MLB 2K11 Day One Patch Announced

[tvman]

Quote: Originally Posted by bcruise

Same on PS3. For PC, you'll just have to pay attention to the news (or this board, since we watch stuff like that pretty closely), and download the file when it comes out. Some, like Steam, will update your game automatically, others will have you actually download and install the patch file yourself. Just make sure the patch you install came from the distributor you bought the game from - otherwise it can cause crashes (and 2k knows this well, that's why the PC patches get delayed - to make sure EVERYONE gets the right version of their patch for their game at the same time) Roster updates can be downloaded from inside the game on all platforms, I think.

I haven't bought a PC game for ages so i'm wondering do you still buy them on a disk or is it all d/l now?

[DirtyJerz32]

This is great. It means they've been updating and fixing things.

[nolesfan69]

2k sports is on the ball. Thanks for the info.

[goh]

Quote: Originally Posted by tvman

I haven't bought a PC game for ages so i'm wondering do you still buy them on a disk or is it all d/l now?

Can do either for most mainstream games. This included. However there's no tax on Steam and most other direct download services.

[rudyjuly2]

Quote: Originally Posted by DirtyJerz32

This is great. It means they've been updating and fixing things.

It also means they are reading things. Ronnie2k has been reading the OS threads and commented on them on twitter. I'm glad the PS3 is getting a day one patch as well.

[boomhauertjs]

Argh. I was planning to get the PC version, but now I'll probably wait a little bit to see what bugs are present since that version is not going to get a patch for months.

[Money99]

Quote: Originally Posted by BA2929

It seems nearly every game I buy anymore has a Day 1 patch. Since they go final at least 2 weeks (I'm not sure exactly, so I guessed 2 weeks) before release day, they have plenty of time to tweak stuff before it. I'm not surprised in the least. Would like to know what they addressed, however.

That appears to be the nature of the beast these days.
The games are becoming so complex that there's no way they can be completed in a 12-month cycle.

So we as gamers essentially pay $60 to become QA testers while the devs use an additional 3-6 months to patch various bugs.

I hope we don't see any next-gen consoles for at least 5 more years, but when that day comes, I'd love for developers to adopt a more sane approach.
Build an engine and then release one game at the beginning and the provide sporadic updates for $20 a shot.
No more 12-month cycles where games are always broken out of the box. Give us a solid game and then add on to it every so often.

I'm sure the gamers and the programmers would be a lot happier with that type of system.

[tvman]

Quote: Originally Posted by goh

Can do either for most mainstream games. This included. However there's no tax on Steam and most other direct download services.

Thanks for the info.