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We would like to apologize please
- Thread starter Spyxos
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HeisenbergFX4
Member
Bet its not the last apology we see yet this year
Dr.Morris79
Member
It's missing one for Saints Row.
TheInfamousKira
Reseterror Resettler
They're idiots for selling it as is and we're idiots for buying it over and over. The circle of life.
Dick Jones
Gold Member
Venom Snake
Member
Sleepwalker
Member
At least the next one is easy, take the fallout 76 apologyBet its not the last apology we see yet this year
> CTRL + F "fallout 76"
> Delete
> CTRL+V "Starfield"
Dick Jones
Gold Member
Didn't Redfall fuck that copy and paste or was that a photoshop?
feynoob
Member
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Sleepwalker
Member
The redfall one is definitely a troll lmao
dreamcastluvr
Member
This is the perfect screenshot to show people who ask me why I don't do pre-orders/ wait till price drops.
Fbh
Member
Devs/Publishers:
Release game fully aware that it's broken and needs at least another 6 months of work but knowing they'll still sell a lot from pre orders and unaware early adopters.
Same devs/publishers when they get called out for the unfinished state of the game:
"Guys this totally wasn't our intention. If only there was a way we could have known the game was broken before release!".
Release game fully aware that it's broken and needs at least another 6 months of work but knowing they'll still sell a lot from pre orders and unaware early adopters.
Same devs/publishers when they get called out for the unfinished state of the game:
"Guys this totally wasn't our intention. If only there was a way we could have known the game was broken before release!".
Radical Dreamer
Member
Dude I wouldn't be surprised if some of the devs asked ChatGP to write some of these somewhere down the line lmao
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adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
Ahead of his time.
Captain Toad
Banned
Yeah, all those suckers playing Tears of the Kingdom must just be miserable. /s
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
How is 2023 so full of bangers and also full of disasters too lmao
Trogdor1123
Member
I came to post this too. Haha. Classic
Drizzlehell
Banned
At this point it turned into an equivalent of this meme:
killatopak
Gold Member
The best apology is an amazing product.
Portugeezer
Member
Sorry, but our investors told us to release in an unfinished/buggy state, because fuck the customer give us money.
Soltype
Member
I don't care who's making the game, just wait a week and find out. It's not the end of the world to wait 7 days.
German Hops
GAF's Nicest Lunch Thief
You have both a dark side and a light side to the Force. It's a balancing act.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Lord Panda
The Sea is Always Right
March Climber
Member
I was actually about to point out that they forgot about Nintendo and especially Pokemon, but then I remembered that they mostly do it in video format so you can't really screenshot it like a letter.
Ahead of his time.
This is the only one I remember them addressing on twitter:
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Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
FunkMiller
Gold Member
Honest to god, if the games industry had been full of this ‘release now, apologise later’ bullshit back when I was a kid, I’d have a different hobby these days. It’s fucking pathetic.
VN1X
Banned
Someone posted this in that thread, courtesy of GPT. Everyone should just post this as a reply in the future lol, straight fire:
You know what, Wibble Wobble Studios? Enough with the apologies and the PR. As gamers, we're tired of being treated like we're easy to placate. We're not just your 'valued players,' we're your customers, your lifeline. You need us more than we need you, and it's time you start acting like it.
I've heard your apologies before, and all the studios like you. It's the same song and dance every time. "We regret, we're sorry, unforeseen issues." Then you throw in some freebies to try to smooth things over. I've got a hard drive full of "exclusive content" from games that I can't even bring myself to play because they're so broken.
What we want is not just apologies or freebies, we want you to be accountable. We want you to invest time, effort, and resources to create better games. Games that are finished, polished, and worth the price tag when they're released. It's disheartening to spend our hard-earned money on games that are subpar at best, and unplayable at worst. This isn't just about "The Talking Bananas." It's about the gaming industry as a whole.
You talk about technical challenges and development obstacles like they're new or unexpected. They're not. They're a part of the process. And if you can't handle that, then maybe you shouldn't be in this industry. You should know that releasing a broken game is worse than delaying it. Yes, we may grumble about delays, but we grumble more about spending money on a game that's not worth it.
We don't need more channels of communication. We need more transparency and honesty. Instead of telling us about problems after the fact, how about keeping us in the loop from the start? How about showing us that you respect us enough to tell us the truth, even when it's hard?
