Forum:I'm sick of Fallout 3 freezing up! Why is this the only PS3 game that does this?

I am very disappointed with this game. It "could" have been one of the best games made but they skimmped in the programing & beta testing dept. I have 57 PS3 games and not one has EVER froze up! This game freezes up every 5 to 10 minutes & I have to power off the PS3 & when I load the game again anywhere from the last 3 to the last 5 game saves are freakin gone! I don't have time to keep spending hours rebooting this game & then have to spend sometimes hours getting back to where I was, my God this game is big & long enuff as it is without having to do everything 10 times & save every time I move or turn or reload or breath! This is totally stupid. The game is only a few weeks old, perfect condiction & is the only game that I have that's ever froze up? Why? What's the deal with this dam game? It has enuff bugs & glitches without the "save every minute then reboot every other minute then do it all over again"! There has to be a solution to this or my solution will be to send game back to the programers & demand my money back...

Got a farm to take care of...don't have 10 years to try to enjoy Fallout!

Leatherteaze 06:08, March 25, 2010 (UTC)

I believe I can offer a bit more of an explanation. Many PS3 games seem to glitch more than Xbox or even PC games because of the complexity of their development, or if the developers are rushing to meet the PS3 release's deadline and make a lot of errors. Also, there may be underlying problems. Do you have the original Fallout 3, or the Game of the Year edition? If it is the latter, then most of these errors should be better if not fixed. I doubt your PS3 has problems due to your claim that your other 56 games have never frozen, but it may be possible your disc is corrupted. I suggest aquiring a new disc somehow, but before you do this, clean your Fallout 3 disc and try it on a friend's PS3 to see if the effect is duplicated (freezing, etc.). Other than this, I cannot help you, but a word before I end this post; it is a commonly known fact among Fallout 3 gamers that the PS3 version is a lot less reliable and has many tech issues such as low draw distance or sketchy textures. Take this into account, as well as my previous advice. I hope it all works out for you!SoProTheyGoWoah 00:49, April 2, 2010 (UTC)

I bought the original content FO3 for PS3...it froze like a bitch. Then the GOTY edition came out and it froze, although it was an improvement over the original...I bought ANOTHER copy to see if it was better and it was not...still freezes. Most of the time when I am wandering around the open wasteland, but also in VATS. If the game wasn't so good, I would use it as a mini frisbee, but...the game is really good.Lonewonderer 21:06, May 12, 2010 (UTC)

Turn off auto saves, my fallout 3 never froze but then I got goty and It froze alot so turn off auto save and save often it has helped. Knight Captain Kerr 21:48, September 5, 2010 (UTC)

I know this post is old, but for anyone browsing the forums that has this issue, buy a USB fan for your PS3. Doing this literally saved me from throwing my controller through the screen. I have several other games that freeze as well, and the fan totally fixed the freezing issue, which in my console was caused by overheating. The fan I got on Amazon only cost ten bucks, and came with a free HDMI cable, which by itself was worth more than ten bucks.Thecrystalcrow 23:30, December 4, 2010 (UTC)

i'm not a soldier in the Console Wars, those people are stupid. but this is why i don't want ps3. Oblivion and FO3 are worthless with it. idc if i can never play GOW3. can still play Hitman 5 when it's out, with better graphics. Dunmer999 04:07, December 13, 2010 (UTC)

I have a ps3, and oblivion, and fallout 3, and yes, oblivion froze like a soldier fighting the commies in alaska wearing only a pair of skivvies. Once I turned off the autosaves, though, it was all good. Studiouslaura 05:17, December 23, 2010 (UTC)Studiouslaura

I dont think the game is the problem, Probably the PS3 , As i have the game and it rarely stops , Though my CD is For PC ....