Really don't understand??
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Not even remotely close to the reality of the situation. People are constantly losing server connection despite having high quality broadband ISP's. SDS has done their single worst in-season job of fixing reported bugs and making upgrades to the game.
By your definition of content, which is very limited, all SDS has to do after initial title release is to throw out new virtual baseball cards. This is very weak. It is the cheapest level of game "update" that can be done. All SDS has to do is wicker a new baseball card graphic, tweak the player's performance levels, and use the exact same player model that was already in the game.
However, a deeper dig into the situation reveals the scope of the multi-year problem. All three of the remaining game modes that focus on custom customer created content have gone without any upgrades, not only this year, but over the course of the last several.
No one can debate this. Uniform creator and Logo creator are both exactly as they were when first released. Worse, several significant bugs have gone years of constant customer report without any fixes. The last names and uniform numbers have had a four year bug where the color hue used in the game is darker than the hue that was selected from the color pallet. When one of the most critical aspects of a uniform design is color, it is inexcusable that the color hues would be off in the first place, and nothing less than condemnable that the bug would go years without SDS fixing it.
Other bugs? In custom stadiums, for the last three years now if a known between innings video vignette is played, when the game action returns all the seats in the stadium have their color reverted from what was assigned when designed to a shade of grey. Have you ever seen a baseball stadiums with the seats painted grey? Nope, neither have I, and one questions the dedication of SDS to customer service when this bug is reported and never fixed.
On the subject of upgrades, Stadium Creator has had a multi-year list of sorely needed upgrades that SDS has ignored. Simple things that are easy to implement, and worse, options that are already coded up in Stadium Creator that SDS has deliberately nuked by layering lock-out code to prevent their use. Stuff like being able to snug the stands up close to the walls, having small stand sections that can be snapped together to create more customized seat layouts, yellow stripes on the walls, wall distance markers, the option to change the orientation of the seats and baseline walls, more letter props so that realistic signage is possible, and so much more.
You are free to celebrate this company, but you won't find much support for it. The customers are not happy with the shape of this game title. SDS has largely rested and bankrolled their monopoly status for several years now, mailing in yearly titles with little to no significant improvements in how the game looks and functions. For this, they earn their rebuke.
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There are definite issues with the game. Many complaints are valid and people who have purchased the game have the right to criticize.
What I don't understand is the vitriol, insults to SDS and other players, and name-calling that many of the most relentless complainers resort to.
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@Dolenz_PSN said in Really don't understand??:
There are definite issues with the game. Many complaints are valid and people who have purchased the game have the right to criticize.
What I don't understand is the vitriol, insults to SDS and other players, and name-calling that many of the most relentless complainers resort to.
That is exactly why I posted what I posted. The vitriol is way out of control. The point of my post is it's just a video game. Before online play and gaming forums if you didn't like the game you would move onto to another. I think if people are getting that worked up over a video game great, feel free it's a waste of time imo but the vitirol is unnecessary. It's not changing anything not at this point in this game's life cycle and those complainers points, which some are very valid, have been lost on SDS's ears and everyone else's ears because of the vitriol. Maybe it's time for those complainers to find a new game or past time. I am not an apologist but I see it is for what it is a video game. If I get frustrated with the game I turn it off and go lift weights or throw the baseball around with my son's. These complainers that are spitting out the vitriol don't have to play the game. Constructive respectful criticism yes not the unrespectful nastiness.
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@PriorFir4383355_XBL said in Really don't understand??:
You are free to celebrate this company, but you won't find much support for it. The customers are not happy with the shape of this game title. SDS has largely rested and bankrolled their monopoly status for several years now, mailing in yearly titles with little to no significant improvements in how the game looks and functions. For this, they earn their rebuke
You don't rebuke companies by words you rebuke them by not purchasing their products. These people who complainan and are nasty about it have legitimate points but they are not rebuking SDS, they still purchase their product. By how vehemently nasty these complainers are I would bet they are still spending money on micro purchases and are left feeling they got nothing when the game freezes, disconnects, swing timing inconsistencies, etc. Instead of coming on here and spewing out their vitriol, turn the game off, uninstall it and stop purchasing their products if it's that bad to them. Someone said on here and I'm probably not quoting it right so please forgive me, the definition of insanity is to keep coming back to something and expecting it to be different. So true is that.
