Does anyone know if there is a consensus on the most stable version of the game? PS3 or XBOX360? I know PC is the most stable, but not buying it for the PC...

Thanks for any info

I'm on 360 and its not that bad, well its playable albeit quite buggy. My main problem is loading times, somtimes it takes nearly two minutes to load up a small cell. I have installed it onto the hard drive, cleared the cache and downloaded the patch but it still takes ages somtimes.

ps3 as always

I have PS3 and it's only frozen up once on me in 30 hours. Load times don't seem to be that long compared to what I've heard from other xbox and ps3 users so I guess it's hit or miss.

I'd say it depends. Many ps3 players have had problems, yet many xbox players have had problems. Personally, on my ps3 game, I have had nothing too game shattering, only freezes here and there, npc falling through the ground, lag etc. Even then, those problems were very rare and happened only about once in a three hour session.

Little to no difference between consoles.
Xbox 360 has a crippling game save bug at the moment but I'm sure that will be patched up soon.
With my experience on PS3, I had pauses and 1 crash so far but as far as bugs, same bugs from Fallout 3.

I would pick the 360 but my answer is biased.

Well for a start DO NOT BUY THE PS3 VERSION.

Now that that's out of the way.. I have the PS3 version and whilst I know that a lot of people are apparantly having no problems with it, the majority of us are. And they're of the game breaking variety. Stuff like random crashing, crashing due to extremely low frame rate and frequent stuttering due to pop-in issues.

I haven't looked into the Xbox Version very much, but I'd be genuinely surprised if it was in worse shape than the PS3 version. The PS3 version is bad. But hey, if you do buy it for the PS3 maybe you'll be one of the lucky ones who get no problems at all.

I'd say the PS3 is the most stable right now based solely on the 360 DLC save bug. The bug can cause your saves to become inaccessible and it's very annoying. That said, the next round of patches should fix that soon, but if you're looking for an immediate purchase go PS3.

I'm playing on the 360 by the way.

My buddy has it on the 360, and he has encounter waaay more bugs and glitches than I. (Ps3)

But... I have also encountered ALOT of bugs/glitches, lag issues, and freeze's/game crashes.

That being said, if you have a good enough PC just get it for the pc. At least then you can get player made patches.

I'm on Xbox and haven't had a freeze or any big bugs yet.

Also, my load screens tookforever. But once i download it to my hard drive I never have a load over 5 seconds.

PS3 is fine for me.
The issues I have had so far are a few crashes,
and the never ending loading screens of doom.

I hate that glitch.

I'm on PS3, and I've seen a bug here and there 4-5 hours. I've heard the same reported for the XBox 360. So I suppose both are relatively stable.

For those of you with the PS3 version. How many of you are getting the stuttering, mainly out in the wasteland?

just google, u will see that there is more bugs reported for xbox ( also more serious, like saves). while reading wiki i noticed that in almost each bug section there is note about xbox, ps3, not so often

ps3 ftw

That's hardly anything to brag about. All that means is that the PS3 version is slightly less [censored] than the Xbox version.

That might be because more people have it for Xbox, I think the sales were like 500 million for ps3 800 million for xbox and like 40081830 kajillion for PC/

I would replace that underlined statement with "the majority" and replace the italicized statement with "a few of us". Yes there have been people complaining of those issues, but I on my time on the forums, personally saw 4 complaints like that. Most people have had relatively few bugs (a majority getting a very rare crash) but I feel sorry for you and I hope you can get a good piece of your money back. On my PS3 game (level 27) I have only experienced 2 crashes and 2 weapons randomly appearing in my inventory (a non deteriorating power fist and a Caravan Shotgun that uses an ammo type not found in the game). Regardless of bugs, it all comes to preference. Just pick the system that has the controller you prefer, because you will get very well acquainted if you buy this amazing game.

Can people like you please stop making things up and try objectivity for once? The majority of PS3 users are NOT having game breaking bugs. The game breaking bugs can be found on all platforms in some form, and they're a MINORITY of cases.

There hasn't been an actual study, as far as I know, into which platform is more stable. The PC is PROBABLY more stable due to the fact that reviewing sites have had multiple employees report that the PC versions have less bugs, but even then, the pooling group is still too small to make any realistically accurate statement. Between 360 and PS3, it's a crap shoot. Even if someone on this forum was obsessed enough to buy the PS3 and 360 versions, they're one case out of hundreds of thousands, if not millions of customers. It'd be like if I picked out three hundred people in the US who had blue eyes and claimed the evidence showed everyone in the US had blue eyes.

The fact is that a minority of 360 users have game breaking bugs or perfect games, a minority of PS3 users have game breaking bugs or perfect games, and the majority of us are dealing with a few freezes and restarts every play through (40-60 hours). Pick the platform you enjoy most. Personally I like PS3 controllers more...

Some thing for me except I'm on X-box 360. So, I guess just pick which ever console you prefer :fallout:

My PS3 version has frozen once in about 50 hours, no other issues.

Of course, anecdotal evidence is useless.

PS3 usually has slightly better graphics. And the console looks better.

im playing on the 360 version with no patches or any current DLC, havent had my xboxlive setup for a year now, so im pretty much on the original format of the game and ive encountered only one major "glitch" that isnt very major(a quest that i completed is stuck as a non completed quest), besides that i get the occasional(usualy after playing for hours on end) frame rate lag were my character will begin to be laggish(more so happens when i enter the vegas strip with the casino lights), i just stop doing what ever im doing and it seems to work for me. other then that my game just has the typical enemy stuck in ground(wich im used to since it happened all the time in fo3)


long story short, on the base version(no dlc updates, no xbox live) i have absolutely no complaints and im loving every second of the game.

edit:

i also have around 40-50 hrs of game play in right now, if that matters to anyone.

I haven't had any lag, glitching, frame-rate drop, or loading screen issues at all. The only problems I've come across are the scripting failures such as NPCs getting stuck in chairs and what not. I also haven't had any issues with quests. The only problems I've had were the unavoidable ones. I'm on my Xbox 360, 2005 edition.

I have the PS3 version and I have only locked up like 3 times in over 30 hours

I'd say PC wins. I have it on the 360, and its really not too buggy. The only thing that happens to me is after I play it for hours strait, the load times become unbearably long. I think it runs better on the PC.