User blog comment:Airos/Rant: Why I dislike PC gaming/@comment-2249418-20110608112623

I disagree with your sentiment that developers are given slack on the "Retail Betas" they put out. If a game is glitchy, critics and users alike will mark it down. (See:Fallout:New Vegas) And a game won't earn full marks from ANYONE unless it is PERFECT. (Portal 2, Starcraft 2, etc.) It's nice that they can patch it after it has been released, but most times when it gets to that point, critics and users alike have already decided the game's future.