Watch a couple of Angry Joe reviews and/or rants and you get an idea that it happens more frequently. But it's mostly on games and/or features I am not even interested in. PC Diablo 3 got boned by that with server load and the requirement to even be online to play so when the servers can't accept you, then you can't play the game you bought. Sim City, Assassin's Creed Unity, Watch Dogs, Battlefield, the last couple Total War games, and wasn't Evolve pretty broken as well, despite all the hype?

It is mostly Triple-A titles though. And at that, its mostly online/multiplayer features. I'm not very interested in these games, and especially not interested in those features. Pretty sure Mass Effect 3's multiplayer was broken the first week as well. And didn't bother me in the slightest as I only wanted to play the main game

But Wasteland 2 was pretty broken upon release as well, especially for AMD users. But it was still playable, it would just likely roast your graphics card for no reason. And at least inXile cared. They pushed it back once or twice, and then warned people it was a thing when it was released, and that they were working frantically to fix it as their top priority. You'd never see EA or Ubisoft say to their fans "Sorry, but we have to get this out the door. Expect this problem and this problem if you use this type of computer". For some reason they'd MUCH rather the backlash and fan hate. Any publicity I guess

That being said, the last few launch games we've bought have been fine. Bloodborne has a couple hiccups, but nothing extremely game-breaking in my experience. My girlfriend got Samurai Warriors and Dynasty Warriors on launch for the PS4 and no problems with those. I haven't experienced any problems with Final Fantasy Type-0, Resident Evil: Revelations 2, or REmakeHD and I got all those on launch. But they're not Triple-A titles. They're not using over-inflated budgets, or ridiculously high fidelity graphics engines. And they are fantastic games. I there's more than just online features I don't support. I think the one and only super high fidelity game I've gotten and enjoyed was The Last of Us. So for some reason, my personal preference in video games keeps me pretty safe from these fiascos most of the time. I'm never going to buy Call of Duty or Battlefield, so I'm never going to be disappointed by them