RealGamingExpert said:
But luckily it doesn't work like that. If that was the case, it would encourage developers to release broken games and that obviously should never happen. |
Actually no, I don't think so. Even if every company went back and redid their DC review, Driveclubs most important timeframe for sales (the first couple weeks) has already been severely negatively impacted. That will never change, and no company would ever...ever, WANT to have what happened to Driveclub, happen to their IP (new or established).
Do you sincerely believe that Devs would be psyched to release a game that broken, watch their studio and work get dragged through the mud for months upon months, and then 19 months later, when everything's finally up and running as it should, reviews are updated? I'm not sure that's logical.
What happened to DC was unfortunate, but necessary. The SP worked out of the box, but the MP was FUBAR. I won't say half of the game was non-functional, but certainly one of the pivotal features (social interaction/challenges/mp etc..) was. So, it's scores were severely impacted as a result, that and word of mouth impacted sales greatly. Now that the game is functioning, reviews could be updated, AND they'd still make less, due to the game already being discounted.
