PS3 Release for Dawnguard #3 : V - Skyrim

» Sat Nov 17, 2012 12:56 pm

At this point if Bethesda PR dept has any sense at all they will offer something to PS3 players. A discount, free exclusive armor or something...anything really.

As I once said it here , it will be good if the game will be playable and have same price . Because frankly speaking I could see that they put Dawnguard on Ps3 with double price of Xbox becase of problems with porting

» Sat Nov 17, 2012 6:54 am

I don't believe that Bethesda is simply bad at programming on PS3. If that is the case, why did it take so long for PC when the architecture is similar to Xbox? I assume that mods add a whole new variable, but I think that isn't the case. I believe that Xbox offered Bethesda something they simply couldn't pass up. Something so valuable, that alienating 2/3 of their customer base seemed a small price to pay. I speculate that Bethesda is currently developing on a prototype of the next gen Xbox console (720 or watev stupid name they will come up with). With it only a couple of years away, and given Bethesda's long tack record being successful as the "launch" RPG release for Microsoft and their systems over the years, I think this must be the case. I am a PS3 user, and yes, I feel screwed, but by Microsoft, NOT Bethesda. Bethesda makes AMAZING games, and I will NEVER stop playing them. I am simply frustrated that Microsoft simply throws Money at any problem, or any opportunity, whilst sitting atop their mighty money throne. Keep up the good work Bethesda, and I will happily fork over my $ when you see that Dawnguard is up to your stellar standards. Keep up the work!

» Sat Nov 17, 2012 1:41 pm

As I once said it here , it will be good if the game will be playable and have same price . Because frankly speaking I could see that they put Dawnguard on Ps3 with double price of Xbox becase of problems with porting

That would be a ps3 customer r * pe action

» Sat Nov 17, 2012 8:05 am

As I once said it here , it will be good if the game will be playable and have same price . Because frankly speaking I could see that they put Dawnguard on Ps3 with double price of Xbox becase of problems with porting

Incompetence of a company is not justification for price inflation. That is exactly backward. Incompetence devalues the product. If anything it should be half price. Oh and Skyrim and Dawnguard aren't being ported. Oblivion was, and wasn't so buggy that it broke...

» Sat Nov 17, 2012 4:20 pm

I can't speak for everyone here, but these are the things I would like to know:

1. Why wasn't patch 1.6 released on the PS3 when it was out for the other platforms?
2. More importantly, why weren't we told anything about the patch not coming for the PS3 for 2 months?
3. The plan was for 1.7 to be submitted for certification last week. Did that actually happen? Usually, they post an announcement when they do it, but I haven't seen anything about it confirming that it's happened yet.
4. What exactly were the standards that Dawnguard on the PS3 failed to live up to? Because right now, I'm hearing about a lot of different problems from a lot of different people playing it on the PC and 360.
5. Is there a rough timetable for when PS3 players can expect the DLC?
6. Should we expect these kinds of things (withholding patches, not communicating about why, DLC not being released after the exclusivity deal ends, considerably later releases for the PS3) for the rest of Skyrim's life cycle?

Questions 5 and 6 I don't really expect answers to at all, but I'd like to know (I'm willing to wager the answer to 5 is "No," and the answer to 6 is "Yes"), but 1-4 I'd really like answers to. Question 3 is the only one that actually holds any real importance at this time, but the others I just want to know out of curiosity.

1. Because patching costs money. With 1.6 being the base for Dawnguard (therefore required for the 360), and the fact that patches are free on the PC, means that those platforms had it. They probably knew 1.7 would be pushed soon after the exclusivity so they just held it out.

2. The lack of communication about 1.6 (as it's a Dawnguard related update) was probably part of the exclusivity..

3. Yes, it's been submitted.

4. Nobody can answer that. But a few bugs are different from severe lag and save game corruption, for example. We just don't know.

5. Like people have mentioned, if they said "next month" and it wasn't delivered next month, people would freak out.

6. Again, nobody knows.

» Sat Nov 17, 2012 7:59 pm

Incompetence of a company is not justification for price inflation. That is exactly backward. Incompetence devalues the product. If anything it should be half price. Oh and Skyrim and Dawnguard aren't being ported. Oblivion was, and wasn't so buggy that it broke...

