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Bethesda Scratches Head Over PS3's Online Plans

It’s not that Bethesda dislikes the PS3’s online abilities–they just don’t really understand them. The PS3 version of Oblivion is due out next month, and while Beth fully plans on supporting downloadable content for their most awesome of RPGs, they’re just not quite sure how they’re going to do that yet. The company’s Pete Hines […]

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It's not that Bethesda dislikes the PS3's online abilities--they just don't really understand them. The PS3 version of Oblivion is due out next month, and while Beth fully plans on supporting downloadable content for their most awesome of RPGs, they're just not quite sure how they're going to do that yet. The company's Pete Hines explained it thusly:

You could point to any number of factors for why that is.
Although it’s impossible to say which is the better between [Xbox Live and PS3 Online], Xbox Live is easier to implement because we’ve had a much better sense of it at an earlier stage than with PS3.

Someone please get that gun away from Sony before they shoot themselves in the foot again.

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