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[–] 8 points 5 months ago* (1 child)

Launching in a workable state is criminally underated by publishers. A bad game can eventually be patched after launch, sure, but a botched first impression takes decades to switch in the public eye. Look at cyberpunk and witcher games. Beloved after decades of bug fixes, but not everyone has the good will of CD projekt red to burn through. A bad first impression can turn a good if unimaginative game into "that ugly game that was broken at launch" forever. And let's be real, 90% of a game's lifetime profit comes during the launch window.

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