Re: Frontier: First Encounters
I remember it well, but I still enjoyed F:FE a lot once I got hold of the patch(es). However:
Diablo 3 on XBox One: 250MB patch on day one (required to play online)
CoD: Advanced Warfare: 200MB patch on day one (also required to play online)
Destiny: 250MB patch on day one (ditto)
Dragon Age: Inquisition: 280MB patch on day one (ditto)
Nobody is apparently capable of releasing a game these days that does not need a day one patch. Blizzard, Activision and EA are continuing the grand tradition spawned by Frontier :)
Games developers release unfinished code, and have been for several years now. It has apparently become standard industry practise now that consumers can get day one patches via the wonder of the interwebs. I don't see this changing any time soon, unless people all decide not to buy games on release in protest of devs releasing unfinished code (this is highly unlikely to happen).
Biting the hand that feeds IT
