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I hate to be a Debbie downer, but a Petition with 4000 signatures probably won't do much. They're still gonna go forward with the last Update, and leave it at that.
It's cool to see you guys banding together, but I wouldn't get your hopes up 😳
@iluminatethesky Hello 😇
Everyone who signs the petition and comments here knows the chances of it making a significant impact are very small. I guess the reason why we all still try is the last paragraph of the announcement, which says: "This announcement may change as we listen to community feedback and continue developing and evolving our Live Service & Content."
I believed it was included to give the impression EA cares about their customers and to make the community less upset and just marketing, but I don't recall EA ever saying "this could change after community feedback" about a game's cancellation. I remain pessimistic, but this statement has given me a tiny bit of hope that Iceburg Lettuce or the finished customizations & upgrades will be released. It would even make sense from EA's perspective as a profit oriented company. The team has worked on this content for 6 months and the labour put into it was expensive. Iceburg Lettuce is nearly finished and if it were to be released, it would definitely increase the game's sales by a bit. It wouldn't be much, but a small amount of profit is better than none at all.
Another thing I thought about is the next gen consoles: Sony has confirmed every PS4 game will work on PS5 automatically and developers need to actively opt-out if they don't want this to happen. I know I'm foolish for even thinking about it, but since the BfN team is already working on a new game, maybe EA is considering letting another team continue development for just a small amount of time to give the game a huge boost in sale when these consoles launch. The game was received very well by the press and if * had some marketing, I'm certain it would appeal to many. The PvZ shooters are the only child friendly shooters with mainstream appeal, next to Splatoon, which is a Nintendo exclusive. As there won't be many exciting games at launch for these new consoles, with many launching in early 2021, I think this would make a lot of sense. The more realistic outcome would be EA releasing the game on the new consoles without any new content, though, which would be a huge missed opportunity, in my point of view.
Even if this doesn't help, it at least shows there is indeed a dedicated BfN community and that PvZ is a loved franchise which should see more games being released in the future. As you said, it is nice to come together as a community and try 🙂, even if the outcome is uncertain or most likely negative. We all make sure not to get our hopes up, but if EA really doesn't even intend on changing something after our feedback, then they shouldn't say so in their office communication.
