The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim update, Hearthfire, will let you build a house to lay your weary Dragonborn head to rest, cry no more, and even raise a family. Up until today, that house could only exist in the universe of Microsoft’s Xbox 360, but Bethesda Softworks finally released the PC edition of the update via Valve’s Steam. For $5, PC owners can build a homestead and fill it with arcane weapons with which to fight off legions of resurrected dragons. PlayStation 3 owners will unfortunately have to keep waiting, and from the sound of things at Bethesda, they may have to wait forever.
Following the announcement, Bethesda’s Pete Hines was quick to say that there is no new information about either Hearthfire or the large Dawnguard expansion for Skyrim on PlayStation 3. “I don’t have any info on Hearthfire, Dawnguard, or DLC in general for PS3,” Hines said via Twitter, “We’re still on it. Will share update when I have one.”
When one user followed up asking what the problem is getting the updates working on Sony’s console, Hines reiterated that technical issues are keeping the game off the machine. “Performance isn’t good enough in all cases. For most folks, it’d be fine. For some, it wouldn’t be.”
Following Dawnguard’s announcement at the beginning of summer and its subsequent release on Xbox 360, Bethesda was standoffish about if and when the content would come to PlayStation 3, making it seem at first that the delay was related to a content deal with Microsoft. As time went on though, it was revealed that Bethesda simply cannot get Dawnguard and other expansions working on PS3.
“Skyrim is a massive and dynamic game that requires a lot of resources, and things get much more complex when you’re talking about sizable content like Dawnguard,” read a statement from the studio released in August, “We have tried a number of things, but none solve the issue enough to make Dawnguard good for everyone. The PS3 is a powerful system, and we’re working hard to deliver the content you guys want. Dawnguard is obviously not the only DLC we’ve been working on either, so this issue of adding content gets even more complicated.” It did say at that time that it’s working with Sony directly to try and get Skyrim’s expansions working right on the system.
The PlayStation 3 represents a huge portion of Skyrim’s audience. More than 4 million copies of that version of the game have been sold since last November.
I have an idea,how about putting the DLC on a disc that is capable with our ps3 so when ever you put it in the ps3 automatically download and install?could that work?
please dont give up on playstation
i hope they don’t and try to use my idea
Bethesda I still have tiny faith in you for Dawnguard please dont make me wrong
Although when people read about this issue in general they should think of it as Bethesda being the problem, they will subconsiously remember it as a ps3 being less workable than a 360 type of issue. Bethesda can program software really well, and in the real world issues of this nature are resolved in no time. This should be ancient history, and yet Bethesda reveals the exact same dead end responses regarding it. My point is; this is much like when the oil/gas industry paid one of the american auto companys(can’t remember which one) a groosly titanic, almost unheard of sum of money to physically destroy what would have been the first ‘electric’ cars lineup , and deny its plans ever even existed, even though the public and media were fully aware it did, and were waiting its arrival. This is obviously decades later, a diffierent industry, and more subtle level of that but deep down in you know what I am saying… Microsoft is tremendously wealthy, influencial, wants to be dominant in all industries they reside, and wont stop until they are. They saw a good chance to get 1 up in thier industry and took it by one way or another getting Bethesda to stall and make ps3 look bad.
Although when people read about this issue in general they should think of it as Bethesda being the problem, they will subconsiously remember it as a ps3 being less workable than a 360 type of issue. Bethesda can program software really well, and in the real world issues of this nature are resolved in no time. This should be ancient history, and yet Bethesda reveals the exact same dead end responses regarding it. My point is; this is much like when the oil/gas industry paid one of the american auto companys(can’t remember which one) a groosly titanic, almost unheard of sum of money to physically destroy what would have been the first ‘electric’ cars lineup , and deny its plans ever even existed, even though the public and media were fully aware it did, and were waiting its arrival. This is obviously decades later, a diffierent industry, and more subtle level of that but deep down in you know what I am saying… Microsoft is tremendously wealthy, influencial, wants to be dominant in all industries they reside, and wont stop until they are. They saw a good chance to get 1 up in thier industry and took it by one way or another getting Bethesda to stall and make ps3 look bad