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Has 2017 been a bad year for Stern code support?

By PanzerFreak

6 years ago


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    #41 6 years ago
    Quoted from PanzerFreak:

    Apparently my original code update counts were off, I've updated them.
    Change logs often have multiple entries that get released publicly under one update. After searching through Sterns Facebook page going back to January 1st, which always announces code updates, I've updated the totals.
    Below are the exact dates for 2017 Stern code updates in order of release.
    January 12th: Batman .65
    January 17th: Ghostbusters 1.13
    January 31st: Batman. 68
    February 17th: Batman .69
    March 16th: Aerosmith 1.02
    March 23rd: Batman. 70
    March 30th: Aerosmith 1.03
    April 28th: Batman . 71
    May 25th: Batman. 75
    August 8th: KISS 1.30
    August 15th: Star Wars .89
    So 11 public code updates in all for 2017. Again some of the updates are mostly bug fix updates versus those that add to gameplay.
    By comparison I recall Keith Johnson putting out 12+ code updates for WOZ over the course of a year. This doesn't mean anyone else is more or less talented then Keith but rather shows what type of code support can be offered when programmers are given enough time to create deep and unique code.

    Star wars has had two updates not just one. Also what year did keith put out 12 updates for WOZ within a year?

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    #43 6 years ago
    Quoted from PanzerFreak:

    That was between spring of 2013 and spring of 2014.

    Okay so you are comparing a company that released 12 updates within a year, for the one machine they had out at the time, to a company who currently has four or five different machines running on the production line and has also released 12 updates within the 9 months that have passed already?

    Of course Keith is going to release as many updates as possible, he had nothing else to code for and he still wants to receive a paycheck doesn't he?

    Seriously these trolling threads are stupid (on both sides of the JJP and Stern fanboys) there is no point to them and nothing productive comes from them other then to get the two sides fighting with each other.

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