Then I have a solution: Stop buying Betesda products if they're the only ones that don't work on your system.
Done.
And also please tell your favorite company (Bethesda) to stop lying to people pre-release.
They explicity
lied to the PS3 customer base - many of whom asked before release - "Have you figured out the PS3 yet, or will you have another company port it like Oblivion?"
To which Beth responded with things like 'all new engine' and 'solved the problems long ago' and 'good place of parity'. These statements were getting plastered all over the place before the game was released.
First off, I just wanted to give my sympathies to all PS3 users, it svcks not being able to play a game you like because of stupid technical issues. Everyone knows what that feels like, but in this particular instance it is very ugly.
Made ugly, I think, for the reasons I outlined above.
Second, I think the biggest issue here overall is just how Bethesda is developing their games. I don't know anything about the new engine they are using to make Skyrim and subsequently all the additional content, but every other publisher that makes games for multiplatforms seems able to deliver a consistent experience regardless of what platform the game is being played on. Further, if you start with Oblivion, move on to Fallout 3, and now Skyrim, I believe you will find that a lot of issues that have been present in all those games continue to be present in all their current games.
There is not so much
new about this engine except perhaps the more aggressive swappiness. The all new engine hyperbole I think we can certainly debunk at this point.
You can argue the games are overall more stable, but the reality is that Bethesda seems to continue to make the same mistakes over and over and over. I have a feeling their next effort is going to be a next gen experience, so it may be a chance for a fresh start, as it were, but with all this business with game glitches and software problems, you can bet I won't be purchasing their next game just because it has Fallout or Elder Scrolls on the box.
If you're a PS3 customer, you really can not argue the games are more stable.
Oblivion > FO3 > FONV > Skyrim.
It has actually been getting WORSE.
As ugly as all this is, Bethesda still has a great chance to redeem themsevles. I'm not saying I know what is enough or what I expect them to do, but I think we can all tell if their actions are sincere and constitute enough of an effort to warrant pardon. I am hoping their next game will be the ultimate RPG, they certainly have the capability, but it remains to be seen if they can pull together all the stuff on the technical end and then shore up all their missteps when it comes to design philosophy.
They can not redeem themselves with their next title. They can only redeem themselves by making reparations to those who are stuck with an unsupported and marginally broken product right now.
Both Skyrim and FONV:UE are messes on the PS3 and they never should have been released. They knew before both releases about the issues and still duped millions of customers.
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