If your country has consumer protection laws in the slightest, it would generally give people a method to bring companies with shoddy products to court. Video games included. For instance if you did buy a game, odds are you were expecting it to run.
If it wasn't running for a couple people, well, it could be blamed on your computer. But if the majority of consumers were having the same issues it'd show that the company wasn't delivering a working product. That can generally be taken to court if refunds weren't honored.
But this assumes your country has consumer protection laws. If it doesn't, that's where the people have to apply pressure - to get some.
Even if developers have no say in the deadline, the publisher certainly would (As they would be the one dictating their arbitrary deadline on the developer). This is why I blame them both equally. Otherwise they'll just point the finger at each other to endlessly shift the blame back and forth until the next game is released and we can do it all over again.
I should really try to start posting game review/rants on my website. >_>
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Date: 2014-11-15 11:12 am (UTC)From:If it wasn't running for a couple people, well, it could be blamed on your computer. But if the majority of consumers were having the same issues it'd show that the company wasn't delivering a working product.
That can generally be taken to court if refunds weren't honored.
But this assumes your country has consumer protection laws. If it doesn't, that's where the people have to apply pressure - to get some.
Even if developers have no say in the deadline, the publisher certainly would (As they would be the one dictating their arbitrary deadline on the developer). This is why I blame them both equally. Otherwise they'll just point the finger at each other to endlessly shift the blame back and forth until the next game is released and we can do it all over again.
I should really try to start posting game review/rants on my website. >_>