Dawnguard
Coming this summer to Xbox 360. More details at E3.
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Steven
3 years ago
Wow! Can not wait! Gonna be EPIC!
Hafar Leevinnnn
3 years ago
Yes! Yes! Yes!
mrfluffypinkpants
3 years ago
cost monies?
nun ofyobuisness
3 years ago
omg soo cool!!! some new details would be nice though…
Michael Michaud
3 years ago
OMG. going to be amazing.
CasualVader
3 years ago
I hope there’s a lot of meat to this. I’ll be disappointed if it’s just 10 quests and crossbows.
Andrew
3 years ago
releasing a new expansion pack early for xbox 360 does net gain you any favors, it may with the xbox 360 players but for PS3 players and PC players like my self you are just really giving us a kick in the teeth.
laurence peal
3 years ago
Awesome but more info now you cant just leave us on a cliffhanger but still awesoem sauce
beema
3 years ago
Hooray, more bugs!
mystic
3 years ago
Will this come out for PC and ps3 as well gstaff?
Patrick
3 years ago
Wait what is this? I only joined the elder scroll games starting with oblivion. Could someone please fill me in on what dawnguard means?
J.D.
3 years ago
“Coming to Xbox 360 this summer.” So I can assume a PC release will come WAY later? Great.
mike
3 years ago
well they are showing it at E3 so i would imagine its a expansion
laurence peal
3 years ago
wait a sec…just xbox 360 come on bethesda Ps3 need this you let us down already dont do it again you hear me!!!!!!!
Gefest
3 years ago
When on the PC?
Niml
3 years ago
Yay… almost forgot about that xbox 360 exclusive :/ how long till it hits all the other systems then i’ll start caring
Myranda
3 years ago
Thats it…….and I know that the XBox is getting the DLC before PS3 but this doesnt say anything abot PS3. Plz tell me we are getting it if not I am so done with Elder Scrolls.
Rob
3 years ago
Simultaneous PC release, I hope?
Lauren
3 years ago
Yaaaaaay!
Muffin Sniffer
3 years ago
That’s it? That’s the reveal? A dude with glowing yellow eyes? God dammit man…
Adam
3 years ago
That is it, one picture?
Jacob ehrlicj
3 years ago
This had better not be only for xbox! I truly despise it when companies do that… dont alienate your ps3 fans bethesda!
gabriel
3 years ago
how much is it and when will it be release?
Evan
3 years ago
Could this be something to do with Vampires? The Nord there looks kind of vampiric. Is Dawnguard some kind of vampire faction? It would explain the new vampire animations.
Dillon Heinen
3 years ago
Can’t wait wait for this to come out! Hope fully we get to go to new places and realms of oblivion.
Pissed
3 years ago
Thanks for the photoshopped picture Bethesda. Really. I mean it must’ve taken you guy’s all of 30 minutes to make this picture.
I swear sometimes no news is better then a freaking ****tease picture
Fenrir
3 years ago
only one picture…..WHYYYYY!!!! :'( ahh well. still cant wait to see more on this. but seriously?? E3? thats a month away bethesda!!
nun ofyobuisness
3 years ago
crossbow gonna be soooo cool!
fdhfth
3 years ago
I’m so happy I can put my faith in Bethesda as a company that stands for console equality. One that doesn’t take back handers from companies determined to destroy the gaming industry, just so they can make money, because they know it’s not about the money, but the games.
…Oh wait.
Chris Ninkovich
3 years ago
Agggh! Need more info than this!
Jesse Bateman
3 years ago
YES! Glad you’re rewarding us console players so well. It’s a good thing my gaming PC wasn’t built when this came out in November or I’d probably be upset.
Chaos
3 years ago
Where is PC? oO
Ben
3 years ago
Wow, thanks for nothing. You release a broken version of the game on PS3 – and give us nothing for being patient or for sticking with you. What’s worse though, is the fact that you’d do it to the PC community – people who have been loyal to the series since the begining. I hope you choke on the money Microsoft have given you.
STD
3 years ago
It will. Just wait.
GrandTheftImre
3 years ago
No, ps3/pc??
Rik
3 years ago
I really really hope it’ll add crossbows, function to buy/build/capture and decorate a fort or castle, as home. Also I hope it’ll grant acces to buy a boat, or hire a captain to sail you to Solsthiem (an island, Imperial iron and ebony resource. I’ll be sure to buy it, since i’ve got 1200 microsoft points left to spend =D
laurence peal
3 years ago
I will be deeply dissapointed if this comes out for xbox first cos of all those loyal ps3 skyrim fans who stuck with bethesda through crippling lag problems only to be let down by a long wait for dlc plus pc get mods, xbox get dlc ad voice kinect and what do ps3 people get lag… i am not joking you are gonna lose money if you kepp putting other platforms first bethesda me serious bro…
Doreo
3 years ago
YES GSTAFF? Will it?
Please tell me it will 
Mike
3 years ago
WTF… A Picture….. A F__king Picture!!!!!!
Who do you have to blow to get content info and release date!!!!
adam
3 years ago
it will, they just specified xbox because it will come to xbox a month before any other consoles.
Outlander
3 years ago
Hmm, not a lot to go on, but I’m excited to see more information!
Even thought it was previously announced, I’m still saddened by the fact that my friends who play on PC and PS3 are getting shafted.
I guess PC has mods at least…
Iloae
3 years ago
A picture, a title. Let the speculations begin… I love those moment ! ^^
Raziel
3 years ago
That’s it? This great announcement of DLC for Skyrim is just one slightly photoshopped concept art from vanilla and a meaningless title? I’am very disappointed, especially considering the fact that I was waiting whole day and wondering what that DLC might be.
laurence peal
3 years ago
Its funny cos bethesda were probably hoping for yay new skyrim dlc! as coments am i right ben but guess what they got a load of angry ps3 fans
Alex
3 years ago
I was disapointed with that aswell
Paul
3 years ago
wow; this announcement really was a waste of time. we have just confirmed what we already suspected.
Jeff
3 years ago
Are these the “juicy details” of the Skyrim DLC that are supposed to be released today? News of Dawnguard leaked last month. I thought we were going to get details today.
kevin
3 years ago
Yes it will be for pc and ps3 30 days after xbox 360 gets it.
Chad
3 years ago
Yeah, what about the Snow Elf Prince?
VileGecko
3 years ago
Bethesda, you are a hu-u-uge troll. Ah, and a very mean one too.
PS: Hope that these yellow eyes have something to do with the plot.
James
3 years ago
Xbox 360!? I don’t even OWN that. Much less own this product on that platform. You had BETTER be offering this on all platforms. I’m so sick of the bogus ‘exclusivity’ crap. Every time you jerk the rest of the gaming community around just to get some quick money from Microsoft, you alienate gamers who would otherwise buy your product. Despite being customers who have played your game with all the bugs you released it with, now you burn us with this announcement? And just a tease til E3? Thanks a lot, Bethesda. You really know how to let us know you care.
Aaron
3 years ago
It’s exclusive to Xbox 360 for a month, guys. They announced last year that the first two DLC packs would be 360-exclusive for a month.
Looking forward to hearing more!
datkrak
3 years ago
Boy, this isstuff underwhelming.
So, by “details tomorrow”, you really meant, “contextless hype”. You guys used to be better than this.
Will this release for PC? You know, the customers who made you famous in the first place?
Tiago Rech
3 years ago
Good God, gamers must be the worst and most childish fanbase in the universe.
anyways, AWESOME, Can’t wait for more details!
laurence peal
3 years ago
Thats right bethesda if any people like machinima or ign are looking at these comments whilst writing there thoughts this is gonna bad i meen it!
VS
3 years ago
No trailer? Disappointed.
Pye
3 years ago
I really, really hope that just means Xbox people get it early, especially after everything we PS3 players have been through with this game.
Tellus
3 years ago
Wow, we really got trolled BAD.
aaron de ruiter
3 years ago
Well, they have been working for a while, and have a few more months. It should be pretty darn epic!
Davide
3 years ago
I really hope you’ll consider a PC version. Bethesda would NEVER betray the community supporting her games, would they?
Fenrir
3 years ago
it will. xbox gets it a month before ps3 and pc though.
Thiago
3 years ago
OMG…i will buy an Xbox360 TODAY!!!
Matt
3 years ago
Well that stinks. No PS3 support? Oh well…
Perilator
3 years ago
what a damned let down. all we get is a title and one platform? i’m telling you right now, if this isn’t out on all platforms day one, i will not be purchasing it. also you can count me out of any other future releases you people are involved with. i am at my limit, and i have absolutely zero respect for you anymore.
bethesda died with morrowind.
cephyn
3 years ago
Chill out everyone. This has been known since Skyrim was announced – Bethesda has a contract to release DLC exclusively on xbox360 FIRST – but not ONLY. CHILL OUT.
panda
3 years ago
It’s exclusive to the 360 for the first month, according to Bethesda.
Fenrir
3 years ago
bugs = epic. but really, bethesda works very hard to polish the game, and its dlc, as much as possible. its not funny dude :/
sialivi
3 years ago
@Ben
It’s been known for months that the first 2 DLC’s will be timed exlusives for 30 days.
werevulture
3 years ago
I’m mad about that too. I don’t understand what is going on with them! I love the Elder Scrolls mythos. I have played every single game except for Arena. What do we get for being fans? What do we get for buying their games? New DLC? Only if you have an Xbox 360…
I use PS3. Now I have to buy another console AND another copy of Skyrim to play the DLC? Yeah right. I would rather buy it for PC and play with fan made mods. If Bethesda wants to withhold their content and alienate players, that is fine, there are plenty of modders who are cranking out quality add ons. Those are the ones who are truly passionate about the Elder Scrolls games. They are not in it for cash. Bethesda is selling out big time to Microsoft.
Enzo
3 years ago
Can’t wait for a trailer! Looks awesome!
gstaff
3 years ago
As noted before, the first two add-on content drops for Skyrim will be releasing exclusively on Xbox 360 before it’s available anywhere else.
Alex
3 years ago
It’ll be coming to other consoles a month later you nerbs, not just a 360 exclusive.
XDeadlyWhispersX
3 years ago
Im pretty sure Microsoft just have the timed exclusive for DLC for 6 months before PC/PS3 players will get it…
Carrotstew
3 years ago
Yay, no info at all!
And PS3 and PC will have to wait an extra 30 days.
Thanks a lot Bethesda.
Mitch
3 years ago
How can this not be released on PC? Come on Bethesda that is crap!
Fenrir
3 years ago
if dawngaurd is even HALF of what the shivering isles was, then i will be impressed, and content.
also, crossbows would be cool
Barnes
3 years ago
Whoa, wait. Are we talking about only the Xbox 360 here? That would be pretty lame.
But speculation time? Dawnguard… so maybe something to do with Meridia (Dawnbreaker weapon)? Or Azura, goddess of dusk and dawn? Or Dawnstar? No idea what it could be. Also what’s up with the eyes?
Zidjit
3 years ago
It’s a timed exclusive, so PC and PS3 get to let the 360 users clean the bugs out for when we get it, thanks to Microsoft throwing all that money around.
Barnes
3 years ago
Spoke too soon, thanks Gstaff! Also, any hints before E3?
Thiago
3 years ago
After the 2 add-on for Xbox360 that will be released for PC?
Jacob ehrlicj
3 years ago
Ben: ” I hope you choke on the money Microsoft have given you.” Well said!
Bill_Nye
3 years ago
If I may, when can we expect the DLC to be made available to other platforms after it is released on the Xbox market? Will we be expecting a few weeks difference, Months, or years?
Fenrir
3 years ago
I hope you are aware of the fact that they announced BEFORE (by a couple months to my knowledge) that the first 2 pieces of dlc would be on 360 a month before the other platforms. also, you are overreacting. PC get mods — a lot of them. true ps3 players did get kinda screwed, but they did fix the issues there for most players. get over it, and enjoy the game. if not, then dont play it, and shut up about it.
Mike
3 years ago
I sense Azura having to do with this!
Fenrir
3 years ago
thank you for the reminder. some people need it.
CamehPS3
3 years ago
There’s no hurry for the PS3 release as far as I’m concerned. Take as much money as you guys can grab and release something decent for the PS3 when it’s prime and ready.
Being in a hurry never got along with good development. I like the game as it is, and can enjoy it a few months more. However I hope the content will be worth the money for the DLC, it’s all I ask.
@ Ben : you’re loyal because they make great games. I suggest we stick to appreciating good games and tell bad publishers/devs how we feel about their games. I haven’t had much history with Bethesda but I think they’re good devs and as long as the content is good and solid (ok the PS3 version had a few issues, but I still enjoyed the game very much).
E. Botchi
3 years ago
“More details at E3″ basically means at least another month of “teasing.” This was disappointing. I don’t think I’m going to follow articles on Skyrim anymore.
Tomas Jokubauskas
3 years ago
Its gonna be obviously in hammerfell have you read “the great war” book? Do it if you haven’t- Probably a fight against elves.
James
3 years ago
First I’ve heard of this. Incredibly disappointing. I’ll think twice about buying Bethesda Softworks games in the future. Might as well wait for your inevitable “Game of the Year” package since you’re going to make me wait for the DLC anyway.
Poor form, guys. Not a happy customer.
Alex
3 years ago
Stop complaining about it coming out on 360 before ps3.. jeeze.
Judging from the red eyes, im thinking a trip to the plains of oblivion may be in order, or travel to red mountain in morrowind/
Byron
3 years ago
It’s a timed exclusive, so yeah. 360 just gets it first because Bethesda decided to sell out.
Unless they’ve changed things, but I doubt that.
Fenrir
3 years ago
maybe, but we get an epic desktop backround.
DMan
3 years ago
wait, that’s it?! No details until E3 (whenever that is)?? ARE YOU SERIOUS?!!! I’ve been refreshing my cotdamn browser all day and this is all I get? I dont even own an XBOX 360. So cruel. So very cruel. Epic FAIL
sialivi
3 years ago
Patience, E3 is less than 5 weeks away
Darcoth
3 years ago
I’m assuming it will.
All Skyrim DLC will be available on Xbox360 a month earlier than PC and PS3, I believe.
gstaff
3 years ago
Expect more at E3
Jack
3 years ago
PC version has gotten plenty of updates and bug fixes. Not to mention steam workshop, which has added a ton of user-generated content as well. I would hardly call the PC version “broken”.
kevin
3 years ago
Ill have to wait 30 after xbox 360 gets it but it might be abput the mystic dawn.
ChrispyBites
3 years ago
@gstaff
And, as previously noted, good show shafting your loyal PC fans.
Fenrir
3 years ago
speculation is fun and all, but id prefer to wait (i know its hard) until they give more details, to be all the more shocked.
Cole
3 years ago
I hope my body can take it.
Muzz
3 years ago
Are you serious? You’re giving us a picture and thats it?
I’m so disappointed. You could at least give us a TINY bit of information on this. Yea i think i’m just gonna stop following Bethesda posts from now i. Waited all day for this and i feel so cheated
Jenn
3 years ago
This game is not an Xbox exclusive. It’s really lame of you guys to take money from Microsoft for a timed exclusive and make all of your fans who play on PS3 and PC wait an entire MONTH for the DLC. I don’t like being excluded/punished because I don’t play on Xbox. I’m not happy about this.
Sara S
3 years ago
I look forward to when it’s on PC! Regardless of what anyone else says, I know that everyone at Bethesda is working hard on products that consistently improve our industry, and the bounds of genre and storytelling, and how hard it is to balance what the design team wants vs what can be done in the allotted time frame. In all my years of gaming and in the industry, you all only continue to impress and succeed.
Keep up the good work guys!
Fenrir
3 years ago
great. 5 weeks. because thats an extraordinarily easy wait for most people when there is NOTHING coming out in between now and then. (other than minecraft 360 and diablo 3, but not all skyrim players are exited for them)
Perilator
3 years ago
known beforehand or not, platform exclusivity is still dumb, no matter how shortlived it may be. by the time this comes out on my platform of choice, there will be spoilers all over the social media.
my previous comment still stands.
ZarkonGT
3 years ago
I think people are over-reacting on this. At most, it’s a timed exclusive for the 360. It doesn’t mean that it won’t ever come out on the PC and PS3. It just means it might be delayed. Or not, we don’t know, because Bethesda isn’t going to announce details for another month.
Just relax, it’ll all be okay. Breathe.
Anthony
3 years ago
Woah, calm down. It was known for months, before Skyrim was even released, that DLC would be released for Xbox a month before PC and the PS3. This isn’t new information.
laurence peal
3 years ago
I dont care bethesda if you have already said xbox get it first,but you’ve given enough rubbish for the ps3 ussers to play with. Give us something in return okay just saying im not a troll i loved skyrim, its probably my second fav game ive played but you’re just starting to bug me i had lag for a bit but i stuck by you and i feel im not getting anything in return okay so just think for us ps3ers okay plz it would mean a lot
Fenrir
3 years ago
dont feel cheated…just ignore skyrim related posts on teh interwebz til e3. that will make u feel better….in a month…
SixxGunSolution
3 years ago
I think you guys get some twisted pleasure out of leaving us hanging like this. Don’t get me wrong, I am stoked. But this is going to be a long 5 weeks.
Clark
3 years ago
so we don’t get a more nailed down date than the season. Not even a month so that PS3/pc know which month their pack will arrive too. However, I’m looking forward to this. I think it’s disingenuous to act like Skyrim dlc isn’t something I’m looking forward to. I’ve gotten into some other games since though and have to be honest in stating I don’t really know if I care that much about the game any more, my characters have lived their lives, a trip back better be awesome. But not giving any more information today is disappointing, not like it’s wetting my appetite just reminding me how difficult the hobby of gaming can be. But I have no doubt that the DLC is going to be fun yet so much time spent on patch after patch and waiting on quests to fix while pc gamers have a world of mods and such to enjoy starting almost immediately. I have to be honest, not much of a reveal the name was already out there and E3 was an obvious opportunity that Bethesda was obviously gong to hit. but we also get a picture of a guy with glowing eyes in a terrible iron helmet. Worth the wait guys.
Tango
3 years ago
That’s it? 7 months until we get info? It better be huge!
max
3 years ago
This must be pretty effing epic since the game released half a year ago and you’re waiting until E3 to give out details.
@gstaff: will that be the soonest we will get any more details? You are such a tease…
Maarten
3 years ago
Probably something with vampires. I hate vampires.
TrollFederation
3 years ago
i used windows since my first pc.. why no love to pc bill gates?
gamerchic
3 years ago
To be clear Bethesda said that Xbox is only getting the dlc 30 days early. It’s NOT exclusive to Xbox. We’ll all get it.
Michael
3 years ago
Im pretty sure Bethesda announced before the release of the game that the dlc will come out for the xbox first… don’t be mad.
dragos mocanu
3 years ago
Glad to hear about the DLC, too bad it will be out for the Xbox 360 first… PC community, unite!
Jonathan
3 years ago
Just wondering where will you be at E3? Microsofts E3 conference?
And didnt even tell the location of the dlc?
Also pretty cool,I didnt expect much pete said that its not anything big,but couldnt it be just a screenshot in game?
Carrotstew
3 years ago
I’m not stoked, they’ve been teasing and I’ve been excited and boom a picture and a title that everyone had figured out already.
I am however quite rustled.
Mary H
3 years ago
Is that seriously the whole “big” announcement? Stuff we heard about weeks ago? What a non-announcement.
Rubberlad
3 years ago
Oh.
rpbraley868
3 years ago
It is a shame the the most loyal fans of the series (pc users) have to wait for the dlc while 360 users get it early
E. Botchi
3 years ago
Seriously. I’m going to snipe some Falmer over this.
Christian
3 years ago
Why spit us PS3-users in the face? We´ve bought the game at the same price
and still we falls short here. Can´t believe it.
Thiago
3 years ago
30 days…long time!!!
J
3 years ago
… Are you kidding? After all this waiting, all we get is the word “Dawnguard”. Now yet another month of nothing. I thought all this waiting was ridiculous beforehand, but then to try and pass off one word as news makes it seem as though you’re just out to wind up everyone who’s waited patiently and dared to get excited about the DLC.
laurence peal
3 years ago
Such an anti climax…
Alex F.
3 years ago
I thought it will be trailer or maybe some info, but this…
oliver
3 years ago
is there a release date for ps3? If not will it be revealed at E3?
mrpantz
3 years ago
so whats the deal just a pic and some info in another month thats just mean gstaff i want a hug i feel so lied to dont get me wrong im still going to buy it i actually went out this morning to get microsoft point to save for when it comes out is there any info you can give about how much they will cost should we expect 1200 or 800? tell me pwease oh and dont forget the hug!!!
Dog G6
3 years ago
Well, all the cool stuff that happens always somehow ties into Azura. Look at Morrowind. She’s watching you… :O
Maez
3 years ago
Was hoping for a “Shivering Isles size” dlc. Not multiple small ones like Fallout.
Think I’ll just wait till a GOTY edition.
This timed exclusive dlc business is weak Bethesda!
Jaufre
3 years ago
wooah! that’s awesome! June 5-7! thats it!
werevulture
3 years ago
No it says specifically FOR Xbox 360. It says nothing about PC or PS3. Maybe there needs to be some clarification since multiple people are confused about this. The point is that when you say, “Coming to Xbox 360″, you alienate fans, and make them think that they are missing out. Why not just say, “Coming soon! The wait is over!”? Or something like that?
Luke
3 years ago
I am disappoint. We already knew it would be Dawnguard because of the trademark ages ago. Vsions (Dennis) said we would not be disappointed – I assume he was joking… Really Matt not one in-game screen shot? Terrible.
laurence peal
3 years ago
I bet bethesda are really annoyed at the comments cos they’ve really annoyed me!
Nick
3 years ago
It’s great to know that as a PS3 Skyrim player not only did I shell out 60 bucks for a hugely bugged game that needed to be restarted after half the game was through, also I have to sit back for 30 days while Xbox players get new content first AND the best part is Bethesda merely acknowledges my frustrations and doesn’t attempt to rectify the situation. Even a simple show of appreciation would suffice, like a free theme or something. And let me stop the Xbox guys “You PS3 players quit whining blah blah blah” You know you would be pissed too with game breaking bugs and us getting DLC first on top of it.
Ben
3 years ago
Which is stupid!
Whostine
3 years ago
No, not at all
Patrick
3 years ago
I’m sorry, I can’t hear you over all of the awesome mods PC gamers get access to.
Seriously, what are you, five? You can’t wait another 30 days for a piece of game? Are you seriously that upset that some people get to play it before you?
Barnabus Rex
3 years ago
If 360 gets it in summer, then I’ll get it a month later, and then I wait for 2 months until it’s actually playable. Next fall will be great.
zeek
3 years ago
Exclusive DLC is a shit move that treats 2/3rds of your customers like second class citizens. Grow up Zenimax.
laurence peal
3 years ago
I have to wait a whole fricken 2 months fro this forget it bethesda im probably not gonna buy this you better change your plans quick or yourr sales for this are gonna drop this is the problem with cod at least they changed there plan for elite…
Mike
3 years ago
Expect more???? OH like you guys making it available to XBL right after your E3 press conference. cause that would be a shocker…
A game company holding back content just to impress share holders.
Yachmenev
3 years ago
It´s so ridiculous of Bethesda to keep doing these timed exclusive releases still. For a small profit on a game that has already sold 10 million copies, they choose to annoy a large part of their customers. Especially the PS3 crowd (pc gamer myself) that they owe so much since the broken release for that format.
They have so much to learn of companies like CD Project.
Dustin
3 years ago
That’s what we all have been waiting months for? Thanks for picture Bethesda…. Not!!!! Fuck you guys I’m trading in my copy for Witcher 2.
Mark
3 years ago
Damnn, I was waiting all day for this too. Haven’t touched Skyrim in months I was hoping for at least a screenshot or release date. I guess I’ll just go play Morrowind. This is entirely too long of a wait for DLC regardless of how large it is.
R3YNO
3 years ago
A wallpaper for this pic would be nice.
pete
3 years ago
The First DLC but No Bug Fixes, yet im so Bored with Skyrim after Re-playing for the 8th time that the DLC feels like Horse Armor to me.
Sevrin
3 years ago
That is still a sell out, to curry favour with one console manufacturer.
Scott Moody
3 years ago
So, we have to wait yet another month, for you till make us wait yet more time for the actual release?? Why not just say..the first DLC comes in Aug. or whatever, and be done with it?
SWAGMASTER
3 years ago
wow! this is almost a picture exactly the same as every other dovahkiin one with a name that was leaked months ago. seriously? why hype up something that is just an announcement for a future announcement? you should have not told anyone so no one would expect more.
Mikey1091
3 years ago
The first DLC’s are being released exclusively for xbox360 a month before being made available for the PC? Why am I not surprised that anyone who doesn’t own a xbox360 is getting shafted by a game developer AGAIN? And yes, I said game developer. I don’t mean just Bethesda here. Need I remind people that Fable II never saw a PC port? Need I also say that sone of the Call of Duty games never saw a PC port either? And lets not get me started on any others. Once again, PC gamers are getting shafted. Like I said, no surprise there!!!!
Andreas
3 years ago
Honestly, Iæm disapointet.
I was practically bouncing up and down on my chair earlier today from excitement. Got in here to read what I hoped was a s***ton of stuff, aaaaaaaand… sadface. :'(
THIS BETTER BE GOOD!!!
Sevrin
3 years ago
Part of me is looking forwards to this, another part is angry that the Xbox360 gets it first, because that is just an effing sell out.
Patrick Liles
3 years ago
Picture at least looks great. i can’t wait for new dlc no matter what it is. can’t get enough of the game
Greg Nickel
3 years ago
Whats so good about xbox? computers are obviously the best given the fact they have tons more hard drive and RAM and dont get yellow rings
Whostine
3 years ago
Hmmm what a mystery my guess is the dawnguard is probably some kind of ancient guard and you can get selected for it hence the eyes. or they are from a distant land bringing new weapons hence the crossbow but idk
Sh4dowarrior
3 years ago
E3 is in June, will we even get a hint? How about this… one little touch of information. Is it IN Skyrim? If not, what location do you go to in Skyrim to reach this place. (ex mornhold was Ebonheart- no other details needed, SI was an island in lake Rumare…etc doesnt say anything, just lets the rest of us know where to wait until the info is released)
Mick
3 years ago
And as I’ve been telling everyone for years. Xbox is superior in so many ways (maybe not in a blue ray sense) but Xbox likes to give people what they pay for every year. You pay for Xbox and Xbox hooks you up with exclusives. Not to mention the insanly interactive dashboard. Don’t like waiting for dlc? Stop being cheap cause we all know you guys Baught the ps3 for two reasons. Cheapest available blue ray at the time and free online. Frees good to a point. But those who paid get to make fun of the play station folks every time we get something you guys don’t lol
Sam
3 years ago
Sell outs.
So glad I bought Skyrim used. You don’t deserve my money.
Mikey1091
3 years ago
I agree completely. PC and PS3 gamers are getting shafted by yet another game developer. Again. No surprise there.
