As others have said, it's not new to see games ship with bugs. In the old days, I remember even having to call customer support and have them mail me a disk with a patch. Damn, I wish I could remember which games they were, but I do remember one was from Microprose. F15 Strike Eagle, maybe? It was actually a fairly common occurrence back then. Most glitches remained unpatched, and there was a roaring trade back then in tips on unpatched exploits, etc. Of course, this was all person-to-person or over BBSs because there was no real Internet to speak of. So no, this isn't new.
 
I'd like to see some numbers on the percentage of games with truly severe bugs now versus in the past. I doubt it's as wide a gap as some claim. In any case, even if the number is larger today, it is easy to patch through the Internet, or over Steam, PSN, or XBox Live. Given the complicated nature of publishing and distributing games, a few weeks delay can be a very expensive prospect. Since there is a mechanism for patching that nearly all gamers on consoles have access to, it's really no surprise that they would choose to patch that way rather than hold up a long-planned game release date.
 
We may wish it were different, but the online nature of consoles has made things the way they are.

I almost wish I got the spinning head glitch, that was some funny shit.

Rotating head is great.

Holy HELL that second video is, shall we say, FUCKING CREEPY.... Yet somehow hilarious at the same time now... I am so confused.

The spinning head really adds to the suspension. Not all bugs make a game worse ;)

To quote Jeff Gerstmann: "Obsidian did what Obsidian do."

" explain how  Obsidian  keeps in business when all the software they make is always full of bugs and glitches "

Ok that video with the spinning head guy freaked me out :-)

" I'm downloading a new patch on Steam as we speak. Hopefully it fixes some of the issues. "

Holy shit, spinning head guy looks incredibly creepy and surreal. I hope they figure out how to do this on purpose if they ever decide to include another drug trip sequence as DLC.

at least with youtube these days people can post videos of the errors so the programmers can physically see what's wrong, rather than it being described in words.

the dogs animation is being played in reverse as well. 
So he isnt moonwalking, hes just backpedaling. 
 
but him doing its sideways is definitely glitchy

" Come on guys, you shouldn't rush out an obviously buggy game.  Of course bugs are nothing new to the Fallout franchise. Fallout 2 players might remember the crashing and a patch that ERASED ALL YOUR SAVE GAMES. "

" at least with youtube these days people can post videos of the errors so the programmers can physically see what's wrong, rather than it being described in words. "

Damn! This stuff is sooo creepy. I was just about to got o sleep, too! Asses.

LMFAO! That spinning head video was hilarious. I'd buy the game just for that bug. XD

I lost about 4 hours of gameplay because of these stupid bugs. If I even bring myself to play, I'm constantly scared of losing all my progress from a stupid game crash. Or even if I make a quicksave and exit the game. All progress gone. Can't even rely on autosaves.

I haven't run into any bugs, but the load times are getting ridiculous.  Last night I was running some missions for the Kings and it took over a minute to exit the building, followed by a 20ft run to the door to Freeside (another minute load screen) -- cross the hub world (about 200-yards) and brace for ANOTHER minute long load screen.  I talk to one guy, turn around and repeat what I just did.  That's about 6-minutes of load screens for 2-minutes of actual playtime.  Needless to say my iPad is always in arms reach while playing this game.

Still haven't decided if I'll brave this storm yet.  Had a lot of buggy issues with Fallout 3

I really hate the brown color in this game. It's like the wild west :/ god damn sucks... bring me back some sci-fi blues :D

quality obsidian entertainment games lolz

Is the Steam patch coming to 360 today?

I hope i love this game the way i loved Fallout 3

The companion system is super-borked. I lost Ed-E on my first quick travel with him, and now I have the enahnced sensor perk permanently, but can't finish his side quest.

I honestly thought the spinning head was just my own character trippin balls.

" Is the Steam patch coming to 360 today? "

phew, thanks for the update. i'm over wondering how this passed testing and qc; just hoping one comes to the pc soon.

Just cause you can patch a game after release, doesn't mean you should. 
Fuck obsidian and their buggy ass expansions dressed up like full products. 
I'm over it. 
Make a good full game, drop the price, or gtfo

This sucks for people that don't have an internet connection.

" @fillmoejoe:  Do these people live in 1991? Come on dude, everyone has internet, especially people who play video games. Give it a rest with this stupid comment. "