I'm now completely convinced that the people that make games are not the God like providers of entertainment we have always thought them to be.

For the sake of my professional position with Teamplay I wont mention any names in the following articles, nor will I point my heat seeking finger at anyone in particular but all you loyal game junkies out there will beable to relate Im sure.

This is a call to the players to help stop the distribution of DAMAGED GOODS.

How many new games have you lost sleep over, waiting for their release date which has been delayed yet again another year ? How many games have you sworn you would give your first born, your left nut, your earthly kingdom, to own and play? How many of these games meet your expectations? How many don't require a patch to become playable ?

Granted some of them are really good, Tribes for one, there was a killer game. Not only did it work out of the box but was improved on with every update. Not because it needed improving but because the Dev team found ways to make it better, or to stop a cheat.

This Im afraid is no longer the norm in the industry. Game companies seem to be putting less and less importance on publishing a complete, working and bug free product. Now its all about how fast we can pump them out, how can we capitalize? This my friends is sad indeed.

I still have a couple of the "HOTTEST" releases that I am unable to Finnish due to bugs, the games have not been finished yet you drop over $50 to purchase them. This is illresponsible.

Game companies promote the purchase of their product and to stop people from pirating, my friends I tell you that perhaps Hacking and illegal distribution of games would not be as big a problem if the person using the pirated software wasn't doing so to ensure that it works before they buy it. This of course is only a theory.

So with all that said Im asking two things. To the people making the games, take your time, Finnish the damned thing before you release it. I know we await the games with anger at the delays, we devour every promotional movie, screenshot and review of your upcoming release. However we as gamers don't mind waiting for a product that can be played OUT OF THE FREAKING BOX. When I open my new games this Christmas, the last thing I want to have to do is update my versions inorder to beable to play it. I don't want to dl a 30 mb file, I don't want to have to see that this great game Ive waited for cant be finished until ver 2.2.

To the gamers I say this. Complain, I know you don't wanna piss off the people that feed your need. I know that you all are quiet and prefer not to cause a scene, however, until game companies get the message that the consumer will not stand for them releasing a shotty product, they will continue to do so.

Please note this is not the rule for all companies, some have provided us with games for years that just plain work, and, entertain the hell out of us at the same time. TO these companies and you know who you are CONGRADS. To those that don't <insert daiKatana Joke here> Get on the ball and give us something we can play.

Send comments bad or good to me, I don't hide from confrontation and if you feel strongly on this issue send me emails, I will forward them to those that SHOULD care about what their customers are saying.

Peace

Skotos