Ben
3 years ago
You guys at Bethesda are horribe for teasing us like that :'(
Lord Byron
3 years ago
PC is Microsoft as well
Akataras
3 years ago
Because as we all know, entering a smart business deal when you’re out to make money is just plain stupid. God forbid that incredibly long one month wait might actually kill us all.
Beth are clever and handled the Skyrim DLC exclusivity situation far better than they handled Fallout 3’s and for that I’m grateful. A one month wait instead of a year, and Beth gets lots of money to help them make even more content for Skyrim.
The gamers don’t lose out in this situation in any way, shape or form. This coming from a PS3 player.
‘Selling out’ is a moronic term to apply to a company, especially when their objective is to make money. You know, that thing pretty much every company in existence is formed for? This is an easy way for Bethesda to make money off of DLC before it even gets released. As adorable as having integrity in the business world might be, integrity doesn’t make you money.
Jeff
3 years ago
Microsoft > People that play Skyrim.
Adam
3 years ago
Yep, read that
“Be on the lookout for the first DLC info tomorrow”, I think some of us feel trolled. We pretty much already knew the name. I’m surprised it didn’t say. DAWNGUARD… Shoot Snow Elves with crossbows.
Yes this is “info”; but this is just an announcement for something we already knew was coming. Building buzz for something we will actually get real information for over a month from now is trolling us. Don’t worry, you have money! But I think your marketing people should think about that next time.
Paul
3 years ago
I find it hilarious how people on the forums are over analyzing this picture.. this simple picture. I give them points for creativity. Some news is better than no news.
Fenrir
3 years ago
right click and set as desktop background?
bowen
3 years ago
a picture saying dawnguard after everyone already knew you was bringing out dawnstar :/ you fail with epic yawn, wheres our free monthly small dlc aswell bethesda is the slowest and biggest liars ever
Nephew
3 years ago
Great job!
Fenrir
3 years ago
technically, the whole “name of the dlc” was a rumor until today. official announcements count for something.
XboxRules
3 years ago
Solution — Sell that piece of shit PS3 and buy an Xbox.
Whostine
3 years ago
you guys seem disappointed.
Fenrir
3 years ago
why would anyone want fable 2 on pc? maybe to mod it to the point where irs actually worth playing?
Max
3 years ago
This is stupid. I own a Xbox360, a PS3, and PC. I bought the game for PC and now I have to deal with this arbitrary waiting period, just because I chose the wrong platform? This is bad business, plain and simple.
Why am I being punished for buying your game?
Joe Piervincenti
3 years ago
Man, does anyone understand that this release has always been scheduled for Xbox first? it’s unreal how clueless people are about how business works… no one is getting shafted, and if anything, you should be annoyed at Microsoft for handing out so much money to these developers for doing things like that!
robitussin217
3 years ago
The the speculation…BEGIN!!!
Fenrir
3 years ago
…yellow rings?
Fenrir
3 years ago
this.
Gallus
3 years ago
The resolution is too small for a sensible wallpaper
dogsolitude_uk
3 years ago
Awesome!
Got a PC myself, but not sure why the fuss about having to wait a month. Ah well. Doesn’t actually bother me really. I’ll just buy it when it comes out.
dogsolitude_uk
3 years ago
Quite. I have a PC, and I’ll be waiting, but I’m not bothered.
I know it’s a marketing thing, but it’s not convinced me to get an XBox, so it’s been rendered rather pointless in my case.
Timmy Seta
3 years ago
really dissapointed.. why the pic on the cover game, it’s still same with cover of Elder V scroll: Skyrim.. can we see new face of cover, like person who wear the dragon armor + helmet ..
and, why must released 1st on XBOX? why windows and PS3 not included too.. just, can’t wait the game.. wanna see the trailer :3
Patrick
3 years ago
Thanks Bethesda! I’m glad you reminded me that you value some customers above other apparently, or at least feel no shame at eating whatever bones microsoft throws your way. Guess I’ll be saving some money!
Gustavo
3 years ago
Yes we know that will be first released on Xbox.
But it WILL come someday to the PS3 and PC?
skyrimfan405
3 years ago
ARGH WANT MORE INFO. This looks awesome.
Mikey1091
3 years ago
Completely agree. Everyone who doesn’t own an xbox gets shafted again. Is anyone surprised?
Sh4dowarrior
3 years ago
Of course… anyone who follows their trademarks knew the name back in Feb. This is just the company telling the stock holders that they are serious about it.
Dustin
3 years ago
Now I know why pc gamers refuse to play console. If you want something done right do it yourself. I’m impressed it only took 5 months to draw a stupid picture. Way to go Bethesda!!!! Don’t you read theses blogs? Do you realize you have jerked us around for months. Not cool.
Rizhall
3 years ago
I wonder how many glitches this addon will bring in. Of course, they’ll be all, “Yeah, it has some glitches… but the game is still pretty good, right? :-D” And people will continue to crown them Developer of the Year and sucking them off~~~~~ ^_^
Mikey1091
3 years ago
Of course it’s Microshafts fault! Since when hasnt it been their fault? Almost every time things get released for a console before they get released for PC, its because Microshaft went and bought exclusivity for however long. I mean I love Microshaft enough to buy their Windows OS, but not enough to buy an xbox and start paying them a subscription fee.
nervana1
3 years ago
Thnx Zenimax, after shelling for this game for the PC, I understand that bags of money from M$ is much more worth than waiting for it to sell. So glad I can just get it for free once it comes out. I mean we are not even worth it right?
TrollFederation
3 years ago
yeah i hope xbox 360 will left out for month for dlc after this so that you know how the feel of being left out
Callum
3 years ago
Actually, It’s not like the others, His helmet and armor have more damage, and his beard is longer. I guess even bethesda realise how long it’s been!
The Doughboy
3 years ago
I’m finally gonna get to do that this summer. But I’m keeping the PS3 for the games that it has (Infamous, Uncharted, etc.).
Loke
3 years ago
Whaiting DLC !!!! Skyrim
deathclawomnomnom
3 years ago
ha! they treat PC and PS3 like a second class citizen!
An Awkward Turtle
3 years ago
Maybe during the 30 days that the DLC is exclusive to the Xbox 360 for, Bethesda will fix the remaining lag on the PS3 version of Skyrim…:)
*Gets hopes up*
JFoggers
3 years ago
Really, really hope this is a joke.
All those conversations about Bethesda vs EA. Bethesda would never screw you over with exclusive dlc, Bethesda listens to their fans, Bethesda area company committed to creating a great product before they make a great profit…
I am so very disappointed.
Crash
3 years ago
BOOSH!
Al
3 years ago
Dawnguard is written in similar font to the Morrowind box art. I hope it takes place somewhere in Morrowind. Dunmer rule
Mike
3 years ago
Look at all the comments…. I think almost everyone is Disappointed. I also think the fan base feel manipulated.
Look Bethesda… these are your fans, turning on you.
If you keep poking a dog with a sick sooner or later that dogs gonna bite you!!!!!!!
TrollFederation
3 years ago
yeah they should put that on the description in steam so that i’ll not buy this game
Dustin
3 years ago
Modders are our only salvation!
Nathan
3 years ago
you know I paid 150 dollars to get this game with a goddamn statue
and after all the bugs, glitches, the hacks I had to use to just be able to play the game in eyefinity you are going to throw timed DLC in face
thanks but no thanks
anyone wanna buy an alduin statue off of me?
Matt
3 years ago
2/3rds? Think again. Most Elder Scrolls players are on Xbox since Morrowind was on Xbox in 2002. It was on PC a month before that but it wasn’t very popular. Oblivion was the first PS3 release and it didn’t release on PS3 until a year after PC and Xbox 360. And again it was nearly as popular. Skyrim launched on all 3 but still isn’t as popular on PS3. The first few games before Morrowind were only on PC, so there’s no competition there. Check out these links for dates and sales figures. Oh, and you’ll find that when money is involved, companies tend to favor the majority. Not saying I have anything against PS3 (in fact I love PS3 and have both a PS3 and Xbox 360) but it’s the truth.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elder_Scrolls_III:_Morrowind
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elder_Scrolls_IV:Oblivion
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elder_Scrolls_V:_Skyrim
http://www.vgchartz.com/gamedb/?name=morrowind&publisher=&platform=&genre=&minSales=0&results=200
http://www.vgchartz.com/gamedb/?name=the+elder+scrolls+IV%3A+oblivion&publisher=&platform=&genre=&minSales=0&results=200
http://www.vgchartz.com/gamedb/?name=skyrim&publisher=&platform=&genre=&minSales=0&results=200
Sh4dowarrior
3 years ago
or save your money and buy a PC that can play anything an xbox can
redringofdeath
3 years ago
lol
Max
3 years ago
No one forced Bethesda to agree to this arrangement. They decided that money from microsoft was greater than releasing the content to all platforms. Now I am being punished for choosing to buy the game for PC.
Also, to your argument that it was always known that the 360 would get first dibs on new content, I say this: 1) Bethesda wasn’t exactly screaming from the rooftops that DLC would be Xbox exclusive, back in october and november. 2) This entire thing stinks, and I don’t like it.
Matt
3 years ago
Wow. I just noticed that the first sentence of that have terrible grammar. Don’t know what happened there but at least it’s readable. lol
Mikey1091
3 years ago
That’s not a solution. PS3 and PC gamers don’t have an xbox for a reason. Microshaft thinks it can buy first come first serve from game developers and that leaves the rest of the gaming community shafted. No matter how its put by the devs or by Microshaft, that’s how gamers who don’t have an xbox, or for that matter want one, will feel. The fact that Microshaft and the game devs haven’t learned that lesson yet is why everyone gets pissed.
Sh4dowarrior
3 years ago
Well thats retarded… have fun returning it and regretting it later
Charles
3 years ago
I have to admit that I really got hyped for some DLc news, I was hoping for some features :(, but I can’t wait to see what’s the reason for those glowing eyes. I’m pretty sure Dawnguard will involve the Thalmor a lot more.
xeoz
3 years ago
After a half year, all you did for a DLC cover is the same image from early 2011 and put a reddish color in his eyes?
and Xbox served first? I don’t understand why you guys love that shitty red ring of death machine so much?
Al
3 years ago
Hey blockhead, don’t act like this is news. It’s been known since before the game was released. How dare you compare Bethesda to Electronic Arts.
Imperial Knight
3 years ago
The funny part is that you’re still probably going to buy it.
Pretty sure you just got trolled by Bethesda. Besides, they already said we weren’t gunna get a whole lot of information about the DLC. You sound far too surprised.
Grif
3 years ago
Also, i’m pretty sure they signed a contract with Microsoft, I’m not positive on that but that’s probably why it aaaaaalways comes out on xbox first. so even if they wanted to change it they couldn’t. anyway, i’m FUCKING pumped for dawngaurd
Mikey1091
3 years ago
Agreed. Microsoft thinks they can curry favor with all the game devs with money so their console can be King of the Gaming Universe. Sorry, but that’s not ever going to happen. The PC will ALWAYS be on top of consoles. Why? Because the PC is upgrade-able, a console is not unless you want to get banned from online gameplay. And console manufactures wonder why PC gamers hate consoles so much. Too bad they haven’t learned yet.
Ethan
3 years ago
Same here. I shelled out $1600 for the parts for my gaming PC. At least I can get everything through Steam for like 75% off.
deathstyk
3 years ago
i absolutely LOVE all the people crying about how its going to xbox FIRST. thats right kids, first but then it will release on every platform. so yes it will be on ps3, and yes it will be available for pc.
your unnecessary tears feed them.
how is this new to anyone? bethesda has done xbox exclusive for the first 30days on almost every dlc they have done. how do some people find this surprising, or somehow think it will be xbox only? theyve never done that.
and if im laughing at how childish and ignorant you are, you can bet bethesda is aswell
Imperial Knight
3 years ago
Probably a month or so, maybe more, after the Xbox 360 release. It is a timed 360 exclusive, then it’ll come to the PC and PS3.
ben
3 years ago
The first mention of microshaft was funny, but you ruined the joke by over using it…
Mikey1091
3 years ago
Yes, thanks a lot. It’s nice to know you care much more about Microsoft’s money then you do about your loyal fans.
Mark
3 years ago
For the people who are now over the hype and are calling Bethesda on the bugs…..you gave them “Studio of the Year” and “Game of the Year”.
Cyrus
3 years ago
The console is not at fault, it was the developer’s choice to decide which versions they want to spend their time and money on and the ps3 wasn’t their first priority while the 360 and pc got a much better treatment.
laurence peal
3 years ago
Yeah but surely they should be better than this exclusive dlc is right up ea’s tree
Grif
3 years ago
i’m pretty sure they signed a contract with Microsoft, I’m not positive on that but that’s probably why it aaaaaalways comes out on xbox first. so even if they wanted to change it they couldn’t. think about it, bethesda makes PC games, micro just gave them a great deal that they can’t get out of for a while.
Nate
3 years ago
Welcome to the states were Microsoft rules not Sony.
Charasei
3 years ago
Shivering Isles was an expansion. This could be anywhere from the Mehrunes Razor in Oblivion, or Knights of the Nine. It was some time before shivering isles was released — an entire year actually.
Grif
3 years ago
i’m pretty sure they signed a contract with Microsoft,. so even if they wanted to change it they couldn’t. think about it, bethesda makes PC games, micro just gave them a great deal that they can’t get out of for a while.
Dakota
3 years ago
They are giving more info at E3 which is in June.
Mikey1091
3 years ago
Couldn’t have said it better, my friend!
Pario
3 years ago
Can I send some Fxxx or Sxxx or AxxHxxx? No?
Ok, I’m done!
@_@
Garrett Rill
3 years ago
we already knew this, just not confirmed, the trailer at E3 better be badass, i hope it comes out in june for xbox 360.
a live release at e3 would be awsome.
fidgetwidget
3 years ago
And his eyes… look into his eyes…
Hector000
3 years ago
So many misinformed trolls here. Am I the only one who knew about the timed exclusives? I mean Bethesda said this before skyrim was released. It’s a TIMED exclusive.
deathstyk
3 years ago
have you never played a bethesda game?
so i will also be waiting for 30days to get it)
fallout3, new vegas, oblivion.
almost all of the dlc that those games had was xbox exclusive, for the first 30 days.
then it was cross platform. so its not really exclusive dlc. pc players get player made mods, and ps3 has slightly better graphics. this is how they make it up to the xbox crowd. (and before you say anything, i play on the pc
J
3 years ago
Yeah, while you’re right, I wouldn’t describe this announcement as “information” at all.
I am surprised, when people say “information”, one word doesn’t really cover it. This is more irritating than something to get excited about tbh.
calm
3 years ago
calm down… the exclusivity is not that bad, it is only a month. We are lucky it is not forever..
laurence peal
3 years ago
Oh im not crying you sound like those twelve year old trolls on youtube “your tears feed me” thats just creepy and btw after all the s**t ps3 has had to go through surely they should have a prize at the end of the tunnel not a load of tar to slow them to the prize whilst xbox scramble there first pc and ps3 unite we must difeat these stupid foes and reclame what is rightfly owers!
Imperial Knight
3 years ago
lol@ everyone complaining about the lack of real news.
Y’all just got trolled by Bethesda. They already made it quite clear there wasn’t going to be much news.
Imperial Knight
3 years ago
Let ‘em whine, not our fault they didn’t pay attention.
laurence peal
3 years ago
Oh i payed atention its just nobody really cared about it until ps3 got all that lag crap now we care!
Achromatis
3 years ago
Im going to tell you right now Bethesda, if you do timed exclusivity with the 360 version again like you did for Fallout 3 I will NOT be buying this DLC just like I did not buy the Fallout DLC.
L
3 years ago
Apparently Xbox360 gets it for 30 days before the PC and PS3 are allowed to get it, too. So perhaps around August or so. It’s utter bullshit.
Adam
3 years ago
Not surprised, Bethesda are the biggest XBox fanboys there is, exclusive timed content is a low blow to PS3/PC customers
You can forget about me buying any more of your games, you’ve joined the blacklist along with EA,
Start treating all platforms equally.
SirMannly
3 years ago
I guess I was foolish to expect actual details or actual information on the DLC. ALL ABOARD THE HYPE MACHINE!
Awkings
3 years ago
I dont understand why everyone is complaining.
1. The reason that it is coming out first on xbox is because microsoft has had a deal with them since Fallout 3. PC gamers shouldn’t be complaint because it’s not like you guys have a lack of content, there are a ton of awesome, cannon-friendly mods AND you have the creation kit. and as for PS3 people I can’t imagine why you would buy any game for that console besides exclusives. And anyone who tries to complain that they hate xbox because you have to pay for online is a cheap idiot. I mean really, its $50 for a lot more than you would get on PS3 and better servers.
2. The reason for the lack of actual info can be accredited to the marketing team, NOT bethesda as a whole. They make the decisions about when info is announced. Its just like how it was bethesda’s legal department that sued Mojang.
So please everyone, stop complaining. Bethesda works really hard and makes awesome content, if you want to yell at someone, yell at the marketing team at Bethesda, not the people that work hard to bring us awesome stuff.
Th3 Indi3 Gam:r
3 years ago
Microsoft and Bethesda made an agreement that Xbox would get the first dlc’s a month early,It’s not like it’s not happened before
Arthmoor
3 years ago
Punished how? Surely you’ve been able to find mods for PC that are likely better than what you’re going to get from this DLC? Unless this DLC is actually much bigger than has been implied.
Bigred2989
3 years ago
Awwww, no horse armor?
Mike
3 years ago
OK so what im getting form all this is the DLC is done and ready but there holding it for e3 and it will be released after Microsoft press conference. All this to make some buzz for people how have never picked up a Bethesda game. While Fans of Bethesda continue to get a sour taste in their mouths after 7 months of being manipulated……
Bethesda I have one Question…. Was this the plan all along?
Ryan
3 years ago
Meh, I’m okay with a timed exclusive. I can wait and see if it’s worth my money, and they’ll get a chance to sort the bugs out.
I still don’t think it’s a good move on Bethesda’s part. The PC community is not going to be happy about being kicked again.
Hector
3 years ago
@ mike, where does it say the DLC is done?
Sgohair
3 years ago
http://www.statisticbrain.com/skyrim-the-elder-scrolls-v-statistics/
According to this website it’s closer to 1/3 (than 2/3) that aren’t playing on the Xbox. The Xbox is the majority platform. So it’s more like they’re giving a majority of their players a benefit.
And frankly, if I remember correctly, this arrangement was announced before the game was even released, so everyone had notice that if they wanted the content first, they should buy it on Xbox.
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/26/skyrim-dlc-packs-heading-to-xbox-360-first/
That’s not to say that one can’t criticize the decision, but at least know what you’re arguing.
Ryan
3 years ago
Dude, the players don’t decide who gets game of the year or studio of the year. It’s the review and gaming websites who decide. (IGN, Gamespot, G4TV, Kotaku, GameFront etc.)
PS3 Victim
3 years ago
Xbox 360 owners are so full of their own shit that they can’t understand why fans of Skyrim would be pissed that Xbox 360 owners — who are generally “brosephs” who play CoD all day — get to play this DLC “exclusively” for 360. Skyrim has every reason to be better than Fallout 3 and the other Elder Scrolls games but because of this favoritism for the 360 you’re pissing off a lot of your fan base and destroying the game. I don’t care how much exclusively WEAK, overpriced DLC you release, I wouldn’t trade my PS3 for a 360 even if it came with all the shitty exclusively Xbox games like Gears of War and Fable. So go to hell you rich little punk, and save up your Microsoft points for entrance into heaven.
Jherek
3 years ago
Wait 30 days for XBox users to get on the ball and buy Skyrim? You’ve lost a PC user’s sale for this and remaining DLC. Was it worth it?
Scott
3 years ago
Timed DLC for the 360 is going to bite you in the ass, Bethesda. Hope Microsoft paid you a pretty penny for all the fans you just pissed off.
Chris
3 years ago
Will the trailer for this game include remixed songs by Dragonette? I am only in this for the Dragonette…
thethies
3 years ago
It doesn’t really bother me that its taking a long time for the dlc to come out.. quality games take time to polish.. take all the time you need bethesda mind you the longer you make me wait the more I expect it to blow my mind. I could do without the hints about info being released only to be disappointed. You know everyone is waiting for skyrim dlc and nobody really cares what its called.. don’t announce dlc info unless its something worth reading about.
Kyle
3 years ago
I will not be buying this regardless of what it contains unless I do so as part of a GOTY pack or on deep discount. The deal you signed with Microsoft is anti-competitive and incredibly unethical. I refuse to support it and you should feel ashamed of yourselves.
Paul
3 years ago
So your motto is…
Better never than late?
Noah
3 years ago
An exclusive release makes them more money. You need money to make games. I doubt anyone here would turn down a similar offer.
Will
3 years ago
That was that plan… To give you a boner. Heh, and you got one.
Darth Krezo
3 years ago
What the hell is wrong with everyone? Console favoritism has existed since the beginning of video games. Money/customers talk and BS walks. 360 is King, before that was the PS2, before that PS1, and before that was was SNES. Everyone crying and wining must have owned a Dreamcast. Praise Akatosh!
not impressed
3 years ago
This is there BIG surprize….. Fail :-I
Will B
3 years ago
Well I already knew you were gonna sell out and do timed exclusive DLC, but I’ll tell you now I didn’t buy it when you did it before and I’m not buying the DLC for Skyrim either.
GAMISOU
3 years ago
Hmmm timed exklusiv. You prefer other players?
Ok, then i will not buy it.
Jake
3 years ago
Damnit dirk.
laurence peal
3 years ago
No in actual fact more ps3 have been sold than xboxs and pc more than ps3 cos everyone owns pc so in actaul fact ps3 king of consol gaming yet another win for playstation! And i got his info from pcgamer biatch!
Colin
3 years ago
Yes, Because the kickbacks they got from Microsoft covers you. Not that I mind, I’ll be buying no matter what time it comes out.
imbo
3 years ago
As a proud PC gamer, no.
Grigs
3 years ago
You guys are focusing on all of the wrong stuff. How many people do you think pay attention to blogs, and copyright records, Etc. Bethesda is doing the same thing Wizards Of The Coast does when they announce a new Magic set. For six months you see nothing but a name, thankfully the wait time for Dawnguard is only a month. It’s to build hype, to get the people who don’t read the blogs or follow religiously to get in the know. It’s just good business and marketing. And you can say “no its not, I’m not buying that stupid game if they’re gonna be like this!”. But you are, whether you’ll admit it or not you’ll still spend however much you need to just to play more of the game. So stop complaining, enjoy the deep breath before the plunge, revel in the anticipation. So when the time comes, it makes it worth the wait.
mud
3 years ago
I love you
Colin
3 years ago
Agreed, the more money Bethesda has, the more time they can spend developing a game before they have to sell it. Sure it’ll make some people mad, but those who don’t buy the DLC are covered by Microsoft’s money. In the end this means that a great game studio has more money for their projects just because they release some content late for some people.
Josh
3 years ago
As a 360 gamer, I feel bad that all the PS3 and PC users have to wait, By the time they get, All the hype will be taken out of the DLC and the fun will be spoiled for them, That’s just not fair for them.
sam
3 years ago
I’m guessing they get money from micro$oft to release on their platform first. More money they can use to make the game better.
gazo
3 years ago
I don’t normally let things like this get to me, but, timed exclusive is a big kick in the nuts for PS3 players! I have put 150 hours into Skyrim and loved it, but bethesda can’t take a run and jump on timed exclusive DLC. Stick it where the sun don’t shine, hope the money is worth it!
laurence peal
3 years ago
Yeah but unfortunately for ps3 and pc users we’ll have to take 2 huge deep breaths
Mike
3 years ago
Well the fact that people found parts of it in updates….
Snow price, crossbows.
So Yeah I bet its done and there already working on the next one.
Josh
3 years ago
Would be nice if you knew how to type properly and not have every word cut off.
laurence peal
3 years ago
I used to like bethesda but hen i took atimed exclusive to the knee (sorry but it had to be said)
Grigs
3 years ago
Sorry, I’m typing from my phone. It sucks to formulate words and sentences in a fluid motion.
dogsolitude_uk
3 years ago
Really? You mean the very same people who left comments on this and other forums complaining about bugs all went off and voted for Bethesda to become Studio of the Year etc?
You do realise that there are a *lot* of people out there, some of whom complained about bugs and (this is the interesting part) others who *didn’t*?
Achromatis
3 years ago
Lol no, my motto is dont support things you dont support… Instead of saying you dont support something, then turning around and giving them your life savings because they tell you to.
Im a “Vote with your wallet” kind of person, and Im letting Bethesda know about it.
dogsolitude_uk
3 years ago
Not sure why this is a problem. It always used to be considered quite normal to wait between releases between platforms, even in the 8-bit era!
It took over a year before Uridium made it from the Commodore 64 to the Spectrum…
dogsolitude_uk
3 years ago
It’s not exclusive. Out on Xbox, and then a month later on PC and PS3.
dogsolitude_uk
3 years ago
It’s hardly ‘exclusive’, just being released a month earlier on Xbox.
D4n
3 years ago
Your console is old and obsolete, as is 360. Why would anyone want to unite with either of those respective relics fanboys?
Steve J.
3 years ago
Wow, look at all the bitchy people. That is exactly why I avoid Bethesda’s forums like the plague. As for me, I can’t wait for the next DLC. If you won’t buy it, then good for you, no one really cares.
someguy
3 years ago
Hahahahaha, like Bethesda cares about your $10.
Kyle
3 years ago
XBL is an awful excuse for a paid service. It uses almost exclusively peer to peer networking, which has nothing to do with servers and costs MS peanuts to run. Just your connection and the other people’s connections (with a noticeable advantage for the host). The dashboard is also slathered in ads. Anyone who pays for ad-slathered peer-to-peer multiplayer is being ripped off.
And yes, people should be complaining. Exclusivity deals are anti-competitive and unethical. These kinds of deals are anathema in the traditional software industry, where companies have been fined millions of dollars for very similar tactics. I will be writing a letter to the FTC about these practices next week. I have had it with immature gamers blindly accepting whatever poor business practices console makers and publishers force down their throats because they don’t know any better.
/rant
Daniel F.
3 years ago
Xbox360 = 7 year old hardware.
There is nothing wrong with waiting for the PC version I guess. Hope graphics look better too
Kyle
3 years ago
I would have. It’s unethical as proven in traditional software. MS tried to pay developers to cancel or delay software for Mac OS and Linux — they were fined millions of dollars in multiple first world countries. Suddenly this disgusting and anti-competitive practice is kosher in gaming? How about no.
jacobkoopa
3 years ago
I would also like to add that those in the Playstation community has their one “exclusives” mainly in the fighting game territory, so STFU, you crybabies.
Kyle
3 years ago
If you really feel bad, don’t buy a console next gen and stop supporting these business practices.
Mikedzzz
3 years ago
Man you guys are hyping this dlc almost like your releasing a whole new game, bringing it to e3 and everything. But all I have to say about it is it better blow shivering isles out of the water.
Daedric Maniac
3 years ago
^ Tryhard much?
