Vela wrote:This is the Bethesda catch-all thread yeah?
Syph79 wrote:The rate of updates post Witcher 3 launch made me stop playing the game early on. I figured the patches would keep coming and if I came back to the game in a few months it would be the best possible version. Trouble is, I haven't gone back.
It's an important consideration, especially when you can get complete versions with DLC thrown in (then again it doesn't help with games that never fix their problems properly). And yet a lot of people still seem to be pre-ordering or buying the day one 'not quite working yet' release.Facewon wrote:The whole process does kind of make being late to games by years an advantage.
Yossarian wrote:Similar things have been posted before, but here's Engadget arguing in favour of day 1 patches:
https://www.engadget.com/2016/08/08/day-one-patch-no-mans-sky-always-on/
FWIW, I think there are positives to this. Once upon a time, games could launch full of missed bugs and these could never be addressed. At least these days, if that happens, a fix can be pushed out.
To add, I just wanted to quote this from the Dishonored 2 thread because it seems so relevant here:JonB wrote:I just hope it starts to affect pre-orders and 'day one' sales at some point, as people realise you just can't trust a game to function properly out the box. Otherwise it can just get worse.
Hope this is true.MattyJ wrote:It seems all games are down in sales this year? I keep hearing things like Gears, CoD, Battlefield, Titanfall etc haven't sold as well as expected.
Edit - should read thred first. But it seems either people are generally spending less money or are being way more cautious after disappointments/fuck ups with launch. There have been so many games with launch issues it's not surprising people may wait a week or two. No one want's another No Man's Sky on their hands.
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