Comments on: Gaming Trends That Need to Stop – Greed http://news.filefront.com/gaming-trends-that-need-to-stop-greed/ News for Gamers Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:36:36 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Ron http://news.filefront.com/gaming-trends-that-need-to-stop-greed/comment-page-1/#comment-2104 Ron Wed, 06 Jun 2007 12:20:24 +0000 http://news.filefront.com/gaming-trends-that-need-to-stop-greed/#comment-2104 These are some excellent points. However, I think of all the MMO's I've been involved in, Blizzard does the best job of making players feel as though they are getting their money's worth. When Burning Crusade launched, the launch was nearly flawless. Sure, there was some lag, but when the entire population of a server is either in the first Outland zone, or the new race starting areas, that's to be expected. Let's face it, there's a difference between launching half done (Vanguard) and launching done. In both cases, issues are going to pop up. Using WoW as an example, how do you test for what 8 million people are going to do with your new content? You don't. So, issues that you didn't catch in testing suddenly rear their heads after launch. What I look for is how these companies respond to and deal with their problems, and so far, Blizzard is the champ. These are some excellent points. However, I think of all the MMO’s I’ve been involved in, Blizzard does the best job of making players feel as though they are getting their money’s worth. When Burning Crusade launched, the launch was nearly flawless. Sure, there was some lag, but when the entire population of a server is either in the first Outland zone, or the new race starting areas, that’s to be expected.

Let’s face it, there’s a difference between launching half done (Vanguard) and launching done. In both cases, issues are going to pop up. Using WoW as an example, how do you test for what 8 million people are going to do with your new content? You don’t. So, issues that you didn’t catch in testing suddenly rear their heads after launch.

What I look for is how these companies respond to and deal with their problems, and so far, Blizzard is the champ.

]]> By: Martin http://news.filefront.com/gaming-trends-that-need-to-stop-greed/comment-page-1/#comment-2059 Martin Tue, 05 Jun 2007 23:42:50 +0000 http://news.filefront.com/gaming-trends-that-need-to-stop-greed/#comment-2059 Yeah, those are some good points.. We never know if companies like Blizzard (World of Warcraft) have actually finished and prepared all the expansionpacks even as I´m typing this, and are just selling them to earn more profit. Yeah, those are some good points.. We never know if companies like Blizzard (World of Warcraft) have actually finished and prepared all the expansionpacks even as I´m typing this, and are just selling them to earn more profit.

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