Re: F1 23 Release Date

@Cpayne32   There will be just as many bugs as before:   The issue for me is that ALL bugs get fixed in a timely manner…. Bugs shouldn’t be in games. (Except maybe the occasional one. Nothing is perfect) But unfortunately this is now industry standard practice to fix and finish games post launch.   Cheaper using us to find the bugs than paying for extensive QA.  

Earlier into the real season the game launches the more games they will sell of the back off it.   Currently launching the game halfway through a season when it looks like one driver will runaway with it and confirmation off that half dozen races later.  Reduces the hype and excitement surrounding F1 and I imagine impact sales of the game.  

What I think would be best from the perspective of most players would be a closed beta test that happens long enough before launch for problems found to be addressed before the game is actually released. I don't expect this to happen based on the last couple of years but I do think it would help. Recent games have had many issues at launch that were identified during beta testing but hadn't been fixed.

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@Cpayne32 wrote:
@Ultrasonic_77Yeah but i think over the years the constant leaking from beta tests has kinda meant its not viable.

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I agree that's been an issue, although probably not a major one to be honest. Perhaps I'm being naïve but I wouldn't have thought the limited leaks the last couple of years have negatively affected sales? 

A more limited beta with people that could be trusted would still be beneficial IMHO.

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@Ultrasonic_77 wrote:

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@Cpayne32 wrote:
@Ultrasonic_77Yeah but i think over the years the constant leaking from beta tests has kinda meant its not viable.

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I agree that's been an issue, although probably not a major one to be honest. Perhaps I'm being naïve but I wouldn't have thought the limited leaks the last couple of years have negatively affected sales? 

A more limited beta with people that could be trusted would still be beneficial IMHO.

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You are right about that. Hopefully EA and codies will do that going forward 

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@Cpayne32 wrote:
@Ultrasonic_77Yeah but i think over the years the constant leaking from beta tests has kinda meant its not viable.

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How do you mean this? I mean, the players in the beta should sign a NDA, and why would a leak from a beta test not make it possible to make a new beta?

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Also as a response on other things in the thread, I saw people saying a year without a release shouldn't be happening, but i disagree, I've been thinking for years they should've been doing this.

How i see it isn't, they stop updating the current game, hell why not drop a DLC for 23 season, keep a small team on the previouse game, fixing bugs, but not really adding new stuff, just FIXING, something the serries has needed for years.

I dont see how a company like EA, with the money printer soccer game, wouldn't have the resources to do this.

I saw a video about WRC (could be on the forums here not sure) and about how they changed from a yearly to a release every 2 years and it made the game way better, don't know personally, haven't played it, but 2 year of devolpment is more than 1 year, and wouldn't see how this wouldn't help the F1 series aswell.

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@Cpayne32 wrote:
@Ultrasonic_77Yeah but i think over the years the constant leaking from beta tests has kinda meant its not viable.

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How do you mean this? I mean, the players in the beta should sign a NDA, and why would a leak from a beta test not make it possible to make a new beta?

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Also as a response on other things in the thread, I saw people saying a year without a release shouldn't be happening, but i disagree, I've been thinking for years they should've been doing this.

How i see it isn't, they stop updating the current game, hell why not drop a DLC for 23 season, keep a small team on the previouse game, fixing bugs, but not really adding new stuff, just FIXING, something the serries has needed for years.

I dont see how a company like EA, with the money printer soccer game, wouldn't have the resources to do this.

I saw a video about WRC (could be on the forums here not sure) and about how they changed from a yearly to a release every 2 years and it made the game way better, don't know personally, haven't played it, but 2 year of devolpment is more than 1 year, and wouldn't see how this wouldn't help the F1 series aswell.

@Cpayne32Beat me to it 😂  

Tom97 take.  Has some fun theories

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FsiMkXYq1M0&t=322s