'No plans' for more Oblivion

By Tom Bramwell Published 26 April, 2006

Bethesda on PS3/PSP rumour.

Bethesda Softworks says it has no plans to do PSP and PS3 versions of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, despite what some-bloke-on-a-forum said. (Yep.)

"At present we have no announced plans to bring Oblivion to any platforms other than PC or Xbox 360," is the official line issued yesterday.

That's after a chap called "snatches" on the Gaming Age Forums claimed they were - and that the games were due out this November. Apparently the source was a "release list from Bethesda".

Since then, he's responded to news of Bethesda's cold water by saying "if this news isn't true it's because some sales idiot at Bethesda sent out incorrect info".

So there you go.

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Comments (52) Latest comment 6 years ago

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  • drumbaby #1 6 years ago

    "no announced plans"

    But when they finally announce them then they'll be announced plans, right?

  • Teeth #2 6 years ago

    :)

  • Blerk #3 6 years ago

    I hate the 'dead zone' just before E3. :-(

  • Genji #4 6 years ago

    Yeah, put it on the PSP. The battery will be dead by the time the loading stops.

  • gizmo #5 6 years ago

    Part of the wonder of Oblivion can only happen because it is on such a poweful machine as the 360. That goes away when it is ported to the PSP I'm afraid.

  • Teeth #6 6 years ago

    yeah right.

  • Steroyd #7 6 years ago

    "At present we have no announced plans to bring Oblivion to any platforms other than PC or Xbox 360," is the official line issued yesterday.

    What happened to the usual line.

    "We do not comment on rumours or speculation"

    That isn't a definate no we're not porting Oblivion to other consoles.
    And especially that it's come from some random forum goer they could of killed off the rumour completely.
    Edited by 1 at 26/04/06 @ 13:16

  • Fubdub #8 6 years ago

    The PSP thing could be a spin off, there have been at least as many spin offs as actual ES games released in the ES universe, even some for mobiles.

  • CrumpledPaper #9 6 years ago

    "no announced plans" means it's happening, lol. They even added, according to other sites, "but if that changes, we'll certainly let you know". I think they'll be letting us know at E3.

  • Teeth #10 6 years ago

    LeDil, I think he was being sarcarstick

  • Bi50N Verified Head of Global Communications, THQ #11 6 years ago

    yeah, slightly bogus reporting there, 'no plans' is almost 100% different from 'no announced plans'

    'no announced plans' is actually tantamount to saying 'plans'

    you could have said 'Bethesda plan to bring oblivion to PS3' and your strapline would be more accurate

    And of course it's f***ing coming out on PS3! Sales idiots may be idiots, but they also tend to have FY plans laid out in front of them. Somewhere on T2's network is their internal release schedule, and in that schedule I guarantee you will find this line:

    Oblivion - PS3 - Q3 '06

  • Genji #12 6 years ago

    It's OK, Teeth. He tends to lose his focus when people make make fun of his favourite toy.

  • gizmo #13 6 years ago

    Sorry, but it simply will not be oblivion on the PSP. I don't see how they can fit all of the voice acting for a start, and keep it streaming in a timely fashion, let alone the size and detail of the towns. It may be based on oblivion, but it won't be anything closely resembling it IMHO. If it is, then I'm in big trouble, because I'm already hooked on the 360 version, let alone one that can be played during Eastenders.

  • CrumpledPaper #14 6 years ago

    gizmo - it wouldn't be an attempted port of the console or PC version. It'd be something built for PSP's capability. There are Elder Scrolls games on mobile phones!

  • bloodflowers #15 6 years ago

    I'd be very surprised. Porting windows 360 is quite a lot easier than windows/360 -> 'something weird and Sony'. I think we'll see more of this in future - in addition to the normal console games, more ports of PC based titles with adapted controls, coming to 360 and not the PS3. The PS3 of course will have more than enough of its own software anyway. Having been a die-hard Sony fan for years, their recent behaviour is such that I'm not getting a PS3 unless a REALLY good reason appears, I'm happy with my 360, even if it doesn't have Toy Story graphics.

  • Talha #16 6 years ago

    "No announced plans'? Hmm...Something is cooking somewhere. I can smell it. Yes, it is a PSP running Oblivion: Essentials or Oblivion:Tactics or something. Plus it would only make sense to bring it to PS3, to bring in even more sales.



