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The dishonest practise of unfinished games, and why developers must do better in 2014

2013 saw a distressing number of high-profile games riddled with bugs and crashes, and developers have to do better.

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stragomccloud3750d ago

Only one developer seems to avoid these dishonest practices, and yet almost every "gamer" here on N4G, consistently chastises everything this company does.

ziggurcat3750d ago

what developer might that be?

ThatArtGuy3750d ago

The only one I can think of is Nintendo.

Utalkin2me3750d ago

@ThatArtGuy

Since when has Nintendo pushed the graphic boundaries? Or had a full blown online? The more tech you push the more likely problems you will have.

Vegamyster3750d ago

@Utalkin2me

You can have games that don't push graphical boundaries or online and still have lots of bugs.

If a game like Battlefield 4 was delayed it more then likely wouldn't have needed over 20 patches to make sure it doesn't crash.

mikeslemonade3750d ago

The "unfinished" game hasn't bothered me. And Nintendo takes forever. That's the trade off you wait longer for a finished product. Makes sense to me.

abzdine3750d ago

that's why Nintendo will always remain the boss. when you buy their game it's plug and play no need for day one patch and garbage like this before you can play it.
Their quality certification process is the most effective ever

devwan3750d ago (Edited 3750d ago )

@ abzdine "that's why Nintendo will always remain the boss. when you buy their game it's plug and play no need for day one patch and garbage like this before you can play it."

You forgot the Wii U launch? That was a sarlacc pit of day one patch hell. Sure that's not a game... it's only the platform you intend to offer hundreds of games for over the next 5 years!

"Launch day came around and the answer became clear: Nintendo was late - very late - with its network systems. In fact, the only way to access their systems fully was to download a big patch on day one that added all these missing components. Without that patch a lot of the release titles would have been only semi-functional." http://bit.ly/1m03smm

"Their quality certification process is the most effective ever"... and likely the least busy of the three console platform holders.

Menkyo3749d ago

@abzbine you mean like the large update you needed to install into the Wii U because the online didn't work because they pushed the Wii U out the door with unfinished firmware?

Imalwaysright3749d ago

@ devwan
Yeah because a console is a game... oh wait!

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Gabenbrah3750d ago

I'm looking at you Rockstar... DAT GTA Online

TheSaint3750d ago

Why does everyone blame R*? Just because something is easy to do doesn't make it ok.

I could punch a baby in the face because it's easy to do, I'm not going to though because it's wrong.

Just like hacking and exploiting. The community is just as much (if not more) to blame than R*.

Derekvinyard133749d ago

Besides gta online I've never had a launch problem with rockstar games not one

Kevlar0093750d ago

Took me about two seconds to guess Nintendo

I'm sure their games being less technical helps, plus Nintendo has always held quality to its highest regard.

What gets me is how some of these glitches can get past over by the devs (or simply ignored). You would think Bethesda would've encountered and fixed what seems like common glitches, but I'm sure a lot of these publishers have strict release schedules.

Nintendo isn't one to release a flawed product. They'll delay it as long as it takes

FamilyGuy3750d ago

Nintendo?
I don't ever hear about bug infested ninty games so that seems right

Utalkin2me3750d ago (Edited 3750d ago )

Really? How much graphic tech Nintendo push or what about their full blown online? Yeah that's right Nintendo has neither.

MRMagoo1233750d ago

well when nearly every game you make is the same platformer with a different name you arent gonna have too many bugs i cant imagine.

Gamer19823749d ago

I have stopped buying most games day 1 now. I only buy from developers I trust to release a working game day 1 thats worth the money.. So not that many tbh.. So been sticking with indie games mostly in 2013.. At least most of them are honest up front that the games in beta etc.. Hell most of these beta games are less broken than the finished games we got in 2013..

Also the great trade off is once the games fixed its dropped in price!

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greatcrusader443750d ago

I mostly blame the publishers, not the devs.

MRMagoo1233750d ago

pretty much this, its the pubs that give the devs a timeline that they have to ship by and if its "good enough" they get it out.

Jubez1873750d ago

What about when people sell their "Alpha" for 30 dollars? At that point, when do you know it's the real game? How do I know that CoD:Ghosts isn't in alpha right now and the next patch will be the real game. Is League of Legends in alpha? Compare what it is now to when the game as it's launch..may as well been alpha. Was vanilla WoW the alpha? Where does it end?

qzp3749d ago

in before battlefield 5 announcement

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Battlefield 1, Hardline, BF4 Servers Are Being Taken Offline by Cheaters; EA Silent on Issue

Cheaters & hackers have been causing grief on Battlefield 1, Hardline & BF4 servers, with nonstop DDoS attacks among other things. Unfortunately, EA has remained silent about it.

-Foxtrot753d ago

Course they are silent, they are hoping people flock to 2042

gamesftw250752d ago

Maybe it was a inside job then haha.

jeromeface751d ago

wouldnt be the first time, titanfall 1+2 anyone?

PapaBop752d ago

Not even if they paid me.. EA always do this with old games with less money potential, if this was Ultimate Team, they'd address and sort it faster than stories could spread. Why invest time in their products when they will just dump it in the following years? Then again EA never could see the forest for the trees.

Inverno752d ago

I imagine after those games were given out for free a couple months back through Amazon, anything that makes people go to 2042 is a plus for them

XiNatsuDragnel753d ago

They want people to go on 2042. My theory

excaliburps752d ago

Nah. I think they can't do anything about it or they want to sink money into fixing it.

Pudge102888752d ago (Edited 752d ago )

EA owns all BF servers so yes, they can do something about it but they refuse to because they dont want ppl playing their old games instead of the new one. Its EA we’re talking about here

pr33k33752d ago

if this happened in 2042, they'd have something to say. which is weird, considering battlefield 1 has more players on steam right now.

Pudge102888752d ago

Its so obvious that EA is doing this or hired ppl to mess up the games so that we’d be forced to have just 1 Battlefield working.

FPS_D3TH752d ago

Honestly it’s probably the devs themselves. They did an update to bf4 way back that kinda made assault rifles doo doo in hopes that people would flock to BF1 cuz BF4 was too perfect

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5 Great Shooter Games on Xbox Game Pass

The shooter genre is one of the most beloved videogame genres in the gaming community, and rightfully so. From DOOM Eternal to Battlefield 4, passing through The Outer Worlds, the Xbox Game Pass has a lot to offer when it comes to amazing shooter experiences. Come check out some great shooter games available on Xbox Game Pass!

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MadLad767d ago

There's a bunch of great shooters on gamepass; both legacy and new.

A recommendation I have is a work in progress preview title called Anacrusis. It's a lot of fun, and has a cool aesthetic.

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5 Games That Started Out As A Buggy Mess

KeenGamer: "Sometimes a game starts out as a buggy mess and we all just stop and think, “that definitely could have spent a bit more time in the oven”. This is the case for these 5 games which infamously marked their place in recent game memory."

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KingofBandits859d ago

"Games That Started Out As A Buggy Mess - A Bethesda and CD ProjektRed tale"