They do have control over the release. They can tell the client it is not ready and an early release will cause rage amongst your customers.
My point is Asobo must have thought the product was fine to put their reputation on the line and not say it should be delayed. I donât think they did enought testing.
For instance, if I only have 10 minutes or 20 minutes to fly I lke the airliner landing challenges. The Airbus ones are broken still 6 months later. You start unstabilized, in IMC, in a stall with engines flamed out, 6 nm from final. You are almost going into a flat stall. I bet 90% of people crash the plane.
Just yesterday I flew the Calgary airbus landing challenge and it is still busted like this 6 months later.
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I donât think it was fraud. They promised an unrealistic release date and thought the product would fly (pun intended).
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Asobo is paid to develop. MS owns the code. When MS says jump Asobo says how high. Plain and simple. Asobo may make suggestions to MS but thatâs all they are. Asobo does what their customer (MS) wants.
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I hope Asobo makes millions on patches and updates.
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Itâs possible Asobo did tell Microsoft that, but in the end, Microsoft is the boss, they control the release date not Asobo.
Asobo can say itâs not ready, but Microsoft can just release it anyways since they set the release date.
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I think, in general, the video game industry are showing a trend where they use early adopters as testers, using feedback to tailor features to the taste of the market, but perhaps also cynically to gather data to optimise their product.
More massive disappointment than rage.
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Typically, IMO, whenever people are duped they really refuse to see it because the just canât believe that another human would be so deceitful. In my country the law says no matter what you sign ,be it waivers, contracts or other agreements you cannot sign away certain rights. So even though you sign a sold as is contract, that thing better work as described. They could have several releases. one where it is not ready for prime time and people are invited free of chartge to participate in a beta program. When the piece is complete, that it works as described, then the early testers get it at a discount and those of us that do not want to be involved in beta have to pay the full price. ButâŠit better work AS DESCRIBED.
I agree, we do not have any proof of anything. I had a Chevy once that rusted out early and had too many mechanical problems from Day one of itâs existence. I have never bought another GM product in over 40 years. I hate giving incompetent people money that I earned by being honest.
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this is true, in some people
Everyone has different expectations in life. Some may always feel they get the short end of the stick while others are happily living their Pollyanna life without a care in the world. Most of us are somewhere in between. I paid my money and am quite happy with the way the sim is progressing. It doesnât really matter to me now what happened a few months ago at release.
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