Pdub wrote:Lots of truth in your post. Other games take years to make, and the developers release patches quickly. I remember Live 2001 for PC being released in FEBRUARY of 2001. They pushed it back around 5 months. Then they decided to fuck releasing Live 2002 on PC, which was a good idea. But they also lied their panties off, stating something about making PC specific features with the extra time they had in not releasing the game that year. That turned out to be "customart" which the Live communtiy had been doing anyways.

I agree. Games like Duke Nukem Forever took ages, and I still don't know if its still coming out. Its release date has been "when it's out" since about 5 years ago. Fans of the series still await its release even though the technology might be years back.
Its about the pride game publishers, and the production team take in making their games. It's obviously a bonus if games get released on time, or before or close to the Sport's season opening date. But they don't understand that gamers would rather wait, even missing that year's version for a good game.
I don't know how EA works internally. Maybe the sales/marketing department wants games for the platforms they designate every year regardless of quality, etc.
I'm not playing this game till a patch comes out. I'm going to reinstall Live'06.
And there's no such thing as return the game to the store policy in my country. I think it only works in the US and some other countries? There's a 90 day policy thing at the back of my Live'07 manual, I'll go read it later
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Sorry, I meant "When it's done" instead of "when it's out"