Fabgeek
3 years ago
if you were really voting with your dollars, you wouldn’t have bought this game in the first place. Also, if your life savings is $10, then you should probably consider what you are doing with your life.
thebluegod
3 years ago
I agreed with your post until you said “PS3 people I can’t imagine why you would buy any game for that console besides exclusives”…
What? Maybe this was true like 5-6 years ago, but since then every Rockstar game and Ubisoft game for example runs better and smoother on the PS3, and that’s a fact. I’m not bashing the 360, it’s a great machine but the PS3 is no slouch. It may be harder to develop for but that hasn’t stopped other devs from making great games for it. It’s just Bethesda that has this problem…
Anyways I’m not complaining about the timed exclusivity. I could care less really, its just a month later.
Connor
3 years ago
stop slatting Bethesda!
I mean they made the game for goodness sake!
It’s like complaining to your brain surgeon that they are working to slow,
Fluxman
3 years ago
Don’t cry for PC users, we have tons of mods
If anything, I feel sorry for you guys lol
hector000
3 years ago
they didnt find working parts, just the names. herp a derp
Ripper
3 years ago
Lol silly console players. I bet you don’t even know what a mod is.
hector000
3 years ago
did you just start to like bethesda? because they did this with FO3 too….
Mike Jones
3 years ago
Releasing to Xbox first just means less bugs by the time it hits PC. Which is fine with me.
Scott
3 years ago
nope. it’s whoever pays the review and gaming websites the most money.
dogsolitude_uk
3 years ago
Seriously, what the *hell* is all the fuss about?
The DLC is coming out on Xbox, and then a month later on PC and PS3. Quite frankly I don’t give a damn if I have to wait 6 months for it on PC, no skin off my nose. I’ll just buy it when it comes out. The fact that some people I don’t know have had the opportunity to buy it first isn’t putting me off, for some peculiar reason.
I’ve been playing computer games of various descriptions now for 30 years. I’ve had a Spectrum 48k, Spectrum 128k, Commodore 64, BBC Micro, Atari ST, Amiga and (naturally) a PC.
This staggered release thing is such a common thing for publishers to do. Amiga gamers often had to wait for ST ports, and vice versa, often for months at a time back in the day.
Hell, film and TV studios usually make us in Europe wait *ages* before releasing their stuff over here. It’s why The P1r@te B@y is so popular [joke].
The PC and Xbox do share a common codebase, it’s possible that this may be a marketing agreement between Bethesda/Zenimax and Microsoft. So what?
FFS PEOPLE, IT’S ONLY A MONTH!!!
Jeez, what do you think is going to happen? Do you think that somehow Xboxes are suddenly going to start taking over the gaming scene? Are you deeply worried that PC and PS3 games are going to start disappearing off the shelves of retail stores (OK, already happening in the case of PC I guess)?
Are you worried that, as a PC or PS3 user that whenever you go out in public Xbox users are going to point and hoot at you?
I mean, come on guys. This whole ‘I h8 u bethesda, nevar buyin ur gamez again’ stuff is utterly childish and smacks of a lack of any kind of perspective. Zenimax and Bethesda aren’t your parents. They are companies who enter into deals with other companies. That’s business. There are far far worse things that can be done to extort money out of gamers (look at some of the stunts EA and Ubisoft have pulled before now), releasing a DLC pack on one platform a month before the others is not one of them.
I very much doubt that this will lead to a huge upsurge in sales of the Xbox, and it’s not going to kill the PS3 or PC. Shoddy ports, crap games and DRM will do that, and those phenomena aren’t platform-specific.
If you’re still having problems with the situation, look at it this way: the Xbox user base represents thousands of unpaid QA testers. Hopefully by the time it comes out on PC/PS3 any quest glitches will be ironed out…
lolz
3 years ago
Lol that’s right. X box gets it first! But who has the better graphics? Not x box! :p
Alex
3 years ago
Why aren’t there any positive comments on this? You guys are on the Bethesda Blog, why are you here if you’re just gonna complain about the flaws of the game?
Talos971
3 years ago
Mabey the DLC has to do with Azura (Dadra of Dawn and Dusk)
nightrunner_ks
3 years ago
Typical of Microsoft to buy out timed-exclusivity. Me thinks they should focus on stopping RROD’s
Sh4dowarrior
3 years ago
Now that I have gotten past the whole wait a month stuff and the people complaining about PC and PS3 release. I have analyzed the Name and the image.
CLEARLY the avatar state has been instated.
But on a more serious note.
So what has dawn in its name in the TES franchise… Dawn era, Mythic Dawn, Dawn Zombie, Tower of Dawn (ghostgate), rising at dawn (mission involving vampires in Skyrim), Elda Early-Dawn (owner of candlehearth hall), suns dawn (a book that may have some info http://uesp.net/wiki/Lore:2920,_Sun%27s_Dawn), Dawnbreaker and its quest the break of Dawn.
Now what has the name guard in it? Beyond the plethora of guards in the game… the book the rear guard (http://uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:The_Rear_Guard), Guardian stones, wrathguard from morrowind, boneguard belt from morrowind etc. Guards and guardians and spells and items are easy to comeby.
I suggest looking into the words themselves. Dawn… the sun, the light, the new beginning… less metaphorical would be the East where the dawn breaks. Guard… this could suggest that you are protecting the dawn (whatever that suggests) or perhaps the guard signifies a title of a follower (akavirii dragonguard for example) and they are there to protect you (the dawn, the hope for the future).
Most likely, the title represents a location or a group as many of the titular expansions do. NotN you became a Night of the Nine… SI you went to the Shivering Isles… Bloodmoon, there was a bloodmoon which had been heavily written upon prior… Mornhold, you went to mornhold. Skyrim, Oblivion, and Morrowind were significant (to say the least) locations respective to each game.
Sentreylia
3 years ago
It’s already been stated that xbot’s will have the exclusive release for 1 month. Why do you all NOT read, but then scream obscenities directed towards Bethesda as loud as your keyboards will allow you?
Dustin
3 years ago
Thanks for trolling us Bethesda. It’s good to know how much you appreciate your fans.
Shreds
3 years ago
I 100% agree with you. What he says is true… quit whining.
Its not like PS3 hasn’t received early releases and DLC content before xbox has either… One of the most recent I recall is Battlefield 3. PS3 Got early release on Beta and upcoming DLC.
PC stuff…why bother complaining we all know PC trumps Console any day anyways… so what if its a week later. You can mod the shit out of Skyrim…we cant.
Emerson Bubaker
3 years ago
I know right? Even if these people say they won’t buy, we all know they will.
Igelfelt
3 years ago
Are you serious? ps3 has alot of exclusive’s way more than xbox has + ps3 gets contetns from games like Mortal kombat that the xbox never gets, ps3 alot of them, pc also do, Pc gets all the fixes fastest and Betas faster thany anyothet gaming thing. so don’t complain on xbox fanboys, please.
EtaYorius
3 years ago
Only for Xbox360 or eventually for all platforms? i dont mind waiting up to 1-3 months, any longer than that will surely make start raging at Bethesda.
Igelfelt
3 years ago
your comment fails, sure ps3 is betther and has sold more than xbox that cause xbox is older and more outdated by 1,5 year, but PC games both sell more and get pirated more than console games ever sell. and btw sony is almost bankrupt so yea mabye no ps4.
JakeyBee
3 years ago
It’s just really upsetting for PC/PS3 gamers because they hear and see all the details behind the DLC a month before it’s release, so once they’ve become accustomed to the content and it’s release those day-1 purchasers PC/PS3 customers tend to be a little discouraged, and tend to be less likely to bite immediately. It probably hurts potential sales when the hype dies down. If it was impossible to spoil the details of the DLC of the most hyped and entertaining video game of 2011, then we wouldn’t have this problem.
Surprised it isn’t PC/360 exclusive, Microsoft owns both platforms (technically) and it’s not like PC gaming is going to take a chunk out of potential 360 sales.
And if you are a PS3 gamer and don’t own a 360 for third party games on single discs, get with the program. Microsoft is a huge dickwad only because you don’t own a 360. If you owned a 360 you’d get that experience and the PS3’s great library of exclusive content.
jimmytee
3 years ago
what about my rage dlc?
The Bandsaw Vigilante
3 years ago
Except that some platforms generate greater sales for Bethesda (and are far easier to develop for) than others.
PS3 loses on both of those counts, as far as the studio is concerned (note for the record: I own a PS3). If you’re a major studio, you go where the money is. Simple as that.
The Bandsaw Vigilante
3 years ago
Note for the above post:
I was replying to Adam’s comment, not dogsolitude_uk’s. Forgot there’s no “edit” function on here.
glfd
3 years ago
I don’t think PC gamers are all that upset, given the massive amounts of mods they have. Which are basically free, platform-exclusive DLC.
The Bandsaw Vigilante
3 years ago
Oh my God…cry them a river, build a bridge, etc. etc.
30 whole days without new content, in a game lasting literally hundreds of hours.
Also, “anti-competitive”? It’s called “business.” Where were all the uproaring protests when Rocksteady released exclusive
Arkham Asylum DLC for the PS3?
Did you boycott Sony then? I would certainly hope so.
Joe Damarsio
3 years ago
For a second there I thought I’d gone the way if a blind moth priest and was ‘starting to see things’.
I then saw that there was no details and could imagine everyone at Bethesda with troll faces (the meme not the monster)
Jo’Ryuren-Dar
3 years ago
I prefer PS3 to Xbox, and had I the funds to upgrade my computer enough to play the game; I certainly would have bought it on that platform, instead.
However, there are two things that are really getting my goat about this whole situation;
1: While Bethesda has certainly put some work into fixing the list of issues with the PS3 version of the game, it would be nice if they at least fixed the bugs enough to be equal with the other platforms…
2: I’m all about DLC, but as a console player, I’m greatly disappointed that Bethesda has not done more to make user made content available to consoles.
It certainly would make waiting for DLC much more enjoyable, and a lot easier.
Guittarplayer
3 years ago
Well… i agree with the prize, but it IS rightfully Xbox’s as thats what the creators wished, so no… just no
adsehteb
3 years ago
PS3 got hacked so of course they know all the people STILL playing on an unsafe network are retarded and will stick through a month without it. Sure you complain like bitches here but when it comes out you will open your wallets and splurge your money right into their pockets.
PC gamers…well you’re too dumb to buy a console so its your fault anyhow.
What a bunch of crying babies.
p.s hcum oot egar tnod ?uoy did llort eht yojne
thatninjaslicy
3 years ago
i like bugs. they help me go places i’m not apposta.
thatninjaslicy
3 years ago
your loss. we’ll all be having an awesome time, just like when we were playing fallout and you weren’t.
Star Platinum
3 years ago
Love how everyone’s complaining, like they weren’t told this would be happening MONTHS in advance.
Whatever, one month to see whether or not it will be any good (which I’m sure it will be.) I am curious as to whether or not it will take place in Skyrim or a new land mass, or a different plane.
Kregor
3 years ago
I still fail to see how this is a surprise. Todd said going forward they will have timed releases. AND every DLC in Fallout 3 was like this.
thatninjaslicy
3 years ago
NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
bob
3 years ago
I assume you have an xbox due to how snobby you sound. How would you like it if you had to wait a month for the DLC after the PC got it? It’s not fair, even if they did it before.
Eric
3 years ago
Who cares.
TES has grown into a truly monotone heap of crap
matt
3 years ago
if they do xbox exclusives.. they cant just not do it one time for ps3 then go back.
Clark
3 years ago
I don’t see how that makes any sense. There were bugs with the game, it’s at a totally different scope than most games created this console cycle. Microsoft always gets the exclusives, that’s why people get their console. If you buy a console and don’t know what you’re getting I’d hate to see you purchase something substantial or get a credit card or loan. At the same time, when PS3 players get the game it’s probably going to look a tad better than on the XBox. Right?
Jon Haeffele
3 years ago
I really hope Bethesda releases DLC where we can go back to Cryodiil. It would be fun to see what the cities look like after 200 years.
pepepuneta
3 years ago
XBOX? WTF!!!?
Rich
3 years ago
While Microsoft technically owns the OS for the majority of PCs, it’s that Microsoft get’s money for every game, dlc, etc. sold for Xbox, but not for PC.
Dan
3 years ago
“Microsoft owns both platforms (technically)”
That is not what technically means. But I agree with the rest of your comment
Vulpis
3 years ago
Yeah, sadly the whole ‘vote with your wallet’ thing, while a good idea in principle, fails miserably due to the sheer number idiots willing to be parted with their money, which just leaves you having less fun than the idiots do. Case in point, look at the live-action Transformers movies–even *Bay himself* thinks they were crap, yet because of the sheer number of people paying to see it, they’re considered a success.
Rich
3 years ago
If Bethesda where “Xbox fanboys” why would they waste there time making modding resources for PC?
It’s business, MS gives Bethesda money to get an exclusive deal to keep their Xbox customers loyal. That’s kinda important when they pay for online play, while PC nor PS3 do. It sucks but that’s the way the cookie crumbles.
horridmemory
3 years ago
Screw you guys. Bethesda is amazing. That is all.
Shawkab
3 years ago
You would need to have about 50 Skyrim DLCs exclusives on Xbox for PC players to care. We get Mods, Better graphics, everything.. You get a month early to test our DLC and fix the issues, so thank you
Chris King
3 years ago
The reason why xbox gets stuff first is because we pay for our live you dont and microsoft makes deals with bethesda to give us the dlc first in exchange for extra cash.
Vulpis
3 years ago
And this is why ‘voting with your wallet’ fails as a method of trying to teach a company their error. Because some other…person *will* buy it where you didn’t. :-/
Vulpis
3 years ago
I feel old now. I remember the days when a game or content for it coming out on more than one platform was a *surprise*, and not often heard of…
Vulpis
3 years ago
Because the ones not complaining are too busy playing?
Nick
3 years ago
Microsoft does own both platforms because PC is games for windows
Nick
3 years ago
like climbing up a 90 angled mountain near Markath
Vulpis
3 years ago
Yep, it definitely shows how they appreciate their fans using the X360, by giving them content before the other platforms…
Kyle
3 years ago
Lmfao. You clearly have no idea at all what you are talking about. Explain to me how MS (and Sony, who are just as bad) buying off developers and publishers to delay or cancel content for competitors is healthy competition.
I’ll give you a spoiler: you can’t. How does paying off publishers for exclusives make a platform better? It doesn’t. It makes the competition worse in an underhanded and artificial way. Exclusivity deals = large companies using their deep pockets to artificially worsen their competition’s product instead of improve or re-market its own product. It’s basically a perfect example of anti-competitive practice. It’s not “business,” it’s “bad business.” And it needs to end.
TES
3 years ago
Bethesda probably isn’t laughing at PC/PS3 gamers’ “tears”, their concern is making money not promoting the XBox 360.
Hasan
3 years ago
Yo Bethesda can we get a 1600 x 900 resolution for that image. Would make for a sick background.
Kyle
3 years ago
You’re really forgiving the blatant bribery by MS so easily? It’s an abhorrent business tactic that does nothing to further gaming or improve their own platform. Only take away from others.
There is less than no chance I will be buying any of the staggered release DLC for Skyrim just on principle. Should Beth release DLC that has a common launch date I will consider those on their own merits. The behavior of MS and Sony is unacceptable and should be punished by not buying content their bribery buggers on other platforms unless the developer publicly apologizes and does things right like Remedy did with Alan Wake(for things to not give money for, see Battlefield 3 expansions for Sony, Skyrim expansions for MS).
MadCat221
3 years ago
Soooo… a name that we’ve known about already due to trademarking info released… and a poster of the Posterboy Dragonborn’s eyes photoshopped to be all glowey. What’s it actually about?
Hellbishop
3 years ago
Congratulations Bethesda on..THE UNVEILING..
Powerful screenshot giving off a vibe of a experianced hardened Dragonborn about to confront a grand new main quest.
megac0ffee
3 years ago
All I can say is, Diablo 3 in 2 weeks. Skyrim is dead to me. I refuse to support a publisher willing to piss off a large chunk of its customer base in return for money.
mike
3 years ago
why would they put working parts on an update?
Herp a Derp dezz nuts.
Oh and why wouldn’t they wait for E3, Its only smart business. Microsoft and bethesda will get extra press for a product when it airs on spike tv or G4tv. Bethesday is still selling a product, what makes more hype, putting it out now or waiting till e3.
I bet they new e3 was the release window for months.
so hector why don’t you stay in school take a class in marketing or economics n phuc a duck
mike
3 years ago
only a guess but i’m calling release of dawngaurd on June 6 2012 for xbl
Paul
3 years ago
I definitely respect that. Though in all honesty, it’ll probably take at least 30 days to get it patched up to working order anyway.
Mactinite
3 years ago
The only reason the 360 gets the DLC first is because they pay $10 a month for their services. If PS3 owners paid I’m sure sony would have had more incentive to grab all of those exclusive deals. It’s a fair trade-off in my opinion.
Mactinite
3 years ago
It doesn’t matter if Microsoft owns the PC market. Microsoft wouldn’t pay for exclusives to because they wouldn’t make any money. Also the way everyone would get there DLC is through Steam, it’d practically be a gift from Microsoft to Valve.
dnlckoi
3 years ago
Is Microsoft even going to attend E3, or was it just future CES appearances Microsoft withdrew from? Would Skyrim DLC be an announcement from Bethesda/Zenimax instead? I think that’s more likely unless Microsoft has a special gaming console announcement to make.
A6M4
3 years ago
I think what he means is that the PS3 version had so many bugs the game was nearly unplayable. And I don’t think that people that get mad at the exclusivity are unhappy because they didn’t know about it. They are unhappy because they didn’t know about it and the idea is a really weird way to treat your customers. I understand that Microsoft probably pays some exclusivity fee, but thirty days is a long time to be listening to other people talking about something that is unavailable to you.
A6M4
3 years ago
I don’t really understand that logic, unless of course you mean that you won’t buy it but pirate it.
Wagner Pires
3 years ago
XBOX only???????????? and PC???????????????
A6M4
3 years ago
You mean the Bethesda game development department makes great games right?
Jagji
3 years ago
To me, its not so much the fact that its exlusive on the xbox, is that its exlusive at all. When you think about it, theres no point to it.
Derp
3 years ago
I HATE consoles. Consoles are killing games and especially hardcore gaming. In result we’re getting SKYRIM instead of Morrowind level games.
A different Ryan
3 years ago
I don’t know why pc players are so torn up they’ve had the benefit of modding to their hearts content. I’ll admit that I play on Xbox and that pc does have a better platform to play on PS3 is just late to the game on bethesda xbox has been on since morrowind when the elder scrolls became really popular it’s just bad luck sorry bro.
dnlckoi
3 years ago
In the words of Liberty Prime:
AMERICA will never fall to communist invasion!(echoes)The Creech
3 years ago
Well, Microsoft obviously thinks there is a point..If it wasn’t such a big deal (exclusive for 30 days..), then why do soooo many complain??
Lusk Weire
3 years ago
I’m glad there is one comment that isn’t complaining about the fact that it is going to be released on the Xbox 360 first.
Gage
3 years ago
I’m not worried about it. The graphics looks like absolute shit on everything but the pc. a month of play before everyone else doesnt fix the fact their playing the ugly version.
Deltaforerunner (Xbox)
3 years ago
I honestly don’t understand why everyone’s throwing such a hissy fit over the whole wait a month, you’ve waited this long without hearing ANYTHING until now so why b****? Yes I play an Xbox, but you don’t see me complaining constantly how my POS computer can’t ever hope to play Skyrim, so I can’t do modding, etc, etc. So just calm down and think how long you’ve waited up til now
Also, is “this summer” for Xbox players too? Or is there a confirmation on the date? Thx
Yasmin
3 years ago
WOW!!! So many complaints about the staggered release dates!! Not to sound harsh, but to all the PC players, you guys have access to mods that no console does FOR FREE may i add!!
Lusk Weire
3 years ago
Who that
mike
3 years ago
because we are fans of this company, and it seems all bethesda wants to do is manipulate its loyal fan base.
Julian
3 years ago
Elder Scrolls is a PC genre. We know it, Bethesda knows it and since Microsoft owns both platforms why insist with trolling everyone like this? Doubt you’ll make more money with one month 360 exlusive.
Ryan
3 years ago
The way I see it, PC and PS3 players actually have the better end of the deal. Knowing Bethesda, this DLC will have loads of bugs on release, so even though Xbox players will be able to play the DLC a month before everyone else, they will also be the unofficial beta testers as they experience bug after bug throughout their playing time. By the time the 30 days pass and the DLC gets released for PC and PS3, most of the bugs will be ironed out and PC and PS3 players will get the polished version of the DLC.
Sigmu
3 years ago
Im a PC gamer and I dont mingle or plot with the peasant console gamers.
Batman
3 years ago
That’s what they said about the BF3 content releasing on PS3 first, but it didn’t hurt a thing, lol. It’s not going to cause that big of a deal because after that month everyone will still buy it. Whether you admit it on the internet or not, they will.
Jara
3 years ago
Remember when DLC announcements came with, oh, I dunno, screenshots?
Jara
3 years ago
Does it make him wrong?
Jara
3 years ago
CHOO CHOO!
Seriously, this sucks. So we have to wait a month for actual information. Then probably a month (or more) until its release date. And then a month after that for PC and PS3 players.
So assuming it’s two months from e3 to release for Xbox, and 3 for everyone else, that’s 10 months, as in, nearly a year, since Skyrim was released.
This had better be worth it.
GIJig
3 years ago
Microsoft and Sony VS…. MICROSOFT!!!
This is your PC/PS3 vs Xbox battle. Seems a little pointless…
logan
3 years ago
Is this going to be the “Elder Scrolls VI” and wat is a DLC I’m new to gameing
Jara
3 years ago
The problem is, Skyrim isn’t a Games for Windows title, it’s a Steam one.
Jara
3 years ago
Many of us knew about it.
Doesn’t mean we have to like it.
CPH
3 years ago
I’m sorry, I can’t hear you over the sound of HOW MUCH I DON’T GIVE A **** ABOUT XBOX360!
Thanks again for screwing over your ever loyal PC fans.
kyle
3 years ago
lol i am expecting it to be a bit more tes dlc is usually more then most games.
Jara
3 years ago
DLC generally isn’t patched, that’s the problem.
So the PS3 and PC versions will have the same bugs the 360 version does.
360 users, unfortunately, aren’t beta testers, as much as we’d like them to be.
FT
3 years ago
Would be cool a big update to solving more problems with gameplay and engine, the DLC looks “a nice poster” for now. Something for the mod community? there are a huge lack in quests.
I hope for a new wave of fixes, the DLC have priority for the Xbox, i am pc user, so updates are more usefull. Later the DLC.
irony
3 years ago
Sweet, xbox users can deal with all the bugs so the rest of us don’t have to
Chris
3 years ago
Am i seriously reading this? the manner in which a game based around running around in a pretend world and swinging pretend swords to kill pretend foes is released can hardly qualify as “disgusting”. Releasing their DLC earlier on xbox is simply a generic business deal, and if you were to boycott every company that tried to secure exclusive business you wouldn’t be able to buy anything, it’s one of the most basic principles of business, think of every time you hear the word “exclusively” in an ad. If you want the DLC, buy it when you can, otherwise don’t throw a fit. If this bothers you this much then next time you buy a console perhaps you should consider going with a company that will spend money to get their customers exclusive offers.
Colony
3 years ago
You forgot the extra month before the mod community fixes it as well.
Ray
3 years ago
You do realize that… Microsoft… owns Windows right..?
Nick
3 years ago
For those of you getting pissy and saying you will be done with TES if it comes out for Xbox early… Well, I guess we know who the real fans are. I have plenty of friends who play both ps3 and pc and none of them are complaining, not to mention that a later release date for you guys will ensure the latest patch, so it won’t be as glitchy. If you would leave something like TES for something as trivial as a later release date, you were never really a fan to begin with. I personally have skyrim for both Xbox and pc, and although the graphics are better on pc, I prefer the experience of the Xbox. So go ahead, comment back and wrongly call me an Xbox fanboy for defending a company comprised of the most brilliant minds in the industry. All it’s gonna do is make you look like an ass.
ZimmerRemmiz
3 years ago
Seriously, this was announced months ago, the first two major Expansions for Skyrim are exclusive to the 360 for 30 days, everything after that is fair game…
Brandon
3 years ago
lol. but pc gamers dont worry, you have all of your unofficial fan boy modz you can live with for those extra 30 days. hell you have them right now. so stop whining. that’s one of the reasons xbox live has a price.
Brandon
3 years ago
oh and let’s all cry that we are going to stop playing skyrim because of how long this dlc took to come out. think bethesda cares about you not playing anymore? no they dont, and to be honest i bet the dlc will be worth waiting for. so instead of rage quitting because of your lack of patience, keep in mind, the world is going to end this year.
ZimmerRemmiz
3 years ago
How do you get that it’s done? there is absolutely no reason to think that, sure they added some of the files to work with the expansion in a recent update, but that is simply future proofing…
Robert
3 years ago
so any news on whats it about
Yawus
3 years ago
Son, you just got old-schooled.
Bob
3 years ago
I like how people are complaining now, when the deal was announced a long time ago.
Faulgor
3 years ago
Guys, how is not buying the DLC on PC/PS3 going to send them a message? All they see is “well, we sell less on those platforms anyway, so we should concentrate on the 360!”. The PC version of Skyrim is Steam’s fastest selling and most played game of all times – that’s the kind of message they need to hear. Bethesda will only listen to sales numbers.
That’s why we need to buy DLC for PC/PS3.
That’s how we vote with our wallet.
If you have PC/PS3 friends who own Skyrim, buy them Dawnguard as a gift.
Ace
3 years ago
I’m not going to read all the comments to see if someone already mentioned this, but I’m pretty sure when the plans for Skyrim DLC were announced this year, XBox only gets the DLC exclusively for a month anyway. I still haven’t finished Skyrim. I may never, even though I immensely enjoyed the game. An extra 30 day wait is nothing in Skyrim time.
