@grimygunz:
PC games have patches, sure, and that's good... But console gaming used to be about having a simple trouble-free experience for users. Developers could test the target consoles knowing that every user had the same hardware.
With consoles now getting online functionality, multiple models, firmware updates, etc etc, the simplicity is disappearing, both for users and for game developers/testers. Kids shouldn't need to know what a patch is, neither should people who aren't computer literate. Games shouldn't need to get patched, many people don't even have online functionality.
Heck, I am very computer literate and even I don't want to mess around with patches and updates on a console, so I really don't see why some companies don't pay more attention to these issues before they launch their stuff.
I hear that the PS3 allows Blu-Ray discs to contain the firmware version that the contained game requires. I suppose this is to avoid the need for an online update while still allowing developers to use functionality and bug fixes contained in later firmware versions. Why didn't Ubisoft test the game properly with a specific firmware version, and then include that version in the game disc? To me it just smacks of incompetence (together with the PES 2008 debacle and the Wii version of Guitar Hero 3 having monaural audio; that's for Konami and Activision respectively). This gen's games are more expensive, and they can't afford the expense of getting such basic things right?
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