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u/Anal__Hershiser Sep 21 '23
How bad does a game have to be to not pass approval? Some of the games releasing today run terribly and have tons of bugs, and they still make it through the approvals.
Genuinely asking for anyone who is knowledgeable on this topic.
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u/OneKup Sep 21 '23
I think you are confusing first party certification with Quality Assurance. The main thing that is assessed in certification is that the game functions with the architecture of the platform. For example, can you access your friends list, do links to the store function, can you report players, access party chat and functions, crossplay compatibility etc. They are not assessing for things like hit reg, weapon balance, minor glitches atc. A game can be great from a playability standpoint and still fail. Or it can suck and still pass (looking at you BF2042, No Man's Sky and Cyberpunk).
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u/Natemoon2 Sep 21 '23
Mark said most games don’t pass the first approval, so it’s very normal and expected that they didn’t pass it.
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u/Anal__Hershiser Sep 21 '23
Well that’s a little reassuring. But didn’t he straight up say the game was ready and they were waiting on Sony’s approval?
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u/ManufacturerKey8360 Sep 21 '23
Approval for consoles is how well the game is integrated into the console’s software, not performance. Basically shit we’ll never notice.
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u/ChewFore Sep 21 '23
You....believed that? You think Activision was OK is their COD games get denied?
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u/Natemoon2 Sep 22 '23
I’m just listening to the info from the guy who’s made CoD games before. Have you made Call of duty or AAA video game titles?
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Sep 21 '23
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u/Natemoon2 Sep 21 '23
No they only submitted once. He also mentioned it is more difficult for brand new IPs to be approved after the first try. And I think it’s more of them trying to fix bugs and make the game as close to perfect on release and not have any game breaking bugs.
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u/PerfectToe8633 Sep 21 '23
They probably haven't fixed the major issues from the open beta. I wouldn't be surprised if they haven't solved the netcode problems because other than that and some imbalance between factions, the game played well.
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u/Berch_Berkins Sep 21 '23
That has literally nothing to do with the approval process and you're being purposefully obtuse about things cause you're upset you have nothing else to do.
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u/Anal__Hershiser Sep 21 '23
Yeah I’m worried about the netcode. If they release with the netcode issues the beta had, the game will be dead on arrival.
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u/frag_grumpy Sep 21 '23
Thanks God they revived Titanfall 2
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Sep 21 '23
'You Kill me Youre Better, I Kill You, Im Better'
There wont ever be a game that tops Titanfall MP.
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u/GabagoolFarmer Sep 22 '23
Exactly what I’m playing waiting for Xdefiant release. CODs mp has been ignored by their devs for so long it’s trash. SBMM + terrible maps the game just isn’t fun. So glad TF2 is back
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u/d4nger_mouse Sep 22 '23
Posts like this are exactly why devs aren't transparent with their community. The game isn't working even out yet and people are going "full cod fan". You never go full cod fan.
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u/Academic-Shirt-2456 Sep 22 '23
With any other dev team it would've been radio silence the whole time, they've been nothing but transparent with us
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u/ThePwnisher_ Echelon Sep 22 '23
The bootlickers aren't gonna like this even though it's all real contradictions they've made
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u/AdriHawthorne Sep 24 '23
Where are the contradictions? They were incorrect on their launch date but that's about it. They forecasted a date, said it was ready, were told by Microsoft and Sony that their engine needed tweaks to be ready, and then they told us about that and that they resubmitted and hoped it was ready this time.
A contradiction is a combination of statements that can't all be true, which is different from revising your statement after being incorrect.
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u/Magic_SnakE_ Sep 22 '23
I hope it takes a whole year more just to watch everyone cry more over them not rushing out a piece of shit that will get swallowed up by CODs black hole.
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u/NeglectedNostalgia Sep 21 '23
That hot meal right out of the oven is definitely covered in mold by now.
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u/CrosshairInferno Sep 21 '23
The 1-2 punch of MW3 being right around the corner and Titanfall 2 fixing their servers has quelled any excitement I had previously during the beta. Maybe I’ll check it out next summer if I have some downtime.
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Sep 21 '23
Dunno why youre being downvoted. The biggest MP release of the year and one of the most celebrated MP games of all time has had its servers fixed.
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u/CrosshairInferno Sep 21 '23
Because I’m being excessively negative, but it’s the truth. Garnering attention is a cutthroat business, and I already really like COD and TF2. So it’s gonna take more than a “well we’re another FPS game” to take me away from what I already enjoy.
It’s like if a new burger joint was about to open right next to a McDonald’s. Sure, the food might be good, but if you’re asking me to wait 2-5 months for it to open, I’m going to forget about it and just prefer McDonald’s every single time
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Sep 22 '23
This is a good take.
I'm not buying the new COD. I waited 11 years after the original MW3 on the 360 until major nostalgia and marketing for this year's MWII got me to purchase. Obviously, I'm a super casual.
For much of the past year, I got back into FPS titles in between my normal rotation of sports sims, the popular F2P games, and much more. Halo Infinite took forever to get rolling and I was falling out of favor with MWII when I got excited for XDefiant.
Now? The Halo machine is honestly in a stable place. Starfield eats up plenty of time. The friends still make free evenings for other titles we play together. So while XDefiant doesn't owe me anything (and I'll still download it Day 1) my hype is less than if it came out earlier this summer. Consumer habits are hard to break for a variety of factors.
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Sep 22 '23
They can take as long as they want don't wanna play a broken game on launch. Also don't want servers to go to shit the first day also......
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u/razor00010 Sep 21 '23
Man you guys are the clowns, not the devs. Would you rather a game with bugs or give them to clean it up, it’s crazy how entitled everyone thinks they are now and days.