Horrible state of F1 22

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@Radoko34 wrote:

@TotosHeadphones 

You’re right. 
Do you see any way of this being stopped/overcome, other than the impossible solution of getting everyone to not buy the game?

Our discussion is totally to @dronord551993‘s OP point. F1 22 is in a horrible state. It’s true. And ever since EA has come in, Codemasters’ constant effort to improve the game has been stripped right back, so that they just release the bare minimum, enough to call it a ‘new’ game. Although many people wouldn’t call it that. 

For sure, some people will stop buying the F1 game, but it won’t be enough to cause EA problems. 
Besides, the positive critic reviews they get when the game is released are just reviews that are fuelled by the new-game hype. Of course every new year’s game is going to be ‘The best so far’, but to be honest, a lot of that is just down to recency bias and that sort of kettle of fish. 🐟 

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Honestly, I don't know. We're in a scenario where developers can continue to pump out yearly games because the demand is there. Games such as F1 and FIFA are also based around sports which really also have yearly updates in terms of players, drivers, kits, liveries, etc, so people are always wanting to have the most up to date roster etc. We're always lead to believe that newer/up to date is always better, preying on our human nature. It's why we have yearly updates of phones and the hardcores will buy a new iPhone that has one new improved feature or a faster processor that they won't even notice when they open up WhatsApp a millisecond quicker than they used to.

Really, I may to be totally wrong but I think not pre-ordering games and buying games too quickly into it's yearly cycle is important. Waiting while fixes happen and gauging the speed the fixes happen and consequently basing your purchase on those factors would hopefully make companies see their sales either improve or diminish. Then the onus is on them to provide a better product to begin with or think about changing the cycle. They'll only look deeply into critiques when they see the numbers and try to work out the reason for the discontent.

I've been trying to find the lifetime and initial sales of F1 22 and and F1 2021 , would be interesting to see.