Erm, Rory Alexander is streaming GT7 right now. And seemingly seeing his channel grow on the back of it. Not that any title is beholden to giving someone a living.
Kie has never stopped streaming and has also seen his channel grow tremendously. Maybe he has a point with his latest tweet. There’s a lot of chatter about the current failings of GT7 online. But people still come back to race.
The only mainstream GT streamer I know of is Super GT. He has other real world racing commitments.
None of that is excusing any of the online issues. But we know PD are working on them. We know they have monthly updates. Wouldn’t it make sense to see if there are any solutions in the June update?
For myself and many others GT Sport was the biggest disappointment we’ve ever had in the GT series. The esports approach had niche appeal and many essential features of a GT where ditched in favour of it.
I don’t think it’s such a huge ask for the esports community to have a little patience. Especially as many of those actually playing professionally or for a living are still participating.
I didn't say either one of them stopped streaming, rather my point was their livelihoods rely on the game. It's more than an "entertainment luxury" to them. The better the game, the better they both do. Regardless, both of which have been very vocal, during their streams and otherwise, about the flaws in the game. Rory's made two stand alone videos about the issues, and has started streaming other racing games because of it. Have you seen these?
Dude's obviously not super pleased with the state of the game. I don't watch too much of Kei, but I've been streaming Rory here-and-there and the dude was having a panic attack/mental breakdown a few weeks back when the game kept freezing on him as he not too long ago, quit his job to stream GT.
This isn't supposed to be a "Rory said this, Kei said that." Not trying to go down that rabbit hole or speak on anyone else's behalf. Rather back to my original points: A product should be able to meet the expectations of the consumer based on supplied information/reasonable assumptions; and, the game is considered more than a "luxury of entertainment" to some people.
Tell me it will be six months; I will be patient. Tell me it will be a year; I will be patient. But they tell us nothing.
Agreed. Personal story but I finally got my PS5 back in October (I think). Three days into having it, the thing bricked itself and wouldn't turn on. I called Sony's CUSTOMER SERVICE (that thing I mentioned earlier) talked to a human, yadda yadda yadda they fixed it on their dime. When I spoke with the Customer Rep., he said it would likely take six weeks to get my system back. I gotta tell ya, it sucked not to have it but I was patient because at least they told me something and I knew it was being worked on. Sure as ****, six weeks later I got it back.
From PD? Crickets, tumbleweeds, and "here are some cars!" is all we get. Yes, they are making updates, but they're a bit off target for the most part.
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