EA Pushes Back Connected Franchise Playbook to May 20th

[roll2tide]

Quote: Originally Posted by EASPORTS_AJ

Dude... I understand you are disappointed, but this is not some marketing ploy.

Welcome to a fan base that is as frustrated as it is knowledgeable, as skeptical as it is optimistic.

Just once....instead of being disappointed, or given reasons/excuses why things weren't done/couldn't be done, or being told how much better it will be next year.....I'd like to be blown away. Not with every feature....not every year....just once in a while. Just wow me every now and then with how well something actually works. Please.

[Big FN Deal]

Quote: Originally Posted by aholbert32

I HATED CCM last year so the info they release will be key to me purchasing the game this year. So I have as much interest as anyone regarding what they have done to CCM and whether those changes will make me buy the game. With that said, comparing the push back of a video and a blog to the multitude of issues Madden has had over the last few years is silly. There is ZERO justification for flipping out over this even if you have been dissapointed with the game in the past. Its just a blog and its a blog that will be released in two weeks. This is just another case of the "I WANT IT NOW" culture we live in. I could understand if EA cancelled the blog entirely or decided not to release the blog until after release but two weeks.....come on.

So EA Tiburon announces they are revealing the first news of the new Connected Franchise for M25 on May 6th, then decides to wait until May 20th and anyone disappointed speaking out about it is "another case of the I WANT IT NOW culture"?, yet what I posted about this being another disappointment in a 9 year history of disappointments is silly? LOL

[californ14]

Timing is everything, so it has been said, and this is just poor timing....

[WFColonel56]

Quote: Originally Posted by Big FN Deal

So EA Tiburon announces they are revealing the first news of the new Connected Franchise for M25 on May 6th, then decides to wait until May 20th and anyone disappointed speaking out about it is "another case of the I WANT IT NOW culture"?, yet what I posted about this being another disappointment in a 9 year history of disappointments is silly? LOL

It is silly because your "another disappointment" is the equal of being a kid and not receiving your birthday present when you wake up but getting it after dinner. All that changed was when you got it.

Now the present (info/game) could suck. But it would have sucked equally in the morning (today) or after dinner (20th)

[Big FN Deal]

Quote: Originally Posted by WFColonel56

Over everything people can stand on the soapbox about in regards to madden. People want to use stand on the soapbox about having to wait 2 weeks for CF info........... I hope you guys understand how foolish that looks. They didnt tell you at the last min that there wouldnt be a madden demo. They said that they now realized that it was stupid split up the info for CF. I wonder what the tune would be if they instead decided that they would release all of the info 2day?......Since we both know what that tune would be that is why this "outrage" is stupid. I personally find it hilarious that they did this. That they didnt see that it was incredibly stupid to split the dates up to begin with. When I first saw they backed out I LOLed in real life

This is the last I will post about it but I don't understand the seeming compulsion to down play reasonable responses to things Tiburon chooses to do. Again, nobody on OS made up the date of May 6th, Tiburon set and RELEASED that date, so it's reasonable for anyone to be vocally disappointed about them changing it the day of. It also adds to a long 9 year list of other disappointments, it is what it is.

[cuttingteeth]

Internet would have been fun to see 30+ years ago between the announced waits between Star Wars movies.

[aholbert32]

Quote: Originally Posted by Big FN Deal

So EA Tiburon announces they are revealing the first news of the new Connected Franchise for M25 on May 6th, then decides to wait until May 20th and anyone disappointed speaking out about it is "another case of the I WANT IT NOW culture"?, yet what I posted about this being another disappointment in a 9 year history of disappointments is silly? LOL

LOL. Yes. I dont even agree with your "9 year history" statement but lets say for arguments sake, you are correct. One, why the **** would you still be disappointed if a company has disappointed you for 9 yrs straight? Two, the disappointments have always been game related (missing features, bugs etc.) not related to PR. If anything the one thing EA has down is the ability to advertise and hype a game up before release.

I read everyone person's post about how "this is about principle" and "how disappointed they are" as "WAAAAH! I WANT THE INFO NOW!!!" Like said before, I'm as interested as anyone to find out about CCM. Did I want the 1st part of the CCM blog today? Sure. Did I feel the need to lecture EA about disappointment and principle when I heard it was cancelled? No, because they had a reasonable excuse for it and its just two weeks.

I dont have to make my decision about buying the game until August so why do I give a **** if I dont get all the info I want on May 6?

[californ14]

Quote: Originally Posted by WFColonel56

It is silly because your "another disappointment" is the equal of being a kid and not receiving your birthday present when you wake up but getting it after dinner. All that changed was when you got it. Now the present (info/game) could suck. But it would have sucked equally in the morning (today) or after dinner (20th)

No, the disappointment is equal to being promised continuously a Birthday present at a given time and of a certain quality and continuously waking up on your big day to find the gift missing...