"SimChi;c-17104430" wrote:
"jooxis;c-17103651" wrote:
I make games for a living. Bug-free games don't exist. Especially newer, more complex games on the scale of the Sims. Just cause you haven't encountered any major bug in some game you play doesn't make it bug-free.
I didn't say they were releasing them without knowing there are bugs - of course they know. I said it's not like they intentionally want to release them full of bugs.
Good to know where your defense mechanism is coming from, and the insistence regarding bugs. I suspected, because of the insistence ... and now we know. It is a demanding job, of course, a lot of jobs are. Sometimes, though, as hard as it is, people need to recognize their abilities and limits, and step back so that others- who have been producing better products - can do the level of tech that is needed. That is not a slam. It is just about recognizing one's limits... In this case, it would be the lack of ability of some members of the team being unable to meet normal game standards. That may also be a management failure; hyping a product before they can even ensure that they have a team who can accomplish the task- and have the time to do so (which makes it appear that it is dev & engineer incompetence, rather than a failure of management).
Can I ask what your own technical experience is in game development?
