Why Are Games Being Sent Out To Die?

Hitting release dates is being put before quality, resulting in video games being sent out to simply die.

[Nintendew]

Simply because some developers just don't give a 💩.
Just because ( incert title here ) automatically makes said game good... until it's not.
Money makes some do 💩 Things.
Also this release the game and patch later 💩 is getting just downright ridiculous, gives them a reason.

I'm done.

[AnubisG]

I would actually blame publishers and their unfair deadlines more than developers. The talent is there to make a good game but when you are pushed constantly and doing overtime for months...yeah, that will show on the product.

[Nintendew]

Developers are the ones who make the game.
If Publishers can't accept that then developers need to say goodbye,
they are partners and need to communicate better, which these days sounds like it's been a problem for some gaming companies.

But it's just another 💩 Excuse I've heard to many times now, not gonna be burned again.
I'll say it again, Money makes some do 💩 things.

[ChrisW]

I have long since stopped buying games on launch. I normally wait until they are on sale... and usually by then many of them bugs have been patched.

[Nintendew]

As do I.
Only games I buy day 1 are Nintendo games.
I've only bought 1 game from them ( Metroid Other M ) that I regretted getting day 1.
100+ good to 1 bad.
Also been renting more game over buying, these days saves me $55 bucks.

[nibblo]

It's over blown, the bigger problem is the generic nature of games these days. It's like the majority of them follow a stale formula so we get the same game with different assets and a different story. I can take a buggy game if it is original and/or interesting but a boring game that runs well is the worst imo.

[InTheLab]

Agreed. Back in the PS2 era you had small devs pumping out quality titles. I'm sure someone will chime in about graphics but its relative to that era. Devs were creative back then and now these games are pumped out with a goal of being mediocre

[Xb1ps4]

A lot of publishers think that gamers only buy games around the holiday season

[LiamKreptic]

Never understood that either...I would love some games in late spring and summer, but nope

[DivoJones]

This is mainly a problem with AAA game development, but examples can be found throughout the industry as a whole.
AAA studios are more likely to be held to a strict release date due to corporate shareholders and the prospect that pushing a game will hurt their quarterly numbers. As a result, the modern publisher group-think is to treat all game releases as a living object and to stick to release dates regardless of the quality of product. So they put out the product 'as-is', have a day 1 patch ready to fix things truly game-breaking and promise to fix everything soon.

The problem is this mindset burns the most loyal of customers... the people who pay $60 on day 1 and those who pre-ordered. Pair that with the frequency of price drops, and you're essentially encouraging people to wait a few weeks and save 25-33%.. or even longer and save 50% for an updated, better-functioning product. People who buy No Man's Sky today get a far better experience than those who jumped in Day 1 while early-adopters are forever scorned.

Those of us who've been gaming for decades know the difference between buying a game cartridge and buying a game today. If a cartridge game was glitchy or broken, that was the game you got. Digital games and patches make it easier to fix a glitch or patch a flaw, and some developers/publishers abuse that to push their games sooner.

[Nintendew]

I have to add to your last paragraph, true some older games were buggy and that's what we got, thing is the game still worked!

Patch a game today and it's might still fix the problem.

What amazes me 20 years ago didn't have the ability to patch games yet games worked better.
Today it's a major problem???, with tech we have today???, 5 years they had practice with??? What am I missing?

[Tankbusta40]

It's games as a service anymore, put out now and fix later.

[darklaw]

The whole idea of being able to update a game later has made developers lazy. Before this capability came along, they had to test in house, to look for bugs and glitches. Now they simply release an unfinished product and let the customer test it while paying the developer to do so. It actually makes them money instead of having to pay their own testers to look for flaws. The community complains bitterly and a few days later a "Patch" comes out to fix a specific problem. It makes perfect sense from a business standpoint. But this business model is only for quick cash, you are not going to have any long term fans when you constantly release an unfinished game and expect the community to game test it for you.

[Wrex369]

Because they're hoping name recognition is enough for people to buy.

[KukwesGaming]

Darksiders 3 is a ton of fun..whats with the polar culture of telling us that we cant like something or we should....sick of it ..2017 and 18 are terrible years for game impressions and reviews from the media

[2ndhandcorn]

I think all the great devs retired or have manager positions and the next gen interns are learning the ropes lol.