As we all know, Fallout 3's DLC will be an Xbox exclusive. Fair enough - the Xbox gets a lot of exclusive DLC because of its incredibly popular LIVE service so this is not all too surprising, but nonetheless upsetting.
Bethesda says that despite the exclusive DLC for the Xbox, they don't feel like they are shortchanging PS3 owners. They say that the 100 or so hours of gameplay and the many different endings will have PS3 owners questing and playing a whole bunch, so the game is still worth the $60. How are PS3 owners not getting shortchanged? Bethesda is offering a couple of extra hours of gameplay for Xbox owners and telling people with a PS3 that they'll just have to suck it up, or get the Xbox version. And then say that they aren't getting shortchanged! Talk about making the customer feel like he's getting laid when he's actually getting effed.
Giving PS3 owners a crack at the DLC, in my opinion, would boost PS3 sales of the game by a bit. Gamers would get the privilege to pick the version of the game for the system that they enjoy using the most - not what system will have the extra content. Some people prefer the PS3 - why should they be shortchanged a quasi-expansion pack because of their preference? I don't think the cost of porting the DLC to the PS3 version is that much that it can't be done.
I am a PS3 owner and I am outraged more that Bethesda does not acknowledge that they are indeed shortchanging us. The Xbox exclusive DLC is one thing and yes, very upsetting, I find myself getting more upset that Bethesda is trying to smooth things over by saying we aren't getting the short end of the stick because the game is already so vast. Well, if the Xbox users are getting more, we are getting the short end of the damned stick!
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Still, it's a shame they can't manage this stuff for both platforms.
I just don't agree that 1) they can't swing the DLC both ways and 2) they are playing it off as if it's no big deal that only half of the gamers out there will get their hands on this.
Riiiiiight.
is that how it goes? Microsoft pays to have that content available and Sony opts out?
Yeah that's how it goes. Microsoft pays for the extra content to be exclusive to their platform. That being said it's good that Bethesda are confident in their game to say it's still great without the DLC.
Look at the GTA4 DLC. Did it shift more 360s than PS3s? not really. Did gamers who own both consoles sway towards the 360 version? probably, but how many of those people will still go back to the game, pay for and play the DLC?
I'm still deciding which console to get Fallout 3 for but the exclusive DLC is only a small factor in my decision.
You were not shortchanged because the DLC is, and always has been, a 360 exclusive, and therefore, was never intended for the PS3.
You can't lose what you never had to begin with.
They'll come out with "Fallout 3 TGOYE" on Blu-Ray Disc.
Hence no DLC, but to rebuy the GOTYE of the game?
Yes maybe, maybe not...
I'm with Dark Travesty.
But i can understand a lot of people have old or weak PCs & the console is their only choice. In that case just get it for 360. If you don't have a 360 then unfortunately you'll have to get it on the PS3. It does suck that people who's only choice is PS3 wont get access to the DLC, but it's the way it is. If you get it for PS3 that's sort of like telling Bethesda they just lost out on a DLC sale, you can think of it like that if you want. Money talks.
Yeah, whatever, Bethesda. Thanks for fucking ripping me off.
I know which company is going to be blackballed by me in the comming year...
Unless they figure a way to get us the DLC.
Level 20 level cap is BULLSHIT and it's a DEMO at best.
I would take what this fucking douche bag said to me better if I could level past 20...
But now I'm being told I can never take my guy past level 20, and I'm to "like the fact I paid full price for a game that will no longer be supported because it doesn't have the right companies logo on the box"
Man This pisses me off!
BAH!
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