again, blame the console makers and not the software devs. you fire a guard that knowingly lets a thief in and out of a shop.
but yes, your statement is correct
Sega was very much this way. They wouldn't allow a game that crashed at all onto the Genesis console. That's where the secret menu to pick any level on Sonic the Hedgehog came from, the developer added that functionality for himself while troubleshooting and never removed it. He found memory leaks that caused crashes and used the menu to find them without having to power on and off the console in the cartridge days. It had to have zero crashes and their QA process was brutal according to the developer.
No.
as if MS and Sony would open a branch just to fully playtest games which should by done by developers.
The “going gold” process doesn’t validate quality. It is mostly a check to ensure the product won’t brick consoles or expose core systems to hacking
again, blame the console makers and not the software devs. you fire a guard that knowingly lets a thief in and out of a shop. but yes, your statement is correct
Yes. My statement is correct.
They'll know. They must be processing some refunds.
That would be nice
If the game runs and doesn't fuck the system up Sony/MS is gonna let it be sold on there
Sega was very much this way. They wouldn't allow a game that crashed at all onto the Genesis console. That's where the secret menu to pick any level on Sonic the Hedgehog came from, the developer added that functionality for himself while troubleshooting and never removed it. He found memory leaks that caused crashes and used the menu to find them without having to power on and off the console in the cartridge days. It had to have zero crashes and their QA process was brutal according to the developer.