Pimax brings it upon themselves when they will state dates and deadlines many, many times and rarely meet them. This isn’t like a one-off incident or anything, this is a recurring problem and I don’t see the problem with calling them out for it. If you don’t bring attention to the problems, people won’t learn from their mistakes, which Pimax seems to have a lot of trouble with for this particular problem. Pimax should not get a free pass for a repeated problem cause “Oh well, can’t be helped lol”. If this was a one off thing after Pimax had a reliable history on the topic, then alright, mistakes happen. This is not a one off though.
They can still show us some behind the scenes look without constantly stringing people along with dates. I completely agree with what Sargon said, and to be honest, I think it would be beneficial to say less sometimes. Because after a point it becomes damaging to the public perception of the company and there’s a reason some companies will keep things close to their chest until it’s close to being ready. But, I’ll also acknowledge I think Pimax has sort of written themselves into a damned if they do, damned if they don’t situation when it comes to all this because of how many dates they’ve missed and much they’ve showed. It’s a little late to course correct with how close to launch their new products look.
I like that Pimax gives us a peek behind the curtain and what they’re working on, but I think being a little bit more selective on some communications might be helpful to their public image. We can have a middle ground between this and constantly missing deadlines vs somebody like, say, Valve where “it’s done when it’s done” and we don’t hear much about it any sooner than that officially.
So you think the Crystal released as announced at the End of Sept? That was not an optimistic deadline. That was clearly not honest as had it been Sales would have opened up in other regions as the Product was said to be finalized save that Standalone mode would not be available on launch.
This in itself wouldn’t be too bad. If they announced delays when it is clear there no where near the target release.
Normally in the past they’d just go silent for a couple of weeks.
But with the Crystal they said it was ready and released in Oct with sales opening in November to other regions.
What has been demoed is a product that at the time it was/is demoed is not ready for consumers. Save Optics and picture essentially meets expectations.
Yes they have been told this method before. If you think it will be ready in a month say 2. That way if you release early you look better and it gives a buffer in case of unforeseen issues arise.
I think Robert Piccardo might have a better future for pimax making him Pies.
Wait a minute - we wouldn‘t even have to consider lists of users if the information given by Pimax itself wasn‘t so ambiguous, sometimes even flatout incorrect.
Instead we see attempts from Pimax to lecture us on what fair & good communication is. That‘s pretty daft, I have to say!
lol, catching up on this thread you really want to make sure we know that the Crystal was “released” a couple of months ago with each post
I too have wondered ever since the 12K announcement what the word “release” actually means to Pimax.
If they tell me the Crystal is releasing in month I expect to see devices for sale.
The trade in program states that they won’t take money until the product is released.
what that really means is when we announce the release of the product we will take your money and your old hmd. And then a year later you will get the 12k when we hobble over the finish line.
I expect alot of angry people when they are without an hmd while they wait for their “released 12k” , me included.
I think it probably can be a little frustrating for anyone not here regularly since the beginning to understand how much the backers have influenced Pimax’s development and how passionate they can sometimes be.
It can get a little repetitive though. Then so too can Pimax’s release dates
