Dtg, Please, Give Us A Break!

That’s the concept on 99% of games now it seems. Back in the day when we didn’t have online updates, it was either fix as many bugs as possible by launch or risk not getting good reviews because nobody was buying the second release after spending money on the first one.

With the ability to patch on the fly now, more and more games release with problems and fix them after the fact.

 

hey could that blurry texture bug that dtg seem to be fixing for so many months have impact financially ?

 

The real problem is that many problems do not get fixed, or what is worse, a patch is made that fixes the problem but it never gets into a game update.

 

Oh absolutely it could, with online streaming and reviews very common place, along with clickbait articles, the bad word about blurry textures still not fixed after how ever many months will deter gamers from buying the product.

 

maybe that why there been alot of release in one month. but if you look at further down the line list there alot of content and we have what 6 months left untill tsw7 mind you i guess they can make some of those dlc for tsw7.

 

Same here. Have made the decision to hold off on the other routes as MVL is coming out and also so is "The Bus" this week on console. Knowing that I have made the decision to get the other 2 routes I am interested in at a later date or in a sale. Just because DTG is releasing content does not mean it has to be bought.

Also as a side note, the more 3rd parties there is the more content there will be and it will come more frequently. Like TSC it is growing and therefore requires thought on what we each would like to get.

 

While it's true that you don't have to buy everything at once, there is the probability that you'll want 2 or 3 items on the list and, by releasing so many dlc within a short window, DTG is forcing some of us to make choices that we wouldn't need to make if they spaced things out over, say, a 3 month period.

This kind of rapid fire publishing blitz benefits DTG much more than players or even more than the 3Ps who get rather squeezed. I'm sure Firefly would like some more space around their much heralded release.

I myself have made a choice to buy one now and another later, against my real preference.

This bunching will no doubt be a net benefit to DTG, but perhaps not as great as it might have been had they spread things out more.

Plus I suspect that those suggesting we make choices we might not want to make are the usual high priests, defending DTG's rush hour release policy rather than empathizing with players and the 3Ps who are getting pressured and pinched.

And, once again, as with the premium prices, DTG's PR team have declined to come on the forum and explain this rapid fire release program.

 

At OP: how can you go bankrupt when all the DLC is bugged like you say? All the DLC you mention has been or is on my to-watch-out-for list. Until now all that has been released didn't make it to my To-buy list. Did you really like all the DLC that has been shown so far? Is it all worth your money? If they release and we don't buy at a point they will be forced to change their delivery of DLC as all those hours of work on new DLC will go unpaid.

 

I actually don't mind it all being released at once, it gives me the choice whether to purchase or not, rather than be at the whim of what they are releasing (or not). I'd rather have the option of a choice than have it removed from me. Eg we don't have to always buy it there and then, plus something being out in the wild can help people decide via other streams about whether it is a useful buy or not.

 

Or even worse, a patch fixes one issue and involuntarily screws up something completely unrelated like we've now have to deal with broken PIS.

 

It all adds up. Would we care much about the new PIS problem if we could have the confidence that it would be patched in a short time, lets say a week? Probably not.

When will the fix be included in a game update? Nobody knows, but it wouldn't surprise anyone if it takes months.

 

You're absolutely right, I wouldn't care much in that case. It'd annoy me at first, but I could live with it for a week or two, might play more freight routes where there's no PIS anyway or some other game on days where it really annoys me, but I'd be chill about it.

Right now, I appear to be chill, but that's more the resignation. Also I'm on PC and I've got a load of mods that make it playable and fix some core flaws. Scenery upgrades or sound packs are one thing, but it shouldn't be necessary to rely on modding for a game to run with its core features intact at least.

 

I think there’s the financial year aspect; but I do also wonder if there’s a rush to get out of the gate as after March, release slots dry up as they bunker down to go through the recertification process for the hundreds of DLCs and versions ahead of TSW7

 

Actually very like wine- no point in opening a Bordeaux or similar red until it's at a bare minimum three years old; give it a chance to mature at least a little bit. Similarly, DLC should be left in the bottle for 6-9 months or longer before it's ready to uncork.