Quote Originally Posted by Thunderz View Post
This reminds me of Alpha Testing 1.0

exact words were words to defend the game...

Lets hope it doesn't happen again
The difference with 1.0 is that Tanaka wouldn't admit there were problems with the game. He was not frank and open about how things were, what wasn't right and what needed fixing. Even to this day, after leaving SE, he won't admit that he screwed up. He passively puts the blame on the developers/designers he was directing.

The problem isn't in people saying "It's Alpha, you're going to see these things". That's 100% true. That's why Alpha tests and Beta tests exist in software development.

The problem isn't in acknowledging the issues... the problem, with 1.0, was that those issues weren't adequately addressed or prevented when they should have been.

Yoshi-P is not Tanaka.