MLB 09: The Show Patch Released 4/27/09 - Impressions and Discussion Here

[Pared]

Quote: Originally Posted by pfunk880

When has a patch ever made things worse?

Bethesda recently did this with Fallout 3.

But I digress. Carry on.

[nomarhits400]

Quote: Originally Posted by Pared

No, but what was the hurry to update? It's a simple question. I'm actually surprised it took this long for someone to accuse me of working for Sony, facetiously or not. Quite the cliché, but the predictability of the responses on OS is always welcome. Perspective, gentleman.

I think I understand your point- but I am not too sure what this has to do with perspective? Are you saying we should have suspected that in addition to the patch not addressing certain in-game issues (which is common) we should have also anticipated a patch which broke otherwise operable game features?

There's two sides to that coin. I would only be that paranoid about a company that has proven to me that it's incapable of providing adequate services. SCEA to me is certainly not in that category, nor would I think they would ever wish to be. Further, for anyone who felt that way up front, I am skeptical that they would purchase the product to begin with.

My question to you is: Why not rush to update? This was a purportedly QA'd patch from a reputable company that does not have a history of shoddy quality- which this patch clearly was.

If you want to ask me if I will be more hesitant next time- I think you already know the answer to that question given recent developments.

[Pared]

Good post.

Quote: Originally Posted by nomarhits400

My question to you is: Why not rush to update?

I can't help it, personally. Anyone with a background in software is well aware of the negative consequences of patching.

It's why most developers HATE doing it. It's become common place in the industry, as the line between gaming console and PC continues to blur. However, as with any type of software, which is what a video game truly is (some fail to realize that), there is always the possibility of something going awry.

Sad that it happened, but nothing can really be done at this point. I'm sure a lesson was learned, by both the consumer and developer.

[pfunk880]

Quote: Originally Posted by nomarhits400

I think I understand your point- but I am not too sure what this has to do with perspective? Are you saying we should have suspected that in addition to the patch not addressing certain in-game issues (which is common) we should have also anticipated a patch which broke otherwise operable game features? There's two sides to that coin. I would only be that paranoid about a company that has proven to me that it's incapable of providing adequate services. SCEA to me is certainly not in that category, nor would I think they would ever wish to be. Further, for anyone who felt that way up front, I am skeptical that they would purchase the product to begin with. My question to you is: Why not rush to update? This was a purportedly QA'd patch from a reputable company that does not have a history of shoddy quality- which this patch clearly was. If you want to ask me if I will be more hesitant next time- I think you already know the answer to that question given recent developments.

Great post.

[rondoman]

Quote: Originally Posted by Pared

Just curious... why did everyone rush to install the patch? Did the daytime schedules really bother you that much? Or was it just a reflex?

This seriously may be the dumbest question I have heard in a while.

First of all:
1) You need the patch for online play
2) You need the patch to login to sportsconnect
3) People are prompted everytime they start the game, of course they are gonna say yeah, because what patch would cause more issues than it fixes?


Pared, I usually agree with the things you say but this was a straight up stupid comment.

[Pared]

lol Obviously some of you are upset.

[Jackdog]

What I would ask of SCEA at this point is to disable the bad patch so that those of us that deleted it or never downloaded it have to keep seeing the update message. We know somethings wrong with it,why still prompt the bad patch?

[jpup]

Quote: Originally Posted by Pared

lol Obviously some of you are upset.

Pared, why are you baiting people? You know why everyone downloaded the patch. When you turn on the game it tells you to. Now I have to cancel it every time I start the damn game. We all know you are smarter than to ask why everyone downloaded the patch. C'mon.