Well if this is not port then this is only yet another reason for higher price, but this is really bad possibility, they will probobly relese it with same price and some new minor bugs.
I am just saying that if something like this happen I will not be shocked

» Sat Nov 17, 2012 12:48 pm

@JUVENLAST:: We will get something, treated like second rate dogs. Kicked and told we are lucky we get anything. Meanwhile Microsoft customers will get more exclusive content like with Oblivion(Frost Spire or what ever it was called), not to mention a kiss on the cheek and a pat on the hinny. I love Bethesda's games but I AM VERY SICK OF BEING TREATED LIKE MY MONEY ISN'T GREEN ENOUGH FOR THEM JUST BECAUSE I DON'T OWN X-Craqe!!! YOU HEAR ME GSTAFF AND HINES, a lot of money is being left on the table because YOU GUYS WONT GET YOUR HEADS OUT OF MICROSOFT'S REAR-ENDS!!!!!!!!! Just try it for a second. Pull your heads out and take a look around. A MAJOR part of your fan base is getting fed up with your near-sighted business plans and lack of communication!!!!! CHECK YOUR OWN FORUMS IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BELIEVE ME!!!!

» Sat Nov 17, 2012 10:07 pm

the hype has already died down for me.....i mean for one little dlc they had a beta and even showed it at e3 with a trailer, months ago. they've taken way to long with releasing this im takin ma money elswyer GOOD DAY SIR!!!

» Sat Nov 17, 2012 9:05 pm

@JUVENLAST:: We will get something, treated like second rate dogs. Kicked and told we are lucky we get anything. Meanwhile Microsoft customers will get more exclusive content like with Oblivion(Frost Spire or what ever it was called), not to mention a kiss on the cheek and a pat on the hinny. I love Bethesda's games but I AM VERY SICK OF BEING TREATED LIKE MY MONEY ISN'T GREEN ENOUGH FOR THEM JUST BECAUSE I DON'T OWN X-Craqe!!! YOU HEAR ME GSTAFF AND HINES, a lot of money is being left on the table because YOU GUYS WONT GET YOUR HEADS OUT OF MICROSOFT'S REAR-ENDS!!!!!!!!! Just try it for a second. Pull your heads out and take a look around. A MAJOR part of your fan base is getting fed up with your near-sighted business plans and lack of communication!!!!! CHECK YOUR OWN FORUMS IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BELIEVE ME!!!!

daaaaaaaaaam straight hallelujah

» Sat Nov 17, 2012 12:31 pm

I wonder if they are going to just drop the DLC on us like they did with PC. They gave no indication that it was coming to pc...then boom...out of nowhere. I hope thats what they are planning for ps3....cuz i just can't wait anymore.....ben waiting since the end of june...its august now.....this is too much!

» Sat Nov 17, 2012 6:30 pm

has any1 actually looked at all our posts to see what we think of it all? there needs to be more communication from Bethesda, i can understand coding and stuff is hard but they should keep all us Ps3 players up to date , instead of saying info 'soon'.

» Sat Nov 17, 2012 11:58 am

Heard 1.7 was coming out last week, became happy.
Heard 1.7 was coming out today, became happy.
Saw that none of it happened, became sad.

» Sat Nov 17, 2012 9:30 am

My PS3 has the yellow light of death, so it is officially broken. I am glad Dawnguard didn't come out yet, until I fix it. If I can't have it on launch day, nobody can!

» Sat Nov 17, 2012 9:29 pm

Hi Bethesda its me, because apperently you see me as a walking wallet that you don't feel obliated to supporte or inform I decided that i use my walking Wallet-like function and buy a game whose makers do somethin .

But really now, I really love Bethesda elder scrolls game play them all, and even fallout 3 wasn't that bad for me , but this type of behavior makes me really want to start some game lendin action so that other people may play this game and not give a penny to company.

» Sat Nov 17, 2012 4:16 pm

@JUVENLAST:: We will get something, treated like second rate dogs. Kicked and told we are lucky we get anything. Meanwhile Microsoft customers will get more exclusive content like with Oblivion(Frost Spire or what ever it was called), not to mention a kiss on the cheek and a pat on the hinny. I love Bethesda's games but I AM VERY SICK OF BEING TREATED LIKE MY MONEY ISN'T GREEN ENOUGH FOR THEM JUST BECAUSE I DON'T OWN X-Craqe!!! YOU HEAR ME GSTAFF AND HINES, a lot of money is being left on the table because YOU GUYS WONT GET YOUR HEADS OUT OF MICROSOFT'S REAR-ENDS!!!!!!!!! Just try it for a second. Pull your heads out and take a look around. A MAJOR part of your fan base is getting fed up with your near-sighted business plans and lack of communication!!!!! CHECK YOUR OWN FORUMS IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BELIEVE ME!!!!

