Comments on: Home Development: Expectations

By: FEMAELSTROM

FEMAELSTROM — Tue, 23 Jul 2013 15:57:37 +0000

The word of mouth issue is such a big one. I don’t have this place,but knowing that there are glitches, makes me hesitant to buy the space, like it would with any developer and item. This is an aspect that the (guilty) developers have to keep and eye on as well as Sony.Poorly crafted estates and items are not good business seeing as so many of us see things and get recommendations from friends. Sorry for the buy and great article Burbie.

By: Jason1802128

Jason1802128 — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 21:57:12 +0000

Interesting article as this is always seems to be a topic of conversation in Home. However some companies seem to keep shoving out spaces and products well before they are ready. In my opinion this is the second strike against Lockwood as their Mercia space comes to mind. That still sits broken and abandoned. Its these types of things that make me think before I buy their products.

By: John C. Ardussi

John C. Ardussi — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 20:22:09 +0000

Thanks for pointing out our hard work. Writing code for Home that does not crash is hard. Luckily I have been doing it for long enough I automatically do a lot of things right.

It is good to point out when we do poorly as well as when we do well. I have been in meetings trying to convince people it matters and articles like this are good evidence.

What a great mention! We will try to live up to it.

By: yahslover

yahslover — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 17:21:37 +0000

Good article Burbie.You are right with your expectation of a product to work as it is intended,yes there will be flaws,but there should not be so many.I am still somewhat new to home,but I have already adopted the policy of ignoring the new and recommended section as these always seem to be flawed.I get on home to have fun and I would much rather entertain myself with something old and reliable,than new and frustrating.

By: LKWD_Tim

LKWD_Tim — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 15:02:03 +0000

A fair and honest review, as always. Thank you, Burbie.

I’m really sorry about the issues with this space -- we’re working to get them fixed at the moment.

By: ted2112

ted2112 — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 14:43:58 +0000

This was a fantastic article Burbie, and one that needed to be done.

The thing that bothers me most about problems with spaces in Home is the total lack of communication. For example the Pottermore personal space. It had so many problems and was taken down. However, there was no mention of this anywhere, in fact they kept on advertising it. Devolopers need to address the problems better, because frankly they happen.

We get there might be issues with things, but keep us in the loop, so we don’t think it is a problem on our end

Nice one Burbie

By: KrazyFace

KrazyFace — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 07:48:37 +0000

Like most things, there’s always a “bad apple” somewhere allong the lines, sadly code is no different. I’m not excusing LKWD here, it’s my understanding that a lot of companies push product out the door in a state we gamers call “half baked”. Broken goods are a usual thong in the games industry now. Some might say that it was never like that back in “the good old days”, but I know bedroom coders of yesteryear that got bored and just DIDN’T FINISH the games they were making! I’m for seriously you guyz. lol

But really, the public version of this space is very broken, I’ve decided not to visit till I hear words of smoothness -- that’s all you can do in these situations; have patience.

I just (FINALLY) got my flashy new Vita yesterday. I tried very hard not to dance in the street like a child as I walked out the shop! When I got it home and started my fiddle-a-thon however, things started to go wrong. From what I can discern, it’s not reading my memory card properly, it’s forcing me to do boot-starts every time I turn it off properly too. Basically, it’s broken, and I need a replacement. But I can’t get one since I’m working for the next week, and the shop I got it from is in the next city over from me. So I gotta wait a full week for a unit that’ll work as intended.

I’ve waited over a year, I can wait another week. My point though is that regardless of how much testing CAN be done on a product, there’s always gonna be that “one bad apple” that slips through.

Let’s hope LKWD can quickly find the wonkey code and sort it asap.

By: Gary160974

Gary160974 — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 06:04:04 +0000

I don’t mind anyone making mistakes but it’s the way they deal with them mistakes. I respect granzella for taking several of they public spaces down in Japan because the boss said they were not good enough, they put them right and released them again. They have had to wall off the dance floor in neon downtown but as I remember this is the bit they haven’t managed to repair. This is the biggest flaw of Lockwood that if its not successful it will get fixed up to point they don’t have to issue a refund but that’s it. Thing is I now don’t buy Lockwood stuff until a few weeks after its been out to make sure its not faulty and if it is, it gets a decent repair. Problem is there are so many people that have to have everything on day of release and it would take something really drastic for any developer in home to be disliked, remember Lockwood have upset people before and it’s all forgotten about weeks later,that is why it doesn’t really matter to Lockwood. If I shop for an item in real life and the place I buy it is good then I go back, if its bad I never go back for years. Doesn’t apply in home. Good article