[Far'ed K.G.h.m]

Everyone needs to be civil about this subject. While it's perfectly fine to have a negative opinion about the lack of a solid release date, there is a way to express yourself in a civil and mature way. We do not want to see immature hostile posts or personal insults against other forum members.

It has been http://www.bethblog.com/2012/08/02/dawnguard-ps3-update/ that the PS3 version will be delayed a bit as they are still working to ensure acceptable performance on the platform.

Gstaff, on 30 August 2012 - 06:52 PM, said:

Earlier in the month, we provided an update on Dawnguard's status for PS3.

It's been a few weeks, and we wanted to make sure everyone knows where we're at with Dawnguard. Skyrim is a massive and dynamic game that requires a lot of resources, and things get much more complex when you're talking about sizable content like Dawnguard. We have tried a number of things, but none of them solve the issue enough to make Dawnguard good for everyone. The PS3 is a powerful system, and we're http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1413248-ps3-release-for-dawnguard-thread-23/# to deliver the content you guys want. Dawnguard is obviously not the only DLC we’ve been working on either, so the issues of adding content get even more complicated. This is not a problem we’re positive we can solve, but we are working together with Sony to try to bring you this content.

We wish we had a more definitive answer right now. We understand the frustration when the same content is not available on all platforms. When we have an update, we will certainly let you know. We deeply appreciate all the time and support you have given us, and we’ll keep doing our best to return that.

Additional information from Pete Hines in response to Dawnguard:

"Yes, it’s just doesn’t http://www.slashgear.com/dawnguard-ps3-may-not-see-release-as-problems-persist-31245504/# well in all scenarios. Some folks would be fine, some would not.”

One of Bethesda’s top PR execs, Pete Hines, (who holds the position of VP of PR and http://www.ubergizmo.com/2012/09/skyrim-dawnguard-ps3-dlc-might-never-arrive/#), tweeted to a question that concerned the release date, saying, “No, we will not release it if we can’t get the performance to an ‘acceptable’ standard. Our stance on this has not changed.”

http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1413248-ps3-release-for-dawnguard-thread-23/

[BaNK.RoLL]

I wonder if we will get hearthfire or not

[Catharine Krupinski]

Doubtful that Hearthfire, Dawnguard, or any other DLC will be released. I'm starting to doubt any more patches will come. I think Bethesda has finally given up on the PS3 console (as if they ever cared...). They seem to refuse to change the way they program, and cannot figure out that a 360 port will not work. It has been this way since Oblivion. Oddly enough, the oldest game they have made for the PS3 is the one that works the best, yet it still had issues once one got to a very high level and played for more than 200-300 hours.

I can still play Oblivion for about 5-15 minutes before it breaks. Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas won't allow me to play for more than 30 seconds before they completely freeze. I'm around 10kb on Skyrim, so as of now I am just waiting on the inevitable freeze, FPS issue to happen. Like Fallout: NV, I probably won't be able to complete Skyrim due to crashes and freezes.

It sickens me that a company thinks this is ok. That they knowingly take our money for defective products, and refuse to fix them. I think I am done with Bethesda. The only way they will be able to win me back is to create a Fallout or TES game that is programmed specifically for the PS3 console. Even then, I will read every message board, visit every review site, and buy it used a year after it comes out if it works perfectly. Bethesda has lied too many times. I refuse to trust anything they say ever again.

[Chris Ellis]

Pete just tweeted "you should not expect DLC for PS3 until we announce a change in status."

I had been holding out slight hope, but we're not getting Dawnguard, or any DLC for that matter.

I am floored that a company would conduct itself in this way. I wish I had known this going in...

[Pete Schmitzer]

Doubtful that Hearthfire, Dawnguard, or any other DLC will be released. I'm starting to doubt any more patches will come. I think Bethesda has finally given up on the PS3 console (as if they ever cared...). They seem to refuse to change the way they program, and cannot figure out that a 360 port will not work. It has been this way since Oblivion. Oddly enough, the oldest game they have made for the PS3 is the one that works the best, yet it still had issues once one got to a very high level and played for more than 200-300 hours.

