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[Dream-Knife]

I’m most cases, products in EU don’t have so many issues as in US. I don’t understand why. Are they selling different products in EU? Are US people beta testers or something?

Might just be due to the scale. US is the main market for pretty much everything due to volume.

 

[Shifty1897]

Wait for reviews, speak with your wallets. Don't you buy no buggy game!

 

[Danjin44]

Wait for reviews, speak with your wallets. Don't you buy no buggy game!

What about if know the game is going to be good? Do I really needed reviews to tell me game Armored Core VI good?

I didn’t buy Spider Man 2 because even without reviews i know exactly what to expect for those type of games.

 

[BootsLoader]

Might just be due to the scale. US is the main market for pretty much everything due to volume.

Most probably.

 

[StereoVsn]

I mean yeah, but that's an exception to the general state of things.

 

[StereoVsn]

What about if know the game is going to be good? Do I really needed reviews to tell me game Armored Core VI good?

I didn’t buy Spider Man 2 because even without reviews i know exactly what to expect for those type of games.

A very good but extremely buggy game? Reportedly buggiest game Sony has released in years?

 

[Miles708]

Early adopters always have been and always will be sacrificial guinea pigs.

 

[Danjin44]

A very good but extremely buggy game? Reportedly buggiest game Sony has released in years?

For people enjoy Marvel crap........I don't.

 

[Shifty1897]

What about if know the game is going to be good? Do I really needed reviews to tell me game Armored Core VI good?

I didn’t buy Spider Man 2 because even without reviews i know exactly what to expect for those type of games.

You do you I guess, but reviews always come out before release (if they don't, that's a red flag), so you really don't miss out on anything by waiting for reviews.

 

[Danjin44]

You do you I guess, but reviews always come out before release (if they don't, that's a red flag), so you really don't miss out on anything by waiting for reviews.

I played games long enough to know what I enjoy and what I dont, I mean for upcoming game like Unicorn Overlord I dont need reviews because Vanillaware rarely disappoints me.

Then there are games like Diablo IV or COD that never going to touch because I dont enjoy that type of games.....maybe because of my limited taste but thanks to that I'm happy with most of the games I buy.

 

[SmokedMeat]

Western AAA devs are bad.

Koei and Konami are Western developers?

 

[West Texas CEO]

Play Armored Core 6.

 

[Dream-Knife]

Koei and Konami are Western developers?

They're also not AAA.

 

[ssringo]

Steam refunds means I don't need to wait. If a game has obvious problems I don't want to deal with then I get my money back get credit on my account and spend the money on something else. I might take another look at a problem game down the line during a sale if I don't have anything else I'm interested in but that's not a guarantee.

 

[NanaMiku]

If it's a Japanese title you're usually good on day one, but if it's a Western release you're fucked.

Reminded me of this recent blunder on Gundam Metaverse. They used the plastic model master files for the Gunpla in the game.

Bamco spent 130 million USD for this metaverse project

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

Outside of a few exceptions like AAA Nintendo release, I’d have to say Yep! This is very true

 

[64bitmodels]

I mean shit, this was always true. Remember the Xbox 360? if you got that before the 2010-2011 slim edition you basically got a temporary gaming product as itd eventually fall to the RROD. Same for PS3 and YLOD to a lesser extent.

the original Iphone didn't even have a store, iirc. and it costed 500 dollars!!

Windows XP at launch was nothing compared to the behemoth it'd become in later years.

Street Fighter 2 was nothing compared to champion edition, which was nothing compared to Street Fighter 2 Turbo, which was nothing compared to Super Street Fighter 2, which was nothing compared to SSF2 Turbo, so on so forth.

Early tech is always mid. wait a year or two for the ultimate version of the product! You miss out on the initial hype, but if the game is worthy of said hype it'll blow you away years after the fact

 

[IAmRei]

It seems like plenty of early adopters of games and tech are now taking it in the rear these days. It's a shame but it is beneficial to wait a couple of months or longer when new products come out. Let's look at a few things recently as an example

AAA titles are releasing with bugs and glitches. They often get fixed with patches but months down the road.

Nee iphone reporting battery issues

Mets quest 3 users reporting issues with the official battery strap. First party accessories like said strap are grossly overpriced.

My switch lite I purchased 2 years ago has horrible stick drift. Still hasn't been fixed but an example of a modern day screw job.

Also my Quest 2 controllers also has stick drift

Quality control just seems like a thing of the past.

2 years is long and also can led yo many situation. If the product is 1 - 3 months old i can relate, but 2 years is kinda long these days.

 

[SmokedMeat]

They're also not AAA.

Koei is absolutely AAA. Konami was always AAA as well. They’ve just gotten to be such shit, that you’re not longer viewing them as such.

 

[Dazraell]

I try to avoid playing newest games at launch exactly because of this. They're often having tons of bugs and bad optimisation. So with waiting I get a cheaper, more polished and often definitive version with quality of life improvements original release didn't had

 

[deriks]

It's not like a rule

Most games are with launch problems because their publishers just want the release date. It's a shitty thing, but some companies still do justice. I mean, Spiderman 2 was launched other day with a good development, and basically every Nintendo game ever doesn't problems either

Smartphones since ever, with every company, have battery problems. Not good, but can blame one on this too

Drifting is mostly showing problems this gen. Wasn't a problem back in the day, so maybe the production line is screwing up on something, not the gaming companies per se

 

[BlackTron]

No, it doesn't make any sense. I'm struggling to think of anything I bought day one over the last decade (or more) that wasn't Mario or Zelda.

 

[Hudo]

Nintendo's game releases are pretty solid at launch. I was astonished how robust Tears of the Kingdom was with all the potential bullshit that could happen with the physics stuff.

 

[KiteGr]

Wait until the drugs kick in.