Tim
3 years ago
Knowing Bethesda they usually release buggy DLCs during initial launch. Let the 360 players beta test it for us PC/PS3 players.
kyle
3 years ago
i don’t understand why everyone is complaining about the fact that there is no more info then this. id rather have this and a release date and that’s it i don’t want any more then that till it comes out. why would u want to see some of it this early ur just going to get too excited and when it actually comes out ur gonna get bored of it really fast. its like seeing ur presents on X-mas and them having a couple tares and u just looking at those tares to see whats inside just ruins the surprise. and for those who say they have w8ed for ever for DLC i don’t think u realize how big the actual game is. most games are tops 10 hrs long there is only 2 games i have gotten more then 10 hrs out of that are not TES games and they are dark souls and dead space 2 DS2 only cuz i loved it and beat it 6 times over. DS i played for 120 hrs, oblivion i have played a total of like 1.1k hrs and skyrim i have played for like 500 hrs. that is more then any game i know of, even if u don’t include there DLC. and for games that are 10 hrs long it takes like 2-4 months still for DLC to come out and some games don’t even come out with DLC(DS).
regarding the exclusiveness, its a month and for those who are all like wtf this is so unfair. just think of it this way w/o the exclusiveness we would be getting it at the same time so for those who hate surprises its basically a huge spoiler a month earlier. and for those who hate spoilers just don’t look it up or watch vids of it. and if u do watch vids your problem. and if ur still pissed, odds are ur not even old enough to play the game.
and if u are old enough u should already know… LIFE IS NOT FAIR.
for PC players i don’t hear much complaining but from the people i do. if i had a sweet as computer id be happy. id just hook it up to my 40″ and sync my 360 controller have a number pad beside me for hotkeys and a mouse for menus cuz 360 it does not move as fast as i would like. but i don’t have a sweet computer nor can i afford one but for those who do u can MOD if i could do that id be happier then a pig in shit. u have DLC quality mods out there and u can even create ur own if i could do that i would make a paladin quest line that makes u get all ingredients(not just steel and leather stripes) to create a sick ass pally mace(what dawnbreaker should have been) that actually levels when u do(what every unique leveled item should have done).
now yes there is some things that annoy me but DLC info is the last of them. 2 things i hate are that they said there would be no major or minor classes, well really there is and the fact i cant get perks back sucks. in my opinion the only way to eliminate major/minor classes is to get rid of the tree design and just make it so i can get something like master restoration without having to get the 4 b4 it. the second is that they take neat things away(oblivion vs skyrim) when it is a single player game. ex: oblivion had items enchanted with reflect spell/phy dmg now its gone. oblivion had normal moving speed with drawn bow now i gotta waste a perk to get that and it goes on.
and there are simple things that annoy me but no one wants to hear all of that so all in all i love skyrim. and there are more good things then bad or not so good. and some things annoy me but long w8 for DLC/exclusiveness of it, are not one of them.
Dracula
3 years ago
This man tells the truth.
John
3 years ago
I want this. But timed exclusives suck. A zillion people bought your game already – it sucks that you’re taking money from Microsoft for this.
Omnom Dinosaurs
3 years ago
Fix Blood on the Ice
Nazgul
3 years ago
There’s a mod for that XD
Nik
3 years ago
So is it comming out for ps3?
Ito
3 years ago
Really, they got
Mikhael
3 years ago
If you have all platforms, you would have no reason to complain. Problem solved.
illegitimi non carborundum
Spatztastic
3 years ago
Nerdgasm.
It’s silly though, as all we have is the name of the DLC, as well as a Dovakhiin with glowy eyes…
gerken918
3 years ago
So I’m guessing we see this in july. I’m sure ps3 is getting it just maybe not for 6 months. But hey guys remember it used to be bethesda xbox/pc elclusive no playstation at all.
Fred
3 years ago
While i can understand the frustration some PS3 & PC owners have over the XBOX-first release, I don’t think it’s that big a deal.
Gaming companies have set up exclusive content with hardware makers for years now. And as it was said in a previous post, the money that Bethesda collects from these exclusive deals can be used to continue creating kick ass games.
The 30 day waiting period is nothing for someone with a little patience. Hell, I’m working on my 6th play through, and I’ve still got tons of things I haven’t discovered yet!
Aside from all of this, I’m really, really excited for some Skyrim DLC!
Jarhead
3 years ago
I’m totally ok with having to wait for it on my pc. Till then I get to have fun with this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7GPqReC2HU
Bailey
3 years ago
Seriously guys there’s a lot of anger here for a game. It’s only on Xbox for a month, Bethesda said this a while ago, this is business, Microsoft paid for this timed exclusive, Sony could have done the same thing but they didn’t, so unfortunately you’ll have to deal with that, it’s 1 month it’s not like you’ll be waiting for years, and again it’s only 1 month until E3 so we should have some solid info pretty soon. Stop complaining its only a game.
Mikey D.
3 years ago
It also could be that Bethesda is partial to the 360. I mean, the announcement demo was played on an Xbox 360… I’m proud to be an Xbox fanboy and diehard gamer, but it also could be due to the 360 being the easiest console to program for. /shrug
Mikey D.
3 years ago
Which is what I don’t understand, because my PC copy of Skyrim (For mods and vids/screenies) says Games for Windows at the top of the case… /shrug
josh
3 years ago
I’m just saying, not to get a big thing started here, but XBL is not a P2P service. All online multiplayer games servers are controlled majorly by the company that released the game. It would be impossible to run something like XBL based on a P2P client. XBL>>>>>>>>(much much much)>>>>>>>>>FrostWire(P2P Client) I’m just stating a fact, not trying to argue.
I don’t see how everybody is worried about who gets what first. I’m in the category of, Majorly disappointed that all we, (we meaning the Skyrim community as a whole), got was a picture of a Stoned Dovakhin with some arrows, and “Dawnguard.” I hope that at some point maybe before E3 they can give us just a little more information than what we’ve already been given. I’m not complaining, just hoping. I keep putting in Skyrim hoping that I’ll find something new to do but… nothing. Plus since I play on Xbox, the mods are kind of limited, very hard to find, and not really that entertaining.
chairon de celeste
3 years ago
rotflbtc at xbox _360_ – hey there must be still some dreamcast and genesis owners out there – why not make exclusive deals for them as well
Ventura
3 years ago
You know, Why is there an issue? It was said a long time ago that Skyrim’s DLC would be released for the 360 first. ‘Nuff Said.
I own the 360 version of Skyrim. Is it the best version of Skyrim? Hell no. I’d take the flexibility of the PC version with the Creation Kit any day. That said when all the DLC is pumped out, Skyrim’s Creation Kit will keep fans busy and entertained. While anyone with a console has only the repetitive ‘Radiant’ quest system to keep them busy.
Honestly, Skyrim and Oblivion are terrible ports for PS3. They were just not made for that console and it shows. People complain about issues all the time and while Bethesda tries hard to make these games workable, they will never be as good as the other platforms.
All this mumbo-jumbo about PC/PS3 gamers uniting against Bethesda is a waste of time. PC gamers don’t care about the console wars. They don’t care about exclusive DLC rights. They care about the games. Besides, not all DLC comes out flawlessly at first. 360 is the test subject and PC/PS3 will most likely get a patched and fully working version of Dawnguard.
josh
3 years ago
Okay, I’m sorry but to all the “Loyal,” Bethesda Fans out there, get over it. Have you enjoyed playing this series for the past 20 years? If you have, then why would you let one month of not getting DLC stop you from enjoying the series? You really don’t seem all that loyal. Has any bitching PC player stopped to think, “Hey, we have a creation kit, why are we being such pansies about having to wait for a month?” Hell, I’m sure some clever little modder out there will find some way of taking the Xbox DLC, making it work for PC then share it. Think about that. Instead of complaining the whole month, try finding a mod or making a mod that is exactly the same, then if after 30 days you don’t succeed, buy the damn DLC. Problem solved. If your feelings are hurt that an American business took advantage of you and your new to this, I’m gonna give you a heads up, you might want to move to another country. God Bless the USA and our ability to do things the way we want to.
Chris
3 years ago
Once again, the PC community is overlooked as usual. I mean come on, the PC community is what built this franchise to its glory in the first place. We are also the most devoted followers of the Elder Scrolls too. By the time it actually is released on PC, the incredible hype would have died down by a pretty large extent, so if it’s money they’re looking for, it’s not really helping them at all. Seriously, the same amount of people would buy it on Xbox if it were released on PC and PS3, what real difference would it make in the big scheme of things?
Dusty
3 years ago
Oooooooooooh!!! Come on!!! and bit more info! LOL!!!
Can’t wait though!
Piippo
3 years ago
Games for Windows =/= Games for Windows Live.
Hala
3 years ago
*stands next to Dusty and gets her pompoms out*
Me neither! This is just awesome news. Cannot wait for more info
xx
Deadman
3 years ago
Please explain to me how you got comes out on everything else a month later out of “Coming this summer to Xbox 360. More details at E3.”
seriously?
3 years ago
“Hell, I’m sure some clever little modder out there will find some way of taking the Xbox DLC, making it work for PC then share it”
You don’t seem to know anything about modding.
It’s simply idiotic to suggest that a bunch of amateur modders could deconstruct an Xbox360 DLC and rebuild it into a working PC DLC in a month of unpaid, part-time work, much less that they should just duplicate precisely official DLC from scratch in their spare time as if they’ve got access to all the resources and money of Bethesda and Bethesda’s law firm is on vacation.
It doesn’t even make financial/business sense to make DLC for a multiplatform game exclusive, even if only temporarily. The only possible explanation is that Microsoft pays them heaps of cash for the exclusive DLC in the hopes that PS3 and PC players are so impatient that they’ll abandon those platforms and buy a 360 along with a second copy of Skyrim. That’s a a wildly unreasonable assumption to make, and it’s simply a reflection of Microsoft’s bad faith attempts to monopolize every industry they enter. And don’t bother arguing that point, because both American and European courts have found Microsoft to be a monopoly that uses underhanded and illegal tactics to shut down or prevent competition. The EU fined Microsoft $2 billion dollars for those activities not even a decade ago.
If it’s Bethesda’s right to treat different customers with varying degrees of favor, why do the paying customers who are receiving unfavorable treatment not allowed to complain?
Are you saying that only corporations have a First Amendment right to free speech? If you bothered to read the US Constitution you’d notice there’s no mention of corporations or capitalism anywhere in the document. In fact, the only mentions of economic policy are the sections which lay out the federal government’s power to regulate interstate commerce, international commerce and levy taxes.
Aleksejs
3 years ago
We’re not saying it’s xbox only. We’re saying that the “secret romance” between Bethesda and Microsoft is a disrespect to old fans. And yesterday, they did nothing to celebrate the Morrowind 10th anniversary, just put some picture and offered to buy Morrowind on Steam. Thanks, I’ve already done it 10 years ago.
All this means they don’t care about old fans, and they care only about the money.
Andy
3 years ago
Er, no! It won’t. It will just be a buggier, laggier port of the 360 version, and the Ps3 owners will be able to commence whining yet again…
Seems to me, the logical thing to do is buy a 360…
Andy
3 years ago
Er, no! It won’t. It will just be a buggier, laggier port of the 360 version, and the Ps3 owners will be able to commence whining yet again…
Seems to me, the logical thing to do is buy a 360…
kyokun71
3 years ago
I dont think its a month-after problem, the problem its the consolle —-> pc conversion (usually done with the foot, full of bug and created for consolle not for pc) for me is no big problem i am waiting a DVD version, i am not going to spend money for nothing, i pay then i want a DVD-support, and at least i have other games to play, and for the previous comment (before that) i am not going to buy a 360 the most useless consolle around :)just for the sake of a dlc LOL
derp
3 years ago
I wouldn’t be surprised if Bethesda added in the fine print of the creation kit that all mods are property of Bethesda, then sell the mods they like as 360-exclusive DLC and tell the modders who created the content that their unpaid labor is appreciated and if they be good little boys and don’t complain to the big bad better business bureau they can see Azura’s boobies someday.
Kura
3 years ago
You realise that when Quake 3 came out for Dreamcast it had Dreamcast exclusive maps and that they were extracted and converted for use on the PC version by fans and shared amongst PC players?
There’s precedent. Just because you don’t understand how it works or how it could be done doesn’t mean it can’t be.
d-c-D
3 years ago
how about fixing creation kit bugs, Bethesda, rather than making DLC?
Keeper
3 years ago
Sure, if you´re sendind to Czech republic and selling it very cheap.
Catman
3 years ago
Windows as in Operating System.
Tim
3 years ago
Bethesda announced in August that this was going to happen. See Here. It’s not like this is a surprise and if I remember they did the same thing with Fallout: NV.
wizardfrag
3 years ago
PC is the easiest platform to program for, since it’s what the development tools run on…
So yeah, Microsoft are lining Bethesda’s pockets.
amilcarwooww
3 years ago
+10000000000000000000000000000000000000000
amilcarwooww
3 years ago
You need to do as “Microsoft”($$$$$$$$$)did,or you will die waiting… :s –‘
Chris
3 years ago
Nope, it’s going to be Dragon Force!!!!!1!
Mario
3 years ago
Those eyes definately mean that something changes to our player like a new power or shout. Dawnguard sounds a bit like a title. So i’m assuming its like Shivering isles where you become the ruler of that land, so here we become…a Dawnguard… of a very important place or object. Just a theory… Whatever it is, its BIG.
justin walsh
3 years ago
i am kind of dissapointed that the first dlc is only on the xbox 360. it seems we people who buy the ps3 versions of skyrim and oblivion games get screwed over with dlc releases,since the ps3 version of oblivion didn’t get any dlc and now it looks like the ps3 version of skyrim’s going to be the same way. that really sucks because skyrim is one of my favorite games and i only have a ps3.
phonixor
3 years ago
subtile hint to improved vampire mechanics!
Zak
3 years ago
Yada Yada Yada… as much as I love Skyrim, being a PS3 user I can’t properly enjoy it. So just give me some new Fallout news, lol.
josh
3 years ago
Everyone needs to calm down about the whole xbox exclusive thing. Thirty days of xbox players getting to play content first isn’t a big deal ad they will have to deal with all the buggy stuffs. The money made by xbox sales of the dlc and the money from Microsoft to have it first will allow for more expanses to be used to fix those bugs so it runs smoother for anybody . It seems xbox players pay first to be a dlc tester for free for bethesda. Honestly, I have played xbox, ps3 and computer versions. Xbox gets bugs too, maybe not as bad but pc isn’t that buggy either, plus you het mods easier for pc. As for ps3: yeah my girlfriend was having issues with freezing in fire and water and lagging in certain areas, but we deleted all The skyrim game utility data and updates, not the save file, and updated it again and it has worked perfectly from then.do keep in mind that a month isn’t the end of the world. And hey ps3 remember oblivion? You had to wait a year but you got , if I am correct, knights of the nine and maybe horse armor for free? Quite bitching, if you can’t handle a month wait as xbox players get the first taste of bugs, then maybe you shouldn’t play skyrim. Finally , the whole about time thing, the game has been only seven months , and there’s around three hundred hours of gameplay and two hundred and forty four quests. Max level is eighty one and a half, if done right, and so with that amount of content , I doubt ninety percent of you players haven’t even completed everything in the game. The game is still pretty new, so quite bugging about new content and enjoy the game for what it is Untill the release of the dlc. Either then all that I for one am extremely excited for this dlc. Even of I have to wait a bit.
John
3 years ago
I hate consoles! PC rules!!!
Mysterious Bear
3 years ago
I really wish Bethesda would fix creation kit, and in-game bugs, before making new things. Not that I don’t want new things- I’m just sick of my npc’s not being able to move in any mod at all, and of running into simple mistakes that really spoil the immersion and gameplay. Not a big moan- but they said they’d fix the navmesh bug and it’s been months!
Mysterious Bear
3 years ago
There’s alot more information than you think…
scratches on the helmet, the eyes, and the title all give alot to be speculated about. My guess is vampirism…
caio
3 years ago
Any chance of more fixes before more problems Bethesda? Please, the next update is not the DLC, is it? I dont give a shit for voice command, 3d glasses or exclusivity… i just need finish this damn 59$ of troubles in 2012!
lopez
3 years ago
When i read these comments i slowly lose hope for humanity and realise why the world is so injust, people are so self centered it’s unreal, Bethesda is a company in a capitalist world they run on money, just like every other company and if they make a deal with Microsoft then I’m sure it’s part of their finacial plan.I thank you Bethesda for this great game and i look forward to some more hours in skyrim.
Please add spears and again dragonsouls= perk points please.
caio
3 years ago
I saw photos on the web, of the freaks of id software testing 3D glasses.. his friends to produce games with horrendous bugs. Probably the big deal with the horrible idtech5 and Doom 4, are useless 3d glasses, just like receive voice command first, and updates??? Please let me know of corrections! please, do not act like id software!
lopez
3 years ago
Bethesda how many people do you have working on the skyrim project?
if we knew this it would help us have a better picture of how team Bethesda works and maybe silence all those who moan about this bug not being fixed and so on.
Gianpiero Silvestri
3 years ago
I’ve read latest few mails and couldn’t see people complaining about the supposed 1 month of delay for PC version. You don’t need to be a genious to understand the feeling of gamers, supporting Beth or not: less bugs, less bugs, less bugs. You know, no matter how far you go with realism and graphic, as soon a player gets a huge wall missing texture or a dead body coming from the sky it is almost like a treath to the marvelous game you expected. Indeed I still play and enjoy the game, but I understand anyone complaining with Skyrim issues. Cheers!
Vipe
3 years ago
Please let this come to ps3 too
George
3 years ago
Finally its announced!
Scarred Phoenix
3 years ago
Even though I have an Xbox 360, all of my Skyrim time has been spent playing on my PS3. So when is this expansion going to come out for PS3???
mac
3 years ago
Seriously?…Really? Lets see, make DLC for all ten people that still use PC’s to game and all 100 people who bought it for the (sadly, under used and under rated) PS3 and make a thousand dollars, or let Microsoft pay us millions of dollars to make XBOX 360 exclusive DLC and then collect our thousand dollars from the PC guys and PS3 market a month later. Sounds like a good financial/business decision to me.
Courtesy of your friendly neighborhood American millionaire and capitalist pig.
julio
3 years ago
Updates? where?
Seraephus
3 years ago
Oh… yeah… because I’m sure Bethesda would just LOVE people porting their DLC… they same way they loved people using textures from morrowind in the ‘Morrowblivion’ mod.
Any modder who tried that would be doing it down the barrel of a lawsuit.
It’s a month. What’s a month? Moreover, 360 players probably deserve something extra for the lack of mods and long loading times.
However, the dude who replied first is an idiot. Don’t ever underestimate the TES modding community… they’re capable of amazing things. People are willing to go to great lengths for the things they enjoy.
Daniel Black
3 years ago
dafuq BETHESDA? We PC games respect you and stick to everyone of your games. I frikkin played Arena, Daggerfall, Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim, Fallout 3, Fallout New Vegas and I spent my savings to buy myself a PSP when Oblivion PSP was announced, and you didn’t even release that. BTW,just so you know I HATE FPS’s (Fallout 3 and FNV were surely FPS’s). Yet you people just ignore us completely and go stick to the XBOX players who are probably playing some other crap on their consoles anyway totally ignoring Skyrim, the best game I’ve ever played (I am playing it for the seventh time now). Well, I can’t understand why I am raving in here when I certainly this isn’t going to change Bethesda’s mind, BTW again, the most user friendly site for Mods is Skyrim Nexus (Thought You’d like to know).
At least, we have modder’s with talent who can give us FREE EXTRA CONTENT. We have Dragonbone weapons, Free Houses, Deadlier Dragons, and even Sheogorath advising us on the loading screen instead of some random buggers.
I’ll stop now. Sorry for all the above, but I don’t think I am going to stick around with Bethesda if they prioritize Xbox. Can’t they not do Console-ial Discrimination?
Thanks.
Steven
3 years ago
Actually it makes perfect sense to make Downloadable content for a multi platform game exclusive if you look at from the a business perspective.
Microsoft pays out a lump sum of money to Bethesda to keep the content on a certain platform as a time exclusive and after that time period is up, the content is released and Bethesda still make their money from the content plus that extra lump sum from the deal.
Microsoft announce these types of deals before the game is released, you see it’s a strategy that does not intend for “Skyrim” players to go out and buy an Xbox 360 and another game out of impatience, It is announced in hope that they could encourage gamers to buy the game for the 360 rather than the other platforms.
It’s all about the money, this is how a business works. Bethesda have the right to agree to such a deal and if say Sony did not like it then they would either have to up the bid or put out, But they cannot complain or huff, else they might lose the DLC altogether and if people think Sony are not getting DLC for their console then they will leave for another platform.
Dally
3 years ago
HMM….
Activision and Vicarious Visions announces 360 exclusive DLC for Marvel: Ultimate Alliance.
360 gamers: Cool, new heroes bro…
PS3 & PC gamers: Waaaah! Nobody loves us! This is a conspiracy against us PS3 players!
Midway let’s Kratos join the Mortal Kombat cast as a PS3-exclusive…
The same 360 gamers: Ugh, that sucks that we don’t get anything but the game looks awesome. I’m getting it.
The same PS3 gamers: WOO! PS3 IZ TEH BEST LOLOLOLOL. SUCK IT 360 1111111
Koei announces PS3-exclusive content for all its games…
360 guys: Ugh. Seriously, Japanese company (where the Japanese system is king)? Where’s the love?
PS3 gamers: WOO! PS3 IZ TEH BEST LOLOLOLOL. SUCK IT 360 1111111 No XTRReme l3gends 4 uzzlolololol
Bethesda announces Dawnguard to be released for the 360 with supposed delay for the PS3 and PC.
360 gamers: I hope we hear more about this soon. It better not be just a few quests and crossbows.
PS3 gamers: Omg u gaiz get something we aemrent!? Grrr! Raagggh! You gaiz get everyting. How come we no get anything evers????? *insert evil company conspiracy therory #49*
Ugh.. I swear the PS3 community has more spoiled, entitled cry babies than any other system.
Get. Over. Yourselves. Or buy western-developed games on…you know, western systems. Or in this case, umm… wait a month I guess. You will live, I promise.
Grohiik
3 years ago
I Love you Bethesda! I Can’t wait to know more about it!
Woverdude
3 years ago
Actually, it wouldn’t be so hard as you think. Though, it would take a fair amount of time. The modders would have to change the UI and keymapping a bit, as well as the file directories, and maybe some of the execution scripts. Other than that, Skyrim’s specific system runs mostly the same on both consoles. You can even use PC mods on the Xbox with a flash drive and some time. Still, I don’t think that anyone will bother. It would probably take more than 30 days to finish, which would make the whole effort pointless.
K-Anator
3 years ago
Considering the DLC would be created with Bethesda’s creation kit, it is feasible that the content can be translated, albeit not easily.
Drakan
3 years ago
Vampires!
dogsolitude_uk
3 years ago
I wouldn’t say it was abhorrent, just mildly irritating. Certainly not bad enough to warrant the kind of nerdrage seen here.
I don’t really see how letting the Xbox have the release a month early does anything either than nark people off (rightly or wrongly). It’s not going to increase Xbox360 sales (I’m not buying one, would rather wait for a month and get it on the PC).
OK, so Beth get more money, and their business is more profitable. Microsoft have marginally less money. Xbox users get a potentially buggy DLC a month before everyone else. So what?
The PC and PS3 platforms will prevail through this trying period, I’m sure. An Xbox *only* release would be worth raising hell about, and that was the situation (initially anyway) with Alan Wake. And limited installations and/or always-on DRM a la Ubisoft would also result in a no-sale from mme, and an email to Beth to explain why I didn’t buy it (so they can’t blame my one lost sale on ‘piracy’).
If you want to avoid the DLC, then you are at liberty to do so, just as I’m at liberty to buy it. The free market rules and all that, I just think that the wailing and gnashing of teeth is just pointless.
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t believe that MS or Bethesda are paragons of virtue. Skyrim was what we term a ‘shitty port’ on the PC with an *utterly* unsuitable UI, inability to sort save games by character and more bugs that a whore’s pants. And don’t get me started on Microsoft with their IE browsers, Windows 8 and restrictive licensing practices either.
However, I really don’t think giving the Xboxers a month’s head start is much to worry about in the grand scheme of things, it’s just a p1ssy little marketing exercise that benefits nobody in the long run.
Xbox360 skyrim owner
3 years ago
Seriously guys read up on stuff first before you comment!! Xbox 360 gets it for a month, then it will be released for PS3 and PC. Yes we know that PS3 had lag issues but seriously dare i say it…. Grow up!! Yes its a fact that the PS3 is better in SOME ways NOT ALL!!! Yet you still moan about us xbox owners getting stuff before you!! Three words… WE.PAY.MORE!! We pay more for this service. Get over it, you want exclusive downloads get an xbox otherwise stop moaning about it!!
lopez
3 years ago
updates? what updates?
julio
3 years ago
To me is not the size of the team that interests me. I saw glitches it remember a beginner using the map editor, with things in the air, bad finish, and too much trouble with navmesh.. (moveto player) guys, without this all hope is lost.
I wonder the deadline to deliver things inside the company, after years inside the editor and everything, deliver something in some cases, so unfinished.. i cant imagine the thousands of problems that team must have.
Skyrim is exact what i hear in the making of, when the guy says: The World. Is all about mountains, landscapes, trees… but is a mess inside the houses, ruins, dungeons. The best part after my time playing this? a accidental death, stoned by bones, weapons, candles, pots, flying around the cave because of my !SHOout! to try kill a Troll.
Priceless.
julio
3 years ago
I think is all about turn into a MMO in the future.
Until the desistence of the author, the mod “War in Skyrim” really shows the best use for the huge landscape, is all about multiplayer to compensate the small dungeons, the lack of action, because the enemy attacks are the same, sometimes you need sleep as hell for pass the game time, to see more action.
I think the end of open world for single player is join the online activity after all.
lopez
3 years ago
I asked for the size of the team because everyone wants them to do everything at once but if there’s only like 150-200 of them delivering dlc and fixing glitches ect is a tall order even for a seasoned team like bethesda nvm what deadlines they have to meet i say put yourselfs as fans in the shoes of a bethesda worker and imagine what pressures they are under then you realise that having a buch of spoiled little gamers trash talking about your work is not very motivational at all we should be motivating them so that when they get the feed back from these blogs they feel more motivated to give us quality content.
julio
3 years ago
I think the game .Dead Island. offers an optimal case study, the sum of the single player campaign + multiplayer was great! To hell with the “cgi and feelings”. That talk over the cinematic and ingame (DICE 2012) i am sorry Todd, you talk to much about marketing a good visual, Skyrim is not necessarily a balanced game, the feeling dont match the final result too.
We’re talking about making the game better return for the player, after all, both games have craft, kill and level up. The history is just a background in both.
lopez
3 years ago
maybe a spin off but elder scrolls will always be a single player game
lopez
3 years ago
you seem to forget something video game design is an art form you cannot go and tell the artist how to paint his picture you either like it and invest in it or move on simple
julio
3 years ago
In fact the period of painting the landscape, is conceptual, all free+feelings. Then it is necessary to organize and control the design of things, to not waste npc with tight dungeons and other problems. Do you remember John Romero? he drew every line of his maps in Doom, this is important, and all items are included in the picture. This control helps to remember things like “rocks on the floor”.
Skyrim have things that leave an impression of stuff unplanned. Because the error is repeated many times.
Jacques
3 years ago
Looking forward to the release, tho, as an embattled PS3 user, I would sure consider it a nice gesture on Bethesda’s part to offer this to us at a discount.
Either way I’m buying it, but I’m thinking extending an olive branch would be nice not only for PR, but for customer retention as well.
Arthmoor
3 years ago
Actually, you might just be surprised. It would only take about 1-2% of the existing market to decide 30 days is too long to wait. There are kids out there who are too damned impatient to just do something else for that time frame. Microsoft may be evil, they may be playing in an unfair game, but what they are NOT is stupid. Whittle away at PC gaming 1-2% at a time and eventually it dies the slow painful death Microsoft had planned all along.