I can still play Oblivion for about 5-15 minutes before it breaks. Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas won't allow me to play for more than 30 seconds before they completely freeze. I'm around 10kb on Skyrim, so as of now I am just waiting on the inevitable freeze, FPS issue to happen. Like Fallout: NV, I probably won't be able to complete Skyrim due to crashes and freezes.

It sickens me that a company thinks this is ok. That they knowingly take our money for defective products, and refuse to fix them. I think I am done with Bethesda. The only way they will be able to win me back is to create a Fallout or TES game that is programmed specifically for the PS3 console. Even then, I will read every message board, visit every review site, and buy it used a year after it comes out if it works perfectly. Bethesda has lied too many times. I refuse to trust anything they say ever again.

Your statement just backs up the idea that Beth on the next TES game before they develop it for PS4, they need to make damn sure the memory on the machine won't be an issue for them. If it turns out to be and issue, then for heaven sake's don't make a PS4 version. Playstation players would rather go without a TES game then have the series ruined for them by this kind of crap again.

[Judy Lynch]

The mods should stop posting that the game will be "delayed a bit". It's pretty obvious that's not the case.

[George PUluse]

So...If the PS3 version of Dawnguard fails to see the light of day, we will still be getting the face sculptor and the Dragonbone weapons right?

[lauraa]

So...If the PS3 version of Dawnguard fails to see the light of day, we will still be getting the face sculptor and the Dragonbone weapons right?

Nope. If Dawnguard isn't released, expect Bethesda to end all support for the PS3. If they can't squeeze any more money out of us, they won't feel the need to make any attempt to please us.

And don't believe any BS about Bethesda being sorry, because they're not. They knew the problems the PS3 would have at launch, and they STILL released it. You might here Pete or Todd apologize, but don't accept it. They need to remember what they did to PS3 users with Skyrim and all their previous releases.

The way I see it, Bethesda is just stringing us along until a majority of us forget about Dawnguard. Then Bethesda will cancel it because of "a lack of interest from the customers."

[Damian Parsons]

So...If the PS3 version of Dawnguard fails to see the light of day, we will still be getting the face sculptor and the Dragonbone weapons right?

They should. Add it in with Hearthfire for 5$ to pay for the waste of time we all endured. Facesculputre, dragonbone weapons, Lycanthropic perk tree and new vampire feeding animation is all that can be patched in. I liked the vanilla vampires anyway.

[kirsty joanne hines]

I'll still wait patiently for Dawnguard and Hearthfire for the PS3. I haven't seen any credible evidence to say otherwise. Not like I have other games to play until then, or other things to look forward to in the future.

[Brad Johnson]

People are STILL waiting for Dawnguard to be released on the PS triple? Give me a break, Bethesderp has pretty much ended all support for the PS3.

[Solina971]

An "acceptable" standard? It must run like crap at 5 FPS or something if they don't think it's acceptable yet, considering what they thought was acceptable for the PS3 version of the game to begin with.

[мistrєss]

You might here Pete or Todd apologize, but don't accept it.

Stop there. Not once has anyone at Beth apologize to us for the mess they created. So don't even think they will do it once they finaly so DG isn't coming to PS3.

[Kelvin]

Stop there. Not once has anyone at Beth apologize to us for the mess they created. So don't even think they will do it once they finaly so DG isn't coming to PS3.

I don't think they will apologize. I just said if they do, then don't accept it. If Dawnguard isn't released, don't expect anything from Bethesda. They're not going to pander to anyone if they can't get money out of them.

[flora]

They should. Add it in with Hearthfire for 5$ to pay for the waste of time we all endured. Facesculputre, dragonbone weapons, Lycanthropic perk tree and new vampire feeding animation is all that can be patched in. I liked the vanilla vampires anyway.

this^, i am also loseing hope that the ps3 will get dawnguard or any of the other dlcs, so if that becomes the case and we get no dlcs im hopeing beth will do whats stated above at least give us something.

