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as a guy who owns a ps3 and a future owner of a semi decent pc who has no plans at the moment for a 360 ....I find this absolute bull
I can't believe all the people bitching about the DLC being announced. You realize that there's a process, right? Instead of Skyrim's designers twiddling their thumbs while production on Skyrim's wrapping up, they can start planning the next add-ons out. That way when the studio comes back from their vacation they can start work on them right away.
They're not saying "guys, we made this stuff and we're holding onto it for a while," it's more of a "we're working on stuff, and Microsoft gave us money to tell you that you'll get it early on the Xbox."
They're not saying "guys, we made this stuff and we're holding onto it for a while," it's more of a "we're working on stuff, and Microsoft gave us money to tell you that you'll get it early on the Xbox."
I probably wouldn't even be halfway through the game by the time the DLC came, so who cares, oh wait I'm getting in on the 360 to begin with ;P
Oh and why haven't I heard anything about deus ex dlc, one of the few times I actually want dlc for a game and I've heard nothing.
Oh and why haven't I heard anything about deus ex dlc, one of the few times I actually want dlc for a game and I've heard nothing.
People really shouldn't be upset about when DLC is announced. It doesn't matter if they announce it before release or a month after. You're only fooling yourself if you think it makes any difference. This stuff is planned and written even before the core game goes into development. They didn't create the game and then cut out a chunk just to make DLC, and developers don't suddenly have the inspiration to produce DLC after the core game is finished.
This is how it's going to be going forward. Just assume that DLC will be planned for and produced; the announce date is irrelevant. Some larger developers even have a second team working on DLC concurrent with the game itself.
This is how it's going to be going forward. Just assume that DLC will be planned for and produced; the announce date is irrelevant. Some larger developers even have a second team working on DLC concurrent with the game itself.
Bethesda may make good games but they are becoming the polar opposite of Valve, there are few things I hate more in good games than day 1 DLC/DLC announced before the game even comes out... it shows that they made that shit and left it out of the game intentionally to charge people more money, which is especially greedy considering the $60 price tag on PC...
Microsoft's timed exclusives are nowhere near as bad as Sony's Permanent exclusives.
Especially since you are only getting the right to spend more money sooner with timed DLC, rather than being outright robbed of content.
Especially since you are only getting the right to spend more money sooner with timed DLC, rather than being outright robbed of content.
Own all systems, obviously getting it on PC. This will ever so slightly make up for the fact that you're running Skyrim on a 6 year old GPU.
Remember when timed exclusives lasted almost a year? I remember actually wanting the GTA IV DLC so bad I thought about buying a 360 for it. Then it finally came to PS3.
While it may sway some people (hopefully my brother so I too can play Skyrim sans spending 60$) it seems like a waste when it's only a friggin' month. It'd be so much better if they spent more money on a greater window of exclusivity. Then it'd seem worth it. That or as everyone's said. More new non-Kinect IP's.
While it may sway some people (hopefully my brother so I too can play Skyrim sans spending 60$) it seems like a waste when it's only a friggin' month. It'd be so much better if they spent more money on a greater window of exclusivity. Then it'd seem worth it. That or as everyone's said. More new non-Kinect IP's.
capitalism right here folks
microsoft throwing money at bethesda to convince them for xbox dlc first
microsoft throwing money at bethesda to convince them for xbox dlc first
I'm really not understanding the unbridled hate for this announcement. I'll give you the fact that a lot of DLC does feel cheap, and should just be included in the final game.
However, this is Skyrim. A game touted to have 300 hours of content sans DLC. And now you're telling me that if you bought that game, that mammoth beast of play time, that you would be buying a fucking incomplete game? Seriously?
What I take from this announcement is this: "Here's a fucking awesome game with tons of play time. We'll be getting that out to you on 11/11/11. And because we love you so much and want you to have an even more awesome time with our game, we'll help you out and release a couple extra optional expansion packs for you to buy that extend your already copious amounts of gameplay even more. We love you, Josh. Unlike some developers we're not just money grubbing.. We just want to make you happy."
