They may not have explicitly said "launch it immediately," but shareholder meetings are definitely a thing, and what probably happened was they said "you havent made any significant releases in this fiscal year to help share value go up, you need to change that." Which pressures FDev to push out a broken DLC.
ANNOUNCEMENT Odyssey Update 2021
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DSS is borked in VR.
I find it real hard to believe that Fdev would be forced to follow No Man's Sky and Cyberpunk 2077 into launch hells that should have been delayed by months. Cyberpunk more specifically was a cautionary tale for basically all game developers.
Shareholders tbh typically do not follow video game mainstream media.
True, but the scary truth is that FDev believe they have delivered a fantastic product. There is a real disconnect between the community vision for ED and FDev's which is unlikely to ever be bridged.
Yeah, that video of David Braben publicly praising his dev team after Odyssey launch for a job well done really does show that NOBODY at FDev have any idea what happens outside their offices.
It was more than just bad press though.
CDPR's stock plummeted and their reputation is forever marred.
Millions of gamers opted to refund on all released platforms.
The game was taken off (and I still believe it is not there) of the Playstation Store until further notice.
If you're a shareholder and that isn't enough of a warning to you not to force games out the door, then you deserve every negative aspect of a botched release to come your way.
So anyhooo....refunds for Odyssey are pretty much a ,|,, since Horizons play and Odyssey play are not tracked separately. Just an FYI for those really disappointed and want a refund (I did not get mine). I am using Epic Games Store for the launcher.
I have not had all the connection issues you folks have had but this game should not have been released. Period.
Scottish Female ed off F-Bombs for a visual.
I have not had all the connection issues you folks have had but this game should not have been released. Period.
Scottish Female ed off F-Bombs for a visual. 
I'm just getting the Orange Sidewinder issue EVERY SINGLE TIME I try and play. This has been going on since midday yesterday. Very hacked off now FDev, would anyone care to comment?
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New bug, I can't choose anything on the left panel. There is no cursor. I try to reboot the game.
Edit: Work after reboot.
Edit: Work after reboot.
Oh, I think they know. They even know very well.
I'm pretty sure Frontier cannot / doesn't hide what's going on since Wednesday for themselves.
But that's big business policy: Never confess you've done and published a big mess; at least try to sell it as intended and as a feature ("it's a feature, not a bug").
This morning, I noticed the following - just read it very attentively:
No word about any Beta or even Open Beta stage - indeed, Frontier went from Alpha directly to launch.
Okay - that is not exactly what is written there, I know
- but the wording and the interpretation perfectly fits to what people is experiencing since two days.Horrible...
You can sell your Low Temperature Diamond collected at Col 285 Sector CC-K a38-2 to Diamond Chocobo for 332k for those who are interested.
Still? I haven't tried it yesterday but will today. I was hoping they fixed it for the release.
Yeah, I've put it aside, too. I don't go for a refund since there seems to be a couple of issues and denials with, too. And as I certainly would buy it in a couple of weeks once again, as soon as its bugs are hopefully mostly fixed, for full price, I also can leave it as it is right now. At least it hopefully won't teleport me thousands of lightyears away from my current position as soon as I go back to Horizons...
But I've returned to my Truck Sim's and other games, too, and I will continue doing so until this mess is mostly resolved.
This is frankly starting to be annoying !! The Fleet Carriers are still stuck and still have no information on anything for more 24h. They must be joking. I also regret having bought the extension, next time I will wait 1 or 2 months and I believe that many people will do the same.
This expansion is an absolute hot mess. Literally hot - my 3090 hit 72degC in a combat zone.
Based on previous update launches I wasn't expecting perfection, and I'm ok with that - I pay to ensure the product keeps getting better.
But this is like being treated with utter contempt. Disgraceful.
Based on previous update launches I wasn't expecting perfection, and I'm ok with that - I pay to ensure the product keeps getting better.
But this is like being treated with utter contempt. Disgraceful.
Ever since last night's update, I have been unable to play the game. I keep getting an 'Orange Sidewinder' error.
With the release of this update, they just on their reputation.