my aunt's house when I get the CoD itch or when there's some DLC that needs downloading. I'm going to be going online some time after launch so I'll get the patch then. But still, I pray to the Nine that I don't run into any game-ending glitches that would've been patched. Looks like I'll be keeping eight save files as insurance.

Get better internet and the size of files will never be a concern again. I switched to the fastest speed my ISP offers and I love it.

They didnt rush the game at all.

It worries me a bit since, like you, I'm going to get my game for a console and I won't be able to download the patch. I'm hoping I will be able to get it anyway, but if not I hope the bugs the patch fixes aren't anything too serious.

Think of it this way - since you cannot play the game without the patch, think of the game being released as 1.1.....

Points for the John Wayne reference

And +1

I just got LA Noire for PC. It came out for that platform yesterday, the day I bought it. The game's been out for a while for other platforms

The manual doesn;t even read 'it may patch on install'. It comes out and says "it WILL download a patch"

What's the big deal? In my opinion, the folks all bent out of shape about 1st day patches for games, especially ones that use online verification of any sort, are simply the types that want to read into every little thing. It MUST be BAD there's a 1st day patch. It SHOWS all sorts of ways they were LAZY, etc etc etc

If you don;t have internet access or its bad well, there's an issue...but isn't the game verified online even on consoles?

I can remember when developers didn't ever bother with support. Now people expect bug-free sophisticated titles, and if anything is wrong, the know it alls come out to play. The news flash is that all titles have bugs to one degree or another, but you used to just deal with it

If you think it's rushed, then just go ahead and ignore the others playing it saying it's fine, and don't buy it. It's that simple.

Hey it just means they take pride in the game if they find a issue they want to fix it i happy with this

Don't get me wrong, I'm glad they are fixing the game with a Day 1 patch. I'm just saying that the reason why, in my opinion, is the firm date. Also, there is no way that the game was close to being finished almost a year out. That's a hell of long time to be working on a game that is damn close to be finished.

A company should not give a release date until at LEAST 6 months before hand. I actually think a date shouldn't be given until 3 - 4 months out. It gives you a chance to delay the game a little if there are things you want to add, or things you want to fix before releasing the game.

Orly? I hadn't thought of that.
I only have dialup available in my area, there's nothing I can do about that short of winning the lottery or something and building the infrastructure myself.

sooooooo how big is the ps3 patch anyone?????

I pre-loaded today and it DL'd a patch after. - 2.8MB

I'm confident that Bethesda was ready for the release date, and I don't think the day one patch has anything to do with it. Every game I've played in the past 4 years or so has had day one patches, which is a really good thing. It would worry me if a game released now and DIDN'T have a day one patch, like Battlefield 3.


Yep I saw that update today too. I'm glad to see that they're background patching even before the game is out.

You think it's the day 1 patch? That's aweful tiny. It would be great if that's it though.