@bkbroilr: Games and movies are not the same thing.

@ltjohnnyrico: $23.5 Billion industry. They aren't struggling.

So, now instead of waiting for the game to drop to $40, I will have to wait until it drops to $20. Or just not buy the game ever.

$23.5 Billion... How will this struggling industry ever survive? We need to up the price of games and fill them with more and more DLC and Season passes. Please cut back further on testing and QA. Your customers should be willing to accept buggy and broken products to help you survive. Come on everyone, place your next preorder on an unfinished game today. The industry needs your help to survive.

Why would anyone care if the game is also coming out on PC? You still get to play it on your Xbox. You just don't want others to play it too? Also, it's a single player game, so it's not like the "community" is being split up like it would for a multiplayer game. Exclusives are not good for gamers unless the specifications of one platform limit the games quality on the other platforms. Let everyone play the game on whatever platform they choose. How would that prohibit you from enjoying your game?

However, the fact that it is coming to PC but only though the Windows store and not Steam or others, should cause concern. We should be pushing for more competition. One retailer holding all the cards is bad for consumers. Competition is what capitalism is built on. It protects consumers from price gouging and other shady practices. With things going more and more digital, we need to protect competition at all costs.

It's a shame that games are released in Beta state. But good for the rest of us that so many people still buy Day 1 and pay to test the game for us.

Thankyou

Modern gaming, where the biggest fans and most supportive get the worst experience. LOL Can't even just say, don't preorder. It's more like, don't buy day 1. Wait for a while until it is patched. If you buy day 1, you are basically the Beta testers. LOL, gotta love this industry.

@wkadalie: I never even saw the last Hobbit movie and have no interest in it. The first two were sooo boring. It was clear that they were dragging it out in order to make 3 movies.

@xzerocarnagex: Publisher has the final say as to what gets released to the public and when. If the devs screw up, the publisher should be able to shield the public from that screw up. Insist on more testing, insist that the dev proves the product is ready for release. The fact that situations like this continue to happen, shows that publishers are simply rubber stamping and not doing their due diligence.