QA is very very expensive. I've seen companies spend millions of dollars testing their product to ensure it is essentially defect free. Small shops don't always have the resources to do this, and all too often don't even know how to go about conducting a large scale QA project. To make things yet worse, Steam is a platform that encourages sloppy QA. Find a bug? No problem - we don't have to burn a half a million CDs and ship them out, we just push the fix out on Steam in the morning.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Napier, Kevin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 9:52 AM Subject: RE: [hlds] Valve's Business & Cheats > I think your right thier priorities seem to be seriously flacked up. > > In reality I think thier just too small a shop to put out the product(s) they want on the timelines and level of quality required. > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
