whens new patch due

[r0bc]

Originally Posted by Chivas

What happened....they ran out of money for development and were forced to release the sim as is or cancel it. If they told us it wasn't finished, only a few would buy it, and it would be canceled.

Unfortunately thats the biggest abuse PC gamers face

[SiThSpAwN]

This is pretty common across the board anymore, not just here, Publishers set a release date and developers are told to release then, if its not done then patch away, but the at least have the money from the initial release to keep the doors open...

I dont see that changing anytime soon... unfortunately.

[Chivas]

Originally Posted by SiThSpAwN

This is pretty common across the board anymore, not just here, Publishers set a release date and developers are told to release then, if its not done then patch away, but the at least have the money from the initial release to keep the doors open...

I dont see that changing anytime soon... unfortunately.

I agree....simulators are becoming very very complicated, take years to develop, and cost a fortune. Most customers realize that fact, and cut the developer some slack. Especially a developer like Maddox Games who has a history of the supporting their product, unlike Microsoft and many others.

[Fjordmonkey]

Originally Posted by SiThSpAwN

This is pretty common across the board anymore, not just here, Publishers set a release date and developers are told to release then, if its not done then patch away, but the at least have the money from the initial release to keep the doors open...

I dont see that changing anytime soon... unfortunately.

You can blame the 'net for it, actually, since now it's so easy to update things post-launch. Before the 'net became so widespread and used for just about everything, you rarely saw things getting launched before it was as ready as it possibly could.

These days, updating things is easy since damn near everyone has 'net access. Hence why you see many minor (and some major) bugs never getting squished and products launched despite having more bugs and issues than a roach-infested psych-ward.