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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk
They develop, the penny counters tell them when to release....whether completed or not.
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Stop with this. I used to thnk the same thing, but in reality it's nonsense and entirely false. Both the devs and the publishers signed on the bottom line, they both had contractual obligations to meet, everything was in writing beforehand.
The devs knew far in advance, probably before they even started, when they were expected to have the game finished. The publisher doesn't just pick any old day, call the devs and say "Today's the day! Dev time over! Drop what you're doing and ship it!"
Both sides are guilty to some degree, but if you want to pick a side point the finger at the devs. They're the ones developing the game under the timetable they agreed to beforehand and they're the ones who may or may not have provided a finished product worth your money (depending on your opinion on the state of the game right now).
Why isn't this thread locked already.