New 'High Life' Update coming NEXT WEEK!

To be fair, all game companies are pretty much aloof as to what they're doing behind closed doors.  None of them are going to post anything unless they know for sure what they can provide to save from saying they'll deliver something and not be able to.  Aside from that, I'm fairly sure swag purchases bring in the least amount of revenue for the company which is why you see them in giveaways and such.

Here's the underlying problem with all game companies nowadays:  Pushing out unfinished products.  The mentality in this day in age is to appease your publishing company and follow their standards.  Unfortunately, publishing usually goads developers into pushing out a product at a much faster pace to get a product out in the market so that everyone involved can start making money.  In the game industry, the whole thought process for publishing is that if the game functions to at least 95% capacity and can be readily marketed, then they are going to push it out the door and worry about fixing the back-end stuff later.  They have that benefit being that they can go back to a product and do things to it where other companies can't.  Today with how popular computer entertainment is, it is a highly competitive and fickle market and thus, if you don't have a product out there making money, you risk going bankrupt or closing.  Back when computer games (and this means console games too) were a one time product, you spent the extra time to perfect it before release.  Now, because your customers are less prone to patience, you push a product out that's near finish so that you can compete with other products less you forfeit your profits and are forgotten amongst the multitude of new IPs out there.

So yeah, I agree that the game does have glitches and bugs, but I wouldn't say it doesn't work properly, it just doesn't work as expected.  They do need to fix the issues, but in all honesty, I think they have a smaller team looking into the fixes while the creative bulk are working on other projects.  No matter what they do, the game is never going to be perfect so it would be better to try and enjoy the game as it is rather than focus on what it isn't.  This kind of product, especially with so many factors coming into play can never be 100% guaranteed because, at least for the online portion, you're fighting against so many different types of networks that you can never nail down all of the issues that arise from it.  And really, for the most part, that's where the majority of the issues lie.  The single player campaign seems relatively free of bugs, so the more stable portion of the product has been delivered at least.

Well, they have mentioned that they want to work on sequels to some of their games and possibly some new games as well. We're not going to hear about them until they have a product in line for certain.

As for your statements about greed, I don't see them being any more greedy than any other company. I mean, honestly, they could do worse like making the game Pay to Play or bolstering the amount of micro-transactions and make you pay for stupid novelty items like most other games. Hell, how many CoD map packs and skin packs are out there? At least they're not flooding the market with junk like that, right? I mean, for cereal... they could be a LOT more greedy if they wanted to be. Trust me on that.

Yeah well, if i worked on Rockstar i would fix what is broken and finish what they started before starting new projects.

And of course they could be more greedy, but that doesn't mean they are not greedy at all. And it doesn't matter what other companies do really. You can always find something that is worse that whatever you have now but that doesn't mean you have to settle for what you got. Imagine what the game industry would look like if everyone would just be satisfied and said ''well, it's not the worst i've ever come across''?

You got to set the expectations high and apply some pressure cause without that we would get more half finished games than we already have. It's gone far enough with those ridiculous public beta tests and shit. That's just another way for the companies to save money. Either do it all the way or don't do it at all is what i would say to Rockstar.

But as i believe i wrote earlier im really surprised that they aren't more careful with their fanbase. Cause gamers today ahve a lot less patient than 10 years ago. If heists are done with two fingers instead of a full hand i think GTA Online will slowly die until the story DLC just like GTA IV multiplayer did.

And Tompa, I agree you shouldn't settle for an unfinished product, but I still can't say they're being any more greedy than any other company. It's not right, for sure, but if you're wanting to make money, you're going to find a way to push a product out the door as fast as possible. If you feel unhappy about their practices, send them an e-mail, start a petition, or simply refuse their product. If enough people stopped buying half-made games, the industry as a whole would stop making them and actually deliver a finished game. And really, these things are really for entertainment purposes and in the grand scheme there are more important things to worry about.

Again though, the only way things can change is if you're willing to be proactive about it. I'm sure with as many people that are currently upset about the game state, you can find support to rally behind you. Use that support, do something. Heck, with the power of the masses you can do anything. They brought Firefly back that way. Couldn't hurt to try, right?

The difference here is that COD and those Pay to Play games don't have this type of bullshit going on as far as glitchses, hacks, and general lack of concern by the creators. When I used to play COD, I never had to worry about my Xbox freezing and I never had to worry about everybody just dropping out of a lobby. I would just get on, jump into a deathmatch and play. It was SIMPLE and EASY to get a deathmatch lobby filled.  Pay to Play games generally are updated at a faster rate. So even if there are glitches... we don't have to wait MONTHS before something is done about it.

Every time rockstar says they've fixed an issue in the game... its funny how i'm STILL not sure if it's actually fixed. Usually it's fixed for a few weeks and then breaks again. That is just bad programming and there is no way around it.

I have a love/hate relationship with Rockstar at this point. The game is fun, and still has potential. But i'm pissed off at how unorganized and clunky everything is. And i'm even more frustrated at how little is being done about it. Especially the time-outs and server issues. Not only is NOTHING being done about it. It's just not even being mentioned at all by rockstar. It's like they're burying their heads in the sand and pretending this game functions like a normal game or something.

They said that this game is supposed to be played for years... I don't see it happening. I give it about 6 more months until shit just completely falls apart..

Microsoft charges for updates, don't they?

I lost Franklin's Buffalo that I've had for a really long time due to the update