151: Shelf Candy
Famicom Dojo Video Game Podcast
English - March 30, 2018 06:00 - 46.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsVideo Games Leisure video game news nintendo wii u 3ds nes famicom sony ps4 Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
It's not every game, and not every company, but every once in a while a title will come out that is so badly tested, has a day one patch for a game-breaking bug, or isn't even on the disc or cartridge at all, that the box on the shelf is little more than eye candy.
Sean and Vinnk discuss the phenomenon of game publishers using their paying customers as beta testers, when having an "incomplete" game is acceptable, and what resale value -- if any -- that these games will have in the long te"One More Continue" and "RPG" theme songs by the Imari Tones: http://imaritones.net. Vinnk and SeanOrange pixel art by Louis Lloyd-Judson: https://louistrations.co.uk.
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