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Bethesda Mum on Fallout 3 DLC Exclusivity Deal

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By Kris Graft

July 21, 2008

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"...I think it's a very good possibility that Microsoft and Bethesda were partners in this decision."

At the E3 Media and Business Summit last week, Bethesda Softworks said it would be bringing Fallout 3 downloadable content exclusively to Xbox 360 and Windows, leaving buyers of the PS3 version out of luck as far as extra content is concerned.

Analyst Colin Sebastian with Lazard Capital Markets told us on Monday that Microsoft and Bethesda likely came to some sort of financial agreement to leave PS3 DLC out of the equation.

"...I think it's a very good possibility that Microsoft and Bethesda were partners in this decision. Obviously Microsoft paid up to secure exclusive online content for GTA IV, and online is a cornerstone for Microsoft's digital media strategy."

But Bethesda won't share details of its decision to bring Fallout 3 DLC only to Microsoft platforms.

"...We aren’t going to get into the details of the hows and whys," said Bethesda marketing boss Pete Hines in an e-mail. "[DLC] will be exclusive for PC and 360. [We're] not going to give any other qualifiers or clarifications as it relates to other platforms."

Fallout 3 is slated for release on Xbox 360, PC and PS3 this fall.

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On July 22nd Rider_on_the_Storm said:
  • On July 21st Fearmonkey said: New

    http://ozymandias.com/archive/2007/03/22/More-Context-on-Memory-Reservat...

    I'm sure MS paid for it, but im betting that the PS3 memory issues had something to do with it.

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    More like all this downloadable content could be fitted on the BR disc and therefore wouldn't need to be download.

    The DVD format is old hat now and it's showing!

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    On July 21st Fearmonkey said:

    http://ozymandias.com/archive/2007/03/22/More-Context-on-Memory-Reservat...

    I'm sure MS paid for it, but im betting that the PS3 memory issues had something to do with it.
    Same stuff that happened with Oblivion is happening with Fallout 3.

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    On July 22nd Gareth_Hall said:

    I'm not sure that the memory 'issues' (I use inverted commas because I'm not technical enough to know whether the difference in the implementation can be described as an issue or not) would have had anything to do with it - it's probably just money. I think the expansion packs were available as downloads for the PS3 version of Oblivion, albeit not in Europe - could be wrong about this, though.

    Personally I think that the target audience for Fallout 3 is probably more likely to have a 360 than a PS3, so I can't see it making too much of a difference. The game surely isn't big enough outside the core gamer market to have a great impact upon console sales figures?

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    On July 21st Liam Che said:

    The hows and whys, Bethseda?

    As in the "how much" the company was payed off?

    And "why" on earth did you alienate a whole population of gamers?

    I sincerely hope it was for some kind of technical difficulty, and not for a check. Youv'e lost your way if the latter is the case. I thought it was all about giving the best gaming experience to gamers.

    lifeat30fps's picture
    On July 21st lifeat30fps said:

    And just who wouldn't pay for horse armor?

    Well, me for one.

    With Oblivion, I really enjoyed the game. Unfortunately I couldn't get back into it for Knights of the Nine. This is why extra content later doesn't matter much, unless they hit with something really substantive.

    Given the horse armor, though, I doubt it.

    Brian
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