ITS NOT WORTH IT!
Deviancy:
If a programming team knows their sh*t, this kind of thing does not happen. I mean we're not talking tiny bugs here, we're talking hard crashes, horrible audio clipping, and a huge memory leak. This is amatuerish at best. I've tested for up and coming developers and those developers have put out beta software that's more stable than this.
This is a result of rushing a product in order to pull in profit as quickly as possible. If they cared more about quality rather than profit, these expansions wouldn't be as buggy. This is the same bullsh*t that caused pets in the US to be poisoned and toys to be coated in led. Every one is thinking about money rather than quality so we get crap from China that's put together as cheaply as possible to make more profit and we get games that are half assed in order to pull in revenue during the right quarter and we get bands releasing total filler because the bigger labels care about producing hit singles than hit albums.
It's a shame to...
So I say.. rant.. rage... let em know how you feel. Don't be passive and just say "I expect this".. you shouldn't expect inferior products.. ever. You pay your hard earned money on these things.. expect them to put hard time into creating something that works.. and if they drop the ball.. hit em hard.
Just my two bits.. :)
ancienthighway:
I agree 100% with what you're saying about profits versus quality. Whether a software development team "knows there sh*t" or not, it's the push for time to market to make that dollar that governs quality.
In the 14 years I spent in software development, I'd only met one programmer who was more interested in speed of development no matter than how buggy his code was, rather than doing it right. He didn't last long. Every other programmer, tester, and designer would fight tooth and nails to get an extra day or two to eliminate another bug or two.
Dizi:
I have to say some people are being very harsh. I don't think I post very often but there's a thread for people who have no problems, and guess what? I posted there. Which means I had no problems with my game. The fact that there is a thread for having no problems is an indication that for many there are no problems to be had. Just do what you're always warned to do and take out all mods and hacks. AND QUIT WHINING ABOUT IT!!!
~dizi
Deviancy:
The thread where people are posting without any problems pales in comparison to the threads not only here but on gamespot, ign, the official sims site, gamershell, and countless others.
There are countless different configurations a pc can have as far as hardware and software goes. Now a developer can't test on every possible configuration, so you'll get a few with problems. I mean Honda Civics are great cars, great reliability but every so often a bum one will make it out onto the lot. It's human to error every now and again.
However, Bon Voyage is more like a Chrysler than a Honda.
When people pay money for a product that doesn't work, they have every right to "whine", "pitch a bitch", "vent", what have you. It isn't like Maxis is giving this stuff out for free.
Consumers should come first, unless they buy stuff at the dollar store. Then you kind of deserve what you get heh.
If a company can't realize that.. they don't deserve to be in business.. Now I'm not saying Maxis is corrupt, there are far worse out there. I'm just saying that by going by the threads on these sims boards over the years, their expansion packs aren't fully tested prior to the street date. And sure, some issues are more of a problem between the keyboard and desk.. But only in regards to those who haven't taken out insim or inteen.
A consumers rights are important, they're the ones who keep things going. The record industry is learning this the hard way.. the pc game industry is starting to take a hit to. This is why most people stick with consoles rather than the pc in regards to games. People want the shit to work out of the box, and it should.
scerebe:
I'm sorry I made a comment in reguard to how I felt about waiting to get BV. I didn't know it was a crime. And as far as the release of EP's and there problems, BV seems to be the worst. I have bought everey game the first day it came out reguardless of problems. This time I have decided to wait- I like having the hacks and perfer to play with them in there. So, shoot me!
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