why does splinter cell 3 already have a patch before being released?

[her34]

there's a 80 meg patch for this game and it's not even out. how does that happen?

 

[gorcorps]

er... friend? It is out. But many games have patches before the release date to offer a more stable release that they couldn't get to before shipping. Multiplayer heavy games have lots of patches out at release to make it more stable.

 

[Mitzi]

You have to remember that the actual game code they release is already a couple weeks old by the time they press the cds. I think people must continue testing it between the time they release the gold code to manufacture and the actual release date to the public.

 

[Frodolives]

Release dates tend to be a contrivance of the publisher and it's marketing people, whilst meanwhile the developer keeps begging for more time. There's almost always that "one more thing" that the developer/support staff are wishing to tweak, or another map to add, etc.

Consider yourself lucky when content or patches are added to a game you are interested in. VUG pulled the plug on support for Tribes:Vengeance almost immediately upon release, then waited for months to admit it, having promised all the while a patch that was never to come.

 

[CalvinHobbes]

Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory is out? When did that happen.

 

[blurredvision]

Originally posted by: CalvinHobbes
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory is out? When did that happen.

Just recently.

Anyhow, I'd much rather hear someone bitching about a patch being out for a game upon it's release than people bitching about where is the patch to fix all the damn problems.

 

[NeoV]

they also do this to fight the pirated copies of the game that appear before the game even reaches the shelves...

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: Frodolives
Release dates tend to be a contrivance of the publisher and it's marketing people, whilst meanwhile the developer keeps begging for more time. There's almost always that "one more thing" that the developer/support staff are wishing to tweak, or another map to add, etc.

Consider yourself lucky when content or patches are added to a game you are interested in. VUG pulled the plug on support for Tribes:Vengeance almost immediately upon release, then waited for months to admit it, having promised all the while a patch that was never to come.

KotOR II is STILL not patched

i'd say 90% of games are "rushed"
(DNF does NOT count):shocked:
:roll: