I hope everyone can be civil about this subject. While it's perfectly fine to have a negative opinion about the lack of a solid release date, you have to express them in a civil and mature way. We do not want to see immature hostile posts

It has been http://www.bethblog.com/2012/08/02/dawnguard-ps3-update/ that the PS3 will be a little late as they are still working to ensue an acceptable performance..


http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1400598-ps3-release-for-dawnguard/

Don't think I'll be buying another Bethesda game. Firstly they were not bothered about giving PS3 users 1.6, now we find out that after 6 years of a major console being out they still fail at programming for it. I am very disappointed.

i readed posts from people saying the reason skyrim is so glitchy on the PS3 becase Bethesda didnt put enough effort into it.
yet they dared to charge full price, i dot think this is normal, i never get paid in full by my boss for only doing a half job.
also i think the problems with DG and getting updates last are probably mostly comming because they didnt put enough effort int the PS3 version in the first place.
and before you go saying its because its more difficult to program for the PS3. i like to say tthis, Fallout3, Oblivion & Fallout: new vegas none of these games are as glitchy as Skyrim.
they have done it in the past that it is possable, how come they are not inproving and only going bacwards in quallity.
and still dare to charge the full amount for the game.
to my opinion Dawnguard should be given for free to PS3 users for al the crap they have to put up with from bethesda.
but as that is probably never going to happen they should give it o us really really cheap and then i might still consider to buy it.

scenario 1 :
1. beth release the (fully bugged) dawnguard for ps3 today
2. the ps3 users complain about it being buggy and unplayable.
3. wait another 1 month for patch to fix the problem
4. 1 month from now, ps3 users can play a better and more playable dawnguard.

scenario 2 :
1. beth doesnt release the dawnguard for ps3 because they want to make it better before releasing it.
2. the ps3 users complain about them being discriminated
3. wait another 1 month for beth to finish their work
4. 1 month from now, ps3 users can play a better and more playable dawnguard.

either way we still gonna complain and wait for (maybe) another month. so just be patient.

You know, if Bethesda had no qualms about releasing Skyrim on PS3 in its poor state on 11.11.11 just imagine how terrible Dawnguard must be in its current form. I mean, Bethesda withholding DLC due to "performance" issues? I shudder to think how bad Dawnguard "runs."

You're saying that as if it's guaranteed we're going to see results in a month. Somehow I doubt that will be the case.

it probably wont work at all if they release it now. it wil crash the moment you start you PS3.

Right that's it. I pledge not to buy one more Bethesda product. I am not buy an xBox or a decent pc just for 1 DLC. You xbox and PC players have no idea how we feel.

Well if they find it this difficult to release just one dlc, I think it's safe to assume we might not get anymore let alone dawnguard. I can't believe that a multi-million dollar game studios reason for not releasing the dlc is because it's to hard. I wish I would have known this on release date so I could have gave the Gamestop employee the middle finger. Incompetence must be the company motto the giant bent over frost troll annoyingly chants as they make decisions pertaining the ps3 version. I hope they all go consummate themselves slowly and shout tiid while they do it, just to make sure it's not over to fast. Bet they wish they had a time wound they could go back to so they can remember the way the guys who published oblivion did it. Bunch of 5th rate chumps when it comes to games. Never forget 11/11/11 a day that will go down in infamy as a day that I got screwed.

It seems like someone have forced you to buy their game for ps3 - a platform that you've choose on the basis of your priorities

Blame sony,not bethesda,they want only to give to all their fans the opportunity to play tes series and are victims like us of the stupid console war microsoft/sony

Its called free market and freedom of choice,when i've heard that the first two dlcs would have been 360 timed exclusives i've decided to buy for the first time an es game even for xbox (and as a pc gamer it wasn't so easy to accept) the same i've done for uncharted/ps3 - with the difference that this time i was forced to buy the console too for obvious reasons

But on the basis of these exclusives isn't too difficult to understand what platform would have been privileged this time

Gaming its an entertainment,and even if i understand your rage no one can pretend nothing from a developer in certain cases - blame sony or microsoft for that - for bugs and technical issues you can continue to blame beth of course

I'm hoping for a september release. I'm not mad about getting the game later, I'd be more if It was like the NEW VEGAS CE in canada where you can't buy dlc off psn because bethesda or sony decided I was too stupid to check the sku before downloading my dlc.

