Comments on: Lag Issues Affecting Some Skyrim PS3 owners

By: Heather Polluconi-Dickinson

Heather Polluconi-Dickinson — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 02:35:00 +0000

whenever i want to open my items menu it takes forever to open, and when i want to equip an item its even worse

By: Carl

Carl — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 19:52:29 +0000

Is there a way of getting the patch without downloading from the internet like by disc? I’m moving house and not really keeping the net

By: richy b

richy b — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:51:15 +0000

I only found recently that ii was having serious problems with lagging I’m quite far into the game and it is ruining what is an amzingly good game. Bethasda really need to sort it out so it doesn’t effect me buying a future game of theirs

By: suomonyna

suomonyna — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:44:56 +0000

I have the PS3 version of Skyrim and my game lags like crazy. There’s rarely a time when it doesn’t lag. But my biggest concern is the Elemental Fury glitch. The loud sound of wind is constantly playing in the background and it happens to make the game unplayable. The game is superb but a patch has to be made to fix its flaws.

By: Crates

Crates — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 22:00:16 +0000

Correct. PS3 has some memory “garbage collection” issues that cause objects to not be effective dispersed from memory over time, which is an issue with some types of regular computer systems as well. It’s a combination of porting/coding issues and the unique architecture of the PS3, and as GamingBolt has reported, Bethesda will be patching it as soon as they can.

If you are one of the people experiencing these issues on PS3, please save your game, turn off the console, and turn it back on. This will (temporarily) resolve the issue. It’s not a fix… it’s a band-aid until Bethesda releases the patch.

Those who are having issues with crashes and saving glitches (which are much more rare, but CAN happen) should remember to save early, save often, and keep at least five to ten different save files. When saving, simply overwrite the OLDEST of your files so you can always revert back if something gets glitchy.

By: jokke

jokke — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 13:34:55 +0000

Happens to me aswell, when ive played for a few hours it turns really bad.

By: Harperlarp

Harperlarp — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 16:29:15 +0000

The game runs fine for the first couple of hours then starts to stutter horribly. It started to lag a few minutes ago and when I went into my house in whiterun the game crashed WHILE IT WAS AUTO SAVING. The only way round this problem is to turn the ps3 off then back on when it starts to stutter, which is really annoying and not on really. At least bethesda are aware of this problem and say their new patch should fix it. But when is the patch coming out?

By: Genesis

Genesis — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 05:33:09 +0000

In reply to Mike. i have no complaints on frame rate for ps3...and im a level 40. try deleting old game files to create more space to work with on ps3

By: Genesis

Genesis — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 05:30:52 +0000

In reply to iagree. Game was lagging alot for me too. however i started deleting files i no longer played in other games to create space. lagging was significantly reduced. try deleting old shit from hard drive

By: BW68

BW68 — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 01:36:33 +0000

as well as frame rate problems the game itself completely freezes and i have to restart the console….. really annoying -.-