[ironkross]

I've always thought of myself as a faithful fan of subsims. I bought Silent Hunter II, III and IV. I don't play a lot of other games; only one other currently. So I think I am somewhat dedicated to this form of entertainment. I understand the practice of rushing games such as Silent Hunter IV to the market, as there is pressure on the developer from the gaming community for the product as well as pressure from the publishers to get the product to store shelves on time. I accept that as "business as usual." There was even a much needed patch out before I had the game in my computer. That demonstrates how rushed the game was but I'm "OK" with that also, it happens.
What I will not accept is the developers and publishers giving up on their commitment to providing their customers with product satisfaction. You have sold us a product for entertainment. That is the business Ubisoft is in. If the product is basically bad and unentertaining, much like a bad movie, there is nothing more to do but learn and change. Silent Hunter IV is not like a bad movie. It's a great movie, but it's ending was left out. So if you could, wouldn't you go back and replace or re-edit the ending of the movie to make it complete and make it a fantastic movie? That is not just your job or your obligation. It's more than honoring a commitment to your customers to provide us entertainment. "Finishing the movie" is an idealism, a striving for a goal of excellence; it's a promise you made to yourselves, at some point. You can do that with just a patch! And have a lot more satisfied customers.
However if you give up your ideals, not to mention your obligations, you should just get out of the business. At the least you won't have mine anymore.
Thanks for the future patch which I am faithfully sure will follow soon.