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Smash Bros creator urges other devs to launch their games with as few bugs as possible because patches won’t matter if “your players have already given up on the game”

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Smash Bros creator urges other devs to launch their games with as few bugs as possible because patches won’t matter if “your players have already given up on the game”

Masahiro Sakurai, the legendary Nintendo developer who created the Kirby and Super Smash Bros. series, has a few words of wisdom for other AAA developers.

On the latest episode of the YouTube series ‘Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games’, Sakurai navigates the issue of post-release video game updates and the often-sad state of AAA titles at launch generally. Essentially, he says patches and DLC are good because they improve games, but also reckons it’d be better if developers would ensure their projects are as bug-free as possible before launch.

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