 |
| 20. |
Re: No subject |
Jan 24, 2008, 17:32 |
Some Dude |
|
|
I agree, lawsuits over breaches of contract are totally at odds with the "it's all chill bra" attitude of the gaming industry. If this is allowed to continue, we will careen down a slippery slope to the point where developers can only wear their Slayer T-shirts on Casual Fridays!
I don’t know if you meant to be funny or sarcastic but the circumstances under which I’m allowed to wear my collection of t-shirts from blues clubs around the country wasn’t the point.
If you ask me to make 50 hats and I give you a box containing 48, that’s a pretty clear cut thing. Making a game isn’t exactly like making a crate of hats though.
If 24 months ago I wrote that the particle system will handle 2,000 at a time and it ends up at 1,250, is that breach of contract?
Think that’s far fetched? I’m not so sure. The suit alleges that Epic deliberately withheld advances in the engine tech. Is it really much of a stretch from there to the kind of milestone bending that happens every day?
It’s entirely up to the language used and the interpretation of the case by some shady bastard further on up the road. Suppose the precedent is used later to apply the concept of negligence to a missed or bent milestone. The point is that if this thing paves the way to build a breach of contract suit around a renderer that fell short of its expected performance then yes, we are all fucked; makers and players alike.
How often do the courts actually understand what they're ruling on? How often do they understand it thoroughly enough to prevent causing more problems than they solve? Is this going to open the door to a whole new arena of fighting with the publisher? I don't know. Could it? Absolutely. The Dagoks of the world aren't required to understand; the rest of us will worry about it and figure it out for them.
|
|
|
|
|
|
  |
|
| |
| |
|
Date |
Subject |
Author |
| |
1. |
Jan 24, 10:35 |
No subject |
manic half |
| |
3. |
Jan 24, 10:41 |
Re: No subject |
nin |
| |
2. |
Jan 24, 10:40 |
Not Familiar |
Techie714 © |
| |
4. |
Jan 24, 10:51 |
Re: Not Familiar |
famished |
| |
5. |
Jan 24, 11:38 |
Re: Not Familiar |
The Half Elf |
| |
8. |
Jan 24, 12:21 |
Re: Not Familiar |
Some Dude |
| |
10. |
Jan 24, 13:46 |
Re: Not Familiar |
The Half Elf |
| |
11. |
Jan 24, 14:26 |
Re: Not Familiar |
Krovven |
| |
12. |
Jan 24, 15:53 |
Re: Not Familiar |
Some Dude |
| |
13. |
Jan 24, 16:21 |
Re: Not Familiar |
Krovven |
| |
14. |
Jan 24, 16:33 |
Re: Not Familiar |
Some Dude |
| |
18. |
Jan 24, 17:06 |
Re: Not Familiar |
Krovven |
| |
15. |
Jan 24, 16:35 |
Re: Not Familiar |
dubfanatic |
| |
21. |
Jan 24, 17:36 |
Re: Not Familiar |
The Magician |
| |
22. |
Jan 24, 17:40 |
Re: Not Familiar |
Some Dude |
| |
23. |
Jan 24, 17:50 |
Re: Not Familiar |
The Magician |
| |
24. |
Jan 24, 17:53 |
Re: Not Familiar |
Some Dude |
| |
25. |
Jan 24, 18:00 |
Re: Not Familiar |
Prez |
| |
28. |
Jan 24, 18:13 |
Re: Not Familiar |
The Magician |
| |
29. |
Jan 24, 18:17 |
Re: Not Familiar |
Some Dude |
| |
31. |
Jan 24, 18:39 |
Re: Not Familiar |
The Magician |
| |
26. |
Jan 24, 18:02 |
Re: Not Familiar |
Krovven |
| |
27. |
Jan 24, 18:06 |
Re: Not Familiar |
Some Dude |
| |
30. |
Jan 24, 18:27 |
Re: Not Familiar |
Krovven |
| |
6. |
Jan 24, 11:51 |
great games |
The Magician |
| |
7. |
Jan 24, 11:53 |
Re: great games |
nin |
| |
9. |
Jan 24, 12:23 |
who cares |
Cheese |
| |
16. |
Jan 24, 16:56 |
No subject |
Carver |
| |
17. |
Jan 24, 17:00 |
Re: No subject |
nin |
| |
19. |
Jan 24, 17:06 |
Re: No subject |
Prez |
| >> |
20. |
Jan 24, 17:32 |
Re: No subject |
Some Dude |
| |
32. |
Jan 24, 18:47 |
No subject |
Reckless |
| |
33. |
Jan 24, 20:27 |
Re: No subject |
Parallax Abstraction |
|
|
Twitter 