    Edited by 1 at 26/04/06 @ 13:34

  • Tonka #17 6 years ago

    I heard that they are bringing the Arena subquest (minus cool subquest carried out outside of the arena but obtained int the arena) to the PSP.

    Working title:
    Project Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Arena Combatant PSP Online

  • Thamuhacha #18 6 years ago

    I liked it when every Oblivion thread became a "Cloaky brethren anecdotes" thread

    This has become another "my l££t game won't work on your lamer system" thread

    I'll get us back on track shall I?

    I am about halfway through the dark Brotherhood quests. And they're ace

  • Blerk #19 6 years ago

    Do dead people usually get back up after a while where you live?

  • drumbaby #20 6 years ago

    Obviously it'll be a bit of a trade off on PSP...a real battery killer of a game, but as a plus it'll have all those bugs finally ironed out.

  • CrumpledPaper #21 6 years ago

    bloodflowers - all the engines and middleware used by Bethesda in Oblivion is available to PS3 developers. Porting should be relatively straightforward.

    Anyone else thinking Sony will probably enjoy a lot more "PC developer" support this time around compared to PS2? Xbox seemed to enjoy that almost exclusively last time, and it got a fair number of exclusives by default because of it. But that seems to have changed with PS3 and 360 - most of those same kinds of developers e.g. iD, Epic, Crytek, and now possibly Bethesda, are working on PS3 too. That could rob 360 of a lot of the character than the Xbox enjoyed, whereby it got a lot of PC-crossover where PS2 got none (e.g. Doom3, Riddick, Half-Life 2 etc.), and where it had the best versions of multiplatform games. PS3 = best of east, west, and PC-ports?

  • kangarootoo #22 6 years ago

    The Dark Brotherhood quests are the best so far for me. If you think the early missions are dark, they get worse (or better depending on your perspective) believe me.

    I haven't felt regret like that when playing a game since I slapped my gibbon about in the first Black and White to then see the sad look on his face.

    About a week ago whilst playing Oblivion, I had to kill someone's pet dogs when I was burgling their house, because despite being friendly enough they were making too much noise. I felt distinctly unclean afterwards. I like friendly pet dogs I do, boo hoo, I hate myself.

  • Xerx3s #23 6 years ago

    Oke, considering Bethesda's 'outstanding' trackrecord of creating stable code, i wouldnt bet my life on it. Porting it to the 360 was realivly easy. Now they have to rewrite everything for the ps3? Totally different system. On top of that, would MS really let one of their flagship products go that easely? On the other hand, bethesda is obviously looking at ways to grow. So it might hold some truth to it, but i wouldnt count on it anytime soon.

  • Teeth #24 6 years ago

    It [edit: the PSP version] clearly won't look anything near as nice as the 360/PC versions. So it may not be a massive battery drainer at all.
    Edited by 1 at 26/04/06 @ 13:56

  • Thamuhacha #25 6 years ago

    Ledilettante:

    >No but in this game they're supposed to, unless they're mean to be killed or are foes.

    Not completely accurate. If they are part of a plot that you are involved in or haven't done yet, they only get knocked unconsious. These have a crown as their indicator when you face them.

    Unimportant "normal" people just have a "Speech head" as their indicator and their lives should be snuffed out like a spent tea light. Muahahahaha.

  • CrumpledPaper #26 6 years ago

    Xerx3s - True, Bethesda isn't the most technically outstanding developer. But they are heavily middleware reliant (Gamebyro, Havok), and all of that middleware is on PS3. They've probably been working on this for some time, also, if this is actually true.

    Also, it's not MS's game. Bethesda-developed, Take2 published. MS would have to ink a deal with Bethesda to keep it off other systems, and as far as I know they haven't done that. MS have termed it as a "console exclusive" before, and that wouldn't necessarily be untrue..until other versions shipped.

  • Zuiyo #27 6 years ago

    There are rumours that Bethesda does not have announced plans to comment on rumours or speculation.

  • Thamuhacha #28 6 years ago

    That is pretty sick

  • Rambaldi #29 6 years ago

    It's games like Oblivion that really make you question the logic behind an even bigger storage medium. I mean, they can fit a world THAT BIG on a DVD and we need MORE?!

    Besides, I doubt the PS3 is powereful enough to cope with the game or it's fanbase with a non-japanese RPG.

    /waits........and chuckles

  • Vin #30 6 years ago

    Holy shitballs.