The sad part is, companies fall for this every single time at their own expense.
And all that happened there was Microsoft basically asking if the EU takes checks. $2 billion to a company that size is pocket change.
julio
3 years ago
The worst thing for the team now, is to read blogs. The admin takes care of it, the filter is needed.
XtotheZ
3 years ago
Actually it’s pretty easy to extract all the files and they are the same on whatever platform they are on. The only difference is that the .dds textures are usually .ddx on Xbox, but I’m sure you could just rename them. You would most likely just need the latest update and drop the .esm and .bsa into your PC folder. Of course I don’t condone this in anyway or will even try it AT ALL. I only extracted one of the “older” game’s DLC and what I listed above it what I found. Think before you state facts you don’t 100% know are true.
Ben
3 years ago
I think the reason for the red eyes in the picture is that vampires are getting an overhaul.
Zoorock
3 years ago
Y only xbox
Hank
3 years ago
Laser Eyes!!!!! OMG!!!!!!
llolol
3 years ago
lmao no xbox and ps3 file system is very close to pc a lot of it can be ported very easily with the help of the creation kit if anything it should be released on pc then xbox and last ps3
apples
3 years ago
well stated, sir. *respect*
Deltaforerunner (Xbox)
3 years ago
If there was ANYTHING I ever wanted to ask for in this game it would be this, PLEASE make it so all the cool weapons in this game can be upgraded. Maybe its just me but it doesn’t make ANY sense whatsoever that the EBONY blade can’t be upgraded with EBONY, that and the side fact that there are the special versions of weapons like the Woodsmans Axe (only a unique iron battleaxe) that becomes completely worthless since if you upgrade the regular iron battleaxe once, it out damages it easily. Plus why is the ultimatum reward for the Companions (Wuuthrad) sooo worthless?! It should be the best weapon in the game but if you have a bound battleaxe you match it, and if you got the perk, you kick the crap outta it. Really, why can’t soo many armors and weapons be upgraded?! Please address this
BeastmasterTIM
3 years ago
Im kind of a nerd and have 400 hours on this game and it’s getting a little boring so I’m super exited… Oh and I think it’s out for ps3 and pc one month after the release date for Xbox 360
TangleClaw
3 years ago
Actually it’s not so much of a marketing strategy. Because why should Microsoft force users to buy an Xbox, if the Windows 7 OS cost more then the xbox alone? Especially with the bad name it has created it’s self in the first few years of it’s release.
But… believe it or not, a user in a modding community can do a lot more then create a simpleton mod. Just look at minecraft. It has plenty of amazing mods, and most of them were actually made by high-schoolers with some time. All it takes is a person with an idea, and a pre-existing kit to use with some well documented instructions. Those who dream can’t get anything done, those who do.. can. Those who can do, but have nothing to do with, are halted and forced to dream.
AJ
3 years ago
there are around 100 is what it says in the artbook in the collectors edition
julio
3 years ago
Is better put double spells on your stuff, after master level in smithing and enchantment. The special weapons are just for unlock achievements.
Conjuration have the magic weapons with soul trap, less carrying and the same effect. the rest are cosmetics, like mods.. milions of new weapons every day.
Just a comment.
tar
3 years ago
XBOX 360. I’m hating you with all my heart Bethesda. I bought a dam Steam pc copy yet Ill have to wait 1 fff–ing month. Why? What about all the bugs in the ck? I think Ill just pirate the damm dlc once its out at the pirate bay. I just cant support you anymore.
Derek P.
3 years ago
Is this going to be Xbox 360 exclusive forever or just for a period of time?
realman
3 years ago
It depends, its going to be a 360 exclusive for at least 1 month, but it could change.
GamerGeeksTodd
3 years ago
Surely everyone who is crying foul about Xbox 360 getting Dawnguard as a timed exclusive tend to forget about all the timed (or in some cases, permanent PS3 exclusives.) What about all the games that are released by EA? SSX, Battlefield 3, Need for Speed: The Run, and Dead Space 2 to name a few. They all get exclusive PS3 content.
What about Capcom and what they are doing with Street Fighter X Tekken? They get 5 characters exclusive to PS3.
Mortal Kombat? They got Kratos as a PS3 exclusive.
Batman Arkham Asylum: Joker’s Challenges as, you guessed it, a PS3 exclusive.
And when it is announced that Skyrim is getting Dawnguard as a timed Xbox 360 exclusive? Panic! The hypocrisy never ceases to amaze me.
castro
3 years ago
Just 1 month exclusive.
Then you need buy Skyrim connection cartridge(tm) after that, a hardware detection start to check your Dragon Blood(tm). If you have the original Skyrim, a Dovakin with red eyes and makeup start kiss you, like a boss. After this, check your wallet completely empty.
castro
3 years ago
If you like “master level” say goodbye to the dlc. Everything returns to level zero. Your house burn to the ground and your wife leaves you.
But if you buy the $KEY$ Transfer Dragon Blood(tm) ok.
gstaff
3 years ago
The exclusivity to Xbox is something that was noted originally in August during PAX.
We have been committed to fans on all platforms. We continue to work on new updates adding new features and with PC specifically, we put more effort into the Creation Kit and Workshop than previous modding tools.
gstaff
3 years ago
We have been committed to fans on all platforms. We continue to work on new updates adding new features and with PC specifically, we’ve put more effort into the Creation Kit and Workshop than previous modding tools.
We’ll have plenty more to share on our support for Skyrim soon.
Sparkinton
3 years ago
I think that the primary point here is that you only have to wait for 30 days for something. We console owners have NO creation kits. So, while you can go on creating lots of cool stuff… we have to wait until the DLC comes out to try something new. If we get it for a measly 30 days longer… then boo…hoo.
gstaff
3 years ago
@Chris
While our first game add-ons are coming exclusively to Xbox first, PC players are very important to us. The Creation Kit, Skyrim Workshop, Steam betas, and other updates have been geared towards PC players that have been with us over the years.
Caio
3 years ago
We continue to work on new updates adding new features and with PC specifically, we put more effort into the Creation Kit and Workshop than previous modding tools.
I’m glad to know. Now i do not need to ask anything else.
Thank you.
GamerGeeksTodd
3 years ago
You forgot about all the PS3 exclusives that EA gives out.
John Carmaco
3 years ago
mmm.. Skooooma!
GamerGeeksTodd
3 years ago
Plus anything EA publishes…
ZimmerRemmiz
3 years ago
Meanwhile all of us PC players are like “Cool Story Bro, we have mods”…
Donald
3 years ago
not too mention that ps3 is better anyways. and so is the pc due to the cool mods. xbox hasnt been good since halo and that ship sailed years ago. I can always take solace in the fact that god of war is ps3 only. Oh and im really not shocked that bethesda did this, they are pretty much thesame thing as obsidian that kept screwing up fallout releases on new vegas making people wait for lonesome road and it ended up sucking bad. yeah bergman your product sucked. anyways the day that bethesda can create a game where women dont look like guys is the day that they don’t anger the masses
Sarel Redoran
3 years ago
What does skooma have to do with vampires?
Jason
3 years ago
I bought the PC version, so it sucks that I probably won’t be able to play this DLC anytime in the foreseeable future. However, I honestly prefer the ability to mod my game over getting new content from the developers.
With that being said, I wish you guys would release fixes for the bugs… and I wish the Greybeards were killable after killing Parthanax. Can’t stand them due to the fact that they claim the path of wisdom yet, to me, fail to see things from the point of view of others. Someone with wisdom can see things from the point of view of another… doesn’t mean they have to agree with it. Just means that if they were truly wise, they could see it.
chairon de celeste
3 years ago
There the publisher is the art gallery between the devs as ‘painters’ and the investor – the latter shapes the painting, not the art buyer’s or the game developer’s desires and tastes – explains a lot why so many pr campaigs and games flopped of late…
LD
3 years ago
Love the stock answer. Way to sell out shills. Done buying games from you. The end.
jonas
3 years ago
What’s up, dates?
Lev
3 years ago
I’m pretty sure taking money from Micro$oft for a month-long exclusive on DLC is a form of corruption… Like the Pakistani cricketers who accepted money to lose matches. Or the recent news in Britain about a deal between a supermarket and a dairy to be the exclusive supplier of milk to that supermarket. Yeah, news here is slow. But my point still stands.
I’m pretty sure we could sue Microsoft and Bethesda for corruption. I wouldn’t want to take too much money off Beth though, just tarnish their reputation.
HenryTheNorwegian
3 years ago
Right, I feel like I should share something on this topic. I’ll start by explaining a few things. The reason why this DLC/Expansion is comming for the Xbox 360 a month before the PC and PS3, is because Microsoft gave Bethesda an unknown amount of money. Now, believe it or not, the finicial crisis is not yet over. Not too long ago, THQ had to fire over a houndred empolyees and almost 40 additional employees from Relic Entertainment(Space Marine and Dawn of War creators).
Now, I don’t know about you, but I don’t want Bethesda to fire anyone, and to avoid that, they need money. So from that prespective, I do respect Bethesda’s desicion on this very much. And hey, maybe it’ll give them more time to polish and remove bugs for the PC and PS3 version?
However, a month is actually quite a long time and because of that, the DLC MUST be good. If it isn’t, reviewers and players will say it’s bad, which most probably reduces sales for the PC and PS3. So from that prespective, is the money Microsoft gave really worth it?
I personally respect your desicion, Bethesda, and as a PC gamer, I am forever greatful for the Creation Kit. However, you got to impress me on E3 with this DLC. As well as my friends and the gameing news sites I go to. If not, I just might not buy it.
I love your game, Bethesda, but I am still a consumer and it’s about my money. But you’re a good game company, so I hope for a good DLC.
chairon de celeste
3 years ago
yep, mods helped when (place title here) dlc was buzzing with gamestopper bugs until it was patched playable – wich always took 1- 2 months +
lopez
3 years ago
spoken like the true immature little child that you are.
lopez
3 years ago
you sir speak with logic and common sense unlike most who think Bethesda runs on unicorn piss and not money
Lusk Weire
3 years ago
Somebody doesn’t know what they are talking about… your move mac…
Nath
3 years ago
If one is truly a Bethesda fan then they buy the release date on Day 1. Every DLC Bethesda has released for previous games like Fallout and Oblivion expansion packs have been quality.
Erik
3 years ago
I second that.
Erik
3 years ago
This is cool, it really is. What’s up with all the hate? I don’t really like that it’s XBOX-exclusive and I’ll have to wait another month (PC-player). But since you’ve already told us that it would be so I can’t be angry with you. Especially now when the CK is released. Bethesda, don’t take people’s nagging too seriously, you’re still awesome.
max
3 years ago
@seriously: The funny part is, I read a comment in this thread stating that a player was going to buy an Xbox, implying the reason was for this purchase. Yes it’s clear that Microsoft pays for exclusive rights. I’m sure Sony would, too, just like any and all businesses have the right to bid on patents and copyrights. And speaking of rights, nobody said the individual didn’t have a right to complain. Don’t be ridiculous. We’re just explaining that 1) it’s been known since months before release that the first two DLC were exclusive and 2) Bethesda is well within their rights to do, well, whatever they want since, you know, they created the game.
As a side note, I will say that exclusive content has played a significant role in my not switching to PS3. It’s like Microsoft knows what it is doing or something.
Kevin
3 years ago
I can’t wait for it!
Kevin
3 years ago
So Xbox gets DLC a month earlier. They can test it out, find all the bugs, then Bethesda can fix most of it and release it on PS3 and PC.
Andrew
3 years ago
great a new desktop background
Carcino
3 years ago
I have a respect for all consoles seeing I play on all of them, including PC, I am sure when it is released we can all get along again…..Hopefully.
Atlas Has shrugged
3 years ago
What really annoys me is all these people complaining yet if it was 30 day pc exclusive pc people wouldn’t care. And if was 30 PS3 exclusive they wouldn’t care. They just don’t know patience.
Yes they took money from Microsoft. SO do many others from multiple sources. IS naughty dog corrupt for making PS exclusives? NO! And the thing is it’s a 30 day exclusive so stop whining like a whole bunch of spoiled brats.
Jack
3 years ago
PC gaming IS the best!!!
KayJay
3 years ago
I think it comes from the console itself being pretty expensive, and for an extended amount of time, and you have an extremely valid point.
EtaYorius
3 years ago
How about you give us all that stuff from game jam video for free and we are even…
Haha seriously, its not that bad its just a month! i would have RAGE like a mad if they would have made it 100% XBox360 exclusive, i also own a 360 but i only play GTAIV i cant afford the same game on both platforms, besides get the CK while xbox360 owners just wished to play with all the mods.
But do give PC players something instead and soon, people are making a heck of a deal out of this.
X R 0 0 S T E R
3 years ago
It would be sweet if we could make arrows
brendan
3 years ago
consoles are better than pc hands down no contest also very excited for DAWNGUARD
HandyAndy916
3 years ago
Dude i am so STOCKED
Oscar Hilliker
3 years ago
I don’t know why Bethesda does silly things like not putting it on ps3 or pc.
Warrington Carter
3 years ago
I gotta give you guys credit. It took me longer to realize then it should have. The Stormcloaks are whites, the Empire is the US Government, and the Thalmor are the Zionists who control the US Government/media. What a cleverly disguised piece of white nationalist propaganda! Well played, Bethesda, well played.
mat
3 years ago
Its a sad day indeed when Bethesda shuns its loyal pc fans for MS bucks.
Bethesda i am dissapoint.
Frank
3 years ago
Bethesda may not run on Unicorn Piss, but unless you’re a Xbox bothering idiot (where are your mods? How about your console to fix bugs? Don’t have either right?) you have a right to be pretty righteously pissed off about it. I know I am, and it presents a major deterrent to me purchasing further Bethesda titles. Why would I buy from a company that habitually acts in Microsoft’s best interests? And it honestly makes me kind of sad, Ive been playing their games since Daggerfall, and its a slap in the face.
Bethesda, you need to learn to NOT piss off your original audience, the PC gamers. All I have to say is Oblivion PSP. Bethesda’s finest example of Vaporware. I doubt we or PS3 gamers will get any of the DLC.
But thats okay, we have the modders. I kinda feel sorry for the PS3 gamers because ya’ll dont.
chairon de celeste
3 years ago
odd that all assume ‘vampirism ahead’ and nobody thinks ‘in corpore draconis transmutare’
Dan
3 years ago
…and yet just one person was able to fix the majority of gamebreakers within a fortnight of the creation kit being released… and Bethesda show no sign of catching up. Console players have every right to be annoyed.
Dan
3 years ago
Indeed. You’ll never get the same immersion in multiplayer because you’ll always have to deal with joe public and his leetspeek killing the atmosphere.
francesco
3 years ago
Maybe they take priority for the console players, due to mod-less skyrim?!
PC users already have mods to boost Skyrim game…
It’s simply obvious the Bethesda’s choise.
(I’m a PC user)
James
3 years ago
How are you showing commitment to all platforms when you prioritize Xbox a month ahead of the others? So we get to hear all the spoilers for a month before we get to put our hands on the DLC? It would be different if the main game hadn’t been released simultaneously on all platforms, but when you start everyone at the same point and then delay things for everyone except one group, that is not commitment to all platforms. That’s you taking a quick cash grab from Microsoft and punishing everyone else for your greed.
Celina
3 years ago
But then the MMO is actually happening.
Jordan
3 years ago
How can you guys be so upset about the xbox getting dlc ahead of time now? They said that it was going to happen before the original game even came out. They aren’t doing it because they like xbox players more. Whatever it is is between microsoft and bethesda.
bjacksonian
3 years ago
I find it incredibly annoying, the amount of people who INSTANTLY assume they are going to screw over the other platforms. When would that ever make sense? And in all the information I’ve found on it, they never once said “exclusive” Seriously, the elder scrolls games were PC and then Morrowind was basically a release title for the original xbox when it came out. They have more experience developing for the xbox. It’s easier for them and faster. Instead of trying to release the content for all platforms and be more buggy on all of them, they can focus on your damn port. So chill out, grow up and enjoy the game and amazing universe Bethesda has created for us. Seriously.
bjacksonian
3 years ago
Exclusive as in for one and only platform. Not release date.
jelle hanssen
3 years ago
;this summer; what’s the excact release date for xbox360 please tell us i can’t wait
Kas
3 years ago
Wow guys… it would appear that “Dawnguard” is dragon tongue for “send all your whining little skeevers here”
I don’t give a pair of fetid dingos kidneys whether you’re releasing it for XBox first. I look forward to playing it on PC.
Daniel
3 years ago
True that, it is sad to see Bethesda giving content to the Xbox first even though people playing on the PCs are mostly the people who have played all of the elder scrolls games and are loyal followers. It seems as though Bethesda is selling out like many gaming studios now days.
Fox
3 years ago
i think you people are forgetting how much more PC skyrim has to offer, while we Xbox360 players are stuck with Nothing but the Original game. Why is there so much Griping with this, PC skyrim players have it made.
Fox
3 years ago
agreed.
Fox
3 years ago
its funny Because Elder Scrolls Online Was Announced a Day later. lmao.
A skyrim fan
3 years ago
Its disgusting how many negative comments people are making about something that was announced before the game even came out. And besides, even if you somehow missed that,it was obviously going to be released on xbox 360 first since its been this way since fallout 3.
Please dont listen to anything most of these people are saying Bethesda, you guys are amazing and I dont know how you could do a better job. You guys deserve whatever bonus you’re getting from microsoft and everyone can live with an extra month of no DLC. YOU GUYS DESERVE EVERY PENNY! Especially if it’s being put to good use by helping to make better content and more updates, which I’m sure that it is, and even if it is just extra money in your pockets, you still deserve it.
A skyrim fan
3 years ago
Microsoft can’t make money off of PC games unless they run through the Games for Windows Live service.
A skyrim fan
3 years ago
vdarkeaglev
3 years ago
I really think that PC and Xbox should get the DLC the same day most of the hardcore Bethesda fans I know play on those two platforms (I personally play on both PC and 360 with a copy for each of the two platform that’s available for The Elder Scrolls and Fallout) I started with Morrowind on PC a long time ago and discovered the mods so I just started modding the heck out of the game on PC and bought the GOTY version for my XBox so I could play the vanilla game all the way through and have been doing the same for all Bethesda games since.
Bethesda does such a great job so I don’t mind paying twice since I get two completely different experiences.
Keep up the good work Bethesda and I’ll keep buying your games twice!
Kornwallis
3 years ago
Who’s to say they won’t do bug fixes with this release? I suspect they’ll also still release bug fix patches until (and after) Dawnguard’s release. I do agree, though, that there are a lot of bugs that will never really be fixed because they aren’t game breaking. Things like horses randomly flying through the air, mammoths spawning in mid air and then falling to their deaths, projectiles getting stuck into your body for days on end, water failing to appear (and animals running through it like it isn’t there). There’s still a TON of bugs with Oblivion and Fallout 3 that were never fixed. People just tend to joke about it and say that they aren’t bugs, they’re unintended features.
Will Burke
3 years ago
Look, the reason this is happening is because Microsoft helped Bethesda to make Skyrim and made the Xbox. If Microsoft made the PS3, the DLC would be earlier for PS3 gamers. You guys have console commands AND mods, so stop crying about how you’re being left out here.
al
3 years ago
So where does that leave PS3 players? PS3 players don’t get mods, don’t get exclusive DLC (but do get to have it all spoiled by 360 players and game media) but do get copious amounts of exclusive game-breaking bugs.
There’s no hardware limitation restricting DLC to Xbox 360 like there is restricting the CK to PC. Saying “oh but you get the CK” is just a strawman to distract from the real issue.
zane
3 years ago
ok so this is what i think the dlc will be about roughly the glowing eyes clearly means something other than normal dovakiin crap going on the light comeing out is red which indicates fire the title dawnguard suggest a reference to the mythic dawn so my guess is that it will have to do with relighting the dragonfires or at least to talos
Paul
3 years ago
My problem with this is Skyrim, Is the last single player, ES game and all the poeple will probily forget that they did this when they release there MMO. I don’t play MMO’s, So for me this just feels like a kick in the teeth. So Sad
John
3 years ago
I don’t like the fact, that xbox 360 gets the first two dlcs one month before they hit the pc – but you guys at Bethesda pruduce epic games and as I know myself I will buy all dlcs as soon as they are available on steam. I would lie terribly if I said that I am satisfied with everything, however there is no game franchise equal to the epicness of TES games. I am in fact addicted to Elder Scrolls since Arena. Bethesda, you have my thanks for so many awesome games. I hope to see much more of your great work in the upcoming Skyrim DLCs.
P.S.: good luck to Zenimax online studios with that Elder Scrolls online thing. I won’t play scrolls online, because I enjoy the TES singleplayer experience and don’t really like MMOs. I hope elder scrolls online will not affect or even cancel skyrim dlcs and future singleplayer TES-games.
so long
Pete
3 years ago
You realize this is a business right? “greed” Oh shut up. They’re the developers not you, you dont know what goes on behind the scenes in bethesda game studios. Also like i said THIS IS A BUSINESS. THEY GET PAID TO CREATE GAMES.
anon
3 years ago
bethesda are in no way prioritising xbox, in order to create all of the games you mentioned and improve upon them they must sign deals with other companies and as microsoft are one of the most wealthiest console companies they signed a THIRTY DAY DEAL!!! so you dont have to wait that long to get this dlc
White JackaL
3 years ago
Hello Bethesda, Iv been a fan of your work sense morrowind and I know how it is making games like you do because I have made my own. even though yes the bugs do get upseting at times I still love playing your games, I just know that an Imperfect thing (man) can not make a perfect thing. Anyway I have to ask you 2 thing’s 1. will there ever be a system for the ps3 like you made for the knect? Id love to see that. 2. is it simply not possible for the ps3 and 360 to get the TES TK? or would that be soming that you guys would be willing to give us so that console players might be able to mod as well.
Thank you for your time.
Anrad
3 years ago
I believe dawnguard is the rise of the falmer with their leader the snow prince in which maybe you get his shiny armor and spear. Of course we know the snow price is buried in solstheim so I believe it’s based there.
Foxxe
3 years ago
You must not have heard the news yet.
“The Elder Scrolls Online”
Nick
3 years ago
Dawnguard is only coming out on 360 one month ahead of all other platforms is because their are more 360 sales than all other platforms and seriously pc players you have all those cool mods that 360 and ps3 players can’t get as for what dawnguard is about their is large speculation that it’s got something to do with the snow elves returning to skyrim and as for the vampire part not much is known but my best guess is that their will be you can join or start your own vampire clan. And we all know about the crossbow so I don’t need to tell you guys about that.
Celooo
3 years ago
MULTIPLAYER , COOP ANYTHING THAT I CAN PLAY WITH MY FRIENDS ONLINE CAUSE THE GAME GETS REALLY BORING WHEN YOU PLAY ALONE JUST MAKING QUESTS AND KILLING THINGS WITHOUT THE HELP OF YOUR FRIENDS!
Serious i LOVE skyrim but i miss the days where i could play rpg games with my brother like coop
WuHu
3 years ago
Ok, that’s not cool. AT ALL. I understand your distress, but the Xbox players can’t do anything with mods that are EXCLUSIVELY used by PC gamers. So don’t give Xbox players any crap when the PC gamers already have a billion DLC’s fit into one mod control.
JustSundae
3 years ago
=] Not to brag, But I seriously just counted out all my saved files and have over 2,000 hours into this game. There is ALWAYS something new I come across, I think you guys did an amazing job.. really my fav game. I think one of the things that Would be really cool, and small, Is the ability to craft tents, and bed rolls where ever you want using animal hides and other things. And being a FEMALE player, we should be able to adopt kids at Honor hall,and have better female clothes. Thanks. =]
levi
3 years ago
First, Bethesda, u guys are awesome!
Second. Pc ppl, shut up,u got mods AND ur getting the MMORPG.
Third, ps3 ppl, really, why haven’t u guys got smart and switched to the 360 yet. Really, what is that u see in Sony that u stay with it. What does u console have that the 360 don’t. Oh! I’m sry. U ppl are giver, of all ur personal info. How many times will u deal with poor support, massive lag, and ur info being hacked? Such F***ing idiots.
Liam
3 years ago
You need online gameplay bethesda please ake it because me and my friends love skyrim and wanna play it together but we cant so plz make it online for Xbox360 and PS3 thank you for your time i hope it was worth it
matt
3 years ago
I love you bethesda.
drago
3 years ago
haha
Daniel F.
3 years ago
Easy people, they prioritize xbox because they surely have economic deals with microsoft for that, which it is understable.
If they continue their support for the true gaming platform that is the PC as they do (simply because consoles are dated most of their lifetime and most importantly because do not seem to like keyboard & mouse which are the obvious controllers for many type of games like fps/rpg, etc) I will be happy, delaying a dlc for a month because microsoft pay them too, oh well, It must pay off econonomically I guess.
Pc gamers in that month will just have to buy something else.
daniel m
3 years ago
ok lets all get one thing straight people , skyrim is specifically a xbox360 game before any other platforms , thats the deal bethesda made with microsoft ages ago , theres no money situation or conspiracy going on , bethesda has chosen Microsoft to represent the game years ago same with oblivion … everyone stop crying and lighten up , the dlc is going to come out to pc and ps3 … you just have to wait a bit longer
the gaming industry realise’s that console’s are easier to play on then a pc, thats a fact . now that bethesda has gained momentum and wealth, they have decided to make elderscrolls at home in one of the following console franchises (Microsft xbox360 ) i think people need to realise that no game now is specifically made for pc unless its an online game those days of games made specifically for pc are kind of ending and in fact extremely rare. what im trying to say is elder scrolls is no longer a pc game , but a microsoft game . and yes they are doing elderscrolls online …. but that is a online game and i think another company different from bethesda is designing it.
Callum
3 years ago
I think this is well bull shit I play on the playstation and I have since the ps1 but anyway I think this is really unfair for the PC because they finish of your games they make mods that scrawny prick toad howard said himself he loves the PC community coz of all the mods they make so why screw them over? He might aswell of said I love the PC community coz they finish of our terribly laggy fucked up games for us i dont even care about the elder scrolls anymore I dont even know why I am writing this no cunt is gunna read it there is nearly 600 comments here saying WTF BETH!!! Yoy guys are arseholes I was so hyped gor this game in november and when I got it It was just mehh u guys make everything sound so good when actually its not ur release date was 11.11.11 the game wasnt even proply finished you guys are thick and this DLC Dawnguard or whatever the fuck use are callin it better make me feel like well what I use to feel when playing morrowind and obluvion
Edward
3 years ago
This is atrocious. I can bet anything there are more people that bought this on Steam on the PC than did on the Xbox 360. I love Bethesda games for the most part but making something exclusive on the 360 is a slap in the face for anyone that bought this game on any other platform. Way to show favoritism.
Zixinus
3 years ago
Gee, an image that surely wasn’t taken from ingame, with vague name and meaning that could mean anything and sentence that essentially says “we don’t care about you” to two whole sections of your costumer base.
You guys sure know how to do marketing!
