Actions that matters towards Positive Play
Since Positive Play was announced and we see some pointless actions doing by an Auto-mod I just wanted to name some real actions not just some false gestures. 1. Increasing the Quality of servers: y...
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@WreckingVi Ah, well, let me ruin your post, since you don't care that much 🙂.
1. Network quality isn't something that a game studio can fix. You will see improvements when the internet evolves as we all get access to things like Starlink and end to end fiber optics.
2. Data centers belong to the big cloud providers. There are way more important things than gaming that do require better infrastructure in a lot of places, but that doesn't mean it can be solved easily, no matter how many billions are thrown in the mix. Anyway, the moment they can get access to new datacenters, they will, because there's a lot to be gain on new markets.
3. A lot of game issues are caused by the network, the attacks, the hackers, the cheaters, but we also lose performance to the point of having issues because of all the systems added to protect the game against all these problems.
4. Audio yes, it's an issue, they are working on their engine though, which is almost rocket science. Considering all the constraints, limitations and new content putting constant pressure, it may take a lot more time to make it work as well as we expect it. As for other bugs, a ton of them are caused by issues mentioned in the points above.
5. For the matchmaking to work "properly", the game would require millions of concurrent players. But anyway, players would still complain because everyone wants K/D and win rate that are way above the perfect averages.
6. Streaming platforms and social networks are the ones who should deal with toxic streamers and content creators, not the game studios.
7. Recording someone without consent is illegal and I don't think there are many that would agree to being recorded by a game. And even if this would be legal and implemented, it would only open a can of worms, resulting in more frustration overall. A lot more undeserved penalties would happen, while devs would have a lot more work to weed out endless lists of reports.
1. Network quality isn't something that a game studio can fix. You will see improvements when the internet evolves as we all get access to things like Starlink and end to end fiber optics.
2. Data centers belong to the big cloud providers. There are way more important things than gaming that do require better infrastructure in a lot of places, but that doesn't mean it can be solved easily, no matter how many billions are thrown in the mix. Anyway, the moment they can get access to new datacenters, they will, because there's a lot to be gain on new markets.
3. A lot of game issues are caused by the network, the attacks, the hackers, the cheaters, but we also lose performance to the point of having issues because of all the systems added to protect the game against all these problems.
4. Audio yes, it's an issue, they are working on their engine though, which is almost rocket science. Considering all the constraints, limitations and new content putting constant pressure, it may take a lot more time to make it work as well as we expect it. As for other bugs, a ton of them are caused by issues mentioned in the points above.
5. For the matchmaking to work "properly", the game would require millions of concurrent players. But anyway, players would still complain because everyone wants K/D and win rate that are way above the perfect averages.
6. Streaming platforms and social networks are the ones who should deal with toxic streamers and content creators, not the game studios.
7. Recording someone without consent is illegal and I don't think there are many that would agree to being recorded by a game. And even if this would be legal and implemented, it would only open a can of worms, resulting in more frustration overall. A lot more undeserved penalties would happen, while devs would have a lot more work to weed out endless lists of reports.
@DoYaSeeMe#7 isn't illegal when it's included in the terms of the game. Choosing to use in-game chat doesn't imply not being recorded. In fact, people have no reasonable expectation of privacy when using public chat in any forum, including Zoom, etc.
"It would open a can of worms..." What does that even mean?
"Undeserved penalties..." Sorry, screaming at someone, cursing them out and calling them the N-word isn't an undeserved penalty.
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