I'll be buying it for the 360 first.

I'm hoping to buy a gaming machine sometime later this year, in order to run Skyrim on my PC; since this old thing can barely run Morrowind with MGE or Oblivion.

I won t buy any patform and not be bying anything for SKYRIM, i already play PC games that require much more than what skyrim will need.
But i voted PC because i surely want a PC game and not a console ported to PC game like the previous title, which came with stupid key program restriction.

Skyrim will still have to run on an Xbox360... so I doubt the specs will change that significantly.

You do realise that the graphics most likely will just be downgraded for the console. So the specs required for the PC will most definitely change to take full advantage of the engine.

Heh, same as me. I'll build it in October, too, and I'm already saving money for it.

I'm aiming for a 6-core AMD CPU at 3,2 ghz (frankly, I don't see the point of spending literally 3x more money for a similar Intel processor), 8-16 gbs of RAM, and a GTX 580, too (maybe 570 if 580 are too expensive by Oct...fortunately I think GTX 595 are getting out 1Q of this year, and it'll drop the price of 580's).



May the Gods hear you...

PS3 as i still havent upgraded my PC

LOL you still have 10 month!

XBOX 360.

PC and 360.

I like variety...

LOL self control is an art, that need to be practiced, but i understand you.

So what i sayd is even more true.

My foolish hopes, hopes there will 2 version then one for PC, and one dumbed down for consoles so PC experience ain t crippled by console limitation.
But my guess is that bethesda will do the least work: build for console and let the modders kick in. If so i just hope they make the game quite friendly for modders, way more than Oblivion. Modders had so much work to overcome Oblivions limitations failurs its not even fun.

PS3, because i can't afford to upgrade my PC.

I know that the PC version is 'better' and can be modded and stuff, but I'm simply not very much of a mod person. I like to play the game the way it's supposed to be played, with the cutting edge graphics. It'll run much faster on the Xbox (all the Xbox is is a computer modded heavily for gaming) and the screen will be bigger. Modded graphics svck, and I'm not a perv and modding to get a girl anime character with almost no clothing. (seriously, you all need to get over the anime fetish, Vampire knight is FAKE.) There is some good mods out there, but I usually don't endorse 3rd party content for games like this. Too many mods are crappy.

PC version:
+Mods, nuff said
+More open gaming world
+Recordable
+Easier utilization of the Bethesda community
-Slower FPS
-Glitchier with introduction of mods
-More of a hassle at times (funky mod glitches, downloading mods in general takes more time, possibly viruses)
-Lower graphics (no HDMI cable like on Xbox)
-Anime cultic possesed players just get on my nerves, almost a good enough reason to choose Xbox version alone (you'll always hear about touhou somehow on these games)
-The controller makes a big difference. I love playing with the controller and having in on vibrate and stuff, it really makes for a subtly better experience. (computer controllers just don't have the same feeling)
-Rarely able to play on a large LCD TV

[If you have a good enough supercomputer that can surpass the console speed-wise, I'd probs. go for the PC game. But there are still lots of negatives about both versions.]

So yes, a question can be posed about the PC version. The PC version requires a lot more blood, sweat, and money than a lot of us care to deal with. I have a decent computer but not quite decent enough for a game like Skyrim.

There doesn't need to be two versions - look at just cause 2. Astoundingly pretty on PC, sort of pretty on console. Still the same game.

Consoles kills the PC version, isn't it ?

PC would be great, it's just that I'm assuming this game's gonna be a BEAST to run. As was Oblivion, I can't imagine this monster with it's new engine.

Anime IMHO doesn't belong in TES. I just simply don't like it period, especially in ES.

I agree. More realistic for the Elder Scrolls.

Xbox 360. As a poor student i cant afford a good computer, sadly.

cant upgrade, no money.

PC.

:facepalm: first off all if not most modern graphics cards within the last 2 years have the ablity to hook up to you TV set with HDMI and in fact you will get higher resolutions on the tv with the pc version than you do with console games. the xbox 360 controller plugs right into your computer usb port.

if you have a 8800 or higher card or ATI equivalent you will have better graphics than a console.

using mods is challenging at first but after you do it for a bit its super easy to do and only takes a few seconds to update them. also more and more modders are prepackaging their mods in self executing files or omods and fomods that automatically install the mod for you and depending on the mod ask you questions to customize it. there is literally noone on this earth that can say playing the game with mods makes the game worse.

I'll give an example here, shall I?
I just built a PC for, at current prices, 1/3rd more than the base cost of a 360 - if I also wanted a decent sized hard drive to go with that, the 360 is suddenly much more expensive (Because seriously, I bought a 1TB drive that's of significantly higher quality for less than a 250GB 360 drive, who's only special feature is being endorsed by MS - it's nothing special.) Add in the cost of accessories, such as a wireless adapter, additional controllers (Not a TV - my monitor (in fact, both of them) were cheaper then a decent TV), and then add on the additional cost of games, and suddenly PC gaming is much cheaper.
My graphics card has a HDMI port, as does any released in the last 3 years, and cables are very cheap (To the point where worrying about them isn't worth it).

I have yet to test oblivion, as I've spent the day somewhat engrossed in Just Cause 2 - running at a significantly higher resolution (1680x1050, though the limiting factor here is my monitor, according to benchmarks it'd maintain performance up to 1920x1200 - a resolution consoles struggle to render anything at, never mind something like Crysis or JC2) than either of the consoles, at twice the framerate, with larger textures, more detailed models, better shaders, faster loading, as well as the ability to mod (easily, anyway, as apparently the 360 version is moddable, it just takes work). With said HDMI port I could plug my PC into any HMDI-compatible TV, and I have plenty of USB ports to plug in a wired 360 controller (The very same one you'd use in a 360. With every feature working) - if wireless is more your thing, a bluetooth adapter would be quite cheap and work out of the box.

So, for /less/ than the cost of a current generation console, you're getting an awful lot more. Bugs due to mods is /not/ a downside to playing on PC, in much the same way as being able to shoot yourself in the foot is not a downside to a gun. Yes, they can happen, but you have to choose to let them. You don't have to install any mod - if you don't like an anime style mod, you don't install it. If you do like Manly Things For Manly Men Such As Yourself, you can install that.

PC gaming is no longer more expensive than console gaming, and with the imminent release of Intel's Sandy Bridge CPU/GPU it's about to get a lot cheaper to "get into it" at about console levels of graphics (As in, 5 year old hardware trying to run modern things).
I honestly cannot fathom why anybody would choose console gaming based on price. Either they simply can't be arsed to do half an hour's research (Which, for any purchase over ￡100, you should be doing anyway) or they're running on assuptions that haven't held true for quite some time.

Why would they bother?
(I mean... they use the console version for demos at the trade shows, and the console version sells for more than the PC version.)

I want to buy it on PC, but not sure if that is possible at the moment.

Otherwise, I shall purchase on the 360.