Fallout 3 PS3 DLC 'by end of September,' starting with Broken Steel

June came and went with no sign of the PS3 Fallout 3 DLC, as promised. A new post on the PlayStation Blog reveals that the content will be "releasing later than originally expected." You don't say. Quite a bit later, actually, as we should be seeing the first packs being released "by the end of September." Ouch.

There is some good news, though. Seeing as there's such a large delay, Bethesda will be changing the order in which the packs will be released. Broken Steel -- which expands the game beyond its original ending and increases the level cap -- will be the first pack to be released, with Operation Anchorage and The Pitt coming soon after. The latter two may well be released simultaneously, as an apology for the delay. The two new packs, Point Lookout and Mothership Zeta will then be made available "as soon as [Bethesda] can."

Reader Comments (60)

I actually think it's kind of strange people are still upset over this. It was known months before the game was released that the PS3 version would not be getting DLC, so people knew full well what they were getting when they bought the game. And now Incidentally that DLC is no longer exclusive, and is finally coming to the PS3 (and likely with bug fixes, hopefully? that the PC and 360 version suffered from).

However I will not be surprised if the DLC doesn't sell well, since it is true most people have probably moved on past Fallout 3 by now.

Does this mean the PS3 GOTY version will be delayed too?

The main concern I have seen is that Bethesda had made repeated statements that the DLC would NOT be coming to the PS3. The statements seemed to imply that the DLC would *never* come, and therefore many people sold or traded in their game after they were finished. Now, almost a year later, the DLC is announced and set to release in a few months. I would definitely not want to have to buy a game twice (and I would refuse to) because I was lied to when I bought it the first time about future DLC support.

Secondly, as you point out, many people have moved on. And the time the DLC is released, we will see many other titles coming out like Uncharted 2. This will definitely eat into the DLC sales.

Ultimately, I think the resentment from the PS3 community is justified. The DLC situation was poorly handled by Bethesda, and their reputation may be permanently tarnished in the eyes of many PS3 users. If the DLC fails miserably, they have no one to blame but themselves.

From an business standpoint, it never made any sense to make the DLC exclusive to the 360. Unless it was really that painful for them to code it for the ps3. Not really sure how bad it is since I've never done any commercial coding.

So I kinda of expected that it would eventually come (since Bethesda ported Shivering Isles to the ps3 for Oblivion), but I just didn't know the when. It still doesn't appear to be a fast and efficient conversion process, but I'm glad I didn't cave into to supporting Microsoft and buying that version.

@kentuckyfried

I'm also glad that I stuck with the PS3 version but, if Bethesda pulls this crap again, they won't get another dime from me.

Honestly, I prefer the Valve approach; only release games on the single console they can fully support. I'd prefer to be ignored than deliberately screwed.

maybe by then I'll get my copy back from my friend. XD

No one has a problem with bethesda releasing a new piece of DLC every 3 months? This is just going to encourage others to do the same. I would much rather see an improved game, or a sequal. I refuse to buy any of it.

the dlc was never really going to be "exclusive" since with the amount of money these games generate it simply wouldn't be practical, these days the truth is that all "exclusive" really means for dlc is delayed

Omg I just bought the game very recently and I saw some DLC on this guy I subbed to on youtube and i got really excited and i went onto the playstation store and I was like... wheres all the DLC?
ive gotten to level 8 3 times on different karma levels and 14 on 2 =)
I really want the DLC but september?
I've already reserved AC2, and MW2 looks amazing so....

This is awesome, I didn't expect them to make Ps3 DLCs because Bethesda would expect to lose money or some crap like that so even with the delay this is AWESOME haha it will be great to finally get the cap raised and not have to stop playing after Project purity (hehe Fawkes ROCKS!)

Fallout 3 PS3 DLC 'by end of September,' starting with Broken Steel

Reader Comments (60)

Posted: Jul 13th 2009 5:11PM Magetto1 said

Posted: Jul 13th 2009 5:16PM Spike941 said

Posted: Jul 13th 2009 5:54PM dogmaticatheist said

Posted: Jul 13th 2009 8:40PM kentuckyfried said

Posted: Jul 26th 2009 6:56AM (Unverified) said

Posted: Jul 13th 2009 7:18PM Levi said

Posted: Jul 14th 2009 9:41AM (Unverified) said

Posted: Jul 26th 2009 6:52PM (Unverified) said

Posted: Aug 23rd 2009 9:05AM (Unverified) said

Posted: Sep 1st 2009 8:59PM (Unverified) said

Info

Description

MSRP

Release Date

Genre

Developer

Publisher

Rating

Breaking News

WB conjures up Harry Potter for Kinect this fall

Featured Stories

Silver Lining: I Am Alive's unfeeling world

Game Of Thrones and the paradoxes of adaptation

Super Joystiq Podcast 004: 38 Studios meltdown, Gravity Rush, Civilization 5: Gods & Kings, Dragon's Dogma

Engadget

TUAW

Massively

WoW