I never got Red Dead Redemption on PC...

Who cares about console players anyway

I saw we give the consoles what they want: same day releases.

Even if those releases are two to three week old builds of the game with numerous bugs and unoptimized content.

Or they can have it how it is now where they get the post pts versions after PC since there is no point in ZOS sittIng on finished content.

bigspender42002 wrote: »

Final fantasy IV arr releases content on both pc and ps4 same day. fyi

Square Enix lodges the patch to Sony first and then waits the approval time before releasing on both platforms. As both platforms had simultaneous launches this makes sense. However, ESO did not. PC launched April 2014, consoles launched June 2015. You guys were already behind as it was and ZOS is not going to address that cadence.

Another reason why PS4 and PC for ARR gets simultaneous patching is that both platforms use the same servers so PC and PS4 play together. Patching one before the other would cause unnecessary problems. ESO has all platforms separated so having them all patched at the same time with the same patch would be costly to them for ongoing development.

SydneyGrey wrote: »

Well, I wish ZOS hadn't done the whole "early access" thing, because it's not fair to console users, but ...
They said you'd get to play on June 6th, and you're still getting to play on June 6th. Nothing has been taken away from you, and you're not being inconvenienced in any way. Threads like this just arise out of jealousy.

Once I played a game by another company and learned that a different platform would be getting an expansion for it before I would. (Don't remember which game it was, or I'd write it here.) My first reaction was to say "Whaaaaaattt???" But then I got over it. Yes, I was a little jealous someone else got to play it first, but it really wasn't that big of a deal. So, this very thing happened to me, too, with a different game.

My feeling is that this is nothing more than what it appears to be. Morrowind is done as of today, Sunday, May 21. (Whenever they decided it was Gold) It is being shipped to Microsoft and Sony for certification, per whatever agreement that exists with those companies. At the same time, they are releasing it to PC/Mac pre-order customers. For whatever reason, likely part technical and part contractual, they have a 2 week window for consoles to certify.

Why did they change the date for PC/Mac from June 6 to May 22? Two obvious reasons: (1) it is done, so why should they sit on it for two weeks, and (2) more time on Live will add more fixes to the first console patch.

I don't think that ZOS and Bethesda are being malicious and I don't think that any dark deals are being done here.

Still, Bethesda Softworks (ESO publisher) apparently made a deal with Microsoft for exclusive DLC in one game that I purchased. That meant that XBox got the DLC 30 days ahead of PC/Mac. Bethesda probably did this for favors, lower price, or whatever, from Microsoft. Since then, my rule with Bethesda is simple. If they cannot provide me with the content because it appears that they have entered into an exclusive marketing deal that causes preferential release ahead of me, then I won't pay full price for it. I won't pay top dollar to be a second-class customer. I will wait for it to go on sale for at least 50% off. If I have lost interest in the game before that happens, then they never get the sale.

Even though I don't think this is happening with Morrowind, I can't really hold it against any console player that feels slighted.

Tasear wrote: »

You realize PC is going to be the white mice for the final experiment. You sure you want this cheesecake?

Let the PC masters think they are the Masters while in fact they are the slaves

P.S I like cheese

Lord Sheogorath approves of ^ message.

mmm..... cheese