Dalisclock said:
Dirty Hipsters said:
None of them.
If a game launched in a poor state that's entirely on the developer and the publisher and we shouldn't be babying them by telling them it's ok to fix their product in the future. It's not ok. It's not ok to rip people off with a poorly designed product even if you intend to fix it at a later date.
There are enough great games that come out in a finished state that we shouldn't be giving any second chances to any game that comes out in a broken or unfinished state. You get one chance at a first impression and that's it. If the developer or publisher got greedy and blew it then that's their own fault and they should suffer the consequences for not putting out a finished product.
What is your opinion about waiting till a game is in a more or less complete state at a price you feel is worth it before purchasing?
Say you didn't buy No Mans Sky at Launch but you buy it now after it's had a bunch of stuff added onto it and the price dropped because you felt it was now a package that was worth it.
I feel that if you have to wait until a game has a bunch updates, patches, and DLC to reach a state where it's worthwhile to play it I'd say that the people who initially bought the game, and then bought the DLC to make the game worth playing got completely ripped off.
Remember, if a game comes out, and it bombs and no one buys it there won't be any future updates or DLC, the company won't keep investing in the game, it'll just die. So if a game keeps getting DLC it's because enough people got ripped off buying a sub-par product at launch. So even if you get it at a later date and at a lower price point, it's at the expense of other people who already got ripped off paying full price for a poor product and who may not have any intention of continuing to play that game months later once it finally gets to a proper finished state (seriously, how many people are actually still playing No Man's Sky?). Just because I didn't personally get ripped off at launch doesn't mean that I shouldn't feel anger at the developer and publisher for screwing other people over.
Things like Fallout 76 and Anthem are fun to make fun of if you didn't buy them, but it's a lot less fun for the people who shelled out money for bad products at launch.
Also, there's a shitload of good games coming out all the time. I'm not going to wait around for a game to turn itself around and finally get good 6 months to a year down the line. I'm going to forget about it and pay for other games that came out in a complete state and were fun to play at launch. And remember, if it takes 6 months for a game to get to a state where it's worth playing, another game that came out that same week in a finished state will have had 6 months to get even bigger and better.