I would initialize my slow clapping engine, but I forgot that would have to care.
Anrad
3 years ago
All of you would want to stop your bitching because there’s people out there who will have to wait several months before they can afford, should we make it free for them ? No because people would complain that there not getting it for free, now stop your childish bitching and wait the extra month, or buy an Xbox… Your choice
yea man
3 years ago
I wish people would stop complaining about 360 timed exclusives!! the blame should never be put on the Devs. its all about the money. if you have to be angry be angry at micro$oft. or just…don’t get angry. you people should already see this coming! it happens with close to every major release!!! be patient, man. the other Xbox players and myself will be sure to let you know how great it is.
Mace
3 years ago
Why for chuffing consoles first? Us PC customers made you and your games what they are today and you give it to XBox fanbois first? Why?
Inderjeet
3 years ago
Kudos
CharliemonsterUK
3 years ago
I Really think some people need to take a chill pill. As a previous poster said, it’s only a game.
As far as waiting a month for the DLC, ultimately you have a choice, if a month is going to make such an earth-shattering difference to your lifestyle, by and X-Box otherwise hand on 30 days for the PC version will be cheaper, less buggy and look a helluva lot better. Simples.
To be frank screaming impotently on these message boards isn’t going to make a blind bit of difference now is it? If it upsets you that much, don’t play the sodding game. I’ve been pretty happy with Skyrim so far. Yes it is different from previous games, but that’s life. I enjoyed Morrowind and Oblivion and yes I am enjoying Skyrim. Are there things I would change in the game? Of course there are, but until I have the time, money and above all talent of the Bethesda Team I guess I’ll have to live with that. I’m sure I’ll survive.
Okay time to go back to playing and wait to be trolled.
skyrim is the best
3 years ago
Thank you finally someone understands we pay more so our servers don’t get hacked and shut down and we pay more so that x box has the money to pay to get it first so what we get it first we will be pointing out bugs that will get fixed and so we are the ones actually roughing it cause we are putting in input to make it better when you get it
CJ XboxOwner
3 years ago
Looking through these comments I can tell that people aren’t happy about the Xbox getting the DLC before other platforms. I can simply say that with each DLC that has been exclusive to one platform it is usually well worth the wait for other platforms. Take GTA IV for example, new stories and characters and weapons for the expansion packs, it was worth the wait for PS3 gamers and PC gamers; it usually means that exclusivity for one platform means that the DLC is good and should be worth the wait, if most of you 5 year olds can live that long. Behtesda have said that the exclusivity was a NOTE not a certanty, if you want exclusivity then look at the games and not the DLC, a few examples God of War (Playstation exclusive), Fable (Microsoft platforms), Halo (Microsoft platforms, Metal Gear Solid (Playstation until 2010), just think about what you type and look at the game itself before jumping to conclusions. I still play Skyrim among other games, does that mean I, an Xbox 360 gamer, am ignoring it? No it doesn’t! PC gamers, you have mods! Make a new adventure while you wait! PS3 gamers, you can play CoD or God of War or something else while you wait. Its just a stupid month, birds fly, grass grows, and Skyrim is still a multi-platformer!
dovakiin1
3 years ago
tru that man
Sockerfri
3 years ago
You gotta admit that’s a pretty damn bad title to the photo. “Coming this summer to Xbox360.” Putting it that way makes it seem like an Xbox360-exclusive. Can’t blame the fans for raging then..
JohnM
3 years ago
From the picture many people are coming to the conclusion it’s about vamparism. Could be true, but am I the only one seeing the possible relation between DAWNguard and DAWNbreaker, the daedric artifact? The eyes even glow the same colour as the sword does.
Anyway, just an idea.
Ulfric Stormcloak
3 years ago
Down with the empire.
Brandan
3 years ago
swear if this doesn’t come out on the ps3 I’m never buying another Elder Scrolls game again. and The Elder Scrolls is my favorite game series.
DeadlyArbitrero
3 years ago
Don’t be stupid. Every console player knows what a mod is. U mad about the 1 month wait bro?
Alexander P.
3 years ago
The dlc WILL include snow elves the dlc refers to the snow prince who was “wearing glowing armour and spear” so expect spears and a new land to explore I got all my info from the books in skyrim related towards falmer past and history and no I didn’t go in skyrim and looked forever I just found a website and read the books online and another thing I expect that the snow elves are still alive and well not as crippled falmer but As there true selfs somewhere in tamriel look at what I said and read for you self the snow elves are coming back with vengeance
Mark
3 years ago
Please fix Skyrim before releasing any DLC!!!
I’m at Level 78, dedicated 200+ hours to the game on my XBox 360, I’ve completed the main quest(s) and now Skyrim is all but broken. I can’t walk, run or conjure anything without the game freezing/crashing within minutes of gameplay. Before I completed the main quest I started to encounter areas that would freeze the game when I tried to reenter them (examples: Dragonsreach, Bloodlet Throne, Dawnstar Santuary, The Midden, Ansilvund, Understone Keep, etc.)
Now the problem areas and load freezes have only multiplied making the game nearly unplayable. I’ve checked various sources for word on future Skyrim patches to no avail. With the pending release of “Dawnguard”, “Dishonored” or development focus on “The Elder Scrolls Online” I have no idea if Betheseda will continue to release future patches or troubleshoot the remaining bugs/issues in Skyrim. All I do know is that I can’t progress any further in the game in its current state.
scottfair
3 years ago
I’m an owner of Skyrim for PC and I don’t care that the DLC isn’t coming out for PC until later. I’ve got 450+ hours into Skyrim thanks to all the fantastic user made content. I’ve probably got about 5 DLC’s worth of stuff to keep me entertained. No PC owner should be caring about the XBOX first plans for the DLC. The only people who have any grounds to complain about it are PS3 owners. They have been shafted to no end with poor optimization and game wrecking bugs, but instead of being rewarded for their patience and loyalty they too must wait on the DLC. Sorry PS3 users, but your best bet is to buy the PC version and then dig into the countless mods out there, you’ll get your money’s worth I promise.
Ness
3 years ago
Everybody, don’t worry. Is coming out in all systems. XBOX 360 will get it first as usually and PC and PS3 will get it a month later. I have a PS3 and honestly, I could wait.
Andyman409
3 years ago
Crossbows are an awesome consolidation prize. Seriously, if anything, the least they can do is throw in crossbows (flails and spears are killer too)
Andyman409
3 years ago
Mage gear. Need some cool new robes and staves.
Sjeng
3 years ago
I’d be more than happy with a decent working patch for ALL current bugs in the game in the next weeks, to bridge the time before Dawnguard is released for PC.
The latest Hi-Res patch is great, but still has texture bugs. TESNexus has provided a fix, but come on Beth, how hard is it to copy that fix and make it official…
Auzzie
3 years ago
Ehhh I hate people who act like that but as a PS3 user, I don’t care about any other games anymore. Skyrim is the only game I play and I don’t give a damn what other games favour, I think all games should favour all platforms equally so this shit doesn’t happen. But well, 30 days is a bit long really, but why do they favour Xbox? TES came out on PC first, then Xbox for morrowind and then ps3, so PC should get the game first but again I wish everyone got it at the same time.
123
3 years ago
see your wrong ps3 has lag yeh more then xbox 360
but xbox 360 has horrifing menu lag
bethdesa you need to fix the menu lag for xbox 360
Oscar McMenimen
3 years ago
I’d also like to see other options for weapons. like maybe an Atlatl, or a naginata, but crossbows are f-ing awesome. Wonder what the second dlc is going to have.
Bonzohazard
3 years ago
Bahahahaha!!! This is epic! Thank you Beth, for giving it to us XBOX players first! These PC kats get the creation kits, lots of third-party mods to play and all the patches first. Let them wait longer!!!!! To all you PC players whining about how we get the DLC first: ::ahem:: “HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!”
Bonzohazard
3 years ago
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! ::sing-song voice:: You have to waaaait!
Bonzohazard
3 years ago
HAHAHAHAHA!!! You got the creation kit and mods, we get the DLC a MONTH before you!! XDXDXD Sit in your misery and rot!! XD
Bonzohazard
3 years ago
hahahahaha!!!!! I LOVE it!! Wait your month, enjoy your creation kit and little mods, WE get the DLC EARLY! We xbox players will have played it through several many times before you even get to see it on more than a Youtube vid, work THAT lump down your throat! XD
Bonzohazard
3 years ago
Finally, a voice of reason!
Bonzohazard
3 years ago
HAHA!!! YES!!! Precisely my point! You’ve had your fun, now stew in a MONTH of waiting, while we play the new DLC repeatedly! XD
Bonzohazard
3 years ago
Naw screw it, go ahead and rage quit, like you’re not going to come “baa”-ing like sheep when the DLC comes out. The SAME DLC that we xbox players will be playing several times in the MONTH you have to wait, rubbing it in your PC faces on Youtube! But hey…. you always have your 3rd party mods right?! BAHAHAHA!!!! XD
Bonzohazard
3 years ago
Awww, does it suck? Does it suck as bad as xbox players not having access to creation kits and mods? GOOD!! Swallow that lump of unfair agony and CHOKE on it! XD
Bonzohazard
3 years ago
Hahaha, it’s bitter comments like these that are making my day! Suck it up and play your crappy 3rd party mods while we Xbox players indulge in Heaven a MONTH before you!! Sucker!!!! XD
Bonzohazard
3 years ago
You sir, are an intelligent and amicable sort, I commend you, and hold you in high regard! Well spoken, and brass balls!
Grohiik
3 years ago
Meh, I Don’t Know What us Wrong with Some of you Guys, It Would Be Awesome To Have It On PC, But We Can Mod Skyrim, We Can Add Any Content we Want to it On PC. While on Consoles *Most People Just Have The Plain Game, A DLC Would Be Great! But I Still Wish It Be Released on PC Too, If They Don’t… Then Cool I’ll Keep Downloading/Making Mods Normaly and Add Tons Of Cool Stuff To My Skyrim
Robert
3 years ago
I want it to come out on all consoles even the PC but what i really want out of Dawnguard for the xbox is more followers. I want to bring my wife, a guard, and someone from the assassins guild 3 followers would make me happy but more would be awesome….Like commanding a whole army? Make me king baby
W3stbay
3 years ago
yes that is true pc gamers should be quiet we have to do the same thing on xbox now we finaly get somthing new
Bonzohazard
3 years ago
They did.
Arik
3 years ago
Im exited, and I’m a PS3 owner. A lot of people are whining, but it’s one month. I can wait, I don’t need it now. When it comes out I’ll buy it. People there’s a lot in Skyrim to do, and there’s a whole lot MORE in REAL LIFE. Do things while your waiting, don’t just sit there sulking and whining.
Stark
3 years ago
I remember a time when the elder scrolls were made for pc. Now it seems a new elder scrolls title only becomes playable after graphic enhancing mods and gameplay mods and interface redesign mods are made by the fans. Don’t get me wrong I love the modding community and bethesda’s commitment to said community. But it just feels like the pc greats of yesteryear are leaving us all behind for the console craze and last but not least, its just lazy. So no to microsoft, no to exclusive xbox offers and no to the dumbing down of one of the greatest RPGs of all time
Sean
3 years ago
Its either the werewolf quest in morrowind.. (hint glowing eyes and scratchs on helmet. Or the assassin quest thing in hammerfell .. Im pretty sure its morrowind tho
H4X0ruZ
3 years ago
Idk why, but I made the upgrade for the kinnect on my Xbox but my kinnect turns off whenever I actually interact with Skyrim… Has this happened to anybody else?
Justin Mallot
3 years ago
I completley agree with you lately xbox has been getting lots of games/dlc early its really gets on my nerves! what makes them better then us honestly i think its becuase microsft bribes companys its really unfair!
Sadie
3 years ago
ES mmo has been announced. It’s beginning of the end, imo I had always liked that ES was single player & I didn’t have to deal with little kids I could just get in there & play. Guess thats a thing of the past. You broke my heart Bethesda.:*~*:.
Taylor
3 years ago
Dude WTF u basically killed your own argument u said it yourself YOU have talented modders who make really amazing stuff what do console players have NOTHING we cant mod we cant get cooler stuff and we cant have DRAGONBONE weapons so before you go bitching about what you want look at what you already have and stop thinking about just yourself.
BOB
3 years ago
It is coming to ps3 and pc a month after 360
b rye
3 years ago
I pre ordered the game got the updates for my 360 and played over a 100 hrs and i’ve never had one problem with mine no glitches no bugs no normal problems most have with bethesda games i guess i’m just lucky i guess but the mod/dlcs they have shown at keynote need to be title updates and i have one thing to be pissed about why make the werewolves be so beast and make it a shitty thing to be a vampire underworld vampires rape how about utilizing real lore instead of godamn movies for your vampires eh
hagard
3 years ago
I guess this is the thanks we get for making Beth what it is today
hagard
3 years ago
Yes because the game that sold 3.4 million copies in the first two days left them poor and broken…
Louis
3 years ago
Hmm yea I know which one I prefer… I’ll just go download some extra quests to do while I wait for the official dlc.
gstaff
3 years ago
We’ll have more on the final release date soon
Acidies
3 years ago
Your a winner, Just for this comment.
PS3 only thin they’re better due to their “Free Online” but hell look where that got them *Troll*
gary bercume
3 years ago
look pc guys you got steam you got all the patches before us so lighten up you cant really feel that disappointed x-box and ps3 games sell more games than pc so why wouldnt they tap into that market and im shure microsoft paid to get exclusivity
noob
3 years ago
all i want is something like morrowind or some expansion to main quest or a new guild [dark brotherhood,theives guild,college of winterhold etc.]NEED CONSOLE COMMANDS ON XBOX :[
noob
3 years ago
to use kinect you go to setting and enable kinect commands :]
I scream fus ro dah at my tv
3 years ago
You realize the only reason they’re putting it out on 360 first is because all of the coding for Skyrim is based on 360 specific format. For PC users, you guys get to sit and think of new ways to mod the piss out of the DLC to make Xbox owners jealous. And lets be honest, the chances of someone uploading the dlc codes and changing them to fit on the pc…pretty high. As for PS3 owners. Maybe if you bought a console instead of a blu-ray player you wouldn’t have this problem…just sayin.
Ghasek
3 years ago
This is just pandering to money. Bethesda, if you do in fact read this, please remember your origins: computer games. Arena, Daggerfall, Morrowind, and even to an extent, Oblivion, were all PC games first and foremost. Pandering to an immature audience who is content with simple hacking and slashing is not the best business practice. I was appalled by the simplification Oblivion received in comparison to Morrowind. I was horrified by the UI in Skyrim, the delay of the Creation Kit, and by the linking of said kit to the Steam Workshop. Now, I understand that there was a contract, and most likely it was a very lucrative contract, but the matter stands that all the hype will be gone by the time the bulk of the playerbase is even able to purchase it. People will not buy a separate 360 copy to just play a DLC early. People will not convert to the 360 because of optional content. On the contrary, this will lead to alienation of many potential customers.
This is not a surprise. I viewed several online gaming blog and magazine articles before, during and after launch, that mentioned the preferential treatment the 360 got. Neither was the delay of the Creation Kit. An ongoing joke was “”Want to hear a joke?’ ‘Sure’ ‘Creation Kit'”. I was not surprised at all, though, by any of these events. Most companies seem to cater to consoles first. I just hoped Bethesda would not be one of them. But I guess this is the thanks the PC customer-base receives for making Bethesda what it is today.
tl;dr the rant of a long-time loyal customer
Jord
3 years ago
I want this now. Is the skyrim online only for pc?
Lupus
3 years ago
Oh come on, some people choose the PS3 over the 360 because they happened to grow up playing with the platform and like the way the layout is. Besides, I personally find the controllers for the PS3 to be more comfortable than the Xbox for my hands. Not to mention I have NEVER had those problems with my PS.
Please, don’t hate on us for a different playing platform. We have the same interests in games as you apparently so can you keep the hating to a minimum?
Thanks.
Lupus
supergamer
3 years ago
People really need to learn how to chill on here.
Firstly, ets get one thing straight, the only reason xbox is getting this first is money, when the head of the company who makes the console is bill gates, you’re always going to come in last. it’s nothing to do with a ‘thanks form Bethesda’ it’s simply money. call of duty did it too.
Secondly, sorry to tell you xbox and ps3 gamers (and im both of those btw) but the elder scrolls will always be a pc game at heart, it’s where it started and someone pointed out todd howard said he loves the pc gamers and there modds. so just calm the funk down.
ps3 and pc players need to stop getting so mardy about a 30 day wait for a dlc, ps3 i can see a reason, you wont have mods or dlc for 30 days but pc players, you have sooooo many modds you need to stop complaining! i’d kill for some of the stuff you guys have.
just think, xbox get it first because someone needs to test for all the bugs.
Conan
3 years ago
This game is the best on PC with all the mods and stuff. Sucks that the 360 gets it before anyone else, but thats just a marketing decision. For those that want Skyrim multiplayer. Bethesda seperated the two, that way they could focus better on each mode. Thats why single player is so great, because they did that. If you want Skyrim multiplayer, then just wait for Skyrim online to come out.
Jay Sharp
3 years ago
are you serious duh there going to bring it out on PS3
Lbarnes
3 years ago
You mean apart from the fact that elder scrolls has been a pc franchise since Arena?
No games are made for purely pc: I think you need to do some research there, buddy, there are a good handful that i can think of off the bat, including pretty much every rts, and a fair number of rpg’s
Consoles are easier to play than pc: 1. If you’re going to make a claim like that, you better be able to cite it 2. Sounds a lot like a 360 fanboy trying to justify shit-talk without knowing what they’re talking about
Bonzohazard
3 years ago
Yep! This is what you get! Can’t WAIT to play it!! Oh, but you can, a whole MONTH!! XD Enjoy your little mods and kit in that time, should be plenty to tie you over while you wait a MONTH for the official stuff! hahahaha!!! XDXDXD
Smegmatron Incepticon
3 years ago
The fact that the dlc is coming out for xbox 360 isn’t a matter of picking favorites, it was contractual. They agreed with microsoft i guess it is, that they would release the first two dlc’s that they would make 30 days in advance for the xbox 360 and any dlc after that would be fair game. so yeah chill my bro’s of skyrim.
Patrick
3 years ago
I agree =)
Fox hound
3 years ago
I really we will be able to adopt or ,,produce”kids,i think that bringing crossbows is awesome,liek the idea about snow princes,and i would like to see a quest or be able to play as the long lost race dwemer,like there would be a quest where you find signs of where was the last dwemer seen or somethin.
Abbie
3 years ago
The clothes for the men and women are the same, makes it all easier. And what would be the point in adopting kids? They can’t do anything!
– from another female palyer!
Sevrin
3 years ago
The games and companies you talk about are not Bethesda, those games were not born on the PC like The Elder Scrolls were.
Exclusive content is, essentially, companies accepting bribes from console manufacturers to improve their sales figures. People who accept bribes, whether legal or not, are despicable, and not worthy of respect.
Sevrin
3 years ago
Accepting bribes, whether legal or not, is despicable, and shows a total lack of character, I no longer have any respect for Bethesda.
Sevrin
3 years ago
They have sold their souls to Micro$oft, taking bribes is despicable.
Roberto
3 years ago
You are aware that accepting money for their game is literally the only reason they create them and that the extra money they make off it will help fund their new and upcoming games. Sure, it kind of blows but it’s hardly despicable. If someone offered you a shit ton of money to NOT release a game, something that requires no work whatsoever, wouldn’t you take the money?
John
3 years ago
There’s a subtle difference between bribes and contracts. Oh wait a second, there’s not, they are completely different. This is obviously either a contractual situation or more xbox copies were sold. Either way it’s referred to as sound business practice, not despicable. We waited more than a decade for Starcraft 2, we can wait an extra month for this.
VS
3 years ago
Mod, Mod and Mod. Everything that you mentioned is on the Skyrim nexus or Steam Workshop.
VS
3 years ago
Bethesda has a deal with Microsoft since FO3. It’s buisness, and a damn good one.
sckela123
3 years ago
it is so a pc game. i dont care wat u guys say cause controls are easier,better graphics and mods. that is a sure sign of a pc game.plus all updates are on pc so eat that. im kinda mad dawnguard is on 360 first but hey,i can deal with it.But when people start saying elder scrolls is a microsoft game that makes me want to scream.
Starky339
3 years ago
starters “tes” is undoubtedly one of the greats thank you Bethesda.I played morrowind it okay for its day,then came oblivion truly one of the greatest game i’ve ever played and the came skyrim. the game of the decade enough said but nothings perfect …. horses they need a purpose and arnt they ment to be hard, i jumped of like a 2 foot cliff and the spent the next 10 minutes rolling around on the floor 1000 gold down… bitch please… mounted combat is needed also someone , anyone give me a spear and i’ll be happy, and down be gay and not let me throw one at someone -_- but apart keep calm and fus ro dah :’D
S-U-N-N-Y-J-O-Y
3 years ago
Yes mutiplayer i kan not wacht
Allan
3 years ago
I for one am happy that Xbox users get a month to basically beta test the new Skyrim DLC. Kudos to M$ for paying for the privilege to let their customers find all the bugs before us PS3 owners get to play with it.
fernando
3 years ago
well you see ps3 is more advanced than the xbox360 due to the blue ray player and being able to use the internet freely as xbox mainly centers itself on gaming PlayStation thinks all the possibilities that can be done as the ultimate gaming device plus PlayStation users love a gaming without the risk of a dumb little red ring destroying their system xbox has a 38% failure rate. Advancing from a disk tray that pops out and if the xbox is knocked over the disk is done for that is where PlayStation evolved and got rid of the tray. on another note PlayStation accounts cant be activated on other systems so if xbox player sell their account and buy it back that person has your info. ive never experience lag or account robbery and ive only ever seen one hacker online not like the xbox users that constantly hack other xbox users. while Sony works on the worlds greatest single-coop gaming system Microsoft can go back to making power-points or what ever it is they do. so now you know why we stay loyal to Sony. next time you post make sure you know what you’re doing and who you offend you idiot
Jo
3 years ago
Blu-ray access, the ability to play the playstation library of classic games, and fewer whiny kids when you play multiplayer. Because it actually has 1080p for games and can play 3D movies. Plus it is a fairly powerful computer.
Jossur
3 years ago
dude, The Elderscrolls Online is coming out next year, didnt you hear about that?
Jossur
3 years ago
not just that but be able to fletch our own arrows!
Robbie
3 years ago
I personally stick with sony, unlike you very poor person who probably only makes like $300 a month i have a 3D tv and enjoy playing my games in 3D and also i beg to diffder on paying $60 bucks a year for such a pathetic waste of money, cause you obviously like wasting money on something so pointless which i get for free, so you can argue better games and better realeses, but honestly for you to call me and all the othe ps3 owners fucking idiots? you have poor grammer and should go back to school you simple bastard
Jossur
3 years ago
it isn’t a bribe genius, each generation of consol has gotten a turn at being the first and favorite of an Elder Scrolls game.
Playstation was Morrowind, PC/Mac was the first two and Oblivion, now the 360 takes the limelight with Skyrim get over it dude thats life and its buisness. simple as that.
Robbie
3 years ago
and i really enjoy playing the most in depth racing and baseball games the world has to offer and my ps vita is just amazing to bad you cannot afford it?
Bonzohazard
3 years ago
I was thinking that yesterday… Dwemer have been around most the time, I want to at least SEE one…
Bonzohazard
3 years ago
Heh, you’re not happy, you’re bitter. AND YOU SHOULD BE!!!! You’re just as eager to play it, and you’re soothing your wounds with self-reassurance that there’s something “good” about the fact you get to wait an entire month while we indulge in ambrosial exclusivity! You should make a mod with your kit or something, it’ll take your mind off your envy!! XD
Uzul
3 years ago
Okay I think this was written by a 12 year who thought they were being funny or a fool…he does make a point, however, that horses are incredibly lacking, and the fact that Shadowmere isn’t a quest character is really sad. Is he not an undead horse of pure awesomeness? Mounted combat, with or without spears haha, would be good but I don’t realistically see it being implemented, and truthfully it’s not too big a deal. I also don’t know what that has to do with the DLC, but I guess that’s how user comments go.
ShadowSF96
3 years ago
What? Seriously? Xbox 360 gets it first? Oh, how you make me angry Bethesda…
daath
3 years ago
you now what the next update should be the ability to change appearance in game without restarting the game and killcam animations. cant wait for dawnguard keep the good work bethesda
Daath
3 years ago
you know what the next update should be the ability to change appearance in game without restarting the game and new killcam animations. cant wait for dawnguard keep the good work bethesda
Henry52
3 years ago
I have been a bethesda big fan for a long time and I hope the staff reads these blogs I hope there are more sequels for the xbox 360 platform (ES games single player) for skyrim and the fall out sagas planned in the future I personally dislike mmo.Bethesda great job on skyrim btw.I at least feel like I get my money’s worth when I purchase one of your games.
Bonzohazard
3 years ago
The fact that you get a creation kit, third party mods and get all the patches early…. not to mention, we play it on xbox, that makes us better than you! XD Do us a bit favor, let that envy eat you alive in the month we’re playing it before you!
Bonzohazard
3 years ago
Haha, Kyle!!! More! Give me more bitterness!! I’m FEEDING on your jealousy! As I lie back… taking part in the official content a whole MONTH before you get to even install it… I’ll think to myself: “Kyle is sitting there raging with envy right now, ahhh, what a beautiful DLC… this is so FUN!!” But hey, at least you have giant mudcrabs and such right?! XDXDXD Have fun stewing in your unrighteous anger!!
Bonzohazard
3 years ago
Heh, the creation kit and early patches isn’t enough?! TOO BAD!!!! XD Can’t wait to play it a whole month before you kats! Maybe I’ll post a Youtube video of absolute unfair Heaven for you! lolol, suckers!!!!
Bonzohazard
3 years ago
adsehteb, YOU ROCK!!! You’re like my new best buddy on the Beth forums! Rot in your jealousy PC players, and seethe with anger as we Xbox owners revel in DLC glory a MONTH in advance!!! XD
Bonzohazard
3 years ago
Haha, you’ll buy it, and their sales won’t drop, they’ll JUMP!! Just like you the moment it’s available on Steam! Of course, this won’t happen until a MONTH after we xbox players have indulged in many hours of new game content!! XD Suck on that PC players!
Bonzohazard
3 years ago
Haha, yes you are!! Shafted like you should be! You got your creation kit and 3rd mods, be satisfied!! In the meantime, I’ll let you know how the DLC is over the agonizing month you have to wait! XDXDXD
Bonzohazard
3 years ago
YESSS!! Keep that bitter jealousy coming!! Ahhh, can’t wait to bask in the glory of the DLC an entire MONTH before you! Ruining their fan base? Naw, you’ll get over it, and pony up cash like a good sheep when you FINALLY get it a month later! HAHAHA!!!! Come on, more envious words please! XD
Bonzohazard
3 years ago
Haha, you didn’t gather from every other DLC released a month in advance for Xbox in the past years that it would happen again?! XD Well, I’m glad you’re stewing about it, play your silly 3rd party mods while we wade languidly through a whole MONTH of exclusive priority! lolol
Bonzohazard
3 years ago
Oh yes…. xbox served first….and with a smile!! I will feast of DLC as you wait in bitter agony for a whole MONTH!!! HAHAHAHA!!!
