Open-world zombie title The WarZ has been the focus of a torrent of outrage, following a launch dogged by disappointment and misleading claims. Mark Butler wonders whether the recent success of other controversial titles has led to a situation where games companies are increasingly confident in putting out flawed or problematic products.
Let's face it, there are some hated games out there that are just complete trash. The developers responsible for these games usually have little clue about game balancing and their poor decisions usually leave their game to die in the dust.
However, sometimes a developer will make an absolutely terrible game that still has some admirable game mechanics.
A continuing look at the various controversies plaguing the video game industry. In Chapter VIII: The War Z, SimCity 2013, Brown v. Entertainment Merchant's Association, and the less-than-stellar public image of the Xbox One prior to, and shortly after, its release.
Open world zombie survival sim Infestation: Survivor Stories - better known under its original name, The War Z, before altering it due to a trademark issue - has sold 2.8m copies since its launch in November 2012.
Nice article. I do think this is a result of consumer naivety, and sadly, I feel that it will only get worse from here on.
I wonder if it'll show back up on Steam?
Having launch day issues are one thing, releasing an incomplete title and saying its complete is quite different.
Had they been honest none of this would have happened. That they were already doing MTs and charging full price was pretty suspect.
WarZ's problems have very little to do with customer naivete and very much to do with the devs not being up-front and honest about their product.