CD Projekt Red Apologizes For Hiding Base Console Performance- Offers Refunds

[DonFerrari]

mZuzek said:

ClassicGamingWizzz said:

Yea, fucking haters man, its just one of the buggiest triple A games that released in the last 20 years , the only one that got removed from the main console brand store , its just some bugs !!! There is a shit ton of refunds because its just some bugs, the company released like 5 statements agreeing the game is a mess and assuming the blame cause they like to make themselfs look like fools!!! They hide console footage and tried their best to prevent reviews to show the game cause it was in a perfect state !!!

The game isn't in a perfect state, certainly not on consoles. It needs fixing, and it'll get fixing. It's common for open-world games, maybe not this common, but I've seen it before with games that were very warmly received (Skyrim or basically anything else Bethesda pulled out).

It getting removed by the PSN store, and all the statements made by CDPR, it's all in response to the massive outrage. The outrage happened because, well, it's 2020. How many stupid outrages have we seen at this point? It's just everyday on the internet nowadays. And unfortunately, what we have been seeing for a long time too, is that these outrages usually do have an effect. Companies are just too afraid of the bad PR that's so easy to spread nowadays.

I particularly hate how it's removal from the store is seen as a win by so many people. What, so taking away an option from the consumer is a good thing? There's gonna be loads of people who were gonna buy the game for christmas and now they can't. Maybe you can see that as a good thing in terms of punishing the game's developer, as it's a very financial punishment (they only care about finances anyway). But it's just not good for the consumer. Many people don't care about the bugs or performance issues on PS4 and just wanted to play it, now they can't.

I personally have a lot less empathy for the "average consumer" who buys a shitty product because they didn't know any better. Like, zero empathy. If you're putting your money on something, you better know about what you're buying.

TLOU2 got a lot of hate campaign and user review bombing, didn't need refunds, or apologies and even won most GOTY awards. You are just not looking at it objectively.