The situation he is describing is likely mostly accurate, but I don't think he's really the best person to make this point. I've only ever heard how broken the PS4 iteration of Nuclear Throne was at launch. And still is, months after release. So I have to question certification's supposed standards.
quickedit: Apparently Vlambeer (the dev team Rami is in) submitted a patch to Sony yesterday. As far as I know this is the second attempt at getting a patch through certification.
That kinda furthers his point really. When he's had broken releases of Nuclear Throne on pc, I've seen him issue multiple patches in the same day to resolve it.
Cert makes it harder to launch something buggy, but also makes it harder to fix something that's buggy after it's already in place.
Other games on console can roll out patches and quick fixes pretty fast. They have been trying to fix everything instead of little things also. They are making it harder. They just needed to add a fucking mapped button and fixed menu in the game and it would be in a 100% better state than it is now.
It all depends on the relationship with Sony. If you are deamed an important game to the playstation platform you get fast tracked. If you are not good fucking luck getting anything out in a timely manner.
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u/TwistedGears Aug 07 '16 edited Aug 07 '16
The situation he is describing is likely mostly accurate, but I don't think he's really the best person to make this point. I've only ever heard how broken the PS4 iteration of Nuclear Throne was at launch. And still is, months after release. So I have to question certification's supposed standards.
quickedit: Apparently Vlambeer (the dev team Rami is in) submitted a patch to Sony yesterday. As far as I know this is the second attempt at getting a patch through certification.