[hillm2ca]

I can understand the frustration over the issues associated with the release of the last few patches. It can be despairing losing progress in the middle of a game and obviously should not happen, as Markus and everyone would agree. At the same time, I do think it is unfair to accuse the team of selling an "incomplete" product on release day, requiring a series of patches to add the missing features. Every game I have played over the years has included developers/programmers sending out patches for a game after it was released. I would not call this fraud, but rather a demonstration of responsibility to make the best product available. Games today are quite complex. OOTP is no exception.
If anything, many of the things featured in patches are additions that the community asks the development team to implement in the game. And, yes, there are other that are based on fixing various issues and broken features that are sometimes introduced by these new patches.
I would not normally comment on a shouting match occurring online, because they are all too common on the Internet. However, what I am saying is that I understand the frustration and disappointment regarding the patches. I am frustrated, too. However, take into consideration that the development team has always worked hard to improve the game. They have too much to lose not to. I have faith that the current issues will be fixed and everyone will move on. And I agree, it is just a video game - a great one at that. Let's keep some perspective.