I am convinced that Bethesda rushed Skyrim and released it with all of these bugs because Mass Effect 3 will be released early 2012. That way Skyrim can get game of the year without much competition.

I'm convinced it wasn't.

Ummm... nah?

No. Just... No.

Huh? No. What? Why?

First of all, GOTY is a joke. There's like 100 companies that each give out that title and every game that gets one puts it on their box.

Second, :facepalm:

AW man,... I am buying Mass Effect 3!
ha ha!

Yes, because open world games in general are renowned for being such bug-free experiences.

I don't think there's any competition. Mass Effect will never appeal to an audience as big as Skyrim has, theres much less freedom in Mass Effect games and I believe it very much appeals to Sci-Fi fans whereas, given the freedom that Skyrim gives, it doesnt just appeal to fantasy RPG fans. I know many people that have bought Skyrim and have no intention of getting Mass Effect.

If you compare Mass Effect 2 sold almost twice as many units as Oblivion did in it's first week. Going by those statistics, why would Bethesda try to release Skyrim around Mass Effect 3. What other reason could there be for Skyrim being released with so many game breaking bugs, that two patches couldn't even fix? Did Bethesda want Christmas sales?

Interesting theory, but the truth is actually the complete opposite.

Mass Effect 3 was scheduled for a late 2011 release until Skyrim was announced for an 11.11.11 release - Bioware then promptly pushed ME3 back to 2012.

Source: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gamehunters/post/2011/05/mass-effect-3-release-pushed-back-to-2012/1

*Sigh*:facepalm:

the date has been 11/11/11 for about a year

and they delivered.

Dude, it's just the date. Just like many people rush getting married just to get the 07/07/07 or 10/10/10 as their wedding date. Which reminds me, I need to find a girl in order to get married 12/12/12, can't wait another 88 years. ^^

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And in my opinion Skyrim isn't more buggy than Oblivion was when it was first released.

I would also say that Mass Effect 1 had more bugs that actually stopped me from proceeding through the game than any I've noticed in Skyrim. All I've had are a few graphical glitches.

This.

and: :facepalm: Thirded

... Todd doesn't give a damn about Mass Effect. He just wants his 11.11.11. That and the fact everyone will be up in arms if the game was delayed, bug nonwithstanding.

Thanks for coming out.

It's a Bethesda game...

Also, I have not come across any "game breaking" bugs.

Nope.

They delivered a very buggy game that so far 2 patches has been able to fix.

Instead of delivering on 11/11/11 they should have pushed it back and took the time to do it right.

Oh i olmost got caught into beliving Mass Effect was being developed by Bethesda... i was like WTF Bethesda doing Mass Effect!? haha... i miss read first post, i dont think Mass Effect has any chance against Skyrim, they are kinda different games... Dragon Age is more of a direct Competition but not Mass Effect.

Want to talk about game breaking bugs? My game glitched, where my character's head got cut off right after I used a heal potion and then he lived. I finished the boss battle like that and kept playing thinking that once I reloaded it it would be fixed. It did reappear when I reloaded the game, but it just keeps popping off! Every time I use unrelenting force it falls off again, also whenever I get on a horse.
It's was funny, but now it's just annoying. I don't want to reload an old save and undo hours of gameplay.
Also, after this last patch my game freezes every time I try to enter whiterun. I've had the game freeze and crash hundreds of times on top of that.
I've been gaming for a long time, but I've never had so many problems.

hahaha :hubbahubba: very funny

Without much competition?

So you're forgetting games like BF3, MW3, Witcher 2, Portal 2 etc etc.

There is plenty of competition. The game was rushed because almost all games are rushed; publisher says jump, developers jump.