Could anyone close this?, I'm posting it in the suggestions forum, with a proper title.

Thanks.

 

I personally don't think that it's fair to change the score. I bought a EFA II 1gbit card for GBA, based on the review it had on this website. A few weeks after i got it, the EFA team left their forum to rot with spam etc. It had a firmware that was below average, etc.
The DS-X team is still active on IRC + Forum and are releasing a new firmware soon. Right now, they are honoring waranties that resellers stopped honoring (after 15 or 30 days and such...)

If the score is modified because of a 'slower update release' then the EFA II should get the score lowered and all carts should be re-evaluated on the service and updates they are currently getting (GBA and DS, Wii chips etc.)

 

I think the main issue here is that the DS-X doean't even do the things it advertises. That's what people are so angry about. They paid a premium price for a premium device with premium nonexistant features...

- Sam

 

At the time it was a 9, but right now, that score is hurting and angering many people. Is it worth continuing to rip off other customers for its once-golden days?

In my opinion, no way.

I'm aware that they are (finally) making an effort to improve, they are releasing a new firmware soon, etc etc but is that worth months of waiting and false advertising? They couldn't do what they said they could when it came out. Maybe in the next update everything'll work again, but did the customers get what they paid for?

Hm...my post is unusually..."question"-y

 

Their website used to say "supports clean roms" too

 

I write reviews for 360 games, and amend them if there are major/important differences after updates over time. The point is the same principal applies (don't get me wrong; i know what you're saying); I'd be more angry about people not bothering to read my reviews in favour of merely checking forums for the info they need, assuming the review'll be out of date. Plus, it's not like every newcomer would think to check forums anyway.

It's not like every minor new aspect of every card needs amending in each review, merely the disastrous problems such as with the DSX.

 

Nobody is asking for a reevaluation because they disagree with the assessment. Nowhere in the review are there an lies or fallacies, it was pretty spot on for the time it was written.

Folks are asking for one because circumstances have changed enough to radically affect the value in owning one. The complaints are entirely valid, as anybody following all of this drama can testify. The fact that the DS-X team lags behind everybody else, comes up with excuses for this, then fights their own customer base in some futile attempt at saving face needs to be taken into account.

The issue isn't even about piracy, it's that promises were made toward the 'future-proof' management of the product and they have not been kept. And even when they do get around to it (whenever that will be), is everything between then supposed to be erased at that point? We're supposed to forget the delays and silence and banning and denials just because the last horse finally crosses the finishing line?

 

I suspect that your definition for "nothing" probably differs from mine. Just like your definition of "flamefest" probably also differs.

 

A buyers guide that updates and rotates with product releases would be nice, but the reviews should not change...

A game with stunning visuals a year ago could receive a 10 for graphics. A year later, people are developing more effectively and the same game in comparison may get an 8 or 7 for visuals, but you don't retroactively go back and change the score... that's just not how reviews work.

In my opinion, anyone who just reads a review, and doesn't look into forums, dates of reviews posted, or read reviews and news from multiple sites before purchasing a product deserves whatever they choose anyway.

 

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