[Kevin Jay]

Stop there. Not once has anyone at Beth apologize to us for the mess they created. So don't even think they will do it once they finaly so DG isn't coming to PS3.

They really should since they dropped the ball big time, I mean they even knew that the PS3 users would have problems with the game and decided not to delay Skyrim. Kinda weird since they did that for Oblivion but not Skyrim.

[Natasha Biss]

I don't think they will apologize. I just said if they do, then don't accept it. If Dawnguard isn't released, don't expect anything from Bethesda. They're not going to pander to anyone if they can't get money out of them.

True you are but Bethesda must have some completely asanine dev leads if they think it's a good idea to alienate about 4 million of your customers. Oh, yes they can say there wasn't enough support for it but then again that's their fault for waiting 4 months to release a DLC on PS3 after the 360 version, and if they use the ''Not enough support'' excuse but then what would that say to the people waiting on more DLC? hell, they probably are working on DLC #3 right now, so for them to say that and then 3 weeks later announce another for 360 would be, in the end, a PR disaster, but that's not to say they wouldn't do it.

[John Moore]

wow..PS3 users still haven't gotten Dawnguard? yet...thats unbelievable. I would have thought you guys/gals would have had that by now.

I think they will get around to releasing it at some point. I don't know when that will be mind you, but it doesn't make sense for them not to release it from a money standpoint. Unless, of course, there are technical problems that are preventing them from doing so.

I hope all you PS3 guys/gals get the DLC soon!

[Mackenzie]

It has been this way since Oblivion. Oddly enough, the oldest game they have made for the PS3 is the one that works the best, yet it still had issues once one got to a very high level and played for more than 200-300 hours.

Actually, Oblivion's PS3 port was done by another developer, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4J_Studios

And it works better than anything they've tried themselves

Hint, hint, Bethesda

[Evaa]

Actually, Oblivion's PS3 port was done by another developer, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4J_Studios

And it works better than anything they've tried themselves

Hint, hint, Bethesda

With the small exception of a broken Vampire Cure quest, otherwise yeah 4J Studios did an outstanding job.

[BrEezy Baby]

So...If the PS3 version of Dawnguard fails to see the light of day, we will still be getting the face sculptor and the Dragonbone weapons right?

They already stated once that they will not be breaking the DLC into pieces and releasing it as minor DLC or as patches.

They stated pretty much, it was all or nothing.

You get everything that is in dawnguard, or you don't get crap.

That was I dunno, 8 threads back where people were posting their tweets saying that?

[kevin ball]

Bethesda used to be my favorite company before Skyrim. I was upset about the PS3 not getting the Oblivion Plug-ins, but it didn't seem like that big of a deal at the time. What people who keep telling us its not that big of a deal need to understand is that it's not so much Dawnguard being delayed/cancelled that is bothering us, but its all of Bethesda's poor treatment of us. We're finally standing up and telling Bethesda that they're not the huge hot-shot company Todd Howard thinks they are. We paid for the same game and received much less. Yet Bethesda has never even made a formal apology to us. It would have been okay if they apologized and pretended to care from the beginning, but its too late now.

[Lalla Vu]

I'm gonna go ahead and make a bet that PS3 users will get Hearthfire. Maybe not right after the exclusive is up, but I do think you'll get it in October or November.

[Krista Belle Davis]

I'm gonna go ahead and make a bet that PS3 users will get Hearthfire. Maybe not right after the exclusive is up, but I do think you'll get it in October or November.

Pete Hines said somewhere that releasing Hearthfire for PS3 would make the situation worse. Therefore, I doubt this will be the case.

[Maria Leon]

Couldn't Bethesda have a beta for DG like they had with the 360. That way people could see how well it actually works and what portion of people are having major issues. Obviously this won't resolve all the issues but would give some insight on how well DG works on the PS3. Personally, I don't have many bugs or lag problems on the PS3 (at least not as much as before) and I would want to know how worse my game would get with DG added into the equation.