As I said already in my prior post, I strongly disagree with the way Bethesda is handling this. They are giving out a lot less information than they should, and seem to have more of a liking to the Xbox 360 (mind you, I'm a PS3 player myself). However, I still think that Dawnguard needs to be in good state before release. Of course I'd rather see Dawnguard released today than tomorrow, but there is absolutely nothing you, or I, or anyone except for Bethesda itself can do about it. You say Bethesda is exploring the border of what is moral a bit to closely, and I agree with you, but if they released Dawnguard now, they would have released a game that doesn't work as it should, meaning they are also legally wrong.
Again, I would rather see Dawnguard released today than tomorrow, but not in a state in which it will hardly function. And remember that Bethesda can pull any stunt it wants, since everyone will just buy the next DLC/installment anyways.
Two things: 1) I've said here and in comments on web articles elsewhere i have no problem with waiting even longer for PS3 to get Dawnguard. Only thing is i think for any extended amount of waiting(which imo started the day Xbox 360 exclusivity period ended) Skyrim customers should be receiving actual status updates as to what is what.
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2) What happens when/if PS3 gets this DLC and its still riddled with bugs? Not that any of the Beth. defenders will pop in to say, "Sorry, guess i was talking out of my backside," when this happens.
Let's be real, its a few days and then were at the full one month marker after initial 30 day wait period. With talk i've seen here and there, Fallout 4 is gearing up, the second Skyrim DLC is in the works, and of course Dishonored(sp.?) is about to get pushed hard; if Dawnguard doesn't get put out for PS3 soon i'm smelling GOTY BS. And that's where i really feel all this is heading, its just beyond silly that that Beth. won't say ANYTHING.
Although I'm not affected as a PC user, I do think Bethesda should offer more clarity when it comes to these things. The wait might have been more durable if they'd said "we're not satisfied with performance on the PS3" before the 30 days were up. Part of the problem might be that Hines wasn't exactly communicating very well with the players, just saying "no update" rather than something like "Sorry guys, no news yet. I promise I'll tell you when I can".
I may not play on the PS3, but I think next time they should get it before the PC; considering the technical issues, I don't think PS3 users deserve to wait another 5 weeks without any info.
Not gonna happen sadly. I am coming to believe that zero work went into Dawnguard for PC until after the 360 30 day period ended, and that a PS3 version wasn't even thought about until the PC version was out. And as Microsoft has 30 day exclusivity for the second Skyrim DLC as well, i see this cycle being played out at least once more.