People Who Paid Extra To Play The New Test Drive Early Can't Due To Server Issues
People Who Paid Extra To Play The New Test Drive Early Can't Due To Server Issues
Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown has three different release dates depending on how much you spend
Remember to never preorder.
85Say that to gestures broadly.
14Agree. Always say this, no one listen.
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Not even once.
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Beta testers should get a discount, or even get paid, in exchange for writing good bug reports. These people are fools for paying extra for earlier access to a bug fest.
I would never pre-order a game. That just makes it harder to refund it if it sucks.
50The original Minecraft had the right idea in my eyes. Cheap in alpha, because there is less stuff. A bit more when it reached beta state and another increase when it reached full release state.
Because you played an inferior version with less content and supported the development, you got a discount. No idea why people would pay extra to be the beta tester though.
17But then someone will see a spreadsheet and calculate the "missed" revenue, and whoever made that decision either gets replaced or given strict orders next time
Even if they manage to dig their heels in, it will come up again and again. It looks like a money shaped hole, and so organizationally they'll keep coming back to it
It is a great way to make games, many indie games do this. A team can do this, but a corporation can't - subtlety doesn't fit on a spreadsheet
2I was going to pipe in that I paid for Minecraft in infdev, so pre-alpha. But now that you mention it, it was dirt cheap, and they had already had several free access weekends in indev, so I had a pretty good idea of what I was getting myself into
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If there were a bunch of people knocking at your door, willing to pay you to work for you, wouldn't you take the money?
Of course you will. Companies will also.
The real faulty actors here are the innocent people that don't understand the gimmick.
I've been there, I can't really blame them... I am no better...
20Imagine you run a restaurant, and a handful of people offer to pay to wash your dishes for you. Great deal right? But then you notice they start posting reviews of your food on Yelp, but only from the kitchen:
"Steak from the fridge was unseasoned and undercooked - 0/5"
"Chow mein was dry and stuck to the plate like it was sitting on someone else's table for an hour - 1/5"
"By the time the soda got here, it was flat and fries the waitress dropped off were cold and soggy"
At what point do you decide maybe this isn't actually in your best interest in the long run? How much do these rubes need to pay you in order to put up with their complications?
4I don't care; people are flocking in to buy my junk anyway.
I even have my fan club of my franchise defending my restaurant for free on the Reddit and all...
At the end, the reviews are balancing pretty well, but my financial balance is very green thou.
And do you know what's funny? My competitors are also doing the same! People believe that's "how it works" and just accept it.
I am telling you, you should do the same! My shareholders are really pleased with the results...
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Fingers crossed that they get an in game rearview mirror charm
13Companies: Pay us extra to play early.
Also companies: Sorry that bugs and server issues are preventing you to play early. Here, some useless worthless junk as apology. But, at least we got more money from you than we deserve, sucker.
13Paying for early access == paying to be a stress tester.
12Good. Hope it hurts.
8Give me the server files so I can run my own private server and I will call us even.
6Are you from the EU and did you sign the #StopKillingGames petition?
7I am not from the EU, so I wouldn't participate in the EUs regulatory stuff. But I do follow that movement closely and keep track of updates to it.
4Pretty much when it was only France who passed the threshold, or almost did, can't remember exactly but it was some weeks ago.
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That thumbnail looked a lot cooler before I opened the article.
6Last pre-order I made was Fallout 4, because it was a birthday present for my ex and her birthday was before the game came out. It's just not worth it otherwise.
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