PS3 and PC are about as buggy as each other so its only one that is actually decent right now.

But BGS svcks at optimizing always has let alone bug control.

I appreciate and understand that their is PS3 issues and I feel sorry for them but IGN claiming that a golden reputation is tarnished? that is Ignorant, the fact not one single game company has a golden reputation because no game is perfect neither is the company. Its not the only ignorant statement they have made either.

You're right, Bethesda never had a golden reputation and I apologize, but their PS reputation, regardless of its former status, has certainly been damaged by the ordeal... not entirely ruined as not everyone will experience issues, care much, or even be aware of this episode, but I'd argue the PS3 version of Skyrim is the worst-performing Bethesda game post Daggerfall. Regardless, within the AAA gaming industry, with a company with as much money as Bethesda who I firmly believed rushed the game for 11/11/11 release date, this shouldn't be happening.

Did no one watch the video? That was a glowing review.

This and ...

IGN gave Empire Total war a glowing review despite a plethora of bugs and a horrible AI.

Who really cares what IGN thinks on these matters? I find their reviews only really useful for indy games which they don't worry about advertising dollars. Does IGN call out TESV over all the bugs and consolitis? No. If it weren't for a major hardware issue they wouldn't have even paused.

I'm pretty sure IGN's golden reputation has been tarnished, so do we really care?

Generally, when someone is a non-native English speaker, you let them slide on a minor mistake. Unless of course, you are a jack-ass.


while I don't disagree with your sentiment, feel that the issue with the PS3 is something that does deserve proper addressing and that Beth should be held more accountable for their actions.

you are an utterly tiresome cretin now-a-days with these weak articles.

this, something many people refuse to realize. if beth ever had some golden reputation it is nothing but good for us that it be tarnished because that means they have to work to get it back to golden. we all know beth games to be pretty buggy, but this is the most popular release that was somehow allowed to be released buggier than any other game. the niche demographic of morrowind and the massively populous demographic of skyrim demand entirely different things: they could get away with buggy as s**t before, but if beth wants to play with the big boys they better polish their games.

how you can you people discount and insult morrowind as an artifact of nostalgia but be fine with the same low standard of bug testing for 10 years? sounds pretty hypocritical to me...

Wait, Bethesda's rep is tarnished by Bugs? Really? Like...there weren't bugs in previous TES games. Give me a break. People expect bugs in a game as big as skyrim.

I believe the game was rushed for the PS3 but not the others. apparantly the PS3 is notoriously hard to program for and I think it was even Bethesda I heard it off but I suppose thats no excuse, I havn't played it but the Lag issues sound horrible, I play on 360 but really want to play on PC for Mods. But yes the lag issue needs to fixed, hell I even think this needs to be fixed before the 360's texture issues and that comes from a 360 player.

Since when has Beth had a "golden reputation" to begin with? Not to put down what Beth has done, they make fun games and great worlds, but they are also always full of bugs and their PC/PS3 ports are consistently terrible. I can think of maybe a handful of developers that I would consider having a "golden reputation" but I'd never have included Beth among them despite how much I've played and enjoyed their games.

Maybe they shouldn't port them then.

what ?
I for one dont accept bugs in my games,and if they are "expected" then i expect a reduction in price.

i dont expect flys in my chicken curry and chips,just as i dont expect bugs in my games.

bugs are never to be expected,unless you are happy with sub par performance and quality ?
this is probably why bethesda releases knowing the bugs will be whitewashed over by thier own customers.

forums fools saying "its not broken" for so many years has put bethesda into a business plan of releasing broken conveyor belt games that they leave to modders to fix ?
and they say complainers wreck the games industry ?

And lose over half their sales? Haha, yeah ok.....

No time to read that article, I'm too busy playing Skyrim.

Yes you are right, they will just keep robbing the people out of there money. Of course if people were smart they would just stop buying games from them.

people like you are the reason the video game industry has gone to hell.

This is coming from IGN, whose reputation is more of infamy than anything positive. Anyone ever heard of "You can't spell ignorant without IGN"? Yup, people say that for a reason.

Oh please god, dont say that!!! These die hard beth fans will freak out..
but you said the truth

Their reputation for puting out issue-free games was never "Golden"

And in the 'Top 10' no less. Derp IGN derp.

its people like you who have ruined the videogame industry. if you pay top dollar for a game you should get top quality product. end of story. only a complete moron would be happy paying top dollar for a half finished product, because they are too stupid to know any better. yes bugs will happen, but the amount of bugs/glitches and other problems that skyrim has are completely unacceptable.

And folks will eventually. Skyrim had some pretty huge sales on PC, with as bad as the PC port was I'd say they'll be hard pressed to repeat that on their next game. I didn't even expect much from the PC version give the fact that Beth is a console developer and knowing how bad their previous 2 PC ports were, but they failed to reach even those already pessimistic expectations.

I think the blame lies more on production companies like Ubisoft, EA, etc. Deadlines are deadlines.

lol You should expect bugs in every game.