Gaming analyst Michael Pachter has branded the Gamers’ Voice organisation a ‘crybaby’ following news it’s to report Activision to the Office of Fair Trading over the buggy PC and PS3 versions of Black Ops.

Last week, Gamers’ Voice told IncGamers it’s to report the publisher to the government agency after it was ‘inundated with complaints’ from gamers.

We asked Michael Pachter for his views on how Activision will react to the news and he replied: “They sound like a crybaby to me.

”All games are buggy, some more so than others. Have you tried Fallout: New Vegas? Buggiest game ever.

“I suppose this helps to explain why the game sold only 20 million copies instead of 25 million, and why it received only a 90 metacritic rating instead of 95 (sarcasm intended, in case you didn't pick up on it).

“If people don't like it, they can take it back to retail for a refund. Most bugs are patched within a reasonable time, and any serious gamer expects bugs.”

Pachter went on to say it’s the role of the gaming press to report bugs, stating: “It's the role of game reviewers to lower scores if they see bugs, and the role of the gaming press to report on buggy games. Consumers have many ways of discovering how good a game is before they buy, and publishers usually act quickly to patch bugs. I own the 360 version, and it wasn't particularly buggy, but I suppose I am more tolerant than most MPs (those ARE my initials).”

The outspoken analyst then went on to claim the move by Gamers’ Voice is a way for MP Tom Watson, who founded the organisation but has no involvement in it now, to grab attention.

Pachter said: “In my view, this is a blatant stunt by a politician to grab attention. He should probably pay more attention to keeping gaming jobs in the UK than to pissing off a large company that can create or eliminate UK jobs.”

Source: http://pc.incgamers.com/News/26716/pachter-brands-gamers-voice-a-crybaby-over-black-ops-threat

Misleading title. Even the link says pachter-brands-gamers-voice-a-crybaby-

I actually got it from here:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=419785

Maybe I should've used the title from the source of the article instead.

There is no excuses for Black Ops and Treyarch. It's the biggest selling launch game of all time and in the top 3 highest selling PS3 games. Though, with the recent patch it's running abit better. This Pachter guy is a fucking moron.

no excuse for releasing an buggy game 

I don't blame Treyarch, I blame activision. They are the one's that don't give enough time for the developers to develop their games.

He's right! They should be glad to pay a subscription fee to play buggy games! Activision is leaving money on the table! So is Nintendo! Where's the Wii 2 already, and where are my meds?!

Activision is not the only one who released buggy games.  MS did.  So did Sony.  One of my current favourite - DC Universe Online is buggy but it is still fun and I am sure Sony will fix it eventually.

Someone's been crying about a Wii 2/Wii HD for several years now.

Karma isa bitch.

BO had a two year development cycle, Treyarch is just pretty incompetent when it comes to developing on the PS3. You know this when the game looks better on a weaker console. Don't get me wrong, I do like Black Ops and I like World At War too but to have all these issues is ridiculous. Thankfully, it looks like the 1.06 patch has done some good.