From Joystiq: "Learn from your competitors' mistakes. When Xbox 360 shipped with crippled downloading functionality, we were all over it -- for months. When the problem was eventually corrected with a spring update, we figured our suffering had ended. Enter PlayStation 3.
That Sony's new console lacks background downloading and a download queue is maddening. It represents an utter failure on Sony's part to use these past 12 months to orchestrate a console launch that exceeds the precedent set by Microsoft. Sure, a firmware update could fix this, but why is Sony launching with a feature that gamers deemed unacceptable a year ago?"
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BLG writes, "Some of the most popular games have had a rough start, with some of them being downright unplayable.
Despite that, developers have managed to turn it around for them and make their game worth playing. Here are some games that had a rough start but were pretty great."
Sea of Thieves... I'm not disagreeing that the game has improved in terms of content. But I feel that the most significant change between now and its release is actually the public perception. Nowadays, most people are aware that the game is a multiplayer PvP-focused experience first and foremost, and not "Black Flag made by Rare". Consequently, people dismissing the whole experience because the single-player aspect is lacking or the story is plain are much less common.
Several years ago, i submitted an idea to Rare that would change up the mechanics of battling opponents in the game. whereby if you died in battle, you turned into a skeleton warrior and had to fight your way back to the land of the living. It was an interesting twist on respawning and would allow the player to experience both sides of a battle.
I keep hoping to see something like that get added to the game.
It's sad that this quick retort is more often than not true... The industry's acceptance of release and patch has gone too far.
Days gone! By the end of the game I couldn't drop it down! I went around so many hours killing zombies! It was addictive by the end.
I don't know, I got it abit late, and struggled for a few days, and then all of a sudden it just got good!!
...while Microsoft is known for sticking with a product, and constantly improving it, Sony isn't. I'm really wondering whether or not Sony will ever fix this.
And this happened in which fantasized alternate reality of yours?
I hade mine from day 1, no issues ever on it, and it's put in many many many hours of use.
Again, so called wannabe fans of the so called wannabe console the ps3 is spreading at will, lies about the number 1 gaming console par none, the Xbox 360. If someone wants to be taken with even an ounce of credibility, then please dont make up shi* about any console.
To joystiq crippled is equal to no background downloading and no download resuming.
The artical is really bashing sony for doing the same thing six months after MS fixed this issue. (which is really simply a free upgrade) Sony had 6 months to copy yet another 360 feature and instead Sony says F you! Crappy is good enough for us. Software is where MS is gonna make sony look old and out of touch. If want a feature all we gotta do is ask and MS will give it to us and usually in the form of a free update which they say we will get twice a year building on an already kick azz console. Look and learn sony or face the music (just not while playing a game cause you cant do that yet)