Our very own Gameboi shared his personal woes with trying to get the PS3 version of Rainbow Six Vegas II to work online, and informed us that Ubisoft was well aware of the issue. In follow up news, the publisher has confirmed that a patch will be coming soon to address the issue.
Responding to one hapless gamer, Ubisoft's statement was this:
This issue is currently being worked on by the development team. Unfortunately, we do not have an ETA on when it will be resolved, but it should not be long.
And a patch makes everything it better, doesn't it? Frankly, this is yet another example of a malignant "patch culture" that I predicted would crop up on consoles sooner rather than later. I think it's quite despicable that no sooner do consoles integrate more with the Internet, than companies start relying on patches to make up for shoddy workmanship.
Just remember that not everyone has a console hooked up to high speed (which wouldn't be an issue in this case, but would certainly be for others) and a sloppy reliance on post-release patching is both inexcusable and disrespectful to consumers. Sadly I don't see scenarios like this one disappearing any time soon. As long as there's facilitation to rush a product out the door, you bet your arse a fair few publishers are going to take the easy route. To Hell with testing, let's grab the cash and worry about the playability later, right?
Not cool, in my opinion. Not cool at all.
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12:47 PM on 03.24.2008
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"Hopefully this patch will kill this damn burning sensation. Paris Hilton ftl."
I don't mean to gloat but that's pretty good Jim.
patches!
wow! how could something so simple be done so poorly?
I fail.
"Bullsh*t!"
"That's what your mom said!"
J/k
Love you Jim
did i miss any british phrases? i think i got them all.
"Bangers and mash" is also a euphemism for sex, I think.
Wait, maybe it was MTV. Close enough.
no
This is a better conversation than Vegas II, btw.
Yeah, we don't use that word in this country. We rather "fuckabout," as in:
"The mouse done just fuckabout the house."
we're just as guilty as the publishers. if this game were to be delayed, i'm sure the post would also be negative. its a lose lose.
-My 3 favorite British words/phrases:
Bah! Bloody 'ell! For F*ks Sake!
What about bit knackered? What does that mean? I think it means to bite a girls nipples, t or f?
Be assured when there is we will post it here on these forums in addition to or instead of external sources certainly not instead off Wink
I'll lock this one to save any ongoing confusion but any new updates will be posted either in the existing thread a new sticky to replace it"
http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/1991064316/m/7001097446
High speed internet is a great replacement for competent staff - I see reps telling people on forums that commonly experienced problems are due to the nature of PC gaming. The fact that some companies can release stuff with very efficient coding & good compatability levels and be pretty prompt about patching other issues proves it.