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Bethesda says PS3 Fallout 3 trophy support in the works photo

Regardless of what system you're playing it on, Fallout 3 is a great game, arguably one of the best this year. But if the Xbox 360 version of the title has any definitive "advantage," it's the inclusion of achievements; the PlayStation 3 didn't ship with support for Sony's version of achievements, trophies. 

In a live interview at Eurogamer with Bethesda's Pete Hines, it was revealed that may not be the case for long. 

"It's going to happen," he says of the PS3 version receiving trophy support in the future, "[I'm] just not sure when. We'll let folks know when we have something more definitive."

And we, of course, will do the same as we hear more. It seems a lot of developers are shipping games without support for PS3 trophies and then shoe-horning them in later via a patch. In most cases, trophies aren't retroactive, which means you'll have to trek across the Capital Wasteland one more time to earn the virtual rewards. 

We wouldn't recommend waiting; Fallout 3's a great game, with or without ego-inflating icons and points. Don't believe it? Check out our full review.


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CALkulon's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/04/2008 12:25
CALkulon
Stop this crap already, ship them with trophies, make them retroactive or leave them out completely.

Yes, I'm still pissed at Criterion not inncluding retroactive trophies, I 100%'d that bitch ages ago.
linuxguy's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/04/2008 12:26
linuxguy
how about fixing the issues I've been hearing about so I can buy this game without feeling cheated
timtheterrible's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/04/2008 12:28
timtheterrible
A pew!-pew!-pew! trophy for Mega Man 9 would be awesome! In fact, any trophies for Mega Man 9 would be awesome...
garison's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/04/2008 12:32
garison
Ya, I don't care about Trophies in the least. It is still a great game without the support, but it does bug me that all these devs are coming out with unfinished games.
mix's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/04/2008 12:36
mix
Good news.
I was a little upset about the no trophy thing as sometimes you have to go out of your way to get them so they add some length to the game.
the Golden Avatar's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/04/2008 12:46
the Golden Avatar
I thought the PC version had the "advantage." You know, because it's on the PC.
ParaParaKing's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/04/2008 12:50
ParaParaKing
I would have been more happy with trophies included at launch, but I won't complain about free add-ons.

At least this time.
CALkulon's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/04/2008 12:52
CALkulon
Oh, and this also means I'll definitely wait until a trophies patch before I buy it. Way to go Bethesda! Tards.
Netrat33's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/04/2008 12:55
Netrat33
PC version has the advantage seriously. It's a great port. Higher resolution, low system requirements, better textures, and still has achievements.
nademagnet's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/04/2008 12:58
nademagnet
I just want to give all the robots wigs!
Relm143's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/04/2008 13:29
Relm143
Sony needs to quit with this trophy BS. I have one trophy from all the PS3 games I've played and I got that on accident. It's idiotic to give the system trophies when they aren't going to require devs to release games with trophy support.
CelicaCrazed's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/04/2008 13:42
CelicaCrazed
Between LBP, R2 and Valkyrie Chronicles, I can wait a little bit to play this game. But I'd prefer the trophy patch to be out for December 16th, the day of my last exam :D.
elsteveo's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/04/2008 14:19
elsteveo
LoL Trophy support. They should just get rid of trophies
MrSadistic's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/04/2008 14:25
MrSadistic
I wouldn't mind playing this game over and over again. Heck, I'm still on my first play-through.
Blackhat's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/04/2008 14:28
Blackhat
Yeah, sony was a little, err, late with telling developers about the trophy system at all, let alone when it would be introduced.
Dan CiTi's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/04/2008 14:35
Dan CiTi
Cool. I'll buy this game when that comes out. Until then I'll rent the 360 version.
gamadaya's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/04/2008 15:14
gamadaya
Why does this always take so long? It's not like their making new DLC. Just use the achievements from the 360. Can somebody who knows about this tell me what the problem is?
Samit Sarkar's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/04/2008 15:55
Samit Sarkar
Aw, dammit. I'm getting this game soon, but I don't want to wait a month or two for them to patch in Trophy support.
fetusmilk's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/04/2008 16:30
fetusmilk
whats so hard about adding these at any point, before or after release? how long does it really take?

still dont care about them either way.
Kinji's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/04/2008 18:12
Kinji
Great, by the time this comes out, I'd have already done what you need to do to get most of the trophies. I'd rather have them fix the PS3 version bugs before they add in trophies that require me to restart my game.
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2008 10:26
Holyetheline
I love Achievements... good thing I rock this on the 360.
zanthox's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2008 13:38
zanthox
whoever is running the trophy pushing department of sony is an idiot, if they don't start shipping them in games and even making ones for old games their sales will never have a chance of catching up to the 360's. There are lots of games I would have but never will buy because of no trophy incentive and there are other games I could go after.
FO3 specifically- I know plenty of people who chose the 360 version over ps3 just for achievements. duh.

But anyway, I agree it is definitely not worth waiting for, get it NOW, you'll replay it again and be able to get the trophies. Or go like me and play the PC version and borrow the ps3 version from a friend when the trophies are added...
Vkidgamer's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2008 21:35
Vkidgamer
OK to the guy who asked how long it takes to put them in, the answer is...pretty long. They have to go back into the game engine and pretty much put alot of If...Then statements (if you dont know Java its pretty self-explanatory Ex: If something happens then the trophy unlocks) Now they have to do that for every trophy in the game which i believe is somewhere near 50. So yeah it takes a while, so cut them some slack.
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