Now David Jaffe is Talking About Skyrim's Lag

[RedEyesBlackGamer]

Try around 36%. And that is just the lag.
http://ps3.ign.com/articles/121/1213194p1.html
It isn't just a handful of users.

If you're going by PS3 users, then yes, the percentages are far too high, but if you're going by total skyrim players (spread over all platforms), I bet the percentage of people experiencing game breaking issues is not that high.

Still, if 36% of your PS3 players is experiencing severe frame-rate drop, it's something that one would have expected to be found during testing. I can well imagine that Skyrim's PS3 audience is angry, and they have every right to be.

Bethesda should probably try to focus all their attention on the PS3 version, us PC gamers probably don't mind waiting (and if all else fails, we have the modding community to turn to). The 360 version of the game (from what I've heard) isn't experiencing (too many) game breaking bugs.

I thought that you meant PS3 users since this was an article about the PS3 version. Sorry, I didn't know that you were referring to all players.

 

[dmase]

Try around 36%. And that is just the lag.
http://ps3.ign.com/articles/121/1213194p1.html
It isn't just a handful of users.

If you're going by PS3 users, then yes, the percentages are far too high, but if you're going by total skyrim players (spread over all platforms), I bet the percentage of people experiencing game breaking issues is not that high.

Still, if 36% of your PS3 players is experiencing severe frame-rate drop, it's something that one would have expected to be found during testing. I can well imagine that Skyrim's PS3 audience is angry, and they have every right to be.

Bethesda should probably try to focus all their attention on the PS3 version, us PC gamers probably don't mind waiting (and if all else fails, we have the modding community to turn to). The 360 version of the game (from what I've heard) isn't experiencing (too many) game breaking bugs.

I think it's only with big models of the system after the first patch. I have one of these and it does get a bit ridiculous at times, of course restarting it usually helps. Its better than the morrowind issue of freezing solid every 2 hours when running newer computers with vista. I really don't know if they are going to be able to fix the ps3 lag though if it is only across the old model ps3's.

Maybe they didn't use old models for testing, but I would like to see some game developer diaries where they detail there testing process.

 

[SonicWaffle]

I think the truly unnacceptable part comes wherein it actually stops you from completing the game - the Thieves Guild bug is one of those and really should be one of the foremost things they adress.

What bug is this? I've not heard anything about a game-breaking bug for the Thieves Guild.

Well, except thats it's super-easy to make so much money so quickly that you break the economy and render irrelevant all the crafting skills, but I think that was intentional

 

[Amnestic]

I think the truly unnacceptable part comes wherein it actually stops you from completing the game - the Thieves Guild bug is one of those and really should be one of the foremost things they adress.

What bug is this? I've not heard anything about a game-breaking bug for the Thieves Guild.

Well, except thats it's super-easy to make so much money so quickly that you break the economy and render irrelevant all the crafting skills, but I think that was intentional

When you're supposed to meet the man who told you to reverse pickpocket the ring, he never moves. He continues to cause a distraction. Forever.

That's not a bug. He's just really dedicated to causing that distraction. Really *really* dedicated. I wish all people were that dedicated to their work, maybe then they wouldn't need the PC to save the day.

He ended with a pleasant, possibly even warm-hearted note of solidarity. "Every game is a battle for the developers, and I don't know the war stories of Skyrim so I'm in no position to judge good or bad about why they did what they did," he said. "I know they've made one of the best games of the year, if not the best."

I always like seeing stuff like this. Games developers are by their very nature competing against each other for a limited market on a luxury item. It's nice to see genuine praise from one to another.

 

[aaronobst]

The treatment us PS3 users have been getting from Bethesda is nothing short of fucking insulting... Skyrim was to be my GOTY, in fact it was supposed to last me well into next year I don't care how good the game is, right now IT'S USELESS TO ME!


They just won GOTY and Studio of the year after releasing this shit... Fucking sad