NCAA Football 12 Title Update #2 Details

[fistofrage]

Quote: Originally Posted by mcavner

I don't think that is true - the trigger finger comment. It may be an age thing, but of my peer group, online and offline, there is very much a move away from day one purchasing and many of them are not purchasing at all. Like the post above states, time is short even if money is not, and if the game is more frustrating than fun and disappointing rather than delivering, well then they'll find something else to fill that void or just... not play video games. There is a real sense of frustration in the community from some longtime players, and that frustration seems to be of the fed-up variety. For instance, of my core group of players, which was probably 25-30 guys maybe ten yrs ago, we are now down to half a dozen purchasing the game at all this year, and of those I feel like I'm the only guy who even enjoys the game at all - and likely the last planning to buy next year. And for me much of that is still based on what this game might be, should be, post-patch. Sales are made on marketing and reputation. Right now we've got a glitchy game and a community that feels, once again, duped by marketing and our own seemingly endless enthusiasm and optimism for the title's possibility. Last year's title was one of the best versions IMO - I had really hoped they'd picked up some momentum.

It has nothing to do with the money, its the principal and the time and frustration spent trying to correct flaws with sliders that may or may not even work properly.

$60 is really nothing to me in the grand scheme of things. Its a few drinks and a nice steak dinner or a round of golf. If I had