When will DG be available for pc and PS3?

Post » Fri Nov 16, 2012 11:59 pm

I want to know when the hell I will be able to get Dawnguard for my PS3, or if this will be like Oblivion and I will remain DLC-less. You said Dawnguard would come out for XBox 30 days before other platforms, which means that we should be getting it July 25. You have already pretty much told us the release date, so why not officially release it?
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Post » Fri Nov 16, 2012 2:45 pm

I want to know when the hell I will be able to get Dawnguard for my PS3, or if this will be like Oblivion and I will remain DLC-less. You said Dawnguard would come out for XBox 30 days before other platforms, which means that we should be getting it July 25. You have already pretty much told us the release date, so why not officially release it?

Because if there are any last minute issues, and they have to hold up the release, they don't want the OMG THE DEVS LIED ranting to begin. Until they are sure they will make whatever date they announce, they won't announce a date. They did, iirc, announce that the dlc will be available for all the platforms.
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Post » Fri Nov 16, 2012 6:39 pm

Not really a good way to introduce yourself to the forums....

Anyways, Beth took a money deal giving Microsoft a 30 day patent on Dawngaurd. Most likely to get some of those desperates to jump systems. Releasing the DLC before the agreed date would leave Bethesda open to be sued... Which in turn could further delay the release of future content. Which isn't good for any of us.

(Edit: plus, what the user above me said.)


Now if your talking about the unofficial date Bethesda's pushing... they're just trying to avoid being liable for any delays.
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Post » Sat Nov 17, 2012 12:41 am

Because if there are any last minute issues, and they have to hold up the release, they don't want the OMG THE DEVS LIED ranting to begin. Until they are sure they will make whatever date they announce, they won't announce a date. They did, iirc, announce that the dlc will be available for all the platforms.

Speculation?
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Post » Fri Nov 16, 2012 9:44 pm

Not really a good way to introduce yourself to the forums....

Anyways, Beth took a money deal giving Microsoft a 30 day patent on Dawngaurd. Most likely to get some of those desperates to jump systems. Releasing the DLC before the agreed date would leave Bethesda open to be sued... Which in turn could further delay the release of future content. Which isn't good for any of us.

Edit: plus, what the user above me said.


Now if your talking about the unofficial date they're pushing... they're just trying to avoid being liable for any delays.

I've never understood that idea that a 30 day exclusivity deal will make people jump ship to the 360. Do they really expect people who have Skyrim for the PS3 or PC, but don't have it for the 360/don't have a 360 to spend 60 dollars for the game plus the cost of a new system just to be able to spend 20 dollars a month earlier? By that time, I'd be strapped for cash, at least in terms of my disposable income, and wouldn't be able to buy the DLC anyway.
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Post » Sat Nov 17, 2012 12:31 am



I've never understood that idea that a 30 day exclusivity deal will make people jump ship to the 360. Do they really expect people who have Skyrim for the PS3 or PC, but don't have it for the 360/don't have a 360 to spend 60 dollars for the game plus the cost of a new system just to be able to spend 20 dollars a month earlier? By that time, I'd be strapped for cash, at least in terms of my disposable income, and wouldn't be able to buy the DLC anyway.

It's called a credit card. People buy buy buy and then complain about being in debt.
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Post » Fri Nov 16, 2012 7:57 pm

I've never understood that idea that a 30 day exclusivity deal will make people jump ship to the 360. Do they really expect people who have Skyrim for the PS3 or PC, but don't have it for the 360/don't have a 360 to spend 60 dollars for the game plus the cost of a new system just to be able to spend 20 dollars a month earlier? By that time, I'd be strapped for cash, at least in terms of my disposable income, and wouldn't be able to buy the DLC anyway.

It was announced way before Skyrim was released and thus could influence people doubting for which console they would buy Skyrim...
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Post » Fri Nov 16, 2012 1:34 pm



It was announced way before Skyrim was released and thus could influence people doubting for which console they would buy Skyrim...

Source?
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Post » Fri Nov 16, 2012 2:14 pm

I've never understood that idea that a 30 day exclusivity deal will make people jump ship to the 360. Do they really expect people who have Skyrim for the PS3 or PC, but don't have it for the 360/don't have a 360 to spend 60 dollars for the game plus the cost of a new system just to be able to spend 20 dollars a month earlier? By that time, I'd be strapped for cash, at least in terms of my disposable income, and wouldn't be able to buy the DLC anyway.

