NCAA Football 12 Title Update #2 Details

[KingV2k3]

Does anyone remember when patch #2 dropped for NCAA11?

I'm curious, as a point of comparison to this year's timeline, etc...

Thanks!

[ggsimmonds]

Quote: Originally Posted by TheShizNo1

Hm, this is a helluva point I never thought of. I assume it's for things such as getting exclusive rating unveilings and exclusive photo shots. And you can say "Hey, come to this site and you can interact w/ the game developers."

Website hits.

[DJ]

Quote: Originally Posted by Trojan Man

First time for everything . . . I agree 100%. It's become very clear from the EA football games I've played extensively (M10, M11, and NCAA12) that getting the game on release day means you're spending your money on an incomplete/faulty product and that you're setting yourself up for frustration in trying to play through the bugs. These games only become what they should be about 2 months after they're released. My future EA purchases will be around October for NCAA and Christmas for Madden. By October the patches and tuners are out and good rosters are up--playing NCAA without those things set is just not as fun. By Christmas Madden has 2 patches and enough roster updates to start franchises with the new rising stars having good ratings boosts. Given all this it really baffles me that OS continues to court developer relationships with EA and offer them protected status. It's quite clear that we don't get anything productive from that relationship. There's little transparency and even less accountability. As the interview shows, all we really get is a more intimate PR experience, which is still PR spin. At least we get our logo in some games . That said, I do happen to enjoy the game despite its warts. I only play offline and I've been lucky not to have too many issues with freezing. I've just had to take a zen approach, fold my legs and meditate before my games, and rub a jade buddha between quarters. It's working so far so I'm gonna ride it out.

Great post, Troj. Things are bad when you're in agreement with Shiz, huh? lol.

That's a sound strategy on the purchasing of games as well. Starting next year, I'm adopting a similar plan when it comes to buying football games.

I'm still enjoying NCAA 12, just playing random games with default, unnamed rosters as I await the patch. Luckily for me, my schedule is very busy so I don't have a ton of time for gaming, so when I do play, I just play for fun and try not to worry about the bugs/glitches. I'm hopeful that the patch/tuner will fix a lot of the glaring issues.

[Ramminyou]

Quote: Originally Posted by KingV2k3

Does anyone remember when patch #2 dropped for NCAA11? I'm curious, as a point of comparison to this year's timeline, etc... Thanks!

I'm pretty sure it was out the first half of August.

[Scott]

Quote: Originally Posted by KingV2k3

Does anyone remember when patch #2 dropped for NCAA11? I'm curious, as a point of comparison to this year's timeline, etc... Thanks!

August 11th...

http://www.pastapadre.com/2010/08/11...atch-2-details

[Millennium]

Let me get this straight right now:

We do not "protect" developers. We treat them as users: you personally attack them, you are banned.

Like many people in this thread who are edging closer and closer to a line they they truly do not want to cross.

Stop the whining and get back to constructive conversation, or bans will begin to be handed out.

And Trojan Man - if you have any questions as to how this site is run, feel free to PM me. You take a shot at this site again, and you won't have to worry about visiting it anymore.

[goalieump413]

Quote: Originally Posted by Trojan Man

...Given all this it really baffles me that OS continues to court developer relationships with EA and offer them protected status. It's quite clear that we don't get anything productive from that relationship. There's little transparency and even less accountability. As the interview shows, all we really get is a more intimate PR experience, which is still PR spin. At least we get our logo in some games ...

I can appreciate your concern, but please remember that this is a forum, where exchanges of ideas, discussion, and yes PR hype for an upcoming product does happen. I think the OS management is doing a pretty damn good job pursuing more discussion with both the game developers and the consumers. It might seem at times that the hard questions aren't being asked in an interview, but that's human nature. If there's one thing we've all learned as football consumers, it's that you don't kill the golden goose (NFL?)

I guess I'm just a little more light hearted, even though at times I want to tear my controller to bits because of ridiculous game play. At the end of the day, it's a game, a leisure activity.

[KingV2k3]

Quote: Originally Posted by Scott

August 11th... http://www.pastapadre.com/2010/08/11...atch-2-details

Thanks for the clarification and the link!

I wait until a couple patches drop before I even take the shrinkwrap off ANY sports game, and I was pretty certain I was playing with a fully functional product by this time last year...