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@Dolenz_PSN said in Really don't understand??:
There are definite issues with the game. Many complaints are valid and people who have purchased the game have the right to criticize.
What I don't understand is the vitriol, insults to SDS and other players, and name-calling that many of the most relentless complainers resort to.
Also people are quick to place blame on SDS, when its not even clear they are at fault. Its almost always the publisher for cut corners.
The live service content team does not appear to be very big at all (which again is 99% likely to be Sony's decision) and while I am not a fan at all of the content structure this year, they do pump out a lot of content for probably 1/100th the micro transaction revenue of a 2K.
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I mean we pay for the game so we should have the right to complain about it. That being said, a line has to drawn somewhere between stating issues, complaining, and childish name-calling.
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@DrBear100_PSN said in Really don't understand??:
@PriorFir4383355_XBL said in Really don't understand??:
You are free to celebrate this company, but you won't find much support for it. The customers are not happy with the shape of this game title. SDS has largely rested and bankrolled their monopoly status for several years now, mailing in yearly titles with little to no significant improvements in how the game looks and functions. For this, they earn their rebuke
You don't rebuke companies by words you rebuke them by not purchasing their products. These people who complainan and are nasty about it have legitimate points but they are not rebuking SDS, they still purchase their product. By how vehemently nasty these complainers are I would bet they are still spending money on micro purchases and are left feeling they got nothing when the game freezes, disconnects, swing timing inconsistencies, etc. Instead of coming on here and spewing out their vitriol, turn the game off, uninstall it and stop purchasing their products if it's that bad to them. Someone said on here and I'm probably not quoting it right so please forgive me, the definition of insanity is to keep coming back to something and expecting it to be different. So true is that.
People have the personal right to rebuke in whatever manner they choose and you are in no position to decide that with the sole exception of how you choose to do so, or if you choose to do so. You are showing some nerve thinking yourself qualified or authorized to tell other people how they choose to voice their complaints or feedback to a company.
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@PriorFir4383355_XBL said in Really don't understand??:
People have the personal right to rebuke in whatever manner they choose and you are in no position to decide that with the sole exception of how you choose to do so, or if you choose to do so. You are showing some nerve thinking yourself qualified or authorized to tell other people how they choose to voice their complaints or feedback to a company.
Your right I'm not authorized in how people should act. It's called respecting others which should be common sense. People don't have a personal right to rebuke with being mean spirited to others because they may not see it the same way as you do. I see this game through a lens of spending less than $100 on this game as I am sure others see this game completely different than I do because they spent thousands on this game but it still doesn't give those people the right speak like they do. Having the vitriol that some people on here have towards SDS is nothing short of counterproductive. If those people can't stand the game then leave, find another game to play and spend your money on with, that will get their attention more than cursing at them. But don't comeback later and go on a bitter tirade because nothing changed when nothing has changed for the last several years. That's insanity. I'm sure constructive respectful criticism will get the ear of SDS quicker than what's being posted all of the time. The profanity laden rants I'm sure they roll their eyes at and move on. I would if I was them.
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@PriorFir4383355_XBL I would take this opportunity to remind everyone that we welcome all types of feedback -- both positive and negative -- as long as it's offered respectfully and constructively.
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@SDS_JoeK_PSN said in Really don't understand??:
@PriorFir4383355_XBL I would take this opportunity to remind everyone that we welcome all types of feedback -- both positive and negative -- as long as it's offered respectfully and constructively.
Yes, and as a company, SDS has most assuredly chosen their option to ignore practically all of it! BTW: Ignore for the purposes of making the game better means more than acknowledging the presence of the complaints, but also requires that the bugs and other shortcomings actually be fixed!
