I've been reading these forums for a while. I created this account just to inform you all of my situation. I saw a subject a while back were the moderator locked the thread when 1 of you out there inquired about getting a free copy of New Vegas Ultimate Edition, because the recent DLC has basically rendered your game unplayable. Well, I have good and bad news for all of you and I will start with the good news. The good news is after about 3 months fighting with Bethesda software about getting a free copy of UE, I finally did about 2 weeks ago. Don't get me wrong, this was not easy. I had to have my problem escalated up to a "tier 3" level supervisor and basically had to demand that anything less then a brand new copy of UE would have been unacceptable. This was after they tried to send me a free pack of New Vegas playing cards in the mail that really ticked me off. Nevertheless, after about 2-and-a-half months of battling, troubleshooting, ect, the tier 3 rep finally called me and told me they would replace my regular copy with a brand new UE copy, and I didn't even have to worry about sending my old copy back. He apologized it took so long and thanked me for all of my feedback. I felt pretty satisfied as if I had done a good job of resolving the problem. Because honestly, I was thinking about a suit for a second and had even mentioned that to them.

Okay, so now the bad news. New Vegas Ultimate Edition is exactly the same as the regular editon with all the content downloaded. Same game freezes, same lag, same frustration. While I am grateful for Bethesda for attempting to fix the problem with what I asked for. I am stunned that they would re-release a game in 2011 with the exact same problems it had in 2010. For those that don't know, the game becomes unplayable after about 60-80 hours. If that is not grounds for a lawsuit, I don't know what is.

I am a big fan of Bethesda, but their sheer laziness for the Playstation platform is embarrassing. To try to blame something on Sony (which was their number 1 argument the entire time I dealt with them) is even more embarrassing. Every other gaming platform has figured out how to make successful games on the platform except you guys. The worst part is underneath all the flaws, if they had just taken maybe 1 more year to release the game, it cold have been 1 of the best games ever. And I still like it a whole lot, which is why I took the time to write this in the first place. That said I will wait a good 6 months after Fallout 4's release to ensure I'm not buying another broken game.

So... are you going to offer to return the game since it wasn't the problem?

At first they were asking me to send my copy in, but I was a little confused as I thought they were sending some kind of shipping parcel to put the game in. After 3 weeks and nothing came in the mail, I called back and requested the tier 2 rep call me back and follow up. After about 10 minutes I finally got a call back from the tier 3 supervisor, and he advised me they were shipping my new UE right away and not to worry about sending anything back. I put up quite a fight, they were happy to be done with me. That said, I will keep my broken UE as I am now simply aware of its broken conditions and limitations. I will still attempt to play it I just will avoid certain things. I really love the game minus all this stuff.

Lawsuit? What would be the damages? $20?

Lawsuits are more than just the $10,000,000 cases.

How about answering the question.

Let's see here... $19.95, minus lawyer fees, court filing costs, time away from work... I'm thinking somewhere in the neighborhood of -$49,980.05

...You should have taken the playing cards.

I agree, the game is borderline broken on PS3. Bethesda is an amazing but lazy and frustrating company. Even so, I played the crap out of the game on PS3. I strongly suggest getting the game for PC if you've got a PC good enough. There are probably some sites you can go to that will detect your hardware and tell you if you can play it.

I know the whole Bethesda-Playstation thing svcks, you have to make do. PC is a huge upgrade over the PS3 version. I have an above-average (lacking in RAM and processor but amazing GPU) and the game looks much better than PS3. Also, mods.

I'll take those cards off your hands if you don't want them

Those playing cards are extremely valuable