by Eduard on June 9, 2009
Valve in response to its fans turning hostile has this to say. They had decided on so much to change in the game, so many ‘upgrades,’ that it added up to a game on its own. The content they felt was just to much to be an update/upgrade, but definitely stood on its own.
They re-affirmed that as a publisher they were committed to put as much into the box as they could, and they would stick to that philosophy. They also assured fans that the promised content for the first game would definitely be coming out, and players of left for dead would not be disregarded, but treated in an appropriate manner.
It’s hard to say which party here stands in the right, and we’re left with a tough one to call. Personally I feel games should be free, along the lines of this one site I found, it lets you download free games because they’re full of images of products. Why don’t Valve or someone do that? Ask someone else to pay us for playing Valve games. Everyone is happy…
Personally I don’t know what the big deal is anyway? Anything you buy today is obsolete by the time you pay the credit card bills, hell the way we’re going, credit cards will be obsolete by the time we pay their bills! Let’s hope we can stay one step ahead of the curb… or whatever is out to get us!
by Eduard on June 9, 2009
There seems to be a brawl brewing over the Left for Dead 2 release planned for later this soon… too soon apparently. Fans of the original are claiming the sequel is more of an update, and the individual gaming components being sold are not enough to justify an entirely new title. What’s more, they’ve ‘organized.’ Yup gamers are going political, and they’ve getting together.
Over 19 thousand gamers have declared a boycott of the game, leaving developers valve with a lot of steam to get rid of. The gamers claim the content being released now should only considered additional content for the game, and that it doesn’t warrant the price tag, both qualitatively and quantitatively of a new title on its own.
They claim that Valve hasn’t yet delivered on its promise to provide free or ‘otherwise’ updates for its game, and that by releasing the sequel, Valve will in fact bifurcate the multiplayer community between the two games, and so reduce gaming quality. Also as the game releases to soon after its predecessor, it will render the first game obsolete too soon after its release.
The gamer demand for compensation, including releasing the sequel as additional content, or discounted prices for owners of the first game.
