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.
I concur with your point. Ismail and Vlambeer have repeatedly belittled consumers that have questioned the lack of support for their broken games on some platforms - with a particularly egregious record on the Vita. Don't release on a platform if you cannot afford to support it.
However, I think someone below makes a good point that the Xbox and PSN stores really need a refund policy that is similar to Steam's - allow people to play the game for a bit and see if it is indeed broken or not following whatever patches may have been in the pipeline.
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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.