Props to you if you do use Brave. But since a lot of people do not, posting unarchived links will lead to this trash site receiving ad revenue from us. Regardless of how small it is, it's the principle of the matter.
Assuming they don't simply go bankrupt and shut down, this might end up being a good thing in the long run. If the game had been passibly buggy, CDPR would have moved on. Instead, it's an absolute disaster, and now CDPR are going to spend the next 12+ months fixing it. In the end, we will probably end up with a better game.
Why do people buy new games at all, instead of waiting 12 months for them to be discounted, fixed and extended? You pay less, need less cutting-edge GPUs, and get a better game.
In the grand scheme of things, how many refunds are we really talking about? I have little reason to believe the noisiest bits of the online gaming community is any different than the online political community. In that they are a representation of a small percentage of people that scream really loud. Even if the total refunds come out at 250k, that's a small percentage. Do we really think millions of people are demanding refunds, or the screaming minority?
I think this is a goodwill move to preserve their image as a pro-consumer company. Whether that be a marketing ploy or just how they want to do business is irrelevant. In my opinion it's the best move for their company. Take some lumps now, spend 6-12mo. fixing the game, which (social commentary aside) doesn't seem to be that awful when the bugs are fixed and the 2013 consoles are out of mind. Next game, maybe be a little more cautious and keep the hype down a bit.
With respect to the state of the game, I think they got in waaay over their heads with the game and eventually got told by business people/bean counters to just effing release something no matter what.
The Verge? Unarchived? Jesus Christ man.
Seriously.
https://brave.com
Props to you if you do use Brave. But since a lot of people do not, posting unarchived links will lead to this trash site receiving ad revenue from us. Regardless of how small it is, it's the principle of the matter.
Assuming they don't simply go bankrupt and shut down, this might end up being a good thing in the long run. If the game had been passibly buggy, CDPR would have moved on. Instead, it's an absolute disaster, and now CDPR are going to spend the next 12+ months fixing it. In the end, we will probably end up with a better game.
Why do people buy new games at all, instead of waiting 12 months for them to be discounted, fixed and extended? You pay less, need less cutting-edge GPUs, and get a better game.
In the grand scheme of things, how many refunds are we really talking about? I have little reason to believe the noisiest bits of the online gaming community is any different than the online political community. In that they are a representation of a small percentage of people that scream really loud. Even if the total refunds come out at 250k, that's a small percentage. Do we really think millions of people are demanding refunds, or the screaming minority?
I think this is a goodwill move to preserve their image as a pro-consumer company. Whether that be a marketing ploy or just how they want to do business is irrelevant. In my opinion it's the best move for their company. Take some lumps now, spend 6-12mo. fixing the game, which (social commentary aside) doesn't seem to be that awful when the bugs are fixed and the 2013 consoles are out of mind. Next game, maybe be a little more cautious and keep the hype down a bit.
With respect to the state of the game, I think they got in waaay over their heads with the game and eventually got told by business people/bean counters to just effing release something no matter what.