In skyrim I must have had about 50 hours gameplay or something on one of my older saves and the game started slowing down and sticking and the surroundings started to lose Graphical clearance sometimes going to complete blankness in certain areas… I recently started a new game and it automatically saved over that save so I was unable to test whether it was due t too much content being saved on my PS3 from the game or a bug in the game itself, has this happened to anyone else purely on PS3? also is there a definite cause of this and has it been patched?
I'd heard of the scepticism that on PS3 Skyrim slowly deteriorates to nye on unplayable after 30 or 50 hours I'm not certain of the figures but I disregard that.
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I searched recent Reddit /r/Skyrim posts for "PS3 lag" and it seems that people playing Skyrim on PS3 still experience the issue you mention.
Explanation from Reddit - /r/Skyrim post, "PS3 Skyrim bug, needs some publicity":
From a Kotaku article, "Do Not Let Skyrim Overflow Your PS3":
Also, see Gamesave size limit, lag and no interaction of NPCs | Bethesda - Skyrim forums.
Possible fixes (from Bethesda - Skyrim - PS3 forum post, "Skyrim Performance Tips" by Gstaff, a Community Manager):