Also, if I'm being honest I was expecting something a little more substantial to be written up about him. Could have at least embedded this video here that was posted in the other thread.
Agreed. That Gamespot article is a beautifully-written tribute, and makes this little blurb seem almost shameful by comparison.
In any case, I am glad Patrick has put a news item up about this. R.I.P. Mr. Baer. His invention of the home console set the stage for the huge proliferation of interactive games in our everyday life that we get to enjoy today.
Two days late and three sentences long. Yeah I agree, it does seem kinda flippant. Some indie dev making an iPhone game I'll never play gets 3000 words, Ralph Baer gets this.
Sadly, GOTY has us all beaten 'n tired. I wish I could have given the man a more substantial tribute.
I understand it's a news article, and since it's the written word and not all that exciting, you need to entice people into clicking on it (sadly, as you can tell, it worked), but does every article title need to be so snarky?
Can't news be delivered in a simple, matter-of-fact way? Negativity is irritating, regardless of how accurate it might be.
Can you explain how this is snarky? The article is mostly positive about the steps Ubisoft is taking.
I agree that the honesty is much appreciated, especially coming from someone who bought the PC release. That being said Patrick, I really think you should be holding Steam just as accountable as Microsoft or Sony for allowing a totally broken game to be sold on their service. Is there just no QA on the seller's side anymore? It's hard to believe that (as someone who meets all of the recommended system requirements according to Steam and has an Nvidia card) someone could have started up AC:U and played for more than an hour without noticing the huge frame-rate and crashing issues present.
I really hope that in the future console manufacturers and online marketplaces like Steam will have to accept some accountability for these sorts of problems, but somehow I doubt that will take place. I can't complain though, I did get a refund from Steam despite their policies about that.
P.S. You should edit your title duder, it says Ubisof!
Steam/Valve's role is pretty different from Microsoft and Sony. Steam doesn't have a certification process, but Microsoft and Sony do. Certification processes exist to ensure a certain level of quality, but it's a bit more wild west on the PC. The onus is entirely on the publisher on the PC.
Other than that, great Worth Reading as always Patrick.
The community stuff was supplied by ZombiePie, who hasn't been feeling well lately. I can't say for sure, but I wouldn't be surprised if he just didn't get around to sending Patrick that stuff because of those reasons. That said, I don't know for sure, so I could be wrong.
This is correct. He's recovering from some medical issues. It'll be back ASAP. :)
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