Hasta La Gadget!

A few days ago we shared what seemed like good news that the Skyrim Dragonborn DLC would be arriving for the PlayStation 3 and PC come early 2013. While that’s great news for PS3 gamers who have had the short end of the stick when it comes to Skyrim DLCs, the question we’re sure many are wondering is when the previous two Skyrim DLCs will arrive on the PS3, if at all. After all given that it would seem like little progress has been made with Dawnguard and Hearthfire, we can’t blame PS3 gamers for thinking that the previous two DLCs are lost to them. The good news is that if you still have a hankering for Dawnguard and Hearthfire come 2013, Bethesda has announced that they will continue working on the previous two DLCs once Dragonborn has been released. (more…)

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All right, so we do know that there would be some Skyrim PS3 DLC being on its way, and this is where gamers keep their fingers crossed that the Dawnguard DLC will finally arrive on the PS3 platform. Of course, we cannot blame them for getting their hopes up that Skyrim Dragonborn as well as Hearthfire will also make their way to the PS3 platform. What we see above is a tweet made by Pete Hines, who drew the line that his Twitter account is meant for personal use only, although he could share information with everyone in general without having to reply individually.

Hines did underline the fact that he had no information he “could share“ at this point in time, so perhaps all we need to do is sit tight and wait for more official information from the relevant sources. Are you waiting with bated breath for some DLCs to finally arrive on PS3’s Skyrim? It does seem as though Xbox 360 owners are far happier (and rightly so) when it comes to enjoying the full Skyrim experience, so you might want to make the switch over to the Xbox 360 platform this coming Christmas.

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If you are a PS3 owner who has played Skyrim and have been waiting patiently for news on the Dawnguard DLC, well, there does not seem to be any good news in side as the release date for that particular DLC remains a heated topic still. To further add to the disappointment, one of Bethesda’s top PR execs, Pete Hines, (who holds the position of VP of PR and marketing), tweeted to a question that concerned the release date, saying, “No, we will not release it if we can’t get the performance to an ‘acceptable’ standard. Our stance on this has not changed.”

In other words, that would mean if Skyrim Dawnguard for the PS3 is not up to snuff, it will not be released. I do hope that some sense of closure will be made available to gamers, especially fans of the franchise, as being left hanging in the air for news of a potential release is never quite the most pleasant experience. Not only that, folks might just give up altogether if they had to wait like, forever. Perhaps giving the development team a certain timeframe or deadline to meet, otherwise the entire project will have to be scrapped, might be a better way to conclude things.

Hopefully by the time the development team figures out all the bugs plaguing Skyrim Dawnguard, the PS4 would not have been released.

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It is an open secret that Bethesda has had issues with the Dawnguard DLC for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, so much so that it has yet to hit the Sony PS3. The issues might even be too large for Bethesda to resolve, but that does not mean the company has stopped working on it. Sony too, would want to help Bethesda out, with Sony VP Adam Boyes informing Kotaku that Sony has dispatched a team to work alongside Bethesda in order to fix the issues that plagued the PS3 version. Adam said, “We have a big, broad dev support team that works closely with Bethesda. Everyone involved is trying their best to get this stuff working.”

Hopefully this synergy would mean whatever issues that plague the PS3 Dawnguard DLC will soon be weeded out, although there is no commitment to any time frame as expected. Xbox 360 owners have been rocking to Hearthfire for a week already with Dawnguard being available for over a month, making me wonder whether some PS3 owners might just decide to make the jump over to the Xbox 360 platform after waiting for so long.

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Skyrim Dawnguard DLC has touched down for the PC, but it seems that the release of Skyrim Dawnguard DLC for the Sony PS3 has been delayed, with Bethesda stepping forward to claim that they will not go ahead with a release until they themselves are satisfied with the kind of performance the game gives on Sony’s aging console. Bethesda mentioned, “We are not satisfied yet with Dawnguard’s performance on the PS3. We would like for everyone to have a chance to play Dawnguard, but we aren’t going to release it for PS3 knowing that some people’s experience in Skyrim will be worse. We do everything we can to have our content available to all; from our free updates, to user mods, to paid DLC. We’re as disappointed as our fans when that isn’t the case, but we’ll continue to push for that reality.”

I say that is a pretty good principle to stick to – after all, no one would enjoy a gimped video game simply because it is out early, and the developers might as well take some extra time required to polish up the game and remove whatever major bugs there are so that gamers do not end up frustrated and turned off completely. As for those who are rocking to an Xbox 360 or a PC, they have managed to enjoy Skyrim Dawnguard DLC since last night, and judging by initial impressions, PS3 owners take heart – it is going to be well worth the wait!

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