For those who buy games as soon as it comes out

Does it bother you when people call you Guinea pigs or Beta testers or other such similar stuff ?

More and more games this generation are released in broken,buggy or unplayable state with the most recent examples being Evil Within with its sub 20fps which got a day 1 patch to bring it to 30fps and AC:Unity which was(and still is) broken mess at launch.

So in this scenario you would expect gamers to be more cautious and refuse to purchase such broken games yet more and more gamers are buying into the hype and records are being broken in sales which makes the companies very happy that people are buying their broken games.This makes them more confident and they release yet more broken games to the unassuming masses.They dont even fix the game now that they already got everyone's money and the cycle continues.

I want to know what you guys think of this.Sure its your money and you can buy whatever you want but its negatively affecting the gaming industry and gamers alike.

I've only done this 3 times in the last 3 years and I've only regretted it once... And nope... It doesn't bother me at all.... Probably because I don't do it often.

BTW the game I regretted buying wasn't even buggy at all. It was optimized quite well for all 3 Platforms..... It just sucked donkey balls, thats all.

What game was that ?

Bet ya I like this game as well haha

I regret buying Destiny and Watch Dogs at launch

@thehig1

I think you do.... Its Bioshock Infinite.

Yep... I regret Pre-ordering that more than I regret Pre-ordering Disney Infinity and all its Bugs.

BTW The 3rd Game I got Day One was President Evil 6.

I do like it actually, but I agree Bioshock 1 and 2 were better games

@sukraj:

Why do you regret ? I agree Watch Dogs was awfully optimised for PC but Destiny was a smooth launch wasn't it ?

@thehig1

Bioshock 2 is my favourite. :)

last game I got on day one was watch dogs, I liked it more than most didn't regret it.

This is certainly not true, the only thing that is affecting the industry negative is if people don't buy the games.

Bugs and glitches are caused by the complexity of games and the reduced time given to developers not to mention that particular for pc its almost impossible to test the game on all machine configs , so the only thing not buying the game will do is hurt the developer and the games future.

So i will contiune to buy games at launch, also games are not really that expensive and its all about what priorities you have in life.

Well put. But as they say the consumer is always right, and the people truly funding the industry have every right to buy/not buy. I buy Nintendo games almost always at launch now because these wiiu games have been of such high quality that I simply really want to see what they do with each release. The other side of me has a hard time even buying ps4 games, period, because of all the sly drm stuff going on.

I do agree with your points and they are often overlooked. But where does it start? The quality of the product should dictate the demand, not the financials behind the doors.

I rarely buy games on day1, unless it's something I REALLY want. The only games I know I getting on day1 next year are Arkham night, The Witcher, Dying light and maybe The Order 1886. All the games I bought this year where after a price drop.

Nope, being called those things doesn't bother me. I purchase quite a few games at launch and while I have run into ones with bugs and glitches I haven't really experienced any that were unplayable or at least broken to the point were it severly impacted my enjoyment of the game. Until that day comes then I'll still buy many of my games on day one and even then it'll be on a case by case basis depending on the developer.

I don´t regret it but it pisses me developers don´t do their fucking job right and publishers don´t give a shit developers aren´t doing their job right. People end up getting tired and give them the bird.

i'm more of a day 5 kind of guy. been burnt too many times with either buggy (pc) or just generally over-hyped games. reading user reactions over five or so days after launch usually gives me enough info to decide whether to buy, wait or avoid altogether

I don't pay full price for games. Two exceptions were: Wasteland 2 just recently and Bioshock Infinite in 2013. I regretted it both times.

@Fire_Wa11

For the same reason ?

Not to sound like a codependent, but why I regretted my full-price buy of Bioshock Infinite is partially my fault. I had thought I turned the difficulty backdown to medium. So, I get thru 2/3rds of the game thinking I was back down to medium difficulty and wasn't.

Bioshock Infinite on a hard difficulty -- and i like harder difficulties on most games -- totally sucks. The AI are just blatant bulletsponges. What is possibly even more annoying -- and on all difficulties -- is each AI auto-alerts to your presence at a uniform distance to every mob. This constant inorganic combat felt "gamey" and immersion-breaking.

There are two lessons here:

1.)If you adjust your difficulty in-game on Bioshock Infinite and die, your game goes back to the previous difficulty, and....

2.) Pre-orders, day-one purchases, and full-retail are not for Fire Wa11. If I want to spend a bunch of money I'll just go all Charlie Sheen on some prostitutes. I game instead because it's safer and cheaper.

I'm not sure why it would bother anyone. When considering most modern AAA blockbusters, it's merely the truth.

It's not consumers fault. Most don't even know this is an issue. It's the lack of laws protecting software purchasers that has caused this horrible situation IMO. Put some stricter laws on software that ships broken, like refunds 100% have to be given, and action could be taken against them if this wasn't a single incident with this outcome. When no laws are in place to protect consumers from broken software products how can you expect companies to care if it releases in an unfinished state?

@Fire_Wa11

Oh god yes... I had the exact same Experience and it was awfull..... Except I'm not against a game feeling gamey at all since Immersion is not a factor for me... Even from a purely game design perspective it was annoying...

@mohit9206: just look at the recent broken ass games, they are beta testers. Because the game is not done when it's released

But without those beta testers who would there be to find out about horrible bugs and pc optimisation? God bless them.

I wait months to buy a game usually. It still bugs me though if a games buggy and i have to download some huge patch to fix it. Wish they'd release finished well tested games.