» Wed May 30, 2012 8:17 am
Actually, the industry did start out with good games with relatively few and minor bugs. This was way back when computers were new-fangled gadgets, Consoles were on the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_2600 level, and there wasn't anything like Cell Phones other than the Star Trek Communicators.
What happened was the "I demand my satisfaction NOW goshdarnit!" attitude.
Nowadays, QA seems to be more for making certain that the program doesn't blow up your computer... (having done so myself, I know that isn't the case, but really! At least TRY to look competent)
142 hours? Not bad.
My record for one game (across several playthrus) is 794 hours. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultima_I:_The_First_Age_of_Darkness, later called Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness. Bethesda claims another top, tho: over 2,000 hours across the entire Elder Scrolls series.