Conturu
3 years ago
I really hope it will be about the empire, or stormcloaks taking down the dominion, that would be the ultimate DLC.
jon
3 years ago
i have skyrim on ps3 and in all fairness an online will ruin the game and an extra month honestly who gives a shit i enjoy playing games as much as anyone but being a bellend over getting it first to both xbox and ps3 players is just pathetic
Schmozilla
3 years ago
You’re obviously boasting as everyone with a Xbox would, Its fine that Ps3 Users can wait, its just that Microsoft just keeps paying everyone for content first, pushing people to pay 15 $ a month. Before I start another console war here, ill say that people have their opinions, Ps3 waits but doesn’t pay, Xbox gets it first and pays.
jeff
3 years ago
i hope the do some dlc with the dwemer an tell the back story and maybe take you to the depths of the earth an find them cause the quest in winterhold still left alot out an i am sure there is a whole lot more dlc to come so thanks and BETHESDA OWNS the RPG First person thing they got it on lock
x Yo1nK x
3 years ago
Shadowmere will respawn after a certain amount of time, find it at the pool of black muck where you found it.
Can’t wait to “beta test” this for other people. I’ve never been one to complain about bugs and haven’t seen very many in Skyrim in over 600 hours apart from “Blood On The Ice” and Hjerim.
PC > Xbox
3 years ago
Oh you want some Dwemer? Good luck getting that on FailBox 360… oh what about PC you ask? Already have it on the Skyrim Nexus lololololol I pity people on xbox that want mods and new content but can’t have it…. and PS3? I feel like they are getting ripped off with all the game breaking bugs..
sckela123
3 years ago
for all you people mad that it comes out on 360 first think it like this. they deal with more bugs because bethesda dosent have time to deal with them so pc and ps3 users get less bugs and les laginess so its kinda good
Monkey King
3 years ago
it is going to be vampires isn’t it.
Brandon
3 years ago
I just want some new homes, shadowmere to be invulnerable and for armor that you get to scale to your level all the time. Custom spells would be nice too, with the ability to use those for enchantments. That castle from oblivion would be awesome to have.
HoRtAn69
3 years ago
hell yeh, hope u can ride dragon and stuff get rid some allot of bugs, new weps, new mounts, new locations just everthing should be better!, even thou it allready is epic, big fan
Azrael
3 years ago
I love the elder scrolls games,
I think it would be nice if Bethesda would make download content to extend the game to other provinces.
Sorom
3 years ago
Hmm… Interesting glimpse into the future. DawnGuard… what can it mean. The Divines have spoken and given us a sign, let me, the scholar of the mages of winterhold look into this matter.
We have to possible conflicts that this could be. The Civil War here in Skyrim has just ended, but over the moutains the eyes of the Aldemeri Diminion peer angrily into our lands. They are lustfull for Men to be replaced by Mer like it was in the old age. They have the power, with a weakend Empire there time to strike is now. But there is one they have forgotten. The one who leads the forces of man. Dovahkiin. He is the Guardian of light, He is the DawnGuard.
Many times has Dovahkins path crossed with that of the bloody civil war. As if he was being forced to fight a war he may not have wished to fight. Remember the times he was forced to settle disputes just to get the two factions leaders to stop the fighting while the Dragon threat was dealt with? The only way he could do this, was to progress the war. Do the Divines have a ultimate plan for this being? Only time will tell, but remember the words i speak.
Then there is the situation of Red Moutain. A Volcanic wasteland lies below the ashes of this horrific event. The Ash blocks the sun from rising in the dawn. Maybe the Divines are wishing him towards morrowind, towards Red Moutain. Maybe the Divines wish him to be the guardian of dawn. The DawnGuard.
Only time will tell…
Sorom
3 years ago
Hmmm… Yes… yes…
I have discovered another hint towards the Aldemeri Diminion starting the Second Great War. The way time works is an odd thing in Skyrim for sure, mixed and fused with magic, Skyrim may not be the same for all. In my realm i heard the battle cries of the Imperials as they stormed Whiterun. I heard the cries of Ulfric as his head rolled to the floor. But what interested me the most… what really stood out…
Is what the General said to the fair haired young Dovahkin.
“I fear that time will call for these legionaries very soon. The Aldermeri are not happy with us.”
The Aldermeri seek to bring about a new dawn. They must be stopped, for both man and mer. The Aldermeri Dominion is a tryrant amongst all races.
Prepare for war, the Dawn aproaches.
Karnivool
3 years ago
Yeah sure we can mod our versions but we had to deal with a lot of issues the UI mainly because when it was release it had a silly console UI
Murt
3 years ago
I feel sorry for all the misguided fools that think that because the DLCs are 360 exclusive for a month (possibly longer as Bethesda won’t give details) means that the PS3 version will include less bugs.
The Fallout 3 DLCs started to roll out 9 *months* after the 360 ones and didn’t just include the same bugs, but new bugs that only happened on the PS3 version in addition to breaking the vanilla game as well, and were more expensive than the original 360 releases as well.
Look at Bethesda’s past before making assumptions about their future, a leopard cannot change his spots.
ragnarok
3 years ago
seriously, what’s the difference between olibvion, skyrim, and fallout 3? same engine same gameplay
Dan
3 years ago
first of all, all you ps3 and pc users are just jealous , second of all bethesda tests the game before it is produced to xbox360 to make sure it runs ok , and if there is bugs it will be the same on ps3 and pc, deal with it . how many times do i have to educate people , skyrim is a xbox360 game first and formost before other consoles and playtypes …. bethesda have expressed this many times , it is the deal that bethesda made with microsoft years ago , skyrim is made more for the design of xbox360 then any other playtypes. thats why its comming out for us first…. i dont see the big deal why all you ps3 and pc users are getting angry its comming out for you ,you just need to wait a bit longer … chill out .
Bonzohazard
3 years ago
Yep. Seriously! Yes we do get it FIRST!! YES!!!! Get ANGRY!!! HAHAHAHA!!!!
Bonzohazard
3 years ago
700th comment…. I LOVE YOU BETHESDA!!!!!
dobie poop
3 years ago
i cant wait for cross bows what if theres a daedric crossbow OMG that would be awsome
dobie poop
3 years ago
i think they should make a flail but that would be a lot of new animation
darthskull
3 years ago
ok i don’t blog very often but seriously who care’s which platform it come’s out on first that’s so childish too even argue about and as far as bug’s go in my opinion why release anything too start with if there’s gonna be a bunch of bug’s in it ? one would think they would straighten that out before releasing it to the public hmm just a thought and i don’t know about you guy’s but i think a cape would go good too with this game
tman
3 years ago
Guys the dlc well be released in August that why it says coming to Xbox in the summer ps3 and PC will get the dlc 30 days later which wouldn’t be in the summer so that’s why they aren’t mentioned. Its coming out for everything so stop complaining.
fingaz1
3 years ago
Well, good thing I have Xbox and PS3, but i’d rather play this on PC. Hope it gets there too
Nils
3 years ago
Is it coming to PS3 as well? Hurray!!
Ernie
3 years ago
Why would I pay for more DLC when I can’t even finish the main game due to bugs that still haven’t been fixed six months after the release date?
buford976
3 years ago
i just hope i can kill the high elves i hate them kill kill
Ninjah
3 years ago
This is not exciting because we all snooped around. Hell, I did. I’m friggin excited! So when Bethesda announced this information, we already knew it. We brought this on ourselves. Yeah, I was expecting a release date and some bad ass screenshots of mind melting awesomeness. But “Dawnguard” is what we got.
About the Xbox release being first. That sucks and I have an Xbox. Same as above, it’s going to be plastered out there for all to see and will again seem disappointing when they finally get to play. That’s weak, sorry guys. At least you got the creation kit. (PC)
Dan
3 years ago
hey man i completely agree , pc get all there cheat ass mods , plus pc and ps3 still dont get the fact that skyrim is officially a xbox360 game and made specifically for xbox360 and tested for xbox360 … there crying losers and brats that cant have the nerve to wait only 30 days more
Ps3
3 years ago
Any news for ps3
asdf
3 years ago
Hey loser, it is probably in their contract for Xbox to get the dlc one month earlier than anybody else, so stop hating on the superior console.
Fiesto
3 years ago
This is Awesome, Bethesda’s DLCs have great quality (a long way from the horse armor to the Fallout NV Lonesome road). About porting to Xbox 360 first, I think they just want to test the bugs for a clean pc/PS3 release… you can’t never know what this guys are thinking.
peaceman
3 years ago
The Dovahkiin, The Guard of Dawn!
Dragonbornn
3 years ago
It is coming to the PS3 but your gonna have to wait awhile after it has been released for the XBOX 360 so tough luck. Same goes for the PC users of the game.
Jsuss
3 years ago
I play on Xbox, and of course I’m happy that this is exclusive to us for about a month. But PS3 and PC gamers aren’t the beta testers. So, in a way, the PS3 and PC guys/girls don’t have to worry about as many bugs. ON TO WHAT I THINK IT’S ABOUT! I think it may have to do with the Mystic Dawn cult or Meridia/Azura. Possibly including Dawnstar in a way? Perhaps the Aldmeri Dominion tries to invade Skyrim starting with the port of Dawnstar, almost like a D-Day type thing? Well, whatever it is, I’m sure it will be amazing regardless of the platform and I am definitely on board for buying this on release day.
kristy
3 years ago
look at it like this we 360 owners gets more bugs all true enough but we know how to use those bugs to our advantage in the games
matt
3 years ago
Yes let the hate flow through you…
jeff
3 years ago
you know people if you talk the s#*t about bethesda why do you buy all there games and why do you still get all the downloads? An why is almost everything they create game of the year. I’ll tell you why cause there’s other games out there trying to be as good as Elder Scrolls like Two Worlds, Fable and Final Fantasy and there all trash. it takes so much to make a game and alot of you still bi^ch. So lets quit the hate and get over it. And alot of people think about Elder Scrolls Online is going to fail or will take over the single player i doubt it they want to stomp a mud hole in World Of Warcraft and i don’t blame them i just hope they keep the lore and the realism BETHESDA ROCKS!!!
Nick Jensen
3 years ago
TES is an Xbox game. It was created specifically for the Xbox, and then ported over to PS3 and PC. Just be happy that you get the game at all. I didn’t whine that I had to get a PS3 to play Infamous, and I would have happily waited a month for it to be released on Xbox.
Nick Jensen
3 years ago
Actually, since the game was designed for neither PS3, nor PC, you’ll have more bugs after the kinks are worked out then Xbox does before. The PC and PS3 versions are just ports. That’s why, particularly on PS3, your game is more likely to freeze.
TrueTESDevotee
3 years ago
skyrim has a different engine from oblivion and fallout, bethesda built it themselves, didnt you read up on skyrim or at least watch some of the podcasts before launch?
TrueTESDevotee
3 years ago
im a ps3 player but lets ignore that for a second. Whats to be jealous of when you own the ps3 version? there’s 700x more content than on the 360 due to MODS, also none of skyrim’s glitches really matter on the pc because you can bypass them all vie console commands. also skyrim was designed first for pc then CODED for 360 then RECODED for ps3, the reason ps3 is last is because if you ask any game programmer they’ll tell you the ps3’s a pain in the ass to code for whereas the only reason xbox live hasnt been hacked to hell is because microsoft pays people NOT to
TrueTESDevotee
3 years ago
i think theyll include both capes and spears, both have been clamored for and bethesda hasn’t really said no on either, hell they’ve listed spears and planned and as for cloaks ther keeping quiet though it is likely considering their engine for skyrim does water so well so by extension a highly animated cloak would be well within the game’s scope, hell it might even have worked in oblivion with fastdraw
totalyshitfaced
3 years ago
The series was made on the Pc before anything else so it wasn’t speficaly made for x box
overkill
3 years ago
and so you don’t say im childish im not hating on Xbox im just calling out its flaws i would like to see what you xbox users can come up with to say about PS3 technically such as graphics online play game disc quality and lets not forget game system quality (meaning how long the system lasts before it breaks down)
pete
3 years ago
Did Bethesda Abandoned Skyrim Updates, because they seem too focused with this Elderscrolls Online stuff and now its the Dawnguard DLC, yet Skyrim still has Bugs.
MiaoShou
3 years ago
I’d like to be able to put my follower on a horse (PS3). I believe there’s a mod on the PC but I’m not keen on allowing Steam on my machine.
It’s just so sad riding along and the poor follower is puffing and panting in the rear, pardon the expression; it’s a wonder they have the energy left to fight anything
MiaoShou
3 years ago
I realise I’ve said nothing at all about Dawnguard, just moaned about my horseless followers! THANKS!!! I’m looking forward to it so much – and desperately hoping it really is something to do with grinding the Aldmeri Dominion’s collective face into the dust; or preferably stinking mud permeated with dog faeces; final faceplant, once and for all.
I don’t like those elves much, did you guess?
Gehrigthedude
3 years ago
No, TES is a comp game, genius, ported to the consoles with Morrowind. Pay attention
RAZExNxH3LL
3 years ago
But its so big already, They need to put something in so you can ride the dragons, I be like yeah bitch fly me to Whiterun, let me pick up my grocery’s. and come on lets be able to make some fucking arrows. I can make a freaking Sword that could electrocute a fucking giant but I can’t make simple stick with arrow shaped stone tied to it, and please DRAGON WEAPONS, I think a Sword made from Dragon bones,Scales, teeth and some metal would be AWESOME
Ari
3 years ago
I think that they should do this with the DLC
1.Do more with the horses-like more custimaizably options and combat.
NO! 
2.Do more with the Stormcloaks and Empire. I destroyed the empire in like 2 hours at like level 7. Maybe the empire makes a comeback?
3.bug fixes ive had alot of ‘em on the Xbox.
This is only what i can think of right now but overall-AMAZING GAME can’t WAIT FOR THE DLC!
Tell me what you think of my list. (Rapid mood swings
Would it be possible that Elder Scrolls six could be all of Tamieral?
Duncan Whitelaw
3 years ago
Does it really matter when you get the dlc I mean I’ll still be occupied by the original game content but hey, I have patience.
Dovahkiller12
3 years ago
I hope they decide to use the half textured areas of morrowind or cyrodel.
Dovahkiller12
3 years ago
yeah the guy under me is right. probally chose the box first because it would be easier. to give out after the kinect up date
Aaron R.
3 years ago
Not all mods on PC make you cheat, infact, most are made to make the game more realistic and Harder. I can understand that Skyrim was made specifically for Xbox 360, but they released it on all Platforms. Why not just release the beta for all, instead of one particular platform. Besides, “beta’s” are made to get rid of bugs and glitches, not to let users experience the DLC. I find it absurd when people complain that “oh there’s too many bugs.” If you release the beta for all platforms at the same time, you have more time to fix the bugs for all platforms instead of one particular one.
daniel m
3 years ago
i love elves, i just dont like the Aldmeri dominion , but i also hate the empire as well , how they came in and took over nations when they had no right so down with the Aldmeri dominion and down with the empire
my favourite race is the dark elves aka dunmer.
Bonzohazard
3 years ago
My pleasure! ::Ahem:: Let my start by saying that I have every console and a formidable PC. Graphically, the PS3 is superior with the exception of distance rendering. Online play…. well, this is where it boils down to the fact that PS3 has almost nothing worth playing online, and anything that is worth playing online is still better on xbox due to MS’ ergonomic controller… which is far superior to the crampy little PS controllers. PS3 does NOT have a greater lifespan than the xbox, and MS offers a three year standard warranty that covers wear and tear… if you get the YOD (yellow light of death) on the PS3, 150 bucks, no questions. I know how to repair both myself, and have reballed the processors on both, the box is easier. Bottom line, PS3 is good for media and the bluray player…. oh, and Tekken!! XD Xbox, EVERYTHING ELSE. This doesn’t make me a fanboy, just no longer indifferent. Xbox ftw.
Bonzohazard
3 years ago
Muahaha!! I LOVE the Empire with their tyrranical ways!! Breathing down the necks of the gnats infesting their picturesque lands of Skyrim. Silly barbarian Nords… kneel and accept your domination by the rightful rule of your betters.
Adam
3 years ago
If you avoid the forums, then why are you here then? other than give pointless remarks, its called expressing an opinion, not being bitchy, we have a right to complain about the exclusivity of the DLC.
Get a clue
overkill
3 years ago
oh really because i got my and PS3 and Xbox on same the day and my Xbox lasted about 4 years and i still have my first PS3 the reason i had to get rid of my Xbox was because it got the ring of death and my PS3 is still in perfect condition and is healthy ( i will admit with you that it really has noting online to play but it beats having to pay every month to play online the games you love)
overkill
3 years ago
and i have to say what i really love about Xboxs online games is left 4 dead ,gears of war,and call of duty is not bad either on the Xbox so i am still giving it up for Xbox on its games online but when i went full PS3 i could not go back that is all im saying
overkill
3 years ago
but for the record i would love to get one of those new Xbox 4GB consoles with built in WiFi
Bobby
3 years ago
I cant wait for this to come out, I wanna ride some dragons!!!
kassie
3 years ago
in my opinion the next patch should let you marry a khajiit.
Chris
3 years ago
Nice new expansion pack, hope its good cuz iama get it the frist day it comes out
I only wishe that it comes out for PC frist… PC is the ultimate gaming consle
Bobby
3 years ago
I love elves too, i like being dark elves just because everyone like hates me. Plus I get the Fire resistance, which helps me with the dragons. I also like the wood elves because i just love archery, plus with the 1.5 update i can see my super awesome heads shots in
slow-mo
Chris
3 years ago
Xbox 360 is a weak console dont know why they get it frist >:(
its slower, and doesnt have a whole lot of HDD space & if you wanted more space you have to pay more money… Thanxs microsoft for your greedyness >:(
Sixth Wing
3 years ago
Yeah, I have had 3 people playing this game almost constantly and the bugs we run into are few and far between. I guess we are the lucky ones, huh?
Can’t wait for this.
smosh
3 years ago
Ok. Im on xbox with skyrim and i just recently began to play it on pc… overall, im selling my xbox to get better gaming pc. pc kicks ass, best way to game, plus theres the creation kit and exclusive mods. i have to say, i own all 3 systems and pc is by far my favorite way to game. js.
joe!
3 years ago
No, you Xbox fanatics have the ins and outs all wrong. all elderscrolls games and fallout were originally made for the pc, arena, daggerfall, fallout 1 and 2 etc.. the reason xbox gets the content first now is because Microsoft pay for the rights to have game exclusivity. they do this as a promotion campaign in order to get people to buy their products first, the game was never originally a console game, its much more fluent on pc so you can tell thats how it was suppose to be played, i own both and xbox and ps3 but not a pc version of the game so im not biased on either side, they are both as good as each other!
some guy
3 years ago
Aren’t those just dragon eyes? seems more obvious in my opinion…
Kay7
3 years ago
I hope Dawnguard and future DLC will bring much, MUCH more variation. Like the return of more complex features, such as spellcrafting. And I hope future expansions will make the current and future cities and towns even larger with nameless and respawnable NPC’s walking around to make them even more lively.
Oh and more dynamic quests, please. No more of these glorified “fetch quests”.
Much of vanilla Skyrim’s content seem to be copy-pasted (I’m looking at you, “unique” items/weapons/armors). And much of the dungeons are pretty much tunnels and Draugr tombs.
lalalala
3 years ago
trololololololololooooooooooooo ulfric stormcloak shall not make it through the night with the superior aldemeri dominion at your doorstep!!!
Saravok
3 years ago
I just want to say that I’ve been a loyal ES fan since the day Morrowind was first released for PC, I put 3000 hours on that game long before it was released to the console players, and I am shocked that bethsoft would betray me so coldly. And lastly, shame on you for limiting my weapon selection, I mean really are throwing weapons so wrong?
Zinulviing
3 years ago
I hate to inform you, but X-box has virtually no mods, while PC gets the mods and console commands… The graphics and performance for the PC surpass that of console, because the X-Box 360 uses outdated parts from 2005 and 2006, and the PS3 has parts from 2006, while the PC surpasses them in things like graphics, performance and more, due to the better parts and such. All the better to run Skyrim on.
Zinulviing
3 years ago
In the Bethesda Gaming Jam they made a flail with animations already…
Bonzohazard
3 years ago
Screw that 4gb xbox, it’s flash mem, no DLC will download to it. Get at least 40HD. Also, the xbox is easy as hell to repair. I keep a first-gen Elite, day it came out I had it. I’ve modded it so heavily that it purrs like a kitten. There’s just jack shit can be done when PS3s go down. Requires a reball, and often a new eye for the BR player. But yeah, I enjoy it most on my Xbox, any game, any time…. and XBgold is so worth it.
Bonzohazard
3 years ago
Except for Tekken…. that belongs on PS
bvb
3 years ago
Hopefully it comes out before August, i was hopeing for like a late June maybe early July release. (If were lucky lol)
bvb
3 years ago
I was hopping for a vampire HUNTING clan LOL. Either one would be cool though
FPS3
3 years ago
it may have started being ported to consoles with morrowind, but if you pay attention to the menu in skyrim its obviosly formatted for consoles not PC’s. I’m not dissing Pc’s im just explaining how your wrong.
Bluejay68
3 years ago
That would be totally freaking sick!
Bluejay68
3 years ago
They released some information about it having to do with snow elves.
Bluejay68
3 years ago
They are trying to remove bugs right now, at least that probably what they are doing. They probably could only do small updates and bug fixes with dawnguard, expect updates for both games after dawnguard comes out.
jim
3 years ago
Dont blame zenimax or any other dev its mircosoft and there spoiled child attuide if they dont get it first they wont hav eit on there system but you know its ok with me they are just beta testing anyway mircosoft is a horrible company they act like a giant 2 year old child that throws a fit because they know ps3 and pc users have better toys
Bluejay68
3 years ago
I just want to tell you guys what I know about Dawnguard. They released info. about it haveng to do something with snow elves, the problem is that ysgramor apparently killed all the snow elves. My thinking is that a couple of them fled, and re-populated their population. They might do something with they want to attack, but you are trying to keep peace, and it will come down to you picking sides. I personally like my take of it. I know for a fact that they are adding crossbows, with the picture… they might be doing something with vampires. They are probably fixing all the bugs they can right now.
hat man
3 years ago
the last dwemer died in morrowind
Corey
3 years ago
The longer the wait, the better the taste my friend. Besides, PC gamers have plenty of user created content to keep us happy until we get our DLC. It’s the PS3 gamers who get the shit end of the stick. lul.
Dan
3 years ago
hahahahaha funny
nick
3 years ago
this is so awsome thank u bethesda greatest game makers im so excited about this,but i need to say playstation and xbox360 users please dont fight lets just talk and revel about what this game could hold ( :
THELEECH
3 years ago
…and that is why i have the pc version
Alex
3 years ago
I think “ambrosial exclusiveness” counts.
Nakano
3 years ago
Anyone having PS3 glitches still should delete all game data, corrupted saves and updates from the PS3, while leaving the uncorrupted save data alone. Then start the game and reinstall the data and latest update.
This fixes a lot of issues since the most recent update is not compatible with the others it seems. I was crashing every time I went into the water after the latest update, then I did what I described above and no more crashing.
Bonzohazard
3 years ago
lol, glad you approve!! Of course…. I have a char that ran with Dullfric… but there’s something satisfying about living under Imperial rule that takes me back to Oblivion and the Imperial city… There really should have been a larger city, the Holds are so tiny and unimpressive.
EtaYorius
3 years ago
Bethesda, please add more animal and creature variation, make sure their ragdolls and animations arent bugged.
Sid
3 years ago
some people don’t seem to realize that there were elder scrolls games before morrowind……
Sid
3 years ago
go play morrowind, the dwemer were a big part of the story (especially in tribunal)
TuBByTurkEy
3 years ago
Oh, ok. You’re waiting for E3 to officially announce Dawngaurd? Thats original…
jim
3 years ago
microsoft pays bethsada…
so that means its be cheeper… right?
thanks bill we ps3 people appreciate it
ps3… saves you money.
Brad
3 years ago
skyrim is officially a xbox360 game and made specifically for xbox360 and tested for xbox360 This is not true yes they test on xbox but the game was all ways for all platforms (P.S PS3 FTW)
nuccun
3 years ago
Of all the comments on this post, and all the back-and-forth over XBox vs Ps3 vs PC, you sir are doing it right.
Wormanator
3 years ago
its okay, console codes make up for the wait…
Poekje
3 years ago
Damn, after reading some of the comments it really seems like the level of the TES community has sunk to niveau below zero since Skyrim…
Wiimbizi
3 years ago
Bethesda has an agreement with microsoft for skyrim anything dlc or the sorts related must be released 30 days before the others, but the patch 1.5 was released for the pc earlier… not sure why
DudeMcManbro
3 years ago
Genius, he was clearly reverring to Skyrim, which was infact designed with the 360 in mind. Microsoft pays more than any other company ever will to support their console and its as basic as that.
DudeMcManbro
3 years ago
See dem balls? Calm them. He wasn’t hating on Bethesda, he was pointing out a clear issue that Bethesda happens to have very often. Fanboys have ruined great series by blindly buying games and not calling developers out on their mistakes. Look at Call of Duty. Black Ops 2 is rolling around, and its a sci-fi cowboy game. So, chill your fanboy-age. Its not helping.
Me
3 years ago
Ive read all the comments and no one seems to be excited about the dragon mounts? i mean come on! how cool will it be to fly around skrim and breath fire with it?!
As for attacking from your horse, i think it’d be pretty bad ass. Just think you could run down your enemy and put and arrow in their back while riding, legolas style. <== Not to metion if you got a finishing killcam for that too!
Justin
3 years ago
@Dan:
Are you kidding dude? TES was always a PC game, we were lucky when Bethesda decided to release Morrowind on Xbox. Although I still prefer the PC version. If I have a PC for it, I always go for PC first, and it’s not because of mods, better loading, capable of using console commands(when certain glitches happen), and of course BETTER graphics.
phil
3 years ago
you should make dremora a race. you should also make the regions of tamriel.
phil
3 years ago
crossable
daniel m
3 years ago
i would love to turn into a dragon that would be even better , and having the option to choose what type of dragon you morph into such as , blood dragon ,ice dragon, fire dragon ect.
daniel m
3 years ago
i agree
daniel m
3 years ago
i would like to see also more clothing or robes for mages or hardcore spell users.
personally i think the major want in any adventure quest game is the ability to be able to fly weather its on a mount or in my personal fav is the ability to self fly , i have this image of a wisp or cloud of dark smoke speeding through the air hitting the ground and you character appears….. i know some ppl may think thats corny or lame but … eh :). i dont think its going to happen but i guess i just like passing ideas across .
daniel m
3 years ago
throwing weapons would be awesome . fingers crossed they make a return in dawnguard
daniel m
3 years ago
i agree with everything . i do hope they add more though … im greedy lol. i cant wait for the new vampire abilities and maybe quests .
daniel m
3 years ago
i agree
TheKing
3 years ago
It sucks that this isn’t gonna be on PS3. why why??!!!!!!!
