Randy Pitchford Quotes

Testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence!

Running the test suite like this allows us to catch problems when they are just introduced.

We do think deeply about the sequencing of our games, but having said that, Nintendo is well-known that if a game isn't ready, we will push out the development in order to make sure that it is as strong as possible when the game launches.

Game development is very difficult. Nobody sets out to create a game that's not fun. It's all of the challenges and difficulties that happen throughout development that determine whether a game is a failure or a success. I think playing those thousands of games is the single best and easiest way to learn from my predecessors.

I found out that most programmers don't like to test their software as intensely as I do.

I used Agitator on some code I had unit-tested, and it made me a better tester. As an Agitar Fellow, I look forward to the leverage of working with an outstanding organization as together we continue to improve the value of developer testing.

I'm a big gamer. I know the lead time and how long it takes to develop a game and how hard it is to get it right.

Testing, we will never do enough of it.

You have to develop your whole game to completion.

I'm not saying we purposely introduced bugs or anything, but this is kind of a natural result of any complexities of software... that you can't fully test it.

I'm a game designer, so I care about the whole experience.

A program that has not been tested does not work.

The process of software development doesn't feel any better than it did a generation ago.

Our job as the game creators or developers - the programmers, artists, and whatnot - is that we have to kind of put ourselves in the user's shoes. We try to see what they're seeing, and then make it, and support what we think they might think.

I'm a hardcore gamer and would never let you down by designing a crappy title.

If I say I've got two versions of Word - that old one from 1982 that's perfect, with zero defects; or the new one that's got all this cool new stuff, but there might be a few bugs in it - people always want the new one. But I wouldn't want them to operate a plane I was on with software that happened to be the latest greatest release!

An individual developer like me cares about writing the new code and making it as interesting and efficient as possible. But very few people want to do the testing.

As a rule, software systems do not work well until they have been used, and have failed repeatedly, in real applications.

Well, user feedback was excellent. Even when the software didn't work at all, there were few people who were avid users, and there were people who were just sending excellent feedback and excellent ideas.

I would have tested the furniture if they'd asked me.

Just make games for yourself and try to have a critical eye to what you do. If you genuinely like the game, there will be other people who like it as well.

Developer testing is an important step towards accountability. It gives developers a way to demonstrate the quality of the software they produce.

I'm not a programmer myself, but I am a very, very picky end user of technology. I like my machines to work they way they're supposed to, all the time.

Software development is technical activity conducted by human beings.

Like any well designed software product, Windows is designed, developed and tested as an integrated whole.