I've been lackluster to play Skryim on the PS3 because of hearing that DLC wouldn't be coming to PS3 at all. Was getting tired of Bethesda pulling that, but finally got some great news (granted it may be slow). Just found out today that the DLC will come to PSN during the span of 3 weeks and be 50% off for the first week of each. Finally don't feel like I was getting screwed by Bethesda or like they were playing favorites for 360 users.

For those who have been interested, but gave up on watching their blogs.

Dragonborn releases Tuesday, February, 12
Hearthfire releases Tuesday, February, 19
Dawnguard releases Tuesday, February, 26

I can't imagine playing Skyrim on any console. It must suck. First-person does not lend itself well to "sticks". Besides, Skyrim is so buggy that you basically need the developer console to get you by on several occasions. Plus modding just makes the game much more fun. AFAIK, Dragonborn is released tomorrow for PC (and PC already has the others). I like the PlayStation platform in general, but it doesn't work for games like Skyrim.

My brother-in-law would argue the reverse. He absolutely can't handle keyboard+mouse controls in almost ANY game. I've even watched him attempt it... it's... actually really embarassing.

I definitely am a keyboard+mouse kinda guy though, but in developing my next game I intend to have joystick, gamepad and 360 controller support all the same.

Don't know, I have no problem playing either, but I could care less about the control method in games. As for modding, I tried several Fallout 3 mods, and honestly none of them impressed me. Not paid any attention to the Skyrim mods though.

I think the only drawback from playing Skyrim on console is mod availability, since it seems it was designed taking a gamepad in mind. I'll get the DLC unless a GOTY edition is released for 360. I already own Skyrim for PS3, though it's buggier than the 360's version.

I think the controls lend themselves well to a mouse. I can't imagine how that would work on a console, unless they've changed the control scheme and/or gave you "auto" functionality.

I started playing Dragonborn last night. I had to restart Steam before it would begin the download, but thankfully it downloaded fast.

After playing with the two styles of controls(although admitting that I only played the PC version for, like, two and a half hours, on a friend's computer), I personally prefer the 360 Version I have home. Elder Scrolls is not about aiming, it's about moving(And guard-hitting, heh), and nothing controls movement better than a good analog stick. FPSs, however, play much better using keyboard-mouse controls. The mouse is ridiculously more precise for aiming.

Oblivion was great, and having Patrick Stewart didn't hurt none . Joking aside, I love the storyline, and the company released add-ons I have liked. Though, the mods I have tried with Oblivion and Fallout 3 just were kind of sad in my eyes, but I still admire them as I realize what it takes to make a mod as I stopped my mod after fighting the level editor for so long (too many bugs while using it).

I had the misfortune of playing the PS3 port of Skyrim not too long ago. The frame rate stuttered like an epileptic watching Pokemon, and whoever designed the menus should have the skin flayed from their bones.

Yuck.

I'm surprised a GOTY edition hasn't been released yet.

Actually the menus on PC suck too. You end up doing way too much scrolling... The only mods to fix that appear to require you installing dependency mods that aren't on Nexus (for unknown reasons) so I've been skeptical of them, but it badly needs a menu overhaul... Actually the PC users blame the console ports for the menu failure.

I liked the minimalistic HUD, though I'd liked even more if it had quick item/weapon selection as in Oblivion via D-Pad.

The PS3 controller makes it even worse because mine just started failing when pressing L3 button (for stealth). Apparently, there's a pretty common issue on PS3 controllers that makes random inputs when you press L3 button. It obviously applies for any game. Like when I'm playing an FPS and I start shooting, jumping and throwing grenades instead running.

I wish I could make hotkeys to anything in the menu, like, hold lb + some sequence I enter. Going through the menu always felt like a chore to me and killed any form of "action" that might be happening.

Search Nexus for SkyUI. It looks pretty awesome by comparison, but like I said it depends on a third party mod that isn't even on Nexus, which raises my suspicions...

I don't remember Oblivion's menus being a pain in the arse, so they must have been decent enough. It has been about five years though--plenty of time to forget

I'm not really sure if I'm sold on the map either (Skyrim, that is). Maybe I'm spoiled by Fallout 3's comparably excellent map.

Oh wow... yeah, that does look nice.

The local maps in Skyrim are indeed pretty terrible. The world map isn't bad, but the local maps are next to useless.