Might just be time to give up on this franchise

@Z0mbieBabyJesus 

Werent you also a huge EA defender over the years? Funny how everyone is finally starting to see them for what they are 

I was. But there's literally no excuse for the gong show 23 has been. There's absolutely no reason for so many things to be broken. Covid isn't an excuse any more.  

@Z0mbieBabyJesus 

I hear ya, it’s an absolute joke that this game is basically a copy and paste, yet has this many problems at release. I mean the changes alone really didn’t even warrant the AAA title price they were charging for what could have been implemented in a patch, but then to have this many bugs and issues on top of it is actually an embarrassment.

I was ready to full blown nerd it up at release. Booked 2 weeks off work and was going to grind the crap out of the game. I ended up cancelling my vacation and went back to work and don’t even plan on logging back onto this * of a game until I actually see some fixes. The excuses year after year are getting old 

@Defecate_on_me 

We're definitely not ok with how upset the community is. We're investigating various issues reported here, but that takes time. It's not the overnight process everyone is expecting.

Thank you for replying.  I gave on Madden. I don't want to give up on NHL too. The game isn't bad at all, just needs a little fixing. I was getting worried that you guys weren't listening.  I'll be patient now, seeing that you are hearing us about the issues. Nothing is ever perfect, but it's the work put into making the effort to improve that does make the difference. Thank you for that.

I found it a little bit ironic, yet satisfying, that we knew for years they go "maximum profit for the lowest cost." They kept going more and more until the breaking point, and it's only now that everyone is waking up, but at least we are waking up. I'm glad that all the community stand as one, enough is enough. 

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@Z0mbieBabyJesus wrote:

I was. But there's literally no excuse for the gong show 23 has been. There's absolutely no reason for so many things to be broken. Covid isn't an excuse any more.  

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Looks like I'm the last one to pick up the flag... ;-)

I'll take it. I'm loving the play of 23 as much as any of the others over the years. The other stuff has me thinking a lot of New Coke and the blunders are simply a market test by EA. 

However it breaks out I'm still getting a solid 30 to 60 minutes of fun each night in Squads. At least those rewards haven't broke yet.....yet.

Don’t expect it to be an overnight process but the fact this game has so many issues at launch is kinda trouble some. It is very frustrating. Maybe when you release the cross platform update maybe all these bugs will be fixed

EA only cares about two things between now and next September— people buying the game & spending money on HUT. The folks who pre-ordered the game/ bought at full price took care of step one without EA having to put in any effort. I see tons of negative feedback on Madden, FIFA & NHL, but I look on the Xbox store and those are the #1, 2 & 4th most purchased games this month.The amount of money from that plus what EA UT makes per year means the company can coast on making copy/paste glitchfests. 

IMO, there was no reason to buy NHL 23 at full price on launch especially with the servers still working & roster share in NHL 22. You want EA to step up— stop buying these games (at least at launch). Make them panic and put effort into finishing the games on time instead of making you a $100 beta tester.