EA/DICE respond to backlash
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EA needs to move the releases to February - After so many of these fiascos they have not earned the right to release close to the holidays where they dump a bug riddled game on the public and then just head off to vacation. I feel especially bad for young adults who saved up and bought at full price and then had their winter break sullied. Employees absolutely need relief and respite from the ordeal that is game development but EA needs to have team stay behind to handle major bug fixes and balance issues with the understanding that they'd take their PTO later.
I don't think this is possible now because of how vacations during the Christmas season work in Sweden now, but if they released in Feb or beyond they could stager the post holiday PTO so we don't have to wait 2-3 months for salvation.
Also I wish DICE exercised greater control over employee tweets as it relates to the business. Like this tweet is the definition of tone deaf. There was a way to convey this message without fishing for sympathy. *I know game development is brutal but you know what? So are a lot of professions.
* I am an advocate of unions for game developers and restrictions on crunch and support fair labor rights vigorously and wish to see conditions improve for everyone in the industry who isn't/hasn't been treated fairly.
This is the same story every BF game so I don't get why anyone needs DICE to hold their hand and pinky swear the game will be improved and layout in detail every little thing that will come out and when from here to eternity.
They obviously will provide new content and bug fixes and a few new features for a good year to year and a half as always. IT's just par for the course.
And if you already bought the game it hardly matters when stuff comes out or what comes out way off in the future somewhere. I mean who is planning a party for June and has to reserve a lan center or date, but only will do so if DICE pinky promises a few more maps, more guns and bug fixes and a rather pointless legacy scoreboard? IT's ridiculous.
And if you don't like the game now because it's just so bad for you then why would you play it before anything changes?
So I just see all the noise as only irrational. Who cares what they say. What they plan. The dates. etc. The reality is they will put in work and provide content and stuff will come out when it comes out. And until it comes out, it's vaporware.
IT's all actually rather hilarious because the irrationals that want DICE to declare everything are going to be the first to fly off the handle when something gets delayed, canceled or turns out to not be that great. It's like they really just want DICE to say something so they can fly off the handle. And print memes.
IT's all nonsense..
Nothing is going to insta-polish and insta-add content to the game. It is going to take the better part of the year of baby steps to get there.
Must really suck being the Global Director of Integrated Comms at EA right now. I never even heard of him until today.
My guess is he's stressed out because someone at EA (his boss) sent him a memo saying do something about all the negative press and social media surrounding the game.
They obviously will provide new content and bug fixes and a few new features for a good year to year and a half as always.
Yeah, than after 1-1.5 years, they drop this game and BF6 comes.
@Jozso987 wrote:They obviously will provide new content and bug fixes and a few new features for a good year to year and a half as always.
Yeah, than after 1-1.5 years, they drop this game and BF6 comes.
Exactly. And everyone will buy it who whined about this game at launch. And the cycle starts again.
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