PC owners can now play Skyrim's Hearthfire expansion, but Bethesda still can't get Skyrim DLC working on the PlayStation 3.

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim update, Hearthfire, will let you build a house to lay your weary Dragonborn head to rest, cry no more, and even raise a family. Up until today, that house could only exist in the universe of Microsoft’s Xbox 360, but Bethesda Softworks finally released the PC edition of the update via Valve’s Steam. For $5, PC owners can build a homestead and fill it with arcane weapons with which to fight off legions of resurrected dragons. PlayStation 3 owners will unfortunately have to keep waiting, and from the sound of things at Bethesda, they may have to wait forever.

Following the announcement, Bethesda’s Pete Hines was quick to say that there is no new information about either Hearthfire or the large Dawnguard expansion for Skyrim on PlayStation 3. “I don’t have any info on Hearthfire, Dawnguard, or DLC in general for PS3,” Hines said via Twitter, “We’re still on it. Will share update when I have one.”

When one user followed up asking what the problem is getting the updates working on Sony’s console, Hines reiterated that technical issues are keeping the game off the machine. “Performance isn’t good enough in all cases. For most folks, it’d be fine. For some, it wouldn’t be.”

Following Dawnguard’s announcement at the beginning of summer and its subsequent release on Xbox 360, Bethesda was standoffish about if and when the content would come to PlayStation 3, making it seem at first that the delay was related to a content deal with Microsoft. As time went on though, it was revealed that Bethesda simply cannot get Dawnguard and other expansions working on PS3.

“Skyrim is a massive and dynamic game that requires a lot of resources, and things get much more complex when you’re talking about sizable content like Dawnguard,” read a statement from the studio released in August, “We have tried a number of things, but none solve the issue enough to make Dawnguard good for everyone. The PS3 is a powerful system, and we’re working hard to deliver the content you guys want. Dawnguard is obviously not the only DLC we’ve been working on either, so this issue of adding content gets even more complicated.” It did say at that time that it’s working with Sony directly to try and get Skyrim’s expansions working right on the system.

The PlayStation 3 represents a huge portion of Skyrim’s audience. More than 4 million copies of that version of the game have been sold since last November.

While FIFA 13 for HD consoles is lauded by critics and fans, EA is slammed for repackaging old editions of the game for Wii and PS Vita.

There’s only one game that makes Electronic Arts’ audience and its shareholders salivate each year. It isn’t Madden NFL and it isn’t The Sims. The big money, and the big quality it seems, is in FIFA 13. The latest edition of EA’s perennial football simulator is shaping up to be one of the year’s bestsellers, with 4.5 million copies sold around the world, an impressive number of which were on digital platforms. EA’s raking in the cash. FIFA 13 should prove extra profitable this year, though, as evidence suggests that the publisher introduced some unique cost cutting measures. The cheapest way to make money on a game is to not bother making a new one.

All evidence suggests that the Wii and PS Vita editions of FIFA 13 are little more than repackaged versions of older versions of the title.

First, Nintendo World did a gallery comparison between the Wii editions of FIFA 12 and FIFA 13. With the exception of Lional Messi putting in an appearance on 13’s title screen, the game’s menus, layout, field game, and even messages to players in the game’s Career mode are identical. There are squad updates, but that and other minor tweaks are the extent of the differences between the two editions of the game. That is, of course, in addition to FIFA 13’s bigger price.

The Wii edition of the game is obviously not a huge priority for EA. Software sales for Nintendo’s 6-year-old console have been sinking for years and, with the exception of some of its first-party titles, have all but bottomed out ahead of the Wii U’s release. It’s a dishonest, consumer-unfriendly release, but it is a fiscally sound one. The PlayStation Vita edition is less forgivable.

By all accounts, FIFA 13 for PS Vita is almost the exact same game as FIFA Football, a game released for the handheld in February at the system’s launch. Based on the FIFA 11 engine, the new release is a full-priced update with tweaked touch control.

When asked by Wired whether EA intentionally repackaged products, a spokesman ignored the question, responding that the publisher “felt it was important to continue to offer fans the opportunity to play an authentic football experience on Wii.”

It’s tough to finger just what kind of impact these shoddy releases have had on consumers. Of the 4.5 million total copies sold, including Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, Vita, PSP, PS2, Wii, and iOS releases, EA only provided some break down. 353,000 of those copies were PS3 and Xbox 360 copies sold in the US. 1.23 million across all platforms in the UK. No numbers were provided for other regions like India where FIFA is hugely popular despite being hugely expensive.