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I think the biggest issue in video games is the disconnect between how people perceive developers and what they do. Many people complain about QA teams and how

I think the biggest issue in video games is the disconnect between how people perceive developers and what they do. Many people complain about QA teams and how they "aren't doing their job". The real issue is that making video games requires so much testing that they can't keep up with meeting deadlines and goals. Considering that someone has to hand test nearly all situations that the only way you can really test a game is to release a beta quality game and let your users tell you whats wrong. Warframe is the best at trying to manage peoples expectations. The creative director went on periscope during a big release which made people understand what is happening. The head liveops (community manager) allows them to walk on water (https://twitter.com/rebbford https://twitter.com/rebbford) due to her ability to manage the community. Warframe is the sole example of a game that treats its uses like adults.

Kaivo 9y ago
I worked in QA on some AAA titles and I remember being told that the hours the team was putting in testing the game (nearly 300 people over several months of over time) would be matched by the players in the first 6 to 8 hours from the release. That and when the team is filling hundreds if not thousands of defects daily, how can the dev team keep up and "fix" everything?
- zitterbewegung 9y ago
  I agree with your statement. They can't fix everything.
- justherefortart 9y ago
  Why are developers reinventing the wheel for each release (seemingly)? The fix in my experience is to build a baseline between the low level framework and the UI, like a business layer in most web applications or the HAL in Windows. I'm not a game developer though, so just my stab in the dark :-)
  - zitterbewegung 9y ago
    They do this though its called a video driver and a video game engine.
PrimHelios 9y ago
Warframe has a lot of issues (still need 135k mutalist samples for the Hema), but even though it has a ton of bugs, I don't really care. The devs and managers treat the fanbase so much better than any other game, so I'm willing to look past all the bugs.

Kaivo 9y ago

I worked in QA on some AAA titles and I remember being told that the hours the team was putting in testing the game (nearly 300 people over several months of over time) would be matched by the players in the first 6 to 8 hours from the release. That and when the team is filling hundreds if not thousands of defects daily, how can the dev team keep up and "fix" everything?

zitterbewegung 9y ago
I agree with your statement. They can't fix everything.
justherefortart 9y ago
Why are developers reinventing the wheel for each release (seemingly)? The fix in my experience is to build a baseline between the low level framework and the UI, like a business layer in most web applications or the HAL in Windows. I'm not a game developer though, so just my stab in the dark :-)
- zitterbewegung 9y ago
  They do this though its called a video driver and a video game engine.

PrimHelios 9y ago

Warframe has a lot of issues (still need 135k mutalist samples for the Hema), but even though it has a ton of bugs, I don't really care. The devs and managers treat the fanbase so much better than any other game, so I'm willing to look past all the bugs.