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Dealing with Skyrim’s PS3 Problems |
Listed in: News Tags: Bethesda, ps3 patch, skyrim
Skyrim launched with its fair share of bugs and glitches, but none has been as devastating as the PlayStation 3’s save file problem. In short, the size of Skyrim’s save file and the way that file interacts with the PS3’s architecture create a situation in which the system struggles to keep up with your ever-expanding save, eventually dragging gameplay into a slow, laggy mess.
Bethesda attempted to fix the issue earlier this month, but many users are still experiencing the same issue. And while there’s no official fix to the problem (one could still be weeks away), there are a few things that have been reported to help alleviate the symptoms.
If you’re having trouble with Skyrim on your PS3, here are a few things you can try to make it run more smoothly:
Clear Space on Your Hard Drive: This is only effective if you wipe several gigabytes of installed games and is not guaranteed to positively impact Skyrim’s gameplay. Only test it if you’re not worried about re-installing games.
Turn off Auto-Save: Turning off the auto-save function helps keep your overall save file size down, but probably won’t change issues you’re already experiencing. Still, it’s worth a shot.
Control Your File Size: Skyrim keeps track of everything you do, from leaving doors open to moving fruit around your house. Do what you can to leave the environment as undisturbed as possible and you’ll keep your save file down to a more manageable size.
Restart the PS3: No guarantees here either, but some players report that a quick restart can help limit frame rate issues for long play sessions. Always worth a shot, right?
What’s really amazing about this problem is that it somehow made it into the final version of the game. It’s astounding to think that no tester at Bethesda put enough time into the PlayStation 3 version to hit a bug that’s apparently affecting a very large sampling of the user base. Then again, you can’t always catch everything, right?
Let us know if you have troubles with your Skyrim install, and if any of these solutions help. In the meantime, how should Bethesda make this up to customers?
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Play a better game.
*sits waiting for butt hurt flames*
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I'd recommend Oblivion and Fallout, but alas they never fixed those either...
Maybe play on the PS2?
It's sad when some of the best games have game-breaking flaws.
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Worse I wanted to buy Skyrim for my Birthday coming up in February. Sadly it is pointless due to their in ability to fix some of the more serious bugs in the game to date.
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Greed.
Get it out on the release date so we can take advantage of holiday dollars. Ready or not!
Cut corners wherever you can, it's too common now to release a game with the attitude of, "oh well we can just patch it once it's out to fix things" Back in the day before online games had to be standalone and if they were full of bugs, they failed and didn't sell. We need to get back there.
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dont buy a broken game...
or trade in your skyrim to buy a game that does work. that way u wont spend more money on DLC for a broken ass game.
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Also another solution is buy this on PC and have the modders fix everything as usual...
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Until then, I will continue playing a lag-free RPG like "Dark Souls"!
Oh, wait...
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After the bug has been squashed, they can then release perhaps the first DLC pack for free as an apology.
Though the game is great they really are doing themselves some reputational damage the longer they allow these things to go on, and when they consistently release games before they are ready just to meet a marketing deadline.
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I really loved the game but this annoying bugs really destroy the experience, i dont want my PS3 with problems because of this, and i dont think this is right, how can they release a game with major issues like this? Back in the time(i would say around 2000-2005/6 and also before 2000) any company that dared to release a game with bugs would see their sells fail, and would think twice before releasing the next game (in the meaning they would be sure there are no major issues)
Dont get me wrong, having bugs is normal i know, but not MAJOR bugs like this.
Im really hating this "new way to think" of the industry, "lets just release the game to sell, then we can go patching".
This is another game that makes me concerned with the path that game industry is going thru.
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