• NuPNuA@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Day one patch is fine. It’s just an odd remnant of buying physically as the discs have to be pressed and shipped several months ahead of launch while the Devs carry on working. Digital owners just download the latest build on launch.

    If there’s a patch and the game is still full of issues, thats another story.

    • DosDude👾@retrolemmy.com
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      1 year ago

      So pressing unfinished games on disks is fine for you? They should release a finished game. What if the console shop or server goes offline? How can you play it then? For preservation, day one patches are a nightmare.

      I’m glad to see the trend of releasing more games for pc beside their console counterpart rising. It makes preservation easier.

      • pfrost@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        Even if you press finished game, you still find tons of issues to fix before the release. It should be treated as bonus polishing time though, not time to finish the game.

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        1 year ago

        Pressing unfinished games is a trade-off and a lesser evil than instead choosing to distribute games digital only. One alternative would be to delay all launches until multiple months after the game is considered “ready,” but that would likely impact revenue streams in a way that the people making those decisions would never agree to. It would also upset the 80% of the market who buy games digitally - why should their release be delayed?

        Would you prefer for physical releases to not be available until 3-6 months after the digital release (and more frequently, for there to be no physical release at all)?