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HurricaИe wrote:

jord wrote:

HurricaИe wrote:

A good publisher would make sure that its developers make quality games and fix issues as quickly as possible (read: not how long it took for DICE to fix fuckin BF2 1.3)

And Jord, surely a business that works like Valve (they're usually nice) or Harmonix (they've been really good with fixing people's Rock Band controllers) would make more money because they don't treat their customers like shit, right?

I'm not a business expert, but paying people to make patches and add updates has a 0% profit margin. Once you've paid for a game, they've got your money. As long as they keep a game semi-decent, people will pay for servers. Which is how EA work.

No profit margin, no. But if it keeps the people happy (and 1.3 was a far cry from even a quarter-decent), then those customers will want to do business with them again.

jord wrote:

HurricaИe wrote:

A good publisher would make sure that its developers make quality games and fix issues as quickly as possible (read: not how long it took for DICE to fix fuckin BF2 1.3)

And Jord, surely a business that works like Valve (they're usually nice) or Harmonix (they've been really good with fixing people's Rock Band controllers) would make more money because they don't treat their customers like shit, right?

I'm not a business expert, but paying people to make patches and add updates has a 0% profit margin. Once you've paid for a game, they've got your money. As long as they keep a game semi-decent, people will pay for servers. Which is how EA work.