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When are we supposed to be getting Ghostbusters?
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<blockquote data-quote="shutyertrap" data-source="post: 262856" data-attributes="member: 134"><p>Here's the answers to some of the questions over the last 2 pages:</p><p></p><p>Certification take up to 6 weeks, even on the first pass. MS and Sony can and will fail a cert for even minor reasons if they choose. One time TPA failed because it was not compatible with a Guitar Hero controller. Yeah, think about that for a moment.</p><p></p><p>So if it can take 6 weeks, and the cert passes, that means FS has already built one more table, and is halfway through the next before even being able to submit the next cert. This is why they started just stockpiling and doing fewer releases. Someone already pointed out, Zen doesn't do monthly drops. They are able to fully beta all their tables in a pack, bug fix and patch them, and then put in for certification. They also are then able to pick their release date for a uniform drop. I'm sure there's more behind the scenes with them, but they are also over twice the size of FarSight.</p><p></p><p>Each submission to the consoles costs money. I don't have exact numbers, but it's something in the $20-50 thousand range. Wanna put in a patch? That'll be another 20-50. Bug fix? Ditto. Know what the cost on Steam is to do any of the releases FarSight does each month? Zero.</p><p></p><p>While I appreciate the frustration console owners go through, this many years in you seriously cannot keep thinking FarSight is going to miraculously get better with those platforms. If you are a Switch owner and you buy into TPA the minute it releases, hoping things will be different all while knowing full well about the Wii U release, you are a fool. Complaining your PC isn't powerful enough, it's your graphics card that isn't. Invest is a better one, you'll be amazed at how it affects all other aspects of your PC, not just gaming. Don't want to do that? Get an iPad or an Android tablet that can handle it. What am I saying, odds are you already have one! Concerned about the cost of buying all the tables over again? Guess what, when the PS5 and Xbox Whatever come out next, you're just going to have to rebuy all of them again. Meanwhile on PC and tablet, they'll just carry over. I'm not trying to be harsh, but I had these exact conversations with myself before I made the switch to PC from PS3. It sucked at first, and I was bitter. Now I laugh that I even hesitated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shutyertrap, post: 262856, member: 134"] Here's the answers to some of the questions over the last 2 pages: Certification take up to 6 weeks, even on the first pass. MS and Sony can and will fail a cert for even minor reasons if they choose. One time TPA failed because it was not compatible with a Guitar Hero controller. Yeah, think about that for a moment. So if it can take 6 weeks, and the cert passes, that means FS has already built one more table, and is halfway through the next before even being able to submit the next cert. This is why they started just stockpiling and doing fewer releases. Someone already pointed out, Zen doesn't do monthly drops. They are able to fully beta all their tables in a pack, bug fix and patch them, and then put in for certification. They also are then able to pick their release date for a uniform drop. I'm sure there's more behind the scenes with them, but they are also over twice the size of FarSight. Each submission to the consoles costs money. I don't have exact numbers, but it's something in the $20-50 thousand range. Wanna put in a patch? That'll be another 20-50. Bug fix? Ditto. Know what the cost on Steam is to do any of the releases FarSight does each month? Zero. While I appreciate the frustration console owners go through, this many years in you seriously cannot keep thinking FarSight is going to miraculously get better with those platforms. If you are a Switch owner and you buy into TPA the minute it releases, hoping things will be different all while knowing full well about the Wii U release, you are a fool. Complaining your PC isn't powerful enough, it's your graphics card that isn't. Invest is a better one, you'll be amazed at how it affects all other aspects of your PC, not just gaming. Don't want to do that? Get an iPad or an Android tablet that can handle it. What am I saying, odds are you already have one! Concerned about the cost of buying all the tables over again? Guess what, when the PS5 and Xbox Whatever come out next, you're just going to have to rebuy all of them again. Meanwhile on PC and tablet, they'll just carry over. I'm not trying to be harsh, but I had these exact conversations with myself before I made the switch to PC from PS3. It sucked at first, and I was bitter. Now I laugh that I even hesitated. [/QUOTE]
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