Nope, it coudn't It could work much, much better, but never complitly in a proper way.

Cheers Gstaff. You're doing the best you can with a bad situation. Keep on letting us know what you can, when you can.

And if that sounds like I'm svcking up I'm not, I'm annoyed at the whole situation, I just know that Customer Service svcks a fat one and is probably the hardest job to do when things turn to mud like they have with the DLC for Skyrim and you are on the frontline for the company.

What I want to know is has Bethesda learnt anything from this situation at all? Will there be changes for future games released on Playstation 3 and other future Sony consoles? Will the necessary resources be put in place to ensure that buggy games like this are dealt with in a quick and efficient manner?

If 1.8 for PS3 is still being worked on at this late stage then it will likely go the way of 1.6 and never see a release on PS3 but rather get rolled-into 1.9 some months later.

simple answer: no

Some thought the 1.8 release on the Xbox was going to happen quietly with barely a mention anywhere. Maybe just a post in a forum thread.
I thought that would have been a good idea.
Instead, Bethesda proudly makes a blog post about it, inciting more anger and rage from the PS3 community.
Personally, I think it would be in Bethesda's best interest not to proudly announce anything for a while.
No award show coverage, no other games, no anything until they give the PS3 community something we want, like a patch or DLC or something.
Not to mention the absolute last thing they want to do is announce, or celebrate, something Skyrim related. I don't care if they are proud they won an award, or the Xbox or PC is getting something new. The point is, every time they do that, they just remind the PS3 community of how much we are not getting, how we got svckered in by lies, how much they don't seem to care, and how terribly a company can mistreat it's paying customers.

Bethesda is still working on 1.8 for PS3 just like they are still working on Dawnguard, Hearthfire, and Dragonborn for PS3.

None of it is ever coming to PS3 and any content will be minimal, disappointing, and pathetic.

I doubt any of the platforms have Skyrim working in a completely proper way.

you forgot 1.7 patch also and any hotfixes to improve gameplay performance.

Its more along the lines are you lucky enough to have everything working the way it should..

I am apparently stuck to a barrel in whiterun... wtf...

Playing Oblivion right now Not focusing on Skyrim I may later but for now Oblivion has my attention.

I've taken a very long break from the Elder Scrolls, but I can't believe Dawnguard hasn't been released for PS3 yet.
I guess I'll need to get it for PC for my birthday, very disappointing.... =(

I don't know if anyone noticed when during the course of this thread, Gstaff removed the "Dawnguard for PS3" pinned thread (you know, the one that used to be at the top of the DG General Discussion board with all the Gstaff/Hines quotes)? This could be good or bad, I'm leaning towards bad with this track record...

If memory serves he said that was because the information was antiquated following Bethesda's post that they were "close" to releasing content on the PS3. Though since they won't even confirm what that content is, let alone when we can expect it, I'm not entirely sure I'm willing to buy into that story.

Sorry, this is like the 10th.. maybe 20th post pointing this out. It was removed some time ago. The reason given for this action was due to it being outdated. Which it really was since it was from August I think.

My bad, I noticed it was still there during thread 36.

Sorry. This is the way i saw it when i first read it.


^--This.

The whole game, regardless of platform, was horribly rushed because some marketing monkey somewhere thought cashing in on the whole 11/11/11 mini-craze was a good idea. I personally think at least 6 more months should have been given before the base game was released.



Maybe not for you, but 1.6/1.7 patch caused more problems than it fixed on the PS3 for some. Myself included.

I don't believe Bethesda can take any step in any direction right now, without someone saying its the wrong one. Reality is, they say they've got a solution, but aren't saying anything else about it other than they are working on it. They will drop it on us at some point. Drop, as in here it is, we're done with ye, we're moving on as a company, and we'll improve as we move into the future. AS unsatisfied customers we'll still flame them, whenever they say anything, or if their "solution" is inadequate, which it will be to many as there can be no perfect fix. Couple things:

Content can mean many things. A trifle will only enrage customers more, their solution will have to be substantial.
Dragonborne DLC announced for Xbox only. But new content coming for PC and PS3. Why so cagey about details? Probably because there are differences in it than what is found for the XBOX package. Could even be delivered differently via disc, though it seems a remote possibility. Point is each platform needs specific work. Could be those solutions aren't working so well in the form of "patches" or "Title updates". Perhaps another approach to the solution. Time will tell...

Actually I'd say the problem was that Bethesda tried to do what most games companies do near christmas and tried to get Skyrim out as near to the christmas sales as they could (Don't worry Bethesda, I'm not picking solely on you...this time), everyone does it including Ubisoft and Activision. Just take a look at the new releases like Assassin's Creed, I swear every one of those games comes with it's own list of glitches like Ubisoft have given up and have just taken to telling us all the problems instead of trying to fix them.
(Note to GStaff and Moderators. I'm not sure if talking about a non-bethesda game would be breaking the rule of not promoting non-bethesda games)

and this is why I use my old ps3 game doesn't freeze or get laggy, just annoying noclip bugs such as being glued to a wall or inanimate objects..

I could buy that and possibly excuse Bethesda of it if the release of Skyrim had been set in during the Holidays. That period from Black Friday to New Year's Day. But that wasn't the case at all. Outside of Veteran's Day and your's truly's birthday, the 11th of November is just another day in terms of retail sales days. What made it different last year was one of those thing's that just happens and is kinda neat when they do. With the way dates are expressed, November 11, 2011 just happened to be a nice little palindrome - 11/11/11.

And some genius decided that Skyrim was gonna launch on 11/11/11 no matter what. And by gods they did it. So no, they rushed it, for some arbitrary date, quality be damned apparently.

@ the AC3 bit, i personally wouldn't have used that game as an example. From all accounts, the fellas/gals behind that game are doing stuff right and Bethesda could do to take a page out of their book. Support, playability, incorporating customer feedback, planned/announced DLC from the jump, AND actually behaving like a multiplayer developer and doing everything across all of the platforms evenly.

Also in a weird juxtaposition of gaming and the concept of 'nature vs nurture', both Ubisoft and Bethesda started about the same time. Interesting imo/

nb438

My wife found something on dawnguard that I know was not in the DLC notes Aerthium items. She is currently wearing a the Aerthium crown that lets her have two standing stone effects active at the same time so long as she has on the crown. I know you PS3 owners are most likely more frustrated by this news...but I am a little angry myself with Bethesda now and wondering why that was not listed.

Really? PS3 owners are frustrated by that? We don't have Dawnguard.

I would be angry if I was able to own this DLC. Are you kidding?