Yeah I had the same issue. In fact I think Bethesda were aware of the exact problem and were suggesting to players to do this. So in this case they were giving people a definitive answer because they knew exactly what the issue was.

In the case of Skyrim however it would seem that there is no issue with peoples Xbox's as they are not stating that performing a certain step will fix the issue. in which case the only other solution is patching.

Lastly this makes post 100 for this thread! exactly what was needed. now its time to go to 200 until we get it locked and then start all over. Only way Beth can stop ignoring the fact there is a problem is if its thrown in everyone's faces over a period of time.

I would like to just state for the record:

I HAVE SEEN WITH MY OWN 2 EYES SKYRIM ON BOTH CONSOLES (PS3 AND 360). GRAPHICS/DRAW DISTANCE/RESOLUTION ALL THE SAME. (1.4.19.0.4)

So it is NOT the XBOX at all to be faulted here. Bethesda just doesn't want to say: "Hey, we made the BEST LOOKING game we've ever made. We can't tell them we just took their graphics away now can we? "

FFXIII looks identical between PS3 and 360 its not that uncommon. Only difference is just that if needed the 360 has access to more ram if needed

What I'm trying to get at is.. I'm not going crazy basically... lol.

I've seen specific locales I've noticed in my game on 360 that I saw in his game on PS3 every lil problem I noticed, I noticed on there too. So the whole "Oh it might be the 360, or your HDD blabla) nope.

It's none of that, it's the patch. How can there be NEW reports coming up now of diff. people who're seeing the exact same thing as us? How can you just deny that and keep defending the game to the teeth?!

Pretty much the graphics being the same on both PROVES to me that it was done for performance issues so PS3 could actually play. There's no other viable reason because the 360 hasn't had any issues with graphics SINCE 1.3.5.0.

ONLY with 1.4 did everything degrade.. and from what I've heard from a moderator, apparently 1.5 is supposed to "greatly increase performance for consoles". I'll go look for the exact post right now.. but I'm still skeptical.

Does this mean we get our graphics back Bethesda? (X360 players)

EDIT: Okay reason I say this is because someone in General Discussion made a topic called "Where is the 360 patch?". A mod came in and said this in his post

"BTW, you will like this patch. Game is even more stable now."

By CCNA, topic is http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1360806-where-is-the-360-patch/

thing is you said it yourself you saw no difference with 1.3 than you did 1.4 so you proved that it was not the patch that is causing the graphics issues because again removing a patch removes any changes it has made.

Just watched the trailer for the 1.5 patch...yeah that's right a trailer for a patch. So they are advertising a patch with far better textures then my game. am I to assume that the texture issue is finally fixed or will I be lied to again upon the patches release?

not really think they are lying to you just that if you are having issues thats still not resolved that no resolution has been found for whats causing your texture issue (assuming it is something Beth is able to fix being on their side cause no matter what they do with the code if something outside of their realm of influence is causing the issue it will never get resolved for you)

Here's hoping its fixed for you, wish you the best.

I'm almost 100% positive that's PC Footage. Just watch the FPS.. moves alot faster/smoother then consoles don't it? Lol..

Just re bumping this thread since Beth is still yet to acknowledge the issue and are content still ignoring it. Lets not forget this is the earliest bug found in skyrim and was noticed by player even prior to release who saw leaked videos online.

Why don't you guys get the definitive version op PC instead of moaning about graphics on your 6 year old plastic toy? I though console gamers also didn't care about graphics.

Bethesda should shift and are shifting they're entire focus to PC. Because that's where the Skyrim community thrives. Don't get your hopes high bro. XD

Why shouldn't we care about graphics? But there are just too many issues to complain about. After patch 1.3 the game looked well formost people. With 1.4 everything was screwed up again. Why shouldn't we play it on consoles when we can?

When we have seen the game first hand looking better then it does now and when we see 8 month old game play demos of the 360 version and they all look better then the textures we are seeing then we know something needs to get fixed. Judging by Bethesda's logic at the moment I could release an FMV video of a new game and given todays technology I could make the FMV look almost real and claim its in game footage. then upon release I could simply release a game that had the graphics of Daggerfall.

Beth advertise a game with graphics that by far superior to what I have experienced since day 2 of owning the game however apparently its ok because the game play mechanics are still the same. oh wait they are bugged too lol.

Condition of your XBox also is a factor (not just dustwise but agewise, wear and tear and how good the internal parts are still functioning) in whats happening with some peoples graphics. That is why everyone has a varying degree of difference when it comes to the graphics quality.

Are you a Bethesda rep? Is this Bethesda's official stance, and you've been the one chosen to disseminate this info? Or is this pure, unadvlterated speculation? If there is actual, scientific proof of this that Bethesda has generated, please point all of us in that direction via a link or some other documentation.

Compared to the millions of people who bought it?

Yeah, thousands of instances is actually rare. Deal with it.

Im not a rep and no thats not the official stance but with how long Ive been around tech and computers in general that would be my guess whats causing some people to have no graphic issues and some others having minor to major issues with graphics.

People are quick to blame a game for an issue when it can and will be sometimes the system. Heck it can even be the cable that causes it!

I'm going to close this thread. After removing two posts of trolling/flamebaiting to the trash I found more someone else had moved there now have more to remove in the thread. I'll just make sure to warn all who flamed or flamebaited or console bashed in this thread so perhaps in the future we can have this conversation without pc elitist coming to a section that doesn't pertain to them just to stir up a pot of trouble. For shame.