Popped round to a mates house yesterday to have a look at Skyrim on his fancy new top-of-the-line PC. He’s got the hi-res texture pack from the last patch and everything turned up to max. ‘Oooh!’ said I. ‘Wow!’ I exclaimed. ‘Time to get a new PC; that’s sooo much better than Skyrim on my crummy Playstation’.

So when I got back home and flicked on my PS3 I was fully prepared to be disappointed. But you know what, I wasn’t. Sure the action isn’t quite as silky smooth, but after the last patch it’s really not bad at all. Of course the textures aren’t quite as detailed, but actually they’re still pretty good. OK I get a little pop-in, but there isn’t that much difference in the draw distance. On a big screen and with an even bigger 5.1 system the whole PS3 experience, even when compared to a bells-and-whistles PC implementation, is very satisfying indeed. That IS amazing.

When Daggerfall came out I had to buy a new PC to run it. When Morrowind was released the old hardware couldn’t cope, so a new PC. Oblivion came along and – you guessed it – another upgrade. However, with Skyrim the clever folks at Bethesda have performed a small miracle by making this demanding game run perfectly well on what is now ancient technology i.e. my PS3. Well done people. Seriously – well done.

Of course I’ll be vilified by the naysayers and doom mongers from the PS3 forum (is that the most negative and depressing forum in the world???). These people, perhaps raised on CoD and the like, are certainly very vocal. But I just want to give credit where it’s due. Bethesda, you guys have saved me the price of a new PC. That’s ￡2k towards another new Ducati. From the bottom of my wallet – thank you!

Glad to hear your experience was satisfying, I was beginning to think every PS3 owner was going to gather an angry mob and linch everyone at Bethesda Studios.

Yeah, I think Bethesda did a good job I love the game and how fun it is to play! Even with the 'ancient' PS3 of mine

I agree with the OP. I had to upgrade my PC both times for morrowind and oblivion and while i probably would have anyway both times, i did shell out extra for better graphics cards.

The irony for me with skyrim is that I also happened to get a new PC (paid for by work) in december that is perfectly capable of running skyrim at the highest levels. but i chose to get it on PS3 and have had nothing but enjoyment.

Sure there were a few bugs with the patches, my only real problem was losing magic resistance with 1.2, and i was lucky enough to avoid the nightmares some of my PS3 counterparts went through.

But on the whole i think skyrim is still visually stunning, incredibly fun, with huge replay value even on PS3

After Fallout 3, I don't buy Bethesda titles on anything excpet Xbox. Much easier on the blood pressure. My PS3 is the console of choice for everything else though.

with the dropping sales numbers of the PS3, the staff at Bethesda prob outnumber them lol.

Before you all start, I am joking lol just couldn't resist that.

The offical dlc hd pack is crap, also Skyrim on the pc is not very demanding, it can be if you tweak out the ini like i did ( alot of tweaking ) and a lot of graphic mods not to mention 11 on the ugrids ( very stable for me )

But anyways. i guess it's nice to hear that you atleast are enjoying it on a Ps3.