EA SPORTS FC™ TeamThis video, while not "F1" related or directed at EA specifically, beautifully sums up the overall situation that EA has decided to place itself in.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWdZhKFtxKg
The tl;dw version: Actually good games, like BG3, are causing some studios to 'panic' thinking that fans will expect a better product, instead of the cash-grab, bug-filled nonsense that some people continue to put out every year.
EA has released one patch every two weeks since launch, fixing a small handful of issues each time, for a game that released with a massive amount of inexcusable bugs. Some of these inexcusable bugs remain almost two months after launch, with no sign of urgency on being corrected.
Larian, publishers and developers of BG3, have released 3 patches since August 3rd, fixing (cumulatively) nearly one thousand bugs of various severity. Notably including two patches one day apart that each fixed a few hundred things. ONE DAY APART.
I know which company looks like they care, and which company I'd rather support. BG3 is likely to be the GOTY winner. F1 is going to be...just another forgettable entry in a list of yearly DLC failures.
Why not be more like Larian, EA?
@Trekari
This is an example of what developers should do. Set priorities, scrap useless features gamers don't even want and give players the experience they expect instead of maximising their profit.
And I liked BG3 early release, much better approach than closed betas. We could feed back info about game and pin-point problems and bugs so they were able to fix major issues prior official release date. And that's great because you have much, much larger pool of testers than company can afford to buy internally.
The profit will eventually come because gamers will share their experience that will attract more of them.