They think we keep a checklist where we track the benefirts for 360 and PS3... Funny console manufacteurers. I mean if the game would be totally exclusive well that might be an argument but timed exlusivity is just a bad joke and drives people mad...

The funniest thing of all of that is that the current gen is sooo odl people ahve made up their minds about their preferred system years ago.
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Post » Fri Nov 16, 2012 2:41 pm

I've never understood that idea that a 30 day exclusivity deal will make people jump ship to the 360. Do they really expect people who have Skyrim for the PS3 or PC, but don't have it for the 360/don't have a 360 to spend 60 dollars for the game plus the cost of a new system just to be able to spend 20 dollars a month earlier? By that time, I'd be strapped for cash, at least in terms of my disposable income, and wouldn't be able to buy the DLC anyway.

Actually, it's a pretty smart idea on microsofts part. Believe it or not but, it was actually cheaper and more cost effective for me to just to jump systems and be done with my PS3 for good. It's a funny story really.

Ok, so I have one the very first PS3 models. It's the 20g version that can play PS2 and PS1 games. But, it lacked any internal wifi unit.

You can probably still remember how bad the PS3 lag was in version 1.0. You couldnt play past lvl 42 or when you reached 10MB of game data. Not to mention that there was this constant Blue/Green screen of death effect in the game after about 2 or 3 hours of play.

So in short, playing skyrim was more of a challenge than an enjoyment. Even the luxury of playing in 1080p couldn't offset the terrible gameplay. Soon enough, I realized that I had to watch how many quests I did and learned to avoid exploring non-quest areas all together in order to keep some playable memory.

So I had to buy an external wireless adaptor. If I wanted to enjoy playing skyrim again. Which can be very expensive! almost a guaranteed 100$ out of my pocket. Coupled with Dawngaurd results in the overall expense of 120$ of hard-earned cash.

Or I could take the easy way out and jump back to my xbox 360, buy skyrim... again! purchase Dawngaurd, and drop the PS3 for good. Pretty good idea considering that I already have live and the benefit of the market place. Which means it would really just cost me overall 80$ if I were to discontinue paying the monthly fee for live and just let my account degrade back to silver as soon as I had Dawngaurd installed. After all, skyrim is a single player game. :shrug:

Long story short: Im at a 40$ deficit siding with sony. Yeah, the scale of fate is definitely in the 360's favor here.

But nah, I payed the 100$ and got my PS3 online. I wasn't going to let Sony juice me for a 500$ system that I won't even get to really enjoy.

So yeah, This Dawngaurd DLC definitely has the potential to make people especially with both systems switch sides like that.

Still, this was just my individual case... But, the power to get people to bounce systems is definitely within these 30 day deal(s) Microsoft puts up.
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Post » Fri Nov 16, 2012 5:27 pm



They think we keep a checklist where we track the benefirts for 360 and PS3... Funny console manufacteurers. I mean if the game would be totally exclusive well that might be an argument but timed exlusivity is just a bad joke and drives people mad...

The funniest thing of all of that is that the current gen is sooo odl people ahve made up their minds about their preferred system years ago.

Why buy a XBox 360 now, when in less than a year the 720 will be out? That's what I'm saving up for now!
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Post » Sat Nov 17, 2012 5:08 am

august maybe ??
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Post » Fri Nov 16, 2012 11:32 pm

Source?

E3 2011?
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Post » Fri Nov 16, 2012 8:24 pm

I've never understood that idea that a 30 day exclusivity deal will make people jump ship to the 360. Do they really expect people who have Skyrim for the PS3 or PC, but don't have it for the 360/don't have a 360 to spend 60 dollars for the game plus the cost of a new system just to be able to spend 20 dollars a month earlier? By that time, I'd be strapped for cash, at least in terms of my disposable income, and wouldn't be able to buy the DLC anyway.
I don't think that was Microsoft intent.
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Post » Fri Nov 16, 2012 6:41 pm

Because if there are any last minute issues, and they have to hold up the release, they don't want the OMG THE DEVS LIED ranting to begin. Until they are sure they will make whatever date they announce, they won't announce a date. They did, iirc, announce that the dlc will be available for all the platforms.

But this implies that they would actually hold the release if they found a severe problem with the DLC. Which we all know for a fact they wouldn't.
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