You really shouldn't be making uneducated guesses over things you (very clearly) don't understand.
First of all, a community-made patch for the First Born Syndrome has been around for a couple of years by now. Just look it up and you'll very quickly find it for yourself. There's even a version compatible with the latest Legacy Collection.
Secondly, EA is not a modder. They own and have access to the source code of the game. If they wanted, they could torn down the game and build it back up for all it matters. Point being: fixing a bug that modders couldn't otherwise fix is completely in the scope of what they can do, and the game being a certain age certainly doesn't prevent them from doing it. Not the first time I've seen people use the game's age as an argument of some sort, but that's just not how games and code work. Sure, some limitations are hard to workaround, this one isn't that.
I also think the Legacy Team should be looking into this. It's a long standing bug that got overlooked at the time, but one that impacts not only the genetic sequencing, but also other stuff that relies on that same sequencing formula for randomness.
ArilyBooI completely agree with simserenity Code is code and they absolutely could fix issues. EA has a well-documented habit of making players and modders fix things they could absolutely fix if they so desired.
The game's age has nothing to do it. An example, people are able to play a variety of old games under emulation. It doesn't matter how old the game is at all. Another game I am fond of is over 40 with a fork of DOSBox (DOS Emulator) without an issue. If they have access to the code, they can fix it and they should.
I know you said you didn't want to argue, please keep in mind that these games are not cheap and we are now outside of the EA app 1 failed run/2 week return policy, and that people who bought with Steam don't get refunds at all. So if we are all stressed and frustrated and eager to see our games work, saying that we should refund is the worst thing you can say because now we can't get refunds!
Yes, if they charge them for lots of bucks. They should fix main bugs.