MarronShed
3 years ago
Spears. I want a spear. Who the heck designs a game around slaying dragons and leaves out the 12 foot pike? The lack makes a dedicated melee fighter less of an option, and ES has always been about options…. play the game your way, y’know?
I’m gonna duct tape a knife to a broom handle and I’ll see ya’ll in a bit….
Brad
3 years ago
Take the stone road SW out of Fort Neugrad. Follow it
until it comes to a gate on the Southern edge of the
map. You will not be able to go beyond. Maybe this is
where Dawnguard will be.
Frozenhawk
3 years ago
Flying would be cool as long as it’s not like before were you just started walking off into the air. I saw a mod for flying but it looked like they were pulling a superman with one arm out straight. I thought it looked corny.
Being able to turn into a dragon would be way better though.
zman
3 years ago
excuse me but there is nothing wrong with console gaming i dont care what console x box or ps but they are both great ways to experience a game its about the players style and i think Bethesda appreciates the fact that their games are loved and charished by the whole gaming community not just pc…. but , to be fair pc is also a great way to play a game due to the modding comunity so keep on truckin sarvok
zman
3 years ago
hey just fyi …..the snow elves turned into the falmer ..they werent killed off … it says so in a quest.. my take is that to escape isgromors wrATH THEY fled to the dwemer , and the dwemer were like no way dudes , so they wiped the dwemer olut and took up refuge in thier vast underground complexes …. when you think about it it makes since… but yes the update files were hacked and there were files under snowelf prince and crossbow and stuff so ….cant wait !
zman
3 years ago
yea what if the kill cam let you lean off sadle and shoot … just like legoloas… or even when killin mamoths you klimb uop thier sides and shoot three arrows into base o skulll then slide down trunk …. or is that overbourd?
Nik
3 years ago
I’m so excited for the new skyrim dlc!!! Finally something more to do. I hope they add a new area or something like one, also i wonder if they will add more and cooler spells, shouts, armor, weapons, EVERYTHING!!! I was just watching chronicle lol so i was thinking about a force spell or ability haha!
Sylis Coyl
3 years ago
I hear a lot of talk about Snow Elves (namely the Prince?), crossbows, and dragon mounts. Couple of notes…
1. Snow Elves = Falmer. Remember that giant statue at the end of the Thieves Guild with the Eye of the Falmer? I’m not certain, but I would speculate that is the Snow Elf Prince. Either the DLC takes place before the Battle of Moesring (time travel through the Time Wound?) or you would merely interact with the ghost of the prince. Strange still is he used ice magic during the battle but has a script for fireball in the recent patch. According to lore, Ysgramor didn’t kill the Falmer but drove them underground after the war where they were enslaved by the Dwemer until their master’s disappearance. It would be a strong case of P.I.S if one tribe just so happened to avoid the whole war and remain civilized while the rest were turned into abominable creatures.
2. Crossbows – Wouldn’t a crossbow defeat the purpose of the Archery skill? Essentially, they were made so that commoners could fire at long range without training. Factor in the rate of fire (unless it’s a repeater crossbow which raises more questions) and its questionable power, it strikes me as rather odd. I suppose its possible that it’s just a resurfacing of a Morrowind favorite?
3. Dragon mounts – they already have the animation for the Dragonborn to mount a dragon but it would be out of character for Bethesda to give the player that much of an advantage over the environment or would actually animate a battle between two warriors atop of dragons. My guess is it is just another means of transportation to a far away land, no control just fast-travel much like the carriage, that is if it really is added in the DLC.
I understand it’s fun to dream up crazy add-ons and wish for ludicrous amounts of material, (PC users are more prone to achieving such things with user created mods), but that’s why they’re are mods and officially released expansions.
If anyone has any citations to dispute my notes about the DLC, I’d be happy to listen. Now as far as my shot in the dark for future DLC, I wouldn’t be surprised to revisit to Morrowind or even Cyrodill in the 4th Era. Perhaps even Daggerfall.
queen f1
3 years ago
Where is the PS3 version? cmon guys get your act together
Al954
3 years ago
well said!
ArgonianGod
3 years ago
They should make a DLC in Black Marsh or Hammerfell
Abusiveunclejoe
3 years ago
It will be, but not for a few months. Why? because M$ is an evil cooporation that offers developers an obscene amount of money for timed exclusives. It sucks, but hey, what can you do.
except play on PC, because you should be anyway.
Huntsoda
3 years ago
I think Snow Elves isn’t as far-fetched as you make it sound, if their culture was isolated enough, the Nords may never have found them, and they wouldn’t go underground and become Falmer.
Daniel
3 years ago
Pole arms, flying potion, more conjuration spells, telekinesis on people and creatures, throwing items, pets (like a wolf), getting drunk. that’s all you need.
Cristian
3 years ago
I wanna see much more creatures, weapons, armors and skills on the Dawnguard.
brendan
3 years ago
dawnguard will be like the skyrim version of shivering isles
T.J.11
3 years ago
The snow elves are the Falmer as far as I know.
Lopez
3 years ago
crossbow wouldn’t be too far fetched since the dwemer machines that roll around in a ball have one of their left hand also in the dwemer museum in the first room when u enter there is a display case with 2 arrows and something else can’t remeber but one of them is an arrow you can’t pick up maybe a crossbow arrow?
mielke666
3 years ago
that would be awesome,
like a shout or a spell that turns you into a dragon
Mike
3 years ago
You sir are a true gamer.
Mike
3 years ago
Actually, you don’t have to delete your saved data, just the original install and previous update, then reinstall the game and the new patch.
Mike
3 years ago
Calm down, it will be. It will just come at a slightly later date. Microsoft paid for early rights to the content. PS3 and PC will get it as well, it will just be somewhere between a month and 3 months after the 360. (expect only one month)
Ambassador of Furtherance
3 years ago
I’ve been a major fan of pretty much every Bethesda game to have ever been released, and my favorites being Fallout and The Elder Scrolls (I would have to take TES over Fallout, though, considering I am so fascinated by the background story and lore that had been created). I am with you guys at Bethesda Studios 100% of the way, no matter what. It’s not easy creating an immersive RPG world and making everything work perfectly, and it’s obviously not easy to please every single one of the idiot fans out there who whine and think that they could make something better. I’m sure I’m not the only one out there who has the same thoughts either, there just needs to be more considerate fans. Other than that, I’m looking forward to all of Bethesda’s future projects, and more specifically Dawnguard and The Elder Scrolls Online!
perdizckie
3 years ago
To the people of bethsoft you guys rock love Skyrim and cant wait for Dawngaurd, only thing is wish you could put in more and rare armors amd weapons as in with different graphic appeance like Dawnbreaker and the like, but still thanks a lot for your games am a big fan Fallout 3, NV. Keep up the good work!
Infuris
3 years ago
There is info that the snow elves where pushed underground and maded into slaves by the dwarfs and that they became the felmore. its in game content that you can find i dont remember witch mission but i remember the city guards r green. been a while since i played
Johny
3 years ago
Just add some questline to destroy and wipe out all Thalmor racist bastards!
Stressed_eel
3 years ago
it is going to be on PS3, its just that Microsoft have rights (don’t ask me how I don’t know) to have dlc from Bethesda games like fallout and TES 1 month before PS and PC does.
funana
3 years ago
umm snow elves didnt wipe dwemer out, they explain it in a sense in morrowind, dwemer kind of obliterated their entire race
David
3 years ago
Fighting on a horse is what I really want. First character I made was a Legolas clone so imagine my rage when I stole the horse outside of whiterun and couldn’t attack anything. I am lovin the killcam though. Looks so badass when you bring the enemy down with the final arrow.
TheArmyLion
3 years ago
Please add the Goblins in the trailer pls pls pls !
GameFreakishDude
3 years ago
it would be nice if we could shot arrows or cast spells while on our hourses. the main reason why i dont like the horses is because i cant blow up bandits with fire ball and travel 50 miles an hour.
GameFreakishDude
3 years ago
it would be cool to be able to be a snow elf in the beginning of the game
Robert Canty
3 years ago
I hope that add some additional crafting options into the game. Having no matching weapon set to go with Dragonscale(plate) armor is…well, disappointing. Seriously, what would be more badass than an ivory-looking great sword made out of dragon bones? or how about nice shiny bow made out of dragon scales with matching arrows?
Robert Canty
3 years ago
Daggerfall is not a provice, I think you’re confused with Hammerfell. Daggerfall is a game title.
However, would it be nice to visit Hammerfell (which is where Daggerfall takes place?) Yes, I believe it would be. The lore states that the Aldmeri Dominion has conquered Cyrodil, bringing the Empirical government under their control instead of Imperial control. Themselves come from Alinor (previously the two provinces of Summerset Isles and Valenwood), and have politically taken control of the Empire and Cyrodil. They had a foothold in Hammerfell, but got resisted and Hammerfell, with their seccession from the Empire is the only province to date to have resisted the new Aldmeri Dominion and their ruling.
Essentially, since the Empire is now under the control of the Aldmeri Dominion…Elsweyr, Black Marsh, Morrowind, Cyrodil, Summerset Isles, Skyrim and Valenwood are all the new Empire.
The biggest one in question is High Rock, which is above Hammerfell. I only assume they’ve joined that new Empire as well, as they have strong ties to the High King of Skyrim and Torryg (or whatever) accepted Aldmeri rule.
Justin
3 years ago
This is a DLC ot a full game. There will be some great stuff added but not a whole lot. I read a comment saying that they should unlock the whole of Tamriel. That would be a full game alone trying to have that. This is no doubt it will be awesome but remember, this is only a DLC.
Tyler
3 years ago
Nerds! Arguing over bs..
Tyler
3 years ago
J’zargo only has so much room to cary things
gstaff
3 years ago
You’ll be able to explore much more of Tamriel in The Elder Scrolls Online
Joseph H Ries DRACONTIS IGNITAIS
3 years ago
I feel a little trapped by Skyrim, not by its size at all. It seemed Morrowind and oblivion had more self customizations,IE: armors, spells and weapons. Graphically its the best. But remember two worlds one copied your ideas and did and exceptional job even with a below average graphics engine. Content is every thing guys. I hope This DLC can beef up the lack of customization and choices in armor, weapons spells\. Also their are not enough monsters. Their also should be and exceedingly high level cap with monsters to match so the game will last longer . That way their is some thing to do until you come out with the next game. No matter what i say its probably the best game of its kind yet.
Louis
3 years ago
I fell in love with The Elder Scrolls series with Morrowind,though I’ve played the older games, and though the franchise is still my favorite of all time, one thing has has been gradually disappointing me. This is the conversion from the wonderful, semi-alien creatures of the first few games into a simulation of real world animals, like wolves, bears, horses, cows (werent Guars good enough??), or classical rpg monsters, like giants, or zombies (whatever happened to bonelords?). I mean, its fantastic when these creatures fit into the lore, as do the dragons, but part of the reason I enjoyed the Elder Scrolls series was because it didnt conform to typical medieval rpg. Please bring back the creativity! Where are the Netchs, the Dreughs, the Durzogs, the Twilights? Or at least new creatues for Skyrim? I would have thought that the Udefrykte would at least be a different creature other than a troll- Elder Scrolls lacks the diversity it used to have
pete
3 years ago
Will Patch 1.6 be included with the DLC
jbvkjabvku
3 years ago
wow you spent 125 days, on morrowind, you should be well proud, i guessing you don’t have a girlfriend to brag to ?
R0flc0pterlol
3 years ago
lmao thats why i have every DLC for fable 3, fallout 3 and NV, and Oblivion and many more… cause the 4gb wont DL them…right. Maybe try getting the DLC from xbox Live not off a disc. Anyway works for me.
rigel
3 years ago
Skyrim feels to restricted, but not in the geographical sense. If you take a step back and look, there are less skills and overall number of items in the game compared to Oblivion or Marrowind. Also, there isn’t as much variety in the visual design. In Oblivion each city is architecturally different, were is in Skyrim many cities are somewhat of copies of each other. Granted cities such as Markarth are a breed all their own; it just feels like Skyrim starts to get a bit monotonous.
I hope that in this new DLC, that you would go somewhere a bit more exotic such as the Summerset Isles or Esywar. Although, I do believe that in the DLC you will end up some expedition team that uncovers so long-lost Falmar/Snow-Elf strong-hold. Think about it, who is to say that a group of enslaved Snow Elves didn’t rise up agasint their Dewmer masters and take control of said city before the Snow-Elf race was transformed.
Maybe “Dawnguard” is a play-on of Redgurads? You could very well have to deal with the Akir warriors in someway. Second civil war, but now with our scimitar-wielding friends from the east? Probably not.
Finally, I would like to know what would happen if Ulfric became high-king? Embassy mission to the Imperial City or if Ulfric died, sent to the emperor for awarding job well-do. The whole Dark Brotherhood would have to play into effect, but with the Broken Steel add-on after Fallout 3 proves that Bethesda can make a good post-story DLC.
If you liked what I had to say, thanks, or if I mess up with my facts or you just don’t agree with what I had to say please reply.
XBL Gamertag: My Names Rigel
Nath
3 years ago
Calm down.
skintaro
3 years ago
spears should be the fast two-handed weapon, like daggers are the fast one-handed weapon. should be able to throw daggers and spears as well.
skintaro
3 years ago
thats the border of cyrodiil. theres another gate just like that in the east, north of riften. that is the border of morrowind. look at an oldschool map from daggerfall or arena and youll see what i mean.
skintaro
3 years ago
just an entire daggerfall remake on the skyrim engine would be an incredible piece of DLC. or even a whole separate game. shrink the iliac bay map down to skyrim/oblivion map proportions and we would have quite an adventure
crazygamer2255
3 years ago
it does suck… having us gamers have to wait becouse we play on the ps3 or the xbox wile those selfish consel makers decide to bribe everyone… and has any one ever thought to put a consel in a consel game… i mean you can send messwages and theres keybords… you can definetly put a conel in a game… they could definetly add a bunch of stuff
to a consel game that they wont for some reson… and why does ever body complain about the xbox or the ps3… i have both… they both have some thing that are better then others… there both eaqually great in there own ways… yet game mekers give others the first thing or whateer… and gamers allways complain about wich is better… i just game to game and for the joy of gaming… not to prove wich is better or to brag about how i get the DLC first (wich i dont) if i ever had a game compant i would try my hardest to keep it fair… not to say… oh look, he gave me money, im going to release the DLC to him first… this is a preitty long message and has typoes… thats what heppens when u type as fast as u can… (lawl)
crazygamer2255
3 years ago
exactly… microsoft bribes… 360 users get it all rong and beleave every game is made for the consel they play… becouse there consel is owneb by the biggest bribeing company i know
crazygamer2255
3 years ago
yup
trololol to us >:I
crazygamer2255
3 years ago
lol no… more like we took over white run and crushed the imperials… then i found one of there camps… so i decided to slash all there heads off
crazygamer2255
3 years ago
oops forgot to mension… why do i have to edigate dumb people… SKYRIM IS NOT AN XBOX GAME, ITS A PC GAME, MICROSOFT BOUGHT THE RIGHTS TO GET THE DLC FIRST! GET IT IN YOUR HEAD… THERES LIKE 30 COMMENTS SAYING THIS… seryusly
crazygamer2255
3 years ago
im just hopeing they fix the water crash glitch in the next update… i have stoped playing due to the annoyingness of the game crashing every time i touch water
crazygamer2255
3 years ago
ok i have been reading some really retarded comments so let me get some things straight…
1. they havent released ANY detail other then that picture and were it was going to be announced…. there might not be dragon riding or snow elves or crosbows
2. it is a PC game, and it allways will be, the reson xbox gets it first is becouse they payed for the rights, you get it first… you also have to pay 60 dollars for membership and online play…
3. beta testing is testing for bugs… beta testing is comeing for xbox… the means PS3 shouldent have as much bugs… probably not 100% bug free just like any other game… but it wont have as much… and when beta testong ends xbox will get its bugs cleaned too…
4. the xbox or ps3 can last longer depending on how you care for the systems… if you just let dust grow all over your ps3 or xbox… its going to die fast
5.although ps3 dosent have alot of online content… you also dont pay for it…
6. all of PC PS3 XBox are great in there own ways… PC has mods and graphics but has lag… XBox can lag, has preitty good graphics but no mods, ps3 can have great graffics, only lags if its frozen from bugs(same with XBox)and still has no mods… XBox also has more online content… but you have to pay for it
7. personaly i think there all greedy… i look at every game… even year old ones… there all 60$ thats preitty retarded
8. the DLC is comeing to PC XBox and PS3… XBox is getting it first becouse they have money from people paying for online…
9.about 97% of xbox users commenting on this are imature becouse most of them are braging and saying “yes! be mad!” i mean seryusly… just shut up.
10. im done.
danix
3 years ago
to be able to create your own unique weapon/armor. now that would be awesome!!!
Bluespixie
3 years ago
Been a huge fan since Morrowind.. the series is still producing my fave games of all time.. but PLEASE stop making them increasingly easier!! Played Skyrim on master and within a few levels am practically untouchable! I remember getting killed over and over by the first rat in MW lol. Yes, i could run around without enchantments, armour etc.. but i don’t want to have to ignore large elements of the game. I should be panicked when a dragon flies over, not kill it in 3 hits without breaking a sweat. At least introduce a ‘nightmare’ setting. otherwise.. awesome!
dobie poop
3 years ago
i hope there is new spells
dobie poop
3 years ago
master spells in skyrim are so dumb
Lore Guy
3 years ago
That road leads to cyrodiil.
Ashley D.
3 years ago
Actually, there’s a pc mod for this. It’s not perfect, but you can fly, shout, bite and hit things with the dragon’s tale. It does need SKSE however, and the dragon has a tendency to fly through the ground if you’re not careful.
Ezra
3 years ago
I hope they bring quick keys for preset equipment in either hand. Changing from spell to spell constantly when you are a mage becomes a nightmare even with the Q key quick access option.
There is nothing quicker than pre-setting keys 1 to 0 with different spell settings so you don’t have to pause the game constantly.
malikgilbert
3 years ago
i should be you are a dragon can tranform or use your inner power be a god
Silentrellik
3 years ago
It states in the thives guild guests that the snow elves were turned into the falmore do to the dwarves betraying them.
ybox
3 years ago
Your inability to form a proper sentence or use any punctuation is by itself testimony to what kind of spectrum Skyrim is catered to, being it the dumbed down (and downright horrible) UI, the spellcrafting system, and so many other things.
Dawnguard will be released on the PC and PS3 eventually; it’s still understandable that offering exclusivity for additional content (even if only for a limited period) comes across as a slap in the face to that kind of playerbase that Bethesda grew and gained fame/reputation with.
Hint: Those players aren’t consoleros.
The Mac
3 years ago
i like how there’s only like… 5 floor plans for buildings lol. it’s like a scandinavian upper middle class subdivision
The Mac
3 years ago
it was explained even in skyrim what happened… centuries of being dwemer slaves used for mining and being kept in subterranean captivity made the snow elves into the falmer.
Auroran
3 years ago
“Dawnguard”
A few possibilities:
1) Snow Elf plotline
2) Has to do with Dawnstar
3) Has to do with Meridia (Dawnbreaker)
4) What was that other continent the Nords were supposed to have come from? Anyway, those guys try to invade from the north.
5) Sheogorath dances the Fishstick.
Prince Nivak
3 years ago
Dwemer technically vanished due to them following Dagoth Ur and attempting to use Kagrenacs tools to achieve a type a divinity I guess you could say. Also, you can do Arniel’s quest from the College of Winterhold and he attempts the same experiement as the Dwemer and has the same result. sorta.
RainbowDowmak
3 years ago
Actually, to escape the wrath of ysgramor, the snow elves sought out refuge in the dwemer cities, the dwemer aloud them to live in the deepest tunnels and be their slaves, the snow elves went blind from being underground and revolted and killed all the Dwemer.
erik
3 years ago
it actually says in a quest that they run to the dwemer and were given plants to eat that were toxic to make them blind and theyy were turned into slaves. That’s how the falmer came around
MrSammich
3 years ago
Dude E3 was made for announcements like this, as in that is literally what it was made for.
DerpHerpson
3 years ago
You’d have some trouble fitting all that DLC on a 4GB unit, considering most game DLC range from 500-600 MB each.
Dovakiller
3 years ago
^^^ I Like this ^^
Indoril
3 years ago
You sorta got that right zman. When Ysgramor and his companions came to Skyrim they fought the Snow Elves, drove them from their lands and claimed them as their own. The Snow Elves fled underground to their cousins the Dwemer (Deep Elves) who sheltered them for a time but eventually turned on them and drove them from their halls into the subterranean caverns and forgotten caves of the world. Over time they evolved into the what we now know as the Falmer and hold a deep resentment and distrust for all other races.
Brian
3 years ago
I would like to see more crafting options like clothing, tools, new armors, etc. Customizable colors/dyes. Ability to use embalming tools as weapons. That was the first thing I tried when I saw them, I was sorely disappointed. I want to be able to make armor out of any type of metal; I.e., ebony armor made of gold. Daedric armor made from silver. How about weapons? Ebony steel dagger? Golden daedric battle axe? Where are my silver weapons? Only found one type of silver sword and I can’t upgrade it with silver ingots… Wtf? Anyway things to think about.
Brian
3 years ago
Addendum: Spells need to level with you. I love “flames”, “frostbite” and “sparks”… I’m nearly maxed out on Destruction yet it is impractical to use them against even the most mundane skeever. I want master level sparks, flames and frostbite. Fireball is cool and all but a gout of flames is always more fun.
Kronos Catawana
3 years ago
I think that if your disposition with the people of the hold is high enough they should willingly let vampires feed from them as long as they have a blessing from a shrine active, or not care if they change into a werewolf. Maybe even allow us to create a clan, or marry a vampire, heh
Robin
3 years ago
I hope they add polearms and an item/armor/weapon that’s like the ultimate thing and you have to like a big quest line or doing alot of caves/dungeons to get items and at last smith this super item.
Also make smithing harder so you can’t level up to 100 at a low level.
Jamie
3 years ago
Hi people all I see here is aload of bashing I have skyrim on Xbox n pc so I enjoy every aspect about the ps3 bug issue yeh I feel bad for u lot but serious u went and bought the game now complain about it being on Xbox for 30 days early when it was stated before release of game, pc has mods so to be fair they have had access to stuff most don’t, as for ps3 I’d say next dlc goes on them for 30 days before? But if ur complaining now when in theory u knew it was coming out on Xbox first u shouldn’t of bought the game, consoles n pc are a business they compete with each other just hang in there we will all get. Apiece other wise go hate sumwhere else.
Cristian Lazaro
3 years ago
I love Skyrim, but I’m tired of always killing the same monsters. I wish there were more customization too, if I spell damage, basically have to play with Destruction. Since the game has a wide choice of armor, it would be nice to be able paint with different colors. Please Bethesda, more customization: D
billy
3 years ago
i think what was meant is that it was made for console and ported to pc, it should have been mad for pc then ported to console, beth are sellouts
Jeff
3 years ago
Yeah, I was mad at first. But then I remembered that I play on the PC, and we’ve pretty much had extensive and exclusive DLC from day one in the form of mods. And in the past (at least with New Vegas) the “exclusive” dlc for xbox has been so bug-ridden (worse than usual) that it feels more like a beta test than an actual exclusive gift.
Chris
3 years ago
Bethesda said to try to figure out the direction of the DLC based on the name & promo picture, when it was announced, implying that there were clues in the name. If you read the book “The Great War” in Skyrim, it talks about the Thalmor using “Dawn” magics, and how they currently occupy part of Hammerfell, aka the home of the Redguard. Hence, Dawnguard. I’m betting it has something to do with pushing the Thalmor out.
Further evidence: It borders Skyrim & has a strong history of dragon presence, there is also the city in Hammerfell named “Dragonstar”, which was ruled jointly by Skyrim and Hammerfell once upon a time. There is also presence of the Alik’r in Skyrim (hunting a Thalmor collaborator) already. Lastly, don’t forget Tribunal/Bloodmoon & Shivering Isles and the precedent those set for ES expansions.
dakkakid
3 years ago
Well I just want it to be a little more complex. Like the Hardcore mode you did for NV. Armour and weapons degrading and stuff would be awesome. I mean don’t get me wrong I love Skyrim I just wished that A: Guards where more useful. B Enchanting tables didn’t exist, it used to be so awesome finding magical items and C: A stronger Dark Brotherhood presence.
dakkakid
3 years ago
AND SQUARE SHIELDS MUCH! Soo much miss for them…
Ashley D.
3 years ago
Two words: patch 1.6. PC users have the beta for this, and we can fight on horses now. They do die horrendously quickly though…
that guy
3 years ago
Everybody stop your god damned complaining or else Todd Howard will FUS RO DAH your front door in and kick your teeth in…… for the record I own Skyrim for the pc and am not exactly HAPPY about this but your opinions truly and sadly dont matter, Bethesda has had a contract with Microsoft since the game was announced.
Luther
3 years ago
I completely agree with adding an OPTIONAL hardcore mode like the one in New Vegas, except more realistic, like not being able to live off of one bottle of water for a week. It’d add more importance to hunting, as well as making you sleep instead of waiting whenever you want it be morning. Overall, it’d make the game more immersive.
Sojourn47
3 years ago
Since I am a friend with several people who who work for game developers, I understand the purpose for an early release on 360. Money. It costs money to develope and publish a game. Many companies encourage pre-orders, for instance. This gives the company more money for development which will hopefully result in a better game. Same thing here. This is a good sign that the expansion will be quality. I for one look forward to it.
James
3 years ago
can’t wait for this..!!!! I LOVE YOU BETHESDA FOR SKYRIM!!
Elliott
3 years ago
I hope they bring back minotaurs…
Mitchell
3 years ago
For all you ps3 and PC gamers quit getting but hurt that Xbox is getting it first if your so damn pissed then switch platforms. Obviously Microsoft gave them a better deal so maybe you should complain to Sony or whereever. But this looks sick and I’m stoked for it to come on Xbox first!!
alex
3 years ago
well said dovvah
dragonsher0
3 years ago
you actually can. Go to the “Q” favorites UI and hit 1-0, Then all you have to do is hit the corresponding key for which ever spell you need. it Comes in handy for bow/melee as well.
InJM
3 years ago
Horse armor!
catnip
3 years ago
Well let’s hope they give it away free as an apology for the ps3 version being broken
Andrej
3 years ago
The degrading armor weapons and armor would be so awsome,you would repair them with ingots that were used to create them.Also hunger and thirst would be amazing,at that point food would be useful.
Andrej
3 years ago
Although it would be awesome i dont think its possible.Because they would have to recode allot of things.
Speedy416
3 years ago
Why is it Bethesda always releases dlc for Xbox first…. Oh wait it’s because Microsoft pays them off
Brendan
3 years ago
… There already IS telekinesis -_-