I remember playing both the ps3 and xbox version of fallout 3 and it really stood out that the ps3 version was far inferior.  Now being a ps3 only owner should I be worried about the same issues for Skyrim? I know its a new engine and such but I remember something about them building it on the xbox which could or could not have any affect on it.  Either way I will be purchasing the game, just curious to see what you guys think.

Wait and see. But the majority of the time multiplatform games look better on 360, how much better we will have to wait until it comes out. May be a big difference that's noticeable, or a very minor difference or no difference at all.

Both were pretty terrible. I thought the PS3 version looked better, too. I know it got the LOD patch earlier.

Right, Fallout. Sorry, just woke up with crazy allergies so I have no idea what's going on.

It's a totally new engine that will supposedly actually run well on consoles. That engine always kinda sucked on consoles. But all the stuff they have shown looks smooth and fairly decent, so I bet the PS3 version will be serviceable at least.

There using a new game engine for Elder Scroll's V, so we'll just have to wait and see. 

Why are you playing Bethesda games on consoles?

New engine dude, new engine. 

New Engine, so I would be surprised if they don't do their best to make both consoles look great. With the accessibility of PS3's architecture now I wouldn't be surprised if it even runs better on the PS3 at release.

@TheDudeOfGaming said:

New engine dude, new engine.

Can you swear we'll get animations for diagonal movement? CAN YOU?

Why are you playing Bethesda games on consoles?

Oblivion on the PS3 was a better version, if you put both up against each other the PS3 wins. Try not to get to far on the hype train, the game is GOING to have lots and lots of bugs, but hopefully kit will be so awesome we won't even care.

Oblivion on the PS3 was a better version, if you put both up against each other the PS3 wins. Try not to get to far on the hype train, the game is GOING to have lots and lots of bugs, but hopefully kit will be so awesome we won't even care.

Wait and see, I'm not worried though.

New engine dude, new engine. 

The Fallout engine blew monkey balls though. It looked ugly, had crappy animations and was buggy as hell.
The Skyrim definitely looks promising but we will have to wait. I still recommend everyone to buy the PC version.

Yeah, I want to get this for my PS3 too. As much as I want it day one it may be sound advice to just wait a couple of weeks and see where the chips fall.

Well, chances are it will be smoother on the Xbox simply cause that is the main system they are building for, but i'm sure the PS3 version will be just fine, no need to panic.

@JoeyRavn said:

@TheDudeOfGaming said:

New engine dude, new engine.

Can you swear we'll get animations for diagonal movement? CAN YOU?

I can swear; they showed them in the demo they've been taking to all the conventions. It truly is the future.

Wait and see. When Bethesda goes to show the game off whether it's at E3 or some convention they always use the 360 version. Even in interviews I've never ever seen them show the PS3 version, always 360. At least they're somewhat confident with that version... who knows about the PS3 though.

@MordeaniisChaos said:

That engine always kinda sucked on consoles. But all the stuff they have shown looks smooth and fairly decent, so I bet the PS3 version will be serviceable at least.

Vanilla anything Gamebryo always ran like crap (I fear the return of microstutter) without digging a little deeper into the .ini and searching for mods like "operation optimization".

At this point whenever I try to go back to Oblivion of Fallout 3, I end up just installing a billion mods, break the game in some irreparable way, and call it an evening. I like to think that after 300+ hours between both games straight up vanilla besides performance tweaks (the day I discovered Bag of Holding was a glorious one) I've earned it.

Either way, we are just going to have to wait and see what this engine can do. If you aren't super dead set on getting the game day one, it doesn't hurt to wait a little while just to hear what people are saying about it. Unfortunately we probably won't be seeing much in PS3 reviews, with the 360 version probably being the review copy that everyone gets with some weirdos out there reviewing the PC version.

If there are any problems on the PS3, I'm sure someone on some forum will be ready to bitch away.

Oblivion came out later on the PS3 which is why it looked a bit better and had faster loading times.

I will always prefer the PS3 versions of games like these.  BluRay over DVD disc.  I also had very few problems with my PS3 versions of Oblivion and Fallout 3.

I will always prefer the PS3 versions of games like these.  BluRay over DVD disc.  I also had very few problems with my PS3 versions of Oblivion and Fallout 3.

@Storms said:

@xyzygy: This implies that they are not confident with the PC version. In fact, it's just because they're historically cozy with Microsoft and Microsoft wants to sell some 360s. Bethesda has no special relationship with Sony. I mean, you don't think Morrowind could have worked on the PS2? I remember the PS2 being a little more advanced than the original XBOX.

Love your avatar pic, by the way. Best show ever.

The XBOX was essentially a 733mhz PC with more RAM than the PS2 had and a far more complex and powerful GPU than the PS2's 'Graphics Synthesiser'. The PS2 definitely was not more advanced than the XBOX because the XBOX was essentially twice as fast with twice the amount of RAM. Morrowind may have been possible on the PS2 with the Hard Drive attached but it would've been a lot less complicated both in terms of graphics and map sizes.

Yea, the PS3 version of FO3 was junk. Not only did the trophies not work but the game kept freezing more than normal and there was the whole DLC issue.

I recommend that you do what I do: wait for the inevitable GOTY edition

I'm not sure if I'll get the ps3 or the xbox version. The DLC will be released on xbox first won't it?

If this game is like Fallout 3, than I can't wait for the game to randomly seize up everytime I get a notification :/

Wasnt the new engine made for the 360 or somthin? 

 
However, as well-earned as that relationship with Bethesda was, it didn't need to affect several of their releases on this generation:
 
http://www.tilander.org/aurora/comp/gdc2009_Tilander_Filippov_SPU.pdf  
 
Someone just needs to show these charts to Bethesda before Skyrim is released. Or the Wikipedia article on the cell processor.