The patch that Ubisoft promised to deliver to PlayStation 3 owners of Assassin's Creed is due to be delivered over the course of a few days. Ubisoft's community manager posted on the company's official forums that "a corrective update has been developed and will be released worldwide on the PLAYSTATION® Network over the next few days." As you may have heard, Assassin's Creed PS3 users have reported lock ups and "white screens of death" on the official forums.
You know, that's record time for getting a patch out. I think maybe Ubisoft knew that the game was full of bugs when it was released. (Trust me, no shock on my face.) I think it's great that consoles can now have bug fixes released post production through a download because it can improve the game. It also opens up the idea of downloadable expansions 9Unreal Tournamnet III anyone?) But it also means that game companies don't have to have any kind of quality control. It means that the consumer has potentially become the play tester (and we'e paying to do it) so that hey can just patch the game later.
You know, that's record time for getting a patch out. I think maybe Ubisoft knew that the game was full of bugs when it was released. (Trust me, no shock on my face.) I think it's great that consoles can now have bug fixes released post production through a download because it can improve the game. It also opens up the idea of downloadable expansions 9Unreal Tournamnet III anyone?) But it also means that game companies don't have to have any kind of quality control. It means that the consumer has potentially become the play tester (and we'e paying to do it) so that hey can just patch the game later.
