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<blockquote data-quote="Gorgias32" data-source="post: 246807" data-attributes="member: 5914"><p>It's jarring to not be able to play most of my tables. It's a good thing EBD is so great and addictive, it makes it a lot easier to wait for the patch/fix to roll out.</p><p></p><p>The whole "break/fix" cycle that we have been seeing pretty much since the new UI rolled out on Android makes me suspect that the TPA team doesn't have a dedicated software tester, at least on the Android platform. If they did, there would be no excuse for releasing software that has "show stopper" bugs that would have been obvious if anyone had done a full regression test before publishing it to Google Play.</p><p></p><p>I suspect they have made the business decision to have the developers do the testing, and take the hit on reputation/reviews. Hiring a good tester is not cheap, and likewise investing in automated testing is expensive, they have to make the judgement on the business side of the cost/benefit. But with the dizzying release schedule, it's no surprise that the dev has to move on to the next table or feature and is not focused on spending the time needed to fully validate the build.</p><p></p><p>Hopefully when Stern Pinball Arcade rolls out there will be new revenue and possibly new pressures to improve quality control.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gorgias32, post: 246807, member: 5914"] It's jarring to not be able to play most of my tables. It's a good thing EBD is so great and addictive, it makes it a lot easier to wait for the patch/fix to roll out. The whole "break/fix" cycle that we have been seeing pretty much since the new UI rolled out on Android makes me suspect that the TPA team doesn't have a dedicated software tester, at least on the Android platform. If they did, there would be no excuse for releasing software that has "show stopper" bugs that would have been obvious if anyone had done a full regression test before publishing it to Google Play. I suspect they have made the business decision to have the developers do the testing, and take the hit on reputation/reviews. Hiring a good tester is not cheap, and likewise investing in automated testing is expensive, they have to make the judgement on the business side of the cost/benefit. But with the dizzying release schedule, it's no surprise that the dev has to move on to the next table or feature and is not focused on spending the time needed to fully validate the build. Hopefully when Stern Pinball Arcade rolls out there will be new revenue and possibly new pressures to improve quality control. [/QUOTE]
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