^`:'Ym It does svck, but at least they are trying to get the product out there.

This pretty much says it all. After 6 years, Oblivion, Knights of the Nine, Shivering Isles, Fallout 3, all of the Fallout 3 DLC, Fallout New Vegas, all of the New Vegas DLC, and Skyrim...they failed at a single piece of DLC, Dawnguard? Something isn't adding up here.

Beth just tapped out to the PS3.

They still havent released the DLC for Oblivion, Fallout 3 is a buggy mess and Skyrim is crashing on me like no tomorrow. Not to mention the PS3 didnt get 1.6, which I assume will come out sooner or later. Maybe even with Dawnguard.

I bought New Vegas on the PC so I dont know how it runs on PS3, but with this track record I'm assuming the same issues.

I think it's perfectly reasonable as an apology for all of this combined BS that Dawnguard be released at a third to half the price of the the DLC on other platforms, this works as an apology for both Sony and the Gamers as the gamers get a discount and Sony might get a few more sales as a result of the DLC. I also wouldnt mind gamesas issuing some kind of formal apology to PS3 owners and Sony for their absolute failure with this system.

Seriously, if you cant make a game for the system. Dont. NO SERIOUSLY. DONT.

I knew it was going to be a losing battle for Bethesda. The people that are angry are going to be angry no matter what.

Anyhow, thank you Bethesda, for providing the information when it became available (as promised) and for working to make sure that Dawnguard will work better for PS3 before putting it out.

I don't know. I have a PC and bought Dawnguard last night. (I have the PS3 and Xbox as well). It seems so whack it's ridiculous. I'm sure you've read all the posts from PC people about the problems. Right now I have buyers remorse after having bought this thing, it just doesn't seem like it was ready. In hindsight, I would have been happy to wait even longer if they had come out and said, "Hey, it's all messed up. We're going to take some more time to fix this thing." So in my own opinion, count your blessings. I don't think you'd be very happy with it right now.

As usual, I don't hate Bethesda and I'm not ranting here.

The sad thing is that when Dawnguard comes out on PS3, the hype will be gone due to spoilers and the few people that will buy it will get no support from Bethesda with the justification that they don't need to support it because it sold very poorly. Also by the time it comes out Bethesda can't be bothered with the PS3 version because they will once again focus 100% in the next XBOX exclusive DLC and this cycle will start once again.

Then, the few naive PS3 users left will wait for the GOTY edition and they will get greeted with this http://www.amazon.com/Fallout-3-Game-Edition-sony-playstation3/product-reviews/B002BXKJ6O/ref=cm_cr_dp_hist_one?ie=UTF8&filterBy=addOneStar&showViewpoints=0 http://www.amazon.com/Fallout-3-Game-Edition-sony-playstation3/product-reviews/B002BXKJ6O/ref=cm_cr_pr_hist_2?ie=UTF8&filterBy=addTwoStar&showViewpoints=0 http://www.amazon.com/Fallout-3-Game-Edition-sony-playstation3/product-reviews/B002BXKJ6O/ref=cm_cr_pr_hist_3?ie=UTF8&filterBy=addThreeStar&showViewpoints=0 http://www.amazon.com/Fallout-3-Game-Edition-sony-playstation3/product-reviews/B002BXKJ6O/ref=cm_cr_pr_hist_4?ie=UTF8&filterBy=addFourStar&showViewpoints=0once again


Can all these people be hallucinating?
Can Gstaff or someone from Bethesda prove me wrong?

