Open question~ PATCH PHILOSOPHY

[GrayFolded]

Quote: Originally Posted by JerseySuave4

Or maybe you're only 14 years old and not a grown up that has bills to pay and responsibilities so you dont have to worry about money in your life but for a grown up that needs income, you wouldnt do it for free.

Nope, I'm 31, own a house, work at a Social Science Research Center for the University of Chicago.....And, all my bills are paid...

[hcopenhagenh]

Quote: Originally Posted by mattbooty

I know for people not involved with software these seem like foreign concepts but that doesn't make them any less true. When computers began to hit mainstream and software became prevalent it was a totally new paradigm and new rules had to be applied. This happens anytime there is a shift like this or a totally new product category is introduced. The complexity of software design is so far beyond anything up to this point that it requires new rules. If the rules said software cannot be released if there is ANYTHING broken, THERE WOULD BE NO SOFTWARE. Especially if the definition of broken is "does not meet the standards of every individual consumer" as it seems to on these boards. And this is coming from someone disappointed in NCAA! If you buy a car and after a few weeks of driving it decide you aren't happy with the comfort of the seats, the car is not broken, you may not be as happy driving it as you thought you would be but the car still gets you from A to B. If later on it turns out that one of the parts of the car is defective and its the manufacturers fault, they issue a recall and fix it for free or at a reduced rate. THIS IS A PATCH! The principle is the same. I don't want to go round and round arguing the semantics of what broken and unplayable mean to everyone, I just was hoping to shed some light on this from someone familiar with the industry and not associated with EA (sorry adam but i get the feeling some here won't believe a word you tell them hehe).

I hear what you are saying, but I don't buy it. If you want to conduct business and sell something, then that product should be assured to work. I don't care if it is software or not. What is going to happen in England when if the software bill going through the courts are passed? What will happen in the USA if we get those same laws? It isn't as far fetched as you think.

I will say this as well... If you can't program software that isn't bug free, then you shouldn't be selling it. Sorry, but that is the way I feel.

[OMT]

Quote: Originally Posted by doctorhay53

My bad....yes, I agree with you I just really hate when people tell me 'forget what's already happened and let's move forward'. It's a cop-out in my opinion, because most of the time the best way to move forward is to figure out who/what screwed up in the first place. Not that it matters to any of us here.

Exactly. It shouldn't matter to you guys why something happened. Besides, it would be very unprofessional of me to go into what happened and who did what on a public forum.

[doctorhay53]

Quote: Originally Posted by GrayFolded

Nope, I'm 31, own a house, work at a Social Science Research Center for the University of Chicago.....And, all my bills are paid...

Ah so you're just doing a social experiment then..... on the psychosis of sports video gamers. Let me know how crazy we are. Wait.....I already know....

Is there a social disorder that has something to do with weird analogies spiraling out of control?

[Solidice]

Quote: Originally Posted by hcopenhagenh

I hear what you are saying, but I don't buy it. If you want to conduct business and sell something, then that product should be assured to work. I don't care if it is software or not. What is going to happen in England when if the software bill going through the courts are passed? What will happen in the USA if we get those same laws? It isn't as far fetched as you think. I will say this as well... If you can't program software that isn't bug free, then you shouldn't be selling it. Sorry, but that is the way I feel.

your console must be lonely having no games to play. I've yet to play a game that was bug free and I've been playing games for probably 20 years. well maybe Pong.

[countryboy]

Quote: Originally Posted by hcopenhagenh

I will say this as well... If you can't program software that isn't bug free, then you shouldn't be selling it. Sorry, but that is the way I feel.

if thats the case then there shouldn't be one single video game developer selling a video game.

ALL video games have bugs/glitches. Its the nature of the beast.

[hcopenhagenh]

Quote: Originally Posted by countryboy

if thats the case then there shouldn't be one single video game developer selling a video game. ALL video games have bugs/glitches. Its the nature of the beast.

But many are hidden.

[hcopenhagenh]

Quote: Originally Posted by Solidice

your console must be lonely having no games to play. I've yet to play a game that was bug free and I've been playing games for probably 20 years. well maybe Pong.

But many don't effect the gameplay the way NCAA does.