Comments on: Pete Hines: “I don’t buy a Game on the Promise of DLC”, The Main Game Counts

By: Makeshiftlake

Makeshiftlake — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 13:08:00 +0000

In reply to Michael Beckman. Why blame it on Sony? The Cell processor may be difficult to code for, but studios like Naughty Dog have taken full advantage of the PS3's power and make amazing looking games that run great. The console is totally up to par, and even has some edge over the 360 (and 360 has an edge over the PS3 in some aspect as well).

By: Michael Beckman

Michael Beckman — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 05:49:00 +0000

Ps3 owner here, I bought Skyrim to play Skyrim. The DLC is icing to me if it happens to be released for my console.

I feel that people blaming Bethesda when they should be blaming Sony, mainly because their console isn’t up to par with the others in this respect. Sony understands this and has decided to help them out on getting the problems fixed. And as for the broken promise of Dawnguard, it’s not broken yet, they’re still working on it.

If you want DLC so bad, and your console cant handle it; buy it on a console that can. I recommend the PC version over Xbox though. I’ll just enjoy what I paid for on my Ps3. It’s not like I already paid for the DLC anyway.

By: Upstreambear

Upstreambear — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 03:51:00 +0000

As a person who usually plays PC games I got used to expansion content, which is still the type of content that Bethesda creates with it’s DLC. I didn’t buy Skyrim for future DLC, but it was an expectation. Whether DLC is good or bad, it was promised, Bethesda is failing to deliver, and Pete’s comment implies that PS3 users shouldn’t complain. They should and they are.

By: regnak1

regnak1 — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 01:36:00 +0000

I agree with a couple of the other posters, it’s not about the DLC, it’s about Bethesda releases having a history of crap performance on the PS3, and them not caring enough to permanently fix the problem. The Fallout 3 GOTY locked up constantly, New Vegas was unplayable until they patched it repeatedly, and now Skyrim, which again, had serious issues on release, and required extensive patching. Dawnguard is the proverbial straw, and I, along with I’m sure more than a few PS3 gamers won’t be giving any more business to Bethesda.

The really irritating thing is, I could have purchased Skyrim for 360, but we PS3 users were again reassured that everything would be fine when we were faced with the choice of platform.

Speaking to the assertion that Arkane Studios is getting tagged with Bethesda’s mess… that’s a perfectly valid point – and I don’t care. If Arkane loses business, they can take it up with Bethesda… maybe if enough of B’s dev studios get pissed, Bethesda will find a reason to care.

By: Clavo

Clavo — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 00:17:00 +0000

In reply to FlameChucks76. This is true but Bethesda can put pressure to Arkane to fix/assume responsibility for this.

By: Clavo

Clavo — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 00:14:00 +0000

In reply to Jeremy McPhail. Why is Sony at fault here?

By: Jeremy McPhail

Jeremy McPhail — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 19:54:00 +0000

In reply to The Dude. This is the best analogy I've heard on this topic. I still really fault Sony, but this does add some perspective.

By: bdfull3r

bdfull3r — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 19:53:00 +0000

It not about buying a game expecting DLC it is about Playstation users getting the shaft when compared to 360 users

By: Reality

Reality — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 19:48:00 +0000

Buy it on Xbox, problem solved

By: FlameChucks76

FlameChucks76 — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 17:39:00 +0000

I think people are getting their developers mixed up. Bethesda is the one publishing the game but Arkane Studios is the one making it. Arkane is not the developer who made Elder Scrolls. The implication that people will no longer purchase a game by Bethesda on the PS3 is ludicrous when you consider that Bethesda had no hand in creating this title. The issues that Bethesda ran with in Skyrim were all fault of their engine not being optimized enough to handle the particular specifications of the PS3. Why should we point blame at this title for doing the same when no one has even experienced what this game has to offer. All points are valid against Bethesda, but Arkane has unfortunately been put in the cross-hair of PS3 players.