That's what's I read here. Yes, I realize I'm raging a little bit. I'm sorry. But this hate just doesn't make sense to me. It brings tears to a man's eyes. Manly pity tears. :'(
However, this is Skyrim. A game touted to have 300 hours of content sans DLC. And now you're telling me that if you bought that game, that mammoth beast of play time, that you would be buying a fucking incomplete game? Seriously?
What I take from this announcement is this: "Here's a fucking awesome game with tons of play time. We'll be getting that out to you on 11/11/11. And because we love you so much and want you to have an even more awesome time with our game, we'll help you out and release a couple extra optional expansion packs for you to buy that extend your already copious amounts of gameplay even more. We love you, Josh. Unlike some developers we're not just money grubbing.. We just want to make you happy."
That's what's I read here. Yes, I realize I'm raging a little bit. I'm sorry. But this hate just doesn't make sense to me. It brings tears to a man's eyes. Manly pity tears. :'(
30 day early horse armor pack
vs
mods day one
better graphics day one
better sound day one
HRMM IDK ABOUT THAT?
vs
mods day one
better graphics day one
better sound day one
HRMM IDK ABOUT THAT?
I pretty much feel the same. I'd prefer to not have to wait a month but the PC will be able to get all the fan-made mods to make up for it, so it's not so bad. I'm still playing Morrowind and Oblivion because of the awesome community support and I'm sure Skyrim will be no different.
atleast the ps3/pc versions have extra time to be ironed for bugs. Think of xbox as the beta testing for the dlc :P
Also HAHAHA GUTTED U DONT GET SKYRIM TILL AFTER THE XBOX PLAYAZ LIKE ME LOLOLOL
Also HAHAHA GUTTED U DONT GET SKYRIM TILL AFTER THE XBOX PLAYAZ LIKE ME LOLOLOL
On a serious and totally not sarcastic note: why the fuss? Are you really in a rush to buy add-ons for a game you just paid 60 bucks for? You could, I dunno, PLAY the damn game in the meantime. It's an Elder Scrolls game, so it should last you..well, it should last you years! I still play Morrowind and Oblivion to this very day (I'd go back and play Daggerfall if I could get the damn thing working!) This 30 day wait if you don't get it on 360 is not a big deal. If Bethesda/Zenimax, Activision or whoever else wants to profit off of Microsoft's obsession with being FIRST like the annoying inbred in the comments section of a video game blog, let them.
This is why I'll be purchasing Skyrim used on PS3 (I'll still be busy with Dark Souls in November anyway). Bethesda and Microsoft can both go suck an egg.
Well fuck you bethesda.
Gays are treated equal as straights, but ps3s and pcs aren't treated equally to xbox.
Gays are treated equal as straights, but ps3s and pcs aren't treated equally to xbox.
@O.M. While I do agree with you for the most part, Bethesda's track record with DLC is nearly flawless. Also, this is well into the realm of a captain obvious post, seeing as anyone with half a brain could have predicted that Skyrim would have DLC.
Todd Howard said in an interview that they were not pre-planning on any particular DLC, and would instead wait a while before creating some.
[Source] http://planetelderscrolls.ign.com/articles/news/8045/Skyrim-DLC-plans
Those dicks.
[Source] http://planetelderscrolls.ign.com/articles/news/8045/Skyrim-DLC-plans
Those dicks.
I know that MS spends a lot of cash on getting this stuff first, but I wonder how many people are like me and by the time the DLC has rolled around to whatever other format, the excitement has gone and you end up not buying it? Not complaining, hell, saves me cash!
Most people here know there's no such thing as a non-PC version of Elder Scrolls. But please, let your less enlightened gaming friends know that on the consoles they're not only giving up a gigantic mod community, real graphics, and real controls.
