Devs aren't "lazy", and indefinite game updates are not guaranteed - both players and publishers should stop expecting them as a matter of course
www.gamesindustry.biz/devs-arent-lazy-and-game-updates-arent-guaranteed-opinion

April 10, 2026 - 16:19 UTC

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Then they should stop selling titles with long-standing bugs.
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So many companies have set up full-time slop factories that its all the consumers expect now. It's a trained response. They don't see a piece of entertainment anymore. They see A Service™
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What's interesting about this rant is how it briefly mentions Cyberpunk 2077's update schedule but ignores *why* they had to do that: The massive amount of bugs at launch.

No one is blaming an individual developer, they're blaming a poorly planned and implemented project releasing half-baked trash.
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Consumers don't understand software development, but they *do* know that games have developers.

They're conditioned to expect a long release schedule because so many games get released in an awful state and then gradually get fixed in patches (sometimes). This doesn't help the "lazy" accusations.
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