| akuseru said: they should not be allowed to release the game. for example, i know that its not legal to sell bad food, cars that freeze and lag around, books with several pages missing, dvds where half of the movie is erased. i can't believe that there are not rules about selling broken games in 2009. in any other market, companies would be sued left and right. |
I'm sorry, but that's completely wrong.. The term broken is an industry term, and it doesn't actually mean the game doesn't work, or that its unplayable. In most cases, it simply means that a game is inferior to its counterpart on another console in some way. Should MS not be allowed to sell the 360 because it doesn't have BR? Should Square be stopped from selling FFXIII on the 360 due to lossless audio?
Truth is, with Bayonetta and Ghostbusters, PS3 fans probably will get an inferior version of the game, however, saying that you would rather not let any PS3 owner have the option to play it at all, is bad for gamers. If there was no 360 version, you wouldn't know a difference, and it wouldn't be called "broken" at all.
Broken products SHOULD NOT be sold. However, defining an inferior but perfectly functional port as "broken" in the sense that it should be recalled, is totally misunderstanding an industry buzzword, and mistaking that buzzword's definition for its literal meaning.
I don't need your console war.
It feeds the rich while it buries the poor.
You're power hungry, spinnin' stories, and bein' graphics whores.
I don't need your console war.
NO NO, NO NO NO.
