Search titles only
By:
Home
Forums
New posts
Search forums
Articles
New articles
New comments
Search articles
Pinball DB
Pinball Tables
Pinball Games
What's new
New posts
New articles
New profile posts
New article comments
Latest activity
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Navigation
Install the app
Install
More options
Contact us
Close Menu
Welcome Back to Digital Pinball Fans -
please read this first
For latest updates, follow Digital Pinball Fans on
Facebook
and
Twitter
Home
Forums
Farsight Studios
The Pinball Arcade / Farsight Studios
Hey Farsight, Take a Break!
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="DeeEff" data-source="post: 93835" data-attributes="member: 2188"><p>Mark, I agree with you, but without all the punctuation <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>However, as a non-employee of FarSight, I don't know what they're doing with their resources, nor do I know what their business priorities are. I doubt that anyone here (other than our blue-fonted FS friends) can give us an accurate TPA priority list, not to mention that such a disclosure may not be a sound business decision. </p><p></p><p>I do know that FarSight's business plan works for them. If not, they would change it. </p><p></p><p>I'd also wager that a significant majority* of TPA players:</p><p>- don't notice most of the bugs that drive us forum peeps crazy,</p><p>- don't realize that they're actually bugs as opposed to table features/anomalies,</p><p>- don't care about them because they happen infrequently enough to just start a new game, and/or</p><p>- would rather have two new tables every month instead of having all the bugs fixed. </p><p></p><p>If I had my druthers I would want FarSight to choose ("cheap" and "good") or ("fast" and "good") from the three choices in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_management_triangle" target="_blank">Project Management Triangle</a>, but they've apparently chosen ("cheap" and "fast") as it (allegedly) makes most of the people happy most of the time. </p><p></p><p>So, do I wish they'd fix all the bugs? Yep. Will I throw away TPA if they don't fix existing bugs? Nope. Will I stop buying tables if the quality stays the same? Nope - I can work (or play, as it were) around most of the existing bugs. Will I stop buying tables if the QC deteriorates? Yep.</p><p></p><p>------</p><p></p><p>* my significant majority would include the ~95% of TPA players that would fall within two standard deviations from the mean "fanaticism value" of all players. Active forum members are part of the top 2.2% of the bell curve, and the people that try the game and don't like it are the bottom 2.2%.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DeeEff, post: 93835, member: 2188"] Mark, I agree with you, but without all the punctuation :) However, as a non-employee of FarSight, I don't know what they're doing with their resources, nor do I know what their business priorities are. I doubt that anyone here (other than our blue-fonted FS friends) can give us an accurate TPA priority list, not to mention that such a disclosure may not be a sound business decision. I do know that FarSight's business plan works for them. If not, they would change it. I'd also wager that a significant majority* of TPA players: - don't notice most of the bugs that drive us forum peeps crazy, - don't realize that they're actually bugs as opposed to table features/anomalies, - don't care about them because they happen infrequently enough to just start a new game, and/or - would rather have two new tables every month instead of having all the bugs fixed. If I had my druthers I would want FarSight to choose ("cheap" and "good") or ("fast" and "good") from the three choices in the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_management_triangle"]Project Management Triangle[/URL], but they've apparently chosen ("cheap" and "fast") as it (allegedly) makes most of the people happy most of the time. So, do I wish they'd fix all the bugs? Yep. Will I throw away TPA if they don't fix existing bugs? Nope. Will I stop buying tables if the quality stays the same? Nope - I can work (or play, as it were) around most of the existing bugs. Will I stop buying tables if the QC deteriorates? Yep. ------ * my significant majority would include the ~95% of TPA players that would fall within two standard deviations from the mean "fanaticism value" of all players. Active forum members are part of the top 2.2% of the bell curve, and the people that try the game and don't like it are the bottom 2.2%. [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post reply
Members online
No members online now.
Home
Forums
Farsight Studios
The Pinball Arcade / Farsight Studios
Hey Farsight, Take a Break!
This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register.
By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies.
Accept
Learn more…
Top
