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Bethesda says PS3 Fallout 3 trophy support in the works
12:25 PM on 11.04.2008, Nick Chester 24 comments

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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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timtheterrible's Avatar
timtheterrible at 11/04/2008 12:28
A pew!-pew!-pew! trophy for Mega Man 9 would be awesome! In fact, any trophies for Mega Man 9 would be awesome...
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garison at 11/04/2008 12:32
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.
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mix at 11/04/2008 12:36
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.
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the Golden Avatar at 11/04/2008 12:46
I thought the PC version had the "advantage." You know, because it's on the PC.
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ParaParaKing at 11/04/2008 12:50
I would have been more happy with trophies included at launch, but I won't complain about free add-ons.

At least this time.
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CALkulon at 11/04/2008 12:52
Oh, and this also means I'll definitely wait until a trophies patch before I buy it. Way to go Bethesda! Tards.
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Netrat33 at 11/04/2008 12:55
PC version has the advantage seriously. It's a great port. Higher resolution, low system requirements, better textures, and still has achievements.
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nademagnet at 11/04/2008 12:58
I just want to give all the robots wigs!
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Relm143 at 11/04/2008 13:29
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.
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CelicaCrazed at 11/04/2008 13:42
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.
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elsteveo at 11/04/2008 14:19
LoL Trophy support. They should just get rid of trophies
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MrSadistic at 11/04/2008 14:25
I wouldn't mind playing this game over and over again. Heck, I'm still on my first play-through.
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Blackhat at 11/04/2008 14:28
Yeah, sony was a little, err, late with telling developers about the trophy system at all, let alone when it would be introduced.
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Dan CiTi at 11/04/2008 14:35
Cool. I'll buy this game when that comes out. Until then I'll rent the 360 version.
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gamadaya at 11/04/2008 15:14
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?
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Samit Sarkar at 11/04/2008 15:55
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.
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fetusmilk at 11/04/2008 16:30
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.
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Kinji at 11/04/2008 18:12
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.
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Holyetheline at 11/05/2008 10:26
I love Achievements... good thing I rock this on the 360.
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zanthox at 11/05/2008 13:38
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...
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Vkidgamer at 11/05/2008 21:35
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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