Comments on: Patches – The Bane of Call of Duty ? http://www.inx-gaming.com/gaming-blog/all-to-do-with-call-of-duty-4-servers/patches-the-bane-of-call-of-duty/ Because running game servers is fun Thu, 04 Aug 2011 23:46:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: John http://www.inx-gaming.com/gaming-blog/all-to-do-with-call-of-duty-4-servers/patches-the-bane-of-call-of-duty/comment-page-1/#comment-1926 John Sun, 04 May 2008 13:30:53 +0000 http://www.inx-gaming.co.uk/gaming-blog/all-to-do-with-call-of-duty-4-servers/patches-the-bane-of-call-of-duty/#comment-1926 I think that you hit the nail on the head here - patches are necessary to both correct bugs and to make the game more balanced to play. While bug hunting and balancing can be done internally to a certain extent it's also important to iteratively do it after the game's release and Infinity Ward have been doing a good job of retrospectively improving their game which shows an increasingly rare dedication to the consumers. I think that you hit the nail on the head here – patches are necessary to both correct bugs and to make the game more balanced to play. While bug hunting and balancing can be done internally to a certain extent it’s also important to iteratively do it after the game’s release and Infinity Ward have been doing a good job of retrospectively improving their game which shows an increasingly rare dedication to the consumers.

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