Bethesda admits 

Skyrim players may never get Dawnguard on PS3

If you own an Xbox 360 and Skyrim, you’ve been able to download and play the Dawnguardexpansion since June. If you’re a PC gamer, then you only had to wait a bit longer and got it earlier this month. PS3 gamers may now never get access to the content in Dawnguard.

That’s the news coming out of Bethesda via their forums. Administrator and global community lead Gstaff posted an update on the state of PS3 DLC for the game, and it’s not looking great. Gstaff explains that releasing sizeable DLC is a complex issue, and it seems like for the PS3 it might be just a bit too complex.

No detail is given as to what the specific problem/s is, but Bethesda is preparing PS3 gamers for the reality that Dawnguard, and for that matter any other Skyrim DLC, may never reach the platform. TheSkyrim development team hasn’t given up, but also admits they have a problem they can’t guarantee can be solved.

Such news comes as a major blow for both PS3 gamers and Sony. If the PS3 architecture is too complex to allow for DLC in such games, then the future doesn’t look very bright for future titles that try and get the maximum out of the hardware and provide players with sizeable additional content.

Rest assured, Bethesda will have tried everything to get Dawnguard working on PS3. They want the revenue it would bring, and they certainly don’t want the bad press that will obviously surround this over the coming days.

I’d like to know what the exact problem is they can’t overcome, but I’d also like to know if this is a failing on Bethesda’s part or a shortcoming of the PS3 architecture. Maybe Sony should pay Bethesda a visit and see what’s going on.