The problems are disappointing for consumers as the game has been one of the best received this year, across Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC formats. Quest and balance issues are usually data, and those will start rolling in a large way with the January updates.' 'To be safe, we are prioritising code side fixes right now over data fixes.

If we get too aggressive trying to fix a minor issue, we run a risk of breaking something larger in a game like this Bethesda spokesperson

If we get too aggressive trying to fix a minor issue, we run a risk of breaking something larger in a game like this. 'We've also realised that with the millions upon millions of people playing Skyrim, we need to treat our updates with greater care. 'We'll continue to do everything we can to make the game better and better for as many people as possible every day,' said the company on its blog. To make matters worse, the patch also unbalanced gameplay and created embarrassing visual bugs such as backwards flying dragons. On release, The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim suffered from serious lag issues on PlayStation 3, with a recent patch only partially solving the problem. The Elder Scrolls publisher Bethesda has admitted it needs to better care when releasing patches for its games, as its latest update to fix issues on console created more problems for players.

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