Guys, stop hating Beth, the PS3 is notoriously hard to develop games on, i'm sure their doing their best.

Count yourselves lucky, Most Devs wouldn't even be bothered with the PS3 and make their games Xbox Exclusive, and TBH your looking like entitled brats right about now.

While I agree with some people looking like whining brats, have you ever questioned why 4J studios can apparently code Beth games (Oblivion) properly for PS3 but apparently it's notoriously hard? yeah it was for some at the start but many companies have had 5+ years experience with it. You should have seen how bad Fallout 3 was on PS3, It froze every 5 min for me and I had severe FPS issues nigh on constantly...

(the whole ''stop hating beth'' and ''I'm sure their doing their best'' makes you look a little like a Beth defence league member)

What? Tell that to Naughty Dog, Capcom, BioWare, Valve, Ubisoft, Rockstar, Rocksteady, EA, Activision, Konami, Namco Bandai, Avalanche, From Software, Quantic, etc...have you lost your mind?

Hi, my name is ED. I'm an athletic trainer, I have no knowledge of the inner workings of the PS3 or the XBOX. I have no knowledge how hard is the PS3 to code for. However, I do know that much like Oblivion, FO3 and FNV, when I grabbed the PS3 copy of Skyrim, I compared it side by side with the XBOX 360 version. It was the same price and the PS3 version didn't have a disclaimer stating: WARNING This game works better on 360 or WARNING PS3 version will remain a work in progress that will be left unfinished. It was advertised that both versions would work the same. And that's what I expected!

So stop making the BS argument that the PS3 is hard to code for. It doesn't work on me. If they don't know how to do it then make the game an XBOX exclusive game, if the game is that good I will then buy an XBOX to play it. If I had bought an XBOX and wanted to play MGS4, Uncharted, God of War or any other exclusives I would buy a PS3 and I did only for playing MGS4 that to this day is version 1.0 and has ZERO bugs on it.

BTW, I bought the PS3 version of ME2 which was made for the 360 and it works flawlessly. It was a very good port, What does Bioware know that Bethesda Game Studios don't? What does 4j studios know that they made Oblivion run flawlessly on PS3 that Bethesda don't?

Rudeness and a lack of civility are creeping in - we even asked to stay away from those type of posts in the OP.

I was curious about this whole business of the PS3 being hard to develop for. Lots of opinions online about it. But quoted straight from the horses mouth, some head of Sony says theyhttp://www.tomsguide.com/us/sony-playstation-ps3-developers-hirai,news-3346.html.
You can also find quotes from some http://www.joystiq.com/2007/08/17/graw-developer-ps3-not-harder-to-code-for-than-360/. But the fact remains it is more difficult. Hopefully Bethesda can learn as some developers have.

I still bring into question how much attention Bethesda gives to the PS3. Remember when F3 was released and every time a friend notification popped up the game would lock for the amount of time the message was on screen? How on earth does one not SEE that during development? I feel that their development process must not have changed much since then.

It's great that they are "fixing" it but I bet we will have many months of waiting and they will still charge full price for it. I'd glad they have given us news but how Dawnguard must really be in a poor state for Bethesda not to release it since they were perfectly happy releasing broken F3 DLC.

yet again ps3 user are getting shafted,why is it we get this carry on mmmmmm lets see is it because we dont buy the x-box well am not going to buy a x-box and put money into microsofts pockets,and another thing why does people constantly remind us ps3 users that bethesda's games are not meant to be on consoles well if thats the case why make it for the consoles.And i feel sorry for the p.c users that have just recieved dawnguard because its buggy as hell.Well thats me finished wi bethesda 2 they can stick there dlc where the sun doesnt shine.ROLL ON DRAGON AGE 3 yaaaaaay.

Yeah, but what does all of this has to do with the customer? What does this have to do with people that don't have an internet connection to get the updates? If the Japanese made the console difficult to work on, I don't see why a customer has to suffer the consequenses