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    John Keefer posted a new article, Dawnguard's PS3 problems may not be solvable, Bethesda says.

    PS3 players were not happy when it was announced that Xbox 360 would get the Hearthfire DLC for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim before they got their version of Dawnguard. Now Bethesda has admitted that the problems it is having with the PS3 version of the vampire lord DLC may not be fixable.
    Aug 31, 2012 7:30am PDT
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    John Keefer posted a new article, Dawnguard's PS3 problems may not be solvable, Bethesda says.

    PS3 players were not happy when it was announced that Xbox 360 would get the Hearthfire DLC for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim before they got their version of Dawnguard. Now Bethesda has admitted that the problems it is having with the PS3 version of the vampire lord DLC may not be fixable. : ShacknewsThis person is cool!

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      Bethesda needs a new engine. : Rehevkor
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        Nooo.... Sony needs a system architecture that isn't so arbitrarily different from EVERY OTHER SYSTEM on ... : GaratNW
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          Maybe, but Bethesda still needs a new engine. : Rehevkor
          • Fair point. :) : GaratNW
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        Didn't they do a rewrite or overhaul or something? Seems like shit like this should've been solved a long... : PointlesS76
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          It's still Gamebryo and it is not aging well. : Rehevkor
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            It's not Gamebryo, and Gambryo is not an engine http://www.shacknews.com/chatty?id=24748758#item_24748... : SchnappleThis person is cool!
            • Also Gambryo the company went under in 2010 so that would be another reason it's not in Skyrim. : SchnappleThis person is cool!
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              Then why is it so similar in so many ways in terms of the quirks and bugs and such? : Vincent GraysonThis person is cool!
              • Because those were in the parts of the engine not contingent on Gamebryo. I'm saying this based on a ... : SchnappleThis person is cool!
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      What's up with this engine on the PS3? I seem to remember them not releasing all the DLC for Oblivion ... : sithspawnThis person is cool!
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        This is purely a hypothesis, but here goes. The Xbox 360 and the PS3 have the same amount of RAM (512M... : RomSteady
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          When you say that the PS3 has a split memory architecture, how is that enforced? Is the RAM literally in ... : SchnappleThis person is cool!
          • Yes, physically split. : jcupittThis person is cool!
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          256mb for textures? I sneeze larger than 256mb. : CRasterImage
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            Remember that it was taped out in 2005. Additionally, Microsoft was thinking of going 256MB unified, unt... : the archvileThis person is cool!
            • Yeah, the PS3 would've ended up being an obviously superior system if the 350 launched with only 256MB. : one random winner
      • I'm guessing they have issues with the RAM limitations. 256MB dedicated to each part was a rather poor m... : one random winner
    • Not surprising seeing how Skyrim played on my buddy's PS3. Regardless, sorry it happened to PS3 owners t... : dookiebot
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      The PS3 is... not an ideal design for modern PC-developed games. I really hope it's the last of it's ... : eskimo spyThis person is cool!
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        Was the PS2 also difficult to program for? I don't specifically remember hearing anything back then abo... : ShadowdaneThis person is cool!
        • I've heard it took the entirety of the PS2's life before people got really good at developing for it due ... : SchnappleThis person is cool!
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        Rumors say the next Playstation simply uses an x86 AMD CPU. It doesn't get much easier than that. But ... : Grape Flavor
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          I think it will be an AMD CPU/GPU or perhaps an AMD APU, but I don't think it will be x86. That'd be an ... : Peanut Fox
          • Hmm, I wasn't aware AMD made any other kind of CPU. x86 was what was in the original Xbox, seemed to wor... : Grape Flavor
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      So, how does using the dawngaurd addon use more RAM? I've never noticed it, but then again I play on PC s... : soundcreepy
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        Well the PS3 only has 256MB useable memory, that is pretty slim and I'd guess they are sitting right at o... : ShadowdaneThis person is cool!
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          Failure on Sony's part to split that Ram between Video and Memory... Skyrim broke the PS3.... : Dark Drakonis
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            How is this a failure? You realize PCs are setup in exactly this way? I can tell you that split memory ar... : wickoattack
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              Yes, but doesn't the PC's have higher memory than 256MB (Not saying your wrong, just asking)? : Timberwolph
              • If you're building a mid range desktop gaming PC today (Let's say a thousand dollar budget) your'e lookin... : Peanut Fox
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          It has 512 but it's a hard split between CPU and GPU I believe, whereas the 512 on the Xbox is dynamic (e... : one random winner
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            yah i should of said system memory... I'm guessing they have more memory allocated on the 360 for game c... : ShadowdaneThis person is cool!
            • The 360 has 512MB of RAM that is shared between the system and video processor. It can be divvied up betw... : ArcanumThis person is cool!
        • Sort of - a lot of data can be streamed (which effectively means hard memory limits aren't as limiting, i... : wickoattack
    • PS3RO- DAAAAAAAH!!! : the archvileThis person is cool!
    • Bethesda has never had a good relationship with the PS3. What I don't understand, and this is because I a... : AlphaBovine