As most of you very well know by now, Bethesda’s Todd Howard has made a very controversial quote concerning an endgame to Fallout 3 on the Playstation 3. He said, “Not at this time, no.” This is while both the 360 version and the PC version of the popular game is scheduled to recieve post-ending content for their versions. Many people, even though that have no plans to buy a PS3 console, have called this move highly unfair and without a reason behind it. Many knew about Bethesda’s decision to give the 360 some exclusive downloadable content, but never did they imagine this kind of shafting for one system’s version.

This is where Game Gazette comes in. Todd Howard apparently has a love fest for MTV Multiplayer, and is obviously doing the rounds for talking to people. We want to have the opportunity to ask him a few tough questions about his reasoning behind the PS3 version being shafted like this. In this regard, I am going to challenge Todd Howard to answer these questions, and to e-mail me so we can get something set up for him to answer them, because the gamers deserve some answers that he isn’t giving to questions that not too many will be asking him.

To do this, Todd, you can e-mail me and I can get something set up in which I will be able to call you from my Skype account directly (I don’t have my own number just yet, but I plan on acquiring one here soon), or you can just give me your answers concerning this issue directly into my e-mail. The questions that we need answered are obvious:

• Why are you not giving a reason for not giving the Playstation 3 at least a patch to continue people’s quests after the ending of the game without even a reason?
• If you didn’t plan on supporting the PS3 version with DLC, then why did you release Fallout 3 on the system to begin with?
• Because some gamers suspect it, you should be asked this: Did Microsoft offer you money, for any given purpose, and did you accept, in order to make sure only their approved platforms (360 and the PC) were able to be given this sort of support, and if so, what was your reason for accepting?
• What do you want to say to Playstation 3 owners of Fallout 3 that feel cheated by this decision?
• Does “not at this time, no” mean that you might be planning on releasing such a patch and/or DLC at a later date? Why or why not?

These questions must be answered, and I feel the gaming public has the right to have the people responsible for these decisions be asked these questions and to not hide behind any NDAs.

So Todd Howard, are you willing to put yourself into the hot seat and answer these questions? I hope to get an answer from you soon. Failure to do so (as more people are beginning to respect our work) may result in even more speculation and controversy for you.

I hope for an answer very soon.

UPDATE: I’ve already called Bethesda concerning this matter. I asked for Todd Howard and stated who I was, and they sent me to “marketing” which I had left a long message (in which has my half-cold infected voice on it, so much for formalities) concerning this site and where he could find this article. I hope to get an answer back in my e-mail box soon. I made it extremly clear where it was and how to get in touch with me. I want the people to get answers and this is the best way to get the answers.