So I'm the only one who assumed this was some group of ignorant parents going 'wah wah a game has guns in it and turned my child into a violent thug despite him being 7 and the game having a fat 18 rating on the front'?
I'm kinda in 2 minds here, I think to an extent, the PC will always have the need to be followed up with patches , because of the millions of varying setups out there. However, that does NOT mean they should skimp on beta testing and iron out huge game breaking bugs affecting lots of people (See both recent Fallouts - tho I've played both and only experienced minor stuff, I'm willing to believe the reports by due of their numbers.)
However, when you're creating content for a console, if it works on one, it'll work on 10 million of them, so get it right, there's zero excuse for slapping together shoddy code because your boss is too much of an idiot to realise his deadlines are fuckwitted.
Sadly, the reason Activision act like they do, and are so hated by gamers, yet don't change, is because millions of us keep throwing our $60 at them every time they add some new cutscenes and redesign the maps to MW1 and give it a new name.
Stop throwing money at them and they'll need to work out what they have to change to get the cash coming their way again.
I also consider the non returnable status of console games to be a shitty get out clause also.
Of course we can't let people just return games because they don't like them, because people would just finish great but short games then claim a full refund.
However, there should be something in place, that if a game gets enough complaints that it just plain fails to work as intended, a group like the above people can get together and demand a refund is offered to all customers. If it hurts Activision, sorry, but make it work next time.
I'm kinda in 2 minds here, I think to an extent, the PC will always have the need to be followed up with patches , because of the millions of varying setups out there. However, that does NOT mean they should skimp on beta testing and iron out huge game breaking bugs affecting lots of people (See both recent Fallouts - tho I've played both and only experienced minor stuff, I'm willing to believe the reports by due of their numbers.)
However, when you're creating content for a console, if it works on one, it'll work on 10 million of them, so get it right, there's zero excuse for slapping together shoddy code because your boss is too much of an idiot to realise his deadlines are fuckwitted.
Sadly, the reason Activision act like they do, and are so hated by gamers, yet don't change, is because millions of us keep throwing our $60 at them every time they add some new cutscenes and redesign the maps to MW1 and give it a new name.
Stop throwing money at them and they'll need to work out what they have to change to get the cash coming their way again.
I also consider the non returnable status of console games to be a shitty get out clause also.
Of course we can't let people just return games because they don't like them, because people would just finish great but short games then claim a full refund.
However, there should be something in place, that if a game gets enough complaints that it just plain fails to work as intended, a group like the above people can get together and demand a refund is offered to all customers. If it hurts Activision, sorry, but make it work next time.
