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After The Sims 1 + 2 rereleases stumbled out to mixed reviews, EA issues a patch that boldly declares they 'should now launch in most situations' (www.pcgamer.com)
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[-] DannyBoy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

This is hilarious, thanks for sharing.

[-] LiPoly@lemmynsfw.com 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Personally I just love that they didn’t even do a remake. They didn’t even do a remaster. They just did a rerelease. The absolute bare minimum. And they even screwed that up.

[-] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

A rerelease of games they previously gave away for free, no less.

[-] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago

We should also add, The Sims ran like ASS back in the day. Random crashes were constant, and they STILL ARE. Nothing has been fixed, and even if it launches, it's still got every single bug it used to have.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 26 points 2 days ago

If one of my engineers used the words "should" and "most," I would just glare at them until they turned right the fuck back around and finished their work.

[-] otp@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 day ago

I'm usually a big proponent of reasonable expectations, and certainty can be a funny thing...

But launching should be the bare minimum, and this sounds terrible as an official announcement...

[-] fushuan@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago

I would glare you back and explain for the 98th time that in my field software being okay doesn't mean that it will run. Data quality and config files that are not out purview can make correct software crash.

It's not data engineering in this case though so I mostly agree with you.

[-] ActuallyGoingCrazy@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 days ago

What greedy dumbasses, can't even check that their cash grab works first.

[-] kurcatovium@lemm.ee 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Why should ot work? Most people will buy it for nostalgia reasons and "to play it again once the time's right" and never actually manage to do so... /A bit of sarcasm with realization of how the world is

[-] apprehensively_human@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago

It's sad but it's true. Had the bundle been announced before launch, people would have been lining up to preorder.

[-] RegalPotoo@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

I'm totally going to use that line next time I talk to our QA manager

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