People still use a PS3?

In 2011?

Damn. If you're still gaming on a PS3, after all the issues(shit ports, laggy online, PSN instability, PSN's lackluster library, PSN's hacking, PSN as a whole) then you really only have yourself to blame.

Cudgeon:

Bethesda's forums are not home to the entire userbase of Skyrim.

I see 360 morons are in here crying because their POS console doesn't have any exclusive games worth playing to keep them entertained. If you're soo poor that you can only afford a shitty, last - gen console with no games, bad graphics and a P2P online service then you deserve to go without games.

Glad I held off buying it, then. After Fallout 3 and New Vegas, I could see it coming really.

Guess that settles my Skyrim/Uncharted 3 dilemma.

@ Jim
True that.
The whole mindset of not have a tight bugtest before releasing the game, that Bethesda shows EVERY SINGLE TIME, is a big problem for all buyers of Bethesda Games. But since they still have a raving following, no matter how badly bugged the games are ( I remember playing New Vegas on the side of those rome guys and that was a horrible broken mess) and get awesome reviews for it and are pre nominated to have the game of the year, who can fault them for not giving a shit?

*Overpriced

Damn ancient work laptop with it's shitty keyboard.

It's more a case that the longer you play the game in one sitting, the worse the drop in framerate gets. And it's not an hour, more the case that it starts getting a bit ropey above 3 hours. Even quitting to the XMB will solve that problem for another few hours, you don't actually have to reset the PS3. It's as if the game is filling the cache too quickly causing it to lag. The problem with the save files is the same as in any Bethesda game on PS3, as in once the save file gets larger than 5.5 MB's or so, you get a slight increase in controller lag, rather than the framerate issues this is talking about. My save file is close to 8MB now and I'm starting to notice the controller lag a bit.

That's because you guys haven't played Fallout 3 Game of The Yeard edition! I bought it for the PS3 and it's almost unplayable, my save file it's around 11mb and everytime I try to access one of the DLC areas, it lags so badly that I literally have to wait for the screen to come back after freezes, it's horrible... I wished that bethesda would improve that on Skyrim, but it seems they did not. If after all those years they never fixed the lag on Fallout 3 GOTY, I have no hope they fixing it for the PS3.
Altought I experienced no lag at all so far.

This is the EXACT same problem that New Vegas has. When the auto-save starts getting huge, the game stops in its tracks. You can save, exit, delete the auto-save, then restart and it usually works well for a while after that. Usually.

I cannot believe this is still an issue. Jesus.

@Cudgeon

Just because your PC is hooked up to the internet doesn't mean your PS3 is.

Jammyx just doesn't cut it. He doesn't sound 12 at all.

I hope this is fixed before I have a real copy on my hands. I got to play some of it and it lagged on me like no bodies business. It was the worst framerate drop I've ever seen. Thankfully, the game was amazing enough that after I stopped for awhile I went back in without problems. Framerate drops and the game froze on me once. I hope Bethesda is working on this.

Sounds like a memory leak. Waiting on a fix to a high profile game sucks. I considered it for the PS3 too, but all I saw was X box this X box that. I got the PC version. I'd prefer it on the PS3 myself.

Well this sucks arse. I guess I'll get this on PC then, as the modders are a lot faster getting fixes up than Bethesda is. I feel bad for anyone that's bought this on PS3 - Bethesda should've been beta tested this properly before releasing an unfinished, buggy game.

People on the forums are saying this is an issue that may not get fixed. I'm crushed. Was really looking forward to this game. Not anymore, I guess.

@Dr-Peace
Almost every review I found was based on the 360 version of the game. Even Destructoid reviewed the 360 version. I'm sure if the PS3 version had been sent as a review copy, these issues would have been noted.
I've been playing on PS3 and only noticed lag after playing about 10 hours straight. I then realized that playing any game for that long probably wasn't the best choice, and grabbed a book. The lag is frustrating, but not a deal breaker for me. I'm still loving the shit out of Skyrim.

@Dr-Peace
Fernadette is spot on. The vast majority of the time, PR sends you the 360 copy. Even at times, when I've asked for the PS3 version, they've sent a 360 copy - if you don't give them any indication of preference, they send 360.

3 games later and Bethesda still has the same problem? I'd say they just don't care about the PS3 version at this point.

You know what? I think I might skip Skyrim, or at least wait until it costs $15, like I did with Oblivion.

This has gotten ridiculous. I love New Vegas to death, but it suffers from the exact same problem, of which there were MILLIONS, that Fallout 3 did. New Vegas won't even exit properly on my PC, I have to stop the process with the task manager. Of course, it crashes every single time I play it, usually multiple times, though I've gotten so used to it that I barely raise an eyebrow anymore. And now, years after the release of Oblivion, they haven't fixed anything for Skyrim? Why not?

I appreciate the immense amount of hours they put into the game. I love games with a lot of content, that create a world where I go "what do I want to do today". But damn it, seriously, fix the foundation of your games before you start programming in the content. Especially if you KNOW exactly what the bugs are from previous releases.

I figured people would have learned their lesson about playing Bethesda games on a PS3. It was never even a consideration for me.

Bethesda games are a glitchy mess at launch.

What else is new?

I wait for those goty edition not only to get the dlc cheaper but because it takes em about a year to properly patch their game up.

I'm on PC, and aside from a couple of rare lag spikes, my 10mb file with over 40 hours of play has been pretty rock solid. Still, looking at the comments not surprised the PS3 bashing has already begun. PCGAMINGMASTERRACE

I think all of this debate over which Skyrim looks better is silly to the Nth degree. I saw the comparison videos, and the differences were minimal. If you weren't trying to look for them in a comparison video, you'd never know the difference.

I'm playing on 360, and it looks beautiful. People need to shut up and buy the one they want to play it on, and stop worrying about what everyone else wants to do. It's not like it is multiplayer or anything.

... kinda glad I'm waiting till Christmas to get the game. Hopefully a patch will be out by then!

@SayWord
I agree, I rather like the dualshock design. It's lasted three console generations for a reason.

I wonder if there is a reason Bethesda's games have so many issues on PS3. It can't just be laziness, can it?