Ok, so he said that the people who are up-in-arms over this are blowing it out of proportion because its "just videogames".
I don't know if people are blowing it out of proportion.
Its not really up to me to decide whether or not something matters so much to somebody else that they should or shouldn't be upset about it.
All I'm saying is that I cant imagine myself getting so upset over video games and I'm glad I don't.
I don't think many people expect to pay $60 for an unfinished product. That's not how it works with anything else you can also buy in a store. A lot of parents aren't listening to PR companies for other things they buy, because they simply expect them to be fully finished. That what trading standards are for. What I'm trying to prize out of you is the notion that allowing this precedent of releasing an unfinished game and not worry too much about it because 'I'm not affected' hurts everyone: not only you the customer because more of your favourite games will drop in quality, but also rids everyone else of their value for money.
Standards man, set em.
Since when is the game 'unfinished'? Being a technical mess doesn't mean its unfinished.
Either way, there's lots of things out there that don't work quite as advertised or break easily or whatever. Going around buying products north of $30 with the expectation that everything will always be perfectly great is incredibly naïve.
If we'd had this discussion 20 years ago, I might agree with you, but the resources we have at our fingertips nowadays makes making smart consumer choices *soooo easy*.
And I do have standards. That's why I'm not buying the game. :/