    Since when did this site take speculation from the fuckin' GA forums and pass it off as legit rumour?

    BELIEVE.

  • Zuiyo #31 6 years ago

    LeDilettante, there are rumours that precisely what I was saying is what you just said. Of course, it's all speculation.

  • Bitkari #32 6 years ago

    vir2l [a mobile company related to bethesda] has made a j2me version of oblivion, so while this doesn't directly contradict what they're saying, it does leave the door open to the possibility of more ports.

  • Blerk #33 6 years ago

    Is it just me, or are there rather a lot of people in this very thread who are absolutely desperate for Oblivion not to make it onto other machines? :-)

    Whatever happened to 'sharing the love', eh?

  • Thamuhacha #34 6 years ago

    Zuiyo and LeDilettante : yes, yes, it's all very clever. Joke over now though please.

    Or Blerk will be back in with his rhyming crap and we'll never get any peace :-)

  • tonynibbles #35 6 years ago

    Heh.

    Sales idiots

  • Teeth #36 6 years ago

    @Thamu: Yes, then the hilarity will never cease :)
    Edited by 1 at 26/04/06 @ 14:43

  • Carlo #37 6 years ago

    I can't believe I just bought a 360 for this game only, thinking it would be the only way (apart from getting my PC up to date!) I was ever going to get to play it.

    Oh... It's only a rumour? Oh well that's alright then.

  • Thamuhacha #38 6 years ago

    >@Thamu: Yes, then the hilarity will never cease :)

    Damn, I forgot about you

  • Teeth #39 6 years ago

    That's a terrible thing to do

  • Blerk #40 6 years ago

    It makes me want to spew.

  • drumbaby #41 6 years ago

    Whatever happened to 'sharing the love', eh?

    I think that got replaced with 'regretting the purchase'.

    :)

  • bloodflowers #42 6 years ago

    Oblivion does suck you into the game world a bit. During one quest a NPC friend got killed, it had no bearing on the questline as it was the last section, but I still felt guilty because I'd cut them down in the dark without realising it, and now they were -dead-. Of course autosave had clobbered my last relevant save point when I left the dark corridor. Doh.

  • Blerk #43 6 years ago

    NPCs are made to be killed. They should call them Target Practice Characters.

  • Carlo #44 6 years ago

    You have to go back to Tabletop (P&P) RPGs to 'understand' what a NPS's function is.

  • Thamuhacha #45 6 years ago

    >You have to go back to Tabletop (P&P) RPGs to 'understand' what a NPS's function is.

    You really don't

  • smelly #46 6 years ago

    NPC = Non playing character

    what on hell is a NPS?

  • CrumpledPaper #47 6 years ago

    "It's games like Oblivion that really make you question the logic behind an even bigger storage medium. I mean, they can fit a world THAT BIG on a DVD and we need MORE?! "

    A world of ever-repeating art assets..yeah :p

    Morrowind was arguably bigger, and fit into a much smaller space.

    You could have games smaller in terms of world-size than Oblivion, with bigger space requirements.

  • kangarootoo #48 6 years ago

    "what on hell is a NPS"

    Non Player Sausage. I think it something to do with the well known game of hide the sausage, except I guess the sausage in question is not player controlled?

    Thought to be honest, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't want to get involved in a game of hide the sausage that involved any sausages other than the one I control.

  • Lost_in_Darkness #49 6 years ago

    GAF's reach is long and wide, hence why it required a direct reply from Bethesda (who's own employees are on GAF anyway) to state that they have not announced any plans for PSP or PS3. But that's the key word there isn't it; 'announced'.

  • chavatar #50 6 years ago

    Spot on. So it depends whether you think that they are simply unwilling to close the door on the idea (by saying they have no plans at all) or think that they have something more concrete up their sleeves (and have heavier arms)...

  • NegativeZero #51 6 years ago

    Of course they're not planning on porting it to a new platform. They should be busy working on Fallout.

    At least I certainly hope they are.

  • Darren #52 6 years ago

    I can believe that Oblivion will eventually come out on the PS3 - I'd welcome it as it might show whether the machine is, indeed, better than the 360 if it doesn't stutter outside the cities - but the PSP?!? Surely if Oblivion is capable of running on the PSP, albeit massively cutdown, it can also run on the PS2 and I'm having great difficulty imagining that for some reason! /LOL/