I agree with you 100%!!!!!! I got to thinking.... Maybe that's their whole strategy.... "Let's make sure the ps3 users get treated like dogs so we could lose them as customers... Yes, yes, then we woudnt have 2 program for them! BRILLIANT!!!"

Well keep up the good work Beth! Your well on your way to a "mission accomplished." I, for one am tired of waiting and persona 4 arena just came out so I'll just take my $$$'s elsewhere. I mean its obvious you don't really care for them anyways right? Nooo, of course not, you have MS, never mind the people who buy your products. Bravo Beth!! *stands and claps* Bravo!!

» Sat Nov 17, 2012 9:13 pm

I really don't think of a way to remind Bethesda that customers also bought Skyrim for the PS3, and are angry. Forum posts doesn't do it, tweets are also ineffective and a public online petition wouldn't do anything. No matter what we demand, Bethesda Silenceworks will just ignore us, as usual.

» Sat Nov 17, 2012 8:37 pm

I really don't think of a way to remind Bethesda that customers also bought Skyrim for the PS3, and are angry. Forum posts doesn't do it, tweets are also ineffective and a public online petition wouldn't do anything. No matter what we demand, Bethesda Silenceworks will just ignore us, as usual.

Don't say that "they hear you guys"
Putting sarcasm assaid it really starts to look ridiculus , now I would be thankfull if Gstaff would post in some stupid non speciffic reminder that they exist, really at least this requier to open a topic (maybe not read it, but open) Bethesda games studios should probobly hire new PR depertment - sings to skyrim trailer theme

» Sat Nov 17, 2012 8:01 pm

Im not happy about this , i remember when the month exclusive for xbox ended and we all hoped we were getting on ps3, what exactly did they do during that month? I keep posting on here like alot of other players to say what i think,but its not getting any results and to be honest its giving me a heachache.

» Sat Nov 17, 2012 3:20 pm

Bethesda is a great company, but i just feel like we've been ignored on ps3.

» Sat Nov 17, 2012 7:07 am

Bethesda is a great company, but i just feel like we've been ignored on ps3.

They have proven before that they can be a great company, great games, great DLC I just think they need some people whose soul purpose is to update fans on what's going on. Or atleast to come onto the forums on a daily basis to check in on us just so we don't feel like a dog whose been abandoned in the rain.

If they just had people to look in on us and just update us regularly or even just TALK to us I think we'd be alot better off.

But hopefully, I am a strong believer in learning from mistakes, and I'm sure come next DLC things won't be as bad next time around. People even companies learn from their mistakes thus they'll be able to push out the PS3 and PC DLCs a lot quicker than they had this time around.

I am well aware PC have there's now so I'm sure we won't be too far behind.

Edit:- And now I've probabily jinxed it

» Sat Nov 17, 2012 11:34 am

Bethesda is a great company, but i just feel like we've been ignored on ps3.

Agreed.

They are great at making games, but they could do a better job at PR and market research.

» Sat Nov 17, 2012 8:27 am

It's been announced that 1.7 is coming this Thursday.

Source: https://mobile.twitter.com/#!/DCDeacon

» Sat Nov 17, 2012 12:51 pm

It's been announced that 1.7 is coming this Thursday.

Source: https://mobile.twitter.com/#!/DCDeacon

Ah progress... :-)

keeping the wheels of progress turning no matter how slow will always make us feel somewhat better. atleast we know now

» Sat Nov 17, 2012 6:45 pm

Ah progress... :-)

keeping the wheels of progress turning no matter how slow will always make us feel somewhat better. atleast we know now

Yes it seems that at least the building blocks for Dawnguard on PS3 are there. Now if they would just let us know what is going on with the PS3 version of Dawnguard and where they are with its development...

» Sat Nov 17, 2012 3:52 pm

Yes it seems that at least the building blocks for Dawnguard on PS3 are there. Now if they would just let us know what is going on with the PS3 version of Dawnguard and where they are with its development...

Worst case scenario is two weeks from now. Most likely, it'll be released next Tuesday if they don't surprise us with it this Thursday. Either way, I'm not going to be able to enjoy it too well knowing that classes are creeping back up. Meh :shrug: