Government regulation on glitches

[Metalsnakezero]

Will glitches ever get so bad that governments have to step in and put guidelines on it?

I imagine it'll make development much longer but we get games that wont be messes like the last Fallout game.

In terms of problems it would mean less ambitious games and questionable control from the government on what they label as a glitch.

 

[nsilvias]

they cant even regulate micro transactions so no

 

[Kalentan]

Uh... No. I don't believe this will happen.

 

[Mendrox]

Are you high? No.

Look at other more important industries...

 

[Kazer]

No.

 

[Bomblord]

Barring outright consumer fraud charges for a game not working no. I assume we're talking about games here though.

 

[Kirbivore]

It's no longer the weekend

 

[Max|Payne]

Regulations don't even stop car manufacturers from launching cars with potentially deadly flaws.

 

[Deleted member 6263]

Get to work OP

 

[GarthLordOfTheSith]

Do you really want the slow, bumbling, inept government in on gaming?

 

[Fat4all]

t-poses are against the Geneva Conventions

 

[DNAbro]

My god dude no. Any software engineer just screamed.

 

[Orayn]

The idea of a glitch is so broad that it's impossible to regulate something like that effectively. Governments ensuring consumer protections like strong refund policies seems much more practical than essentially requiring all software to be "perfect."

 

[Etrian Darkness]

It's not a glitch, it's a government regulated feature.

 

[DailyCalmSpirit]

They have real issues they should be dealing with instead.

 

[Lobster Roll]

Glitches in games being regulated sounds like a nightmare for the industry. Having the government evaluate the end product of a game for QA would be a disaster.

 

[Fat4all]

GAMERS RISE UP

 

[Deleted member 5491]

Dude, there are guidelines by the console manufacturers that games have to work in a certain degree.
And why the fuck would the government step in on something like this?
And how would you draw the line, because EVERY SOFWARE has bugs.

Jeez Era, weekends over

 

[The Boat]

It's not a glitch, it's a government regulated feature.

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Lol

Also, nah.

 

[BGBW]

Jokes on them. I'll just clip out of prison.

 

[Zomba13]

End z fighting now!

 

[finalflame]

Lol what is this thread? No, this will never be a thing.

 

[Max|Payne]

Also, big companies would just bribe government officials to ignore the issues and release games as buggy as they ever did.

 

[Deleted member 45414]

 

[Fat4all]

frame skips are the new neo-Colonization

 

[defaltoption]

If they cant figure out child gambling theres no chance they ever look at glitches. Plus Fallout 76 was so bad I think every company learned they dont ever want to do that.

Its up to Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, and Valve to decide if they want broken games on their platforms.

 

[Lua]

I'd be surprise if any congress in the world now understands the concept of software glitches and bugs properly. Mine in particular don't even understand how encrypted message applications work.

Also that is a ridiculous idea to begin with, but i'm sure you will hear this a lot already in this thread.

 

[johancruijff]

 

[Fat4all]

my app froze, SANCTIONS

 

[Conkerkid11]

It's no longer the weekend. You have no excuse for having posted this cursed thread.

 

[--R]

It's already Monday, stop.

 

[Badcoo]

The US government can't hold it's own president accountable.

 

[Falcon511]

Congrats, this was the best made thread of the month and not for a good reason.

 

[Ghostwalker]

Will glitches ever get so bad that governments have to step in and put guidelines on it?

I imagine it'll make development much longer but we get games that wont be messes like the last Fallout game.

Click to shrink...

In the UK consumer rights say Good should be satisfactory quality, fit for purpose and as described.

So if the glitches make the game unplayable you can say it is neither of satisfactory quality or fit for purpose and if it if the game has been downgraded enough compared to the adverts you could also say it not as described.

So your already covered if a game is broken without the need for extra rules. Same applies to Europe.

 

[Fat4all]

my dvd skipped, you fuckers better have a good lawyer

 

[EvilBoris]

I can see trump talking about it now.

"I saw the other day in California last week, I read 2,300 glitches — these are big bugs, they control the amount of future immigration, not radical Pikachu groups. Hyrule does not pay to get their ass kicked, oh please come back and pay $30,000,00 for everything. Businesses do not succeed when they lose sight of their Q&A.

I would like to ask now that we are putting the American jobs, look what Obama did, the democrats devalued the rupee to such an extent that is so bloated.

Well, I got it for two reasons. Number one economically, we have losers. We have losers. We have leaders to worry about glitches"​

 

[Fat4all]

RESETERA TOOK TOO LONG TO LOAD JUST NOW

I DEMAND I BECOME A MOD

 

[Max|Payne]

my app froze, SANCTIONS

Click to shrink...

Game just crashed to desktop, better tweet Trump about it

 

[Deleted member 7883]

this is endearingly foolish

or; what the fuck no

 

[Raijinto]

No. If a game us broken then it should get bad reviews, and that isn't asking for much to do before buying a potentially broken game.

 

[Fat4all]

my gameboy advance only loads 1/3rd of the time

nintendo owes me fucking residuals

 

[Pedro]

item duping is a war crime

 

[Fat4all]

item duping is a war crime

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you wouldn't dupe a car

 

[Deleted member 41178]

Lol, I'm going to hope Governments have bigger things to deal with.

 

[Deleted member 7883]

this just in: Capcom Co., Ltd. liquified after news leaks that street fighter combos came about thru game bug

 

[Max|Payne]

Imagine if movie producers paid fines for bad movies. Adam Sandler would be homeless by now.

 

[SFLUFAN]

The drugs must be exceptionally good today, huh?

 

[Fat4all]

Imagine if Hollywood paid fines for bad movies. Adam Sandler would be homeless by now.

Click to shrink...

a product can only be good in MY eyes

if it's not, then it is a WARCRIME

 

[Deleted member 45414]

To be fair, if glitches started setting fire to people's consoles, then I'd definitely want the government to get involved to some degree to insure that can't be allowed to happen in the future.

 

[Jimnymebob]

my gameboy advance only loads 1/3rd of the time

nintendo owes me fucking residuals

Click to shrink...

That's a false claim, your honour.
It loaded every time, you just couldn't see the screen the other 2/3rds of the time.