Your letter speaks of a commitment to making amends and improving your procedures, but these words carry little weight when the industry is rife with similar mistakes. We need actions, not words. It's not about a free DLC pack or in-game bonuses. It's about respect, integrity, and dedication to creating quality games that we, your customers, deserve.
So here's a suggestion for you, Wibble Wobble Studios, and every other developer who thinks they can get away with the same mistakes: Stop focusing on saving face and start focusing on saving your games. Only then will you regain our trust. Until that happens, you can keep your apologies and your freebies. We don't want them. We want better games. Period.
You know what, Wibble Wobble Studios? Enough with the apologies and the PR. As gamers, we're tired of being treated like we're easy to placate. We're not just your 'valued players,' we're your customers, your lifeline. You need us more than we need you, and it's time you start acting like it.
I've heard your apologies before, and all the studios like you. It's the same song and dance every time. "We regret, we're sorry, unforeseen issues." Then you throw in some freebies to try to smooth things over. I've got a hard drive full of "exclusive content" from games that I can't even bring myself to play because they're so broken.
What we want is not just apologies or freebies, we want you to be accountable. We want you to invest time, effort, and resources to create better games. Games that are finished, polished, and worth the price tag when they're released. It's disheartening to spend our hard-earned money on games that are subpar at best, and unplayable at worst. This isn't just about "The Talking Bananas." It's about the gaming industry as a whole.
You talk about technical challenges and development obstacles like they're new or unexpected. They're not. They're a part of the process. And if you can't handle that, then maybe you shouldn't be in this industry. You should know that releasing a broken game is worse than delaying it. Yes, we may grumble about delays, but we grumble more about spending money on a game that's not worth it.
We don't need more channels of communication. We need more transparency and honesty. Instead of telling us about problems after the fact, how about keeping us in the loop from the start? How about showing us that you respect us enough to tell us the truth, even when it's hard?
Your letter speaks of a commitment to making amends and improving your procedures, but these words carry little weight when the industry is rife with similar mistakes. We need actions, not words. It's not about a free DLC pack or in-game bonuses. It's about respect, integrity, and dedication to creating quality games that we, your customers, deserve.
So here's a suggestion for you, Wibble Wobble Studios, and every other developer who thinks they can get away with the same mistakes: Stop focusing on saving face and start focusing on saving your games. Only then will you regain our trust. Until that happens, you can keep your apologies and your freebies. We don't want them. We want better games. Period.
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BlackTron
Member
It all sounds so righteous, but as long as the masses continue to blow money on anything they are told is AAA on day one, what difference does it make?
Fart Knight
Al Pachinko, Konami President
tommycronin
Member
Has Nintendo ever done something like this? Maybe the newest pokemon game.
radewagon
Member
We all know why this is infuriating. Look, man we all know how apologies work. We make them our whole lives. Pretty much goes like this:
Step 1: Do thing
Step 2: Thing has unexpected or unforeseen negative consequence
Step 3: Apologize
It doesn't count when the outcome is known and inevitable. You jerks. You stupid jerk-faced jerks.
Step 1: Do thing
Step 2: Thing has unexpected or unforeseen negative consequence
Step 3: Apologize
It doesn't count when the outcome is known and inevitable. You jerks. You stupid jerk-faced jerks.
winjer
Gold Member
Apologizing is the new way of deflecting criticism.
Soon enough we'll see studios saying gamer's are evil because they continue to criticize our bad games, even after we apologized.
It's never their fault. It's the gamer's that are entitled and mean.
To these companies there is only one answer:
Soon enough we'll see studios saying gamer's are evil because they continue to criticize our bad games, even after we apologized.
It's never their fault. It's the gamer's that are entitled and mean.
To these companies there is only one answer:
Lunarorbit
Member
I learned my lesson back to back. Fallout 4 wasn't horrible by any means but I really didn't like it.
Mass effect Andromeda on the other hand. I barely got an hour into it and was so disappointed I haven't played it since. Definitely the worst value I got out of a brand new game.
Lunarorbit
Member
Damn! That must be from when he was the governor or owner of the Rangers. Looks "young"Apologizing is the new way of deflecting criticism.
Soon enough we'll see studios saying gamer's are evil because they continue to criticize our bad games, even after we apologized.
It's never their fault. It's the gamer's that are entitled and mean.
To these companies there is only one answer:
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dDoc
Member
Agreed, but some players pay extra to play a few days earlier hah.