They're volunteering for gamebreaking crashes. Bethsoft games are gigantic and rough. They need meticulous patching effort to eventually reach stability, years after their release. Patching on consoles is a joke, and that's not even considering the unofficial bug fixes.
They're volunteering for gamebreaking crashes. Bethsoft games are gigantic and rough. They need meticulous patching effort to eventually reach stability, years after their release. Patching on consoles is a joke, and that's not even considering the unofficial bug fixes.
I got New Vegas on PS3 in spite of the timed DLC exclusitivity, and don't particularly regret having to wait two months for Dead Money and two weeks for Honest Hearts.
So yeah, I'll end up getting Skyrim on PS3, and maybe PC when GotY edition comes out, but not on 360...
So yeah, I'll end up getting Skyrim on PS3, and maybe PC when GotY edition comes out, but not on 360...
There seems to be some confusion regarding DLC for Skyrim. Let me try to clarify a little for you guys.
Firstly: The anticipation for this game and the popularity of its predecessors has led Bethesda to announce that "there will be DLC for Skyrim", this is to reassure fans that they will be supporting Skyrim post release just as with previous titles.
Secondly: this announcement does NOT mean that they will be holding back content from the released game just to sell it latter as DLC (see Assassins Creed 2 for a prime example of that). Bethesda is not known for that kind of bad practice and Todd Howard has stated that they do not even know yet what it will be.
Thirdly: as Todd has also said, they are looking to do fewer, but larger DLC more akin to expansions. Think along the lines of Bloodmoon for Morrowind or the brilliant Shivering Isles for Oblivion. If as much thought (and I'm sure it will) goes into the Future DLC for Skyrim as these previous efforts, then we will have plenty to look forward to.
Hope this alleviates some your fears.
Firstly: The anticipation for this game and the popularity of its predecessors has led Bethesda to announce that "there will be DLC for Skyrim", this is to reassure fans that they will be supporting Skyrim post release just as with previous titles.
Secondly: this announcement does NOT mean that they will be holding back content from the released game just to sell it latter as DLC (see Assassins Creed 2 for a prime example of that). Bethesda is not known for that kind of bad practice and Todd Howard has stated that they do not even know yet what it will be.
Thirdly: as Todd has also said, they are looking to do fewer, but larger DLC more akin to expansions. Think along the lines of Bloodmoon for Morrowind or the brilliant Shivering Isles for Oblivion. If as much thought (and I'm sure it will) goes into the Future DLC for Skyrim as these previous efforts, then we will have plenty to look forward to.
Hope this alleviates some your fears.
is it just me or is that header pic from willy wonka's chocolate factory in that bit where the spoiled brat asks her daddy to get her that goose which lays golden eggs or summin?
"why is this DLC and not included on the shipped game??! THEY MUST PICK THEIR TEETH WITH TODDLER BONES!"
No. See, there's this concept called TIME. It cannot be stopped. Also see: RESOURCES, LIMITATIONS!
Thats all for today children. Recommence brain mushing.
No. See, there's this concept called TIME. It cannot be stopped. Also see: RESOURCES, LIMITATIONS!
Thats all for today children. Recommence brain mushing.
I'm still debating on whether or not I want the GOTY version. In the end I wonder why we even bother with non-GOTY games when the GOTY version will come out like 6 months later.
@ O.M. It's not so much that it's an incomplete product, especially when it comes to bethsoft recently. With a few minor exceptions, most DLC released since the end of oblivion into fallout has always been a good amount of content, adding new areas, weapons, etc. the game is coming on november 11th and they haven't started working on the DLC, and it won't be started until AFTER the base game goes gold, which will be... mid-late october. Considering things like knights of the nine and Shivering Isles, the DLC that (hopefully) they are talking about might as well be expansion packs (similar to like Old World Blues) and all the little stuff gets free releases, or really cheap.
I can always play more Skyrim while I wait. I know that not everyone shares my view however and while this is great news for Xbox 360 owners, kind of sucks for the rest of us. http://www.amerisleep.com
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