Skyrim is a multi-platform AAA title game that was released Nov. 11, 2011. Bethesda, the developing studio, made Skyrim as the fifth installment of The Elder Scrolls series. Skyrim was one of the top games of the 2011 lineup, and still is even this far into 2012. Although recently beat out by two new games, Bethesda has fallen behind on delivering property to its different fan bases. Dawngaurd, Skyrim’s first D.L.C. (Down Loadable Content), came out June 2012 for the Xbox, and early July for PC, but has still yet to come out for the PS3. Hearthfire, the second Skyrim D.L.C, came out for the Xbox September 4th, and September 8, 2012 for PC, but still yet to come out for PS3. Starting to notice a trend?
Now, ask why? What does Bethesda gain from this delay? The answer: nothing. Bethesda actually is loosing some of its PS3 fan base. It isn’t completely Bethesda’s fault, nor is it Sony’s fault, the corporate brand owner of the PS3. The reason the Xbox obtained the D.L.C. so soon is because Microsoft sent Bethesda money to help Bethesda speed up the production of the D.L.C.
Money pushing production happens more often than not.
Sony, on the other hand, didn’t send money to Bethesda. Which is fine to do too. Sony could have saved money and resources for other projects. The PC got it earlier, because the Xbox is similar to program for the PC. When Bethesda released the Dawngaurd D.L.C. for Xbox, the fans of the PS3 were upset that they still hadn’t gotten the D.L.C. The problem is, Bethesda realized that the D.L.C. was much harder to program for the PS3. While this wasn’t recognized as a problem at first, but recently it has started to become a problem. PS3 fans have gotten incredibly mad at both Sony and Bethesda for not getting the D.L.C. Bethesda’s original stance blamed Sony, then said, it wasn’t anyone’s fault. Bethesda claims that Dawngaurd is a big D.L.C. and wanted to make sure that when they released it for the PS3 that it would preform above average. Which I personally, as an owner of both systems, am glad they want to make sure the quality of the D.L.C. is to the standard they want it to reach.
New information that Bethesda will soon be done and releasing the D.L.C., Hearthfire, was kept in secret until two months ago during a PC update. One of the PC players found a bit of code that when translated to English, was a file named D.L.C. for Xbox Hearthfire. There was speculation for a while if it as true or not, until Bethesda publicly released news about Hearthfire in late August 2012. Recently, in a new PC update, players found a few files hinting to PS3 users finally getting Dawngaurd and Hearthfire, and a PS3 exclusive D.L.C.
A screenshot of a translated PC update showing PS3 downloadable content, or D.L.C.
The new D.L.C. seems to be called Dragonborn (original right?), but with a D.L.C. for the PS3. This means that Bethesda would have figured out how to program for the PS3, and the other two D.L.C’s must be soon after. It is still just speculation, but Hearthfire was found in the same way: speculation at first, and then proven to be true. Leave your comments and tell me what you think below.
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