Sometimes I despair of the pairing of the Internet and games. Once upon a time you had to actually complete a product before it launched, and test it properly.
If I'm giving you my hard earned money I expect your product to work. "well we'll get that one in the first patch" just doesn't cut it for me. You wouldn't buy a car that wasn't finished. "oh yeah the steering wheel comes off occasionally, therel be a fix in e next few months".
Patch culture is detrimental to a businesses appearance in the public eye. If your game falls over on launch what does that say about you?
I'm all in favour of DLC, as it adds content and longevity, but please devs, try and finish your game before you show the world. It's only polite.
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Oct 6th 2010 2:35PM (Joystiq)Sometimes I despair of the pairing of the Internet and games. Once upon a time you had to actually complete a product before it launched, and test it properly.
If I'm giving you my hard earned money I expect your product to work. "well we'll get that one in the first patch" just doesn't cut it for me. You wouldn't buy a car that wasn't finished. "oh yeah the steering wheel comes off occasionally, therel be a fix in e next few months".
Patch culture is detrimental to a businesses appearance in the public eye. If your game falls over on launch what does that say about you?
I'm all in favour of DLC, as it adds content and longevity, but please devs, try and finish your game before you show the world. It's only polite.
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