According to Bethesda community manager Nick Breckon, Skyrim will be going live with a day one patch, updating PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 retail copies.

"Yup.” Breckson yupped, “All platforms going to 1.1 by 11/11/11" yet when pressed for further details, specifically what on earth could need patching in a game as small and sparsely detailed as Skyrim, his answer "[t]here'll be notes when the time comes" didn’t satisfy.
Only two and a half days to find out though. So we could just wait and see...

And to make the wait just that ounce more unbearable, check out this concept art trailer, revealing the initial and final versions of cities, statues, demons and, curiously, steam powered robots...



Tried to slip that one by us eh, Bethesda....