How Valve botched yet another launch

[Roadface]

Funny, my version decrypted almost instantly, and I don't have awesome computer. Where I am stuck is "scanning for steam game updates". It won't let me touch the steam client at all while it says that. Can't even respond the chats I'm getting. Barf going to bed.

 

[Renoozo]

I thought it's generally accepted that steam NEVER deliver when they say they will. It's likened to a kid saying he'll do his homework tomorrow, It'll never happened when they say it will.

 

[Guitarmasterx7]

http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Valve_Time

Someone doesn't know how to tell valve time.

 

[Diablini]

You guys are missing the point. It doesn't matter how long or short they delay the release. Valve is supposed to be a professional game developer, yet they never pull their act together for a release. Despite them proclaiming in interviews to have tons of free time due to their new development strategy, they still fail to get the game out on time. I'm really getting sick of this.

Yes I did expect this to happen. No, I don't think we should be okay with it.

Yeah! Let's go appeal to the governor! (Cookie inside)


Is it really THAT big of a deal? You're all still gonna play it and enjoy it, and it's still gonna take same time to download. It's not like it's Duke Forever, it's just a few hours of delay.

 

[TZer0]

Guys, this is Valve we're talking about.

http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Valve_Time

We all know we may have to wait - but it makes the reward all the sweeter.

 

[gbemery]

See this is what happens when all you do is sit around waiting for a game release. You get all hyped up, then something happens to interfere with a smooth release and then what happens...you get all pissy and then your knickers get all in a twist. Just calm down wipe the foam from your mouth and wait like a good little boy and all shall be well in due time.

 

[matrix3509]

God there are a lot of whiners here. Grow up, dry your tears and go back to being your normal Valve fanboy self. Oh wait, Valve fanboys are the only fanboys on the planet that complain about their favorite company this much. Go back to your normal complaining then.

 

[Internet Kraken]

You guys are missing the point. It doesn't matter how long or short they delay the release. Valve is supposed to be a professional game developer, yet they never pull their act together for a release. Despite them proclaiming in interviews to have tons of free time due to their new development strategy, they still fail to get the game out on time. I'm really getting sick of this.

Yes I did expect this to happen. No, I don't think we should be okay with it.

Yeah! Let's go appeal to the governor! (Cookie inside)


Is it really THAT big of a deal? You're all still gonna play it and enjoy it, and it's still gonna take same time to download. It's not like it's Duke Forever, it's just a few hours of delay.

I just find it ridiculous that Valve can never release their games on time. Plus many people are suffering from glitches, showing that the product was still not ready for release. So once again Valve was not prepared for this launch.

 

[Eri]

47 minutes past launch date..No official word..their forums up in smoke..You'd think they'd have seen this coming. Again..

And it's up now.

Congratulations, you bitched for a 90 minute delay.

Congrats on defending a multi million dollar company that can't get its biggest hyped game out on time.

 

[Spineyguy]

Stop whining, Britain doesn't get it until the 18th.

47 minutes, honestly, people have no patience these days.

 

[Spatzist]

Steam should have an option for those downloading to opt into a torrent-like system (through the steam client, of course). You offer up your upload, you get more download from other downloaders who are uploading. When a few million people are trying to download at once, the users could actually take some of the strain off Valve's servers. Of course, I'm sure implementing something like that would be tremendously complicated and probably have ugly security issues (I'm largely ignorant to the workings of torrent systems, so I wouldn't know), but it would be a nicely self-balancing system if it could be pulled off.

 

[AceDiamond]

47 minutes past launch date..No official word..their forums up in smoke..You'd think they'd have seen this coming. Again..

And it's up now.

Congratulations, you bitched for a 90 minute delay.

Congrats on defending a multi million dollar company that can't get its biggest hyped game out on time.

Congrats on thinking that it's only November 17th at midnight, instead of the whole 24 hours. Seriously? This is what people are reduced to bitching about now? A whole 90 minutes? I don't see people doing this shit with any other company, including Blizzard. At this point it feels like people just want to complain for the sake of complaining, and that's very dangerous if for nothing else because of how fucking stupid it makes you look.

 

[L4Y Duke]

http://www.yeaahh.com/index.php?id=312aa37e80cead0af8fdb5943db91e2e

this sums it up

OK, that was damn funny.

 

[Caligulove]

47 minutes?
Jesus, were you that miffed by that to call it a botched release? Id call it botched maybe a day afterwards.

It's like Louis CK said, Everythings Great and Nobody is Happy- with the guy on the plane complaining about the wifi

 

[y1fella]

it's valve what the hell did you expect?i mean come on they make great games but i am not sure they have EVER released a game on time. but seriously don't dis valve they are the only company in the history of gaming who hasn't made anything bad. i mean that when i say it.

 

[admiraljustin]

And people wonder why Blizzard usually doesn't give out dates for its patches.

Steam is handled by 2-3 people. Valve employs far more, so having Valve employees playing while the Steam guys are going NUTS trying to figure out what's wrong seems perfectly acceptable.

Besides, doesn't it bode well that the people who *made* the game are too busy playing it to notice the house is on fire?

 

[Glass_House]

At least you get the proper version....

 

[thom_cat_]

You obviously aren't a modder.
I had to wait SIX WHOLE FUCKING MONTHS for the L4D SDK.
And by then they announced the sequel.
No wonder I'm not wasting my money on it.