Not to repeat what others have said, as I'm sure the following has been said at some point in this discussion (probably more than once), but just to point out a few things:
1)There have been a few people that have quipped that Bethesda "doesn't seem to care about this issue". Here's the brass tacks: they are a business. Anything that causes them to accrue less money than they otherwise would is going to be something they care very much about. They really, really want your money and will gladly take it if given the opportunity to do so. Consider that Bethesda and Sony are probably undergoing a rather contentious relationship right now, and for Bethesda to tell us what the actual problem is (which, from what I can gather from the outside looking in, is memory constraint issues), it may be a PR issue for Bethesda to do that. Those types of discussions probably have to stay internal. This is a very large company and a fairly large game studio with millions on the line here.
So, I guess what I'm trying to say is that what is being projected outside the company (silence) is not necessarily indicative of what's going on internally. I'm sure there is quite a bit of (heated) discussion going on internally right now, and a lot of it we will never be privy to because it's business. But saying that they "don't care" is naive from a financial standpoint.
2)Also, for what it's worth, supporting 3 different hardware platforms and testing all of it is a lot of work. I'm not trying to be an apologist, but it's important to understand that their undertaking is nontrivial.
@1-Fair points, but what if they don't?
Let me clarify my question. What if they DON'T want the PS3 customer's cash, beyond the initial $60 pop at release? What if in fact they never even bothered with a profit projection for a PS3-platform revenue stream beyond the 11/11/11 release and never even considered bringing DLC to the PS3 in any form other than a GotY edition far down the road(which they could hit PS3 users twice for full price).
Lot of supposition there wasn't it? Same with you too, to be honest. Just saying.
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They should have not taken on the task if they weren't up to it. I firmly refuse to believe no one at Bethesda said that there were serious issues with the PS3 version before launch. But ultimately that voice of reason was shouted down so the company could play-play at being a real multi-platform developer and rake in the green on the much hyped 11/11/11.
If Beth. can only handle working on the 360, that's all they should work on. And i leave PC out of it 'cause the PC community seems to have a better grasp on the game than Bethesda, as they take the have finished games given to them and turn them into real masterpieces.
Well, looks like Bethesda is going to continue their tradition of neglecting the PS3 copy of their games.
Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.
I was dumb enough to actually believe you when you said the PS3 version was going to work this time. well played.
I have been very quiet about this issue for too long, but this is the last straw, I am pissed off.
Once again you have stolen from thousands of people, and once again you will refuse to remedy it or even apologize for it. You have no morals. lowly crooks
You mean millions my friend. ~4 million PS3 copies sold to date.
» Sun Nov 18, 2012 1:54 pm 
and I just don't fancy doing the main quest with a new character again (3 is enough)
