MadCap's Mad Ranting - "Dawnguard for PS3: The Continuing Adventures!"

Seriously, Bethesda, I've got nothing for you on this one. This is a PR nightmare for you guys, and you just grip onto that shovel tight and keep digging your hole. An article on Forbes is now bringing up the suggestion that people on PS3 might never actually get Dawnguard. From Bethesda's statement on it, it seems as though Bethesda is actually having problems with the software errors that they were so quick to deny having or some problem rather similar, some people citing the PS3's problems with save files and lag that were experienced at Skyrim's launch back in November. But if that isn't the problem, then again, I ask WHAT IS?

To quote the writer of the article, "Here at the end of the console generation, one would hope that developers knew their way around a system a little better than this.", and I have to agree. Now granted, I know absolutely nothing about developing games for different consoles (or about developing games in general), but Bethesda does and Bethesda should know how to work through problems like this by now. And even if they're still having trouble at this point, it would be better for PR for them to just come out and say what the problem is, which they've been avoiding. Yes, some people will still be angry. Yes, some will leave Bethesda entirely based on it.  But there will be some (and I like to delude myself into thinking they might just be a majority) who will appreciate Bethesda's honesty and, while still being irate over the whole matter, will be inclined to show a little patience while Bethesda works things out.

As it stands, Bethesda continues to dance around just what is wrong.  Is it a software issue? Is it an issue with Sony? No idea, but they're not telling. So I guess they just expect us to eat their rather pathetic excuse of "We're working on it" without actually saying what it is while they watch a good third of their customer base leaving in anger.  Nice job, guys. Nice job.

Oh, and for those of you hoping that Hearthfire was going to be anything fantastic or wonderful, I've got a bucket full of bad news for you. Seriously, Bethesda, your pitiful efforts on this could have been used in...oh, I don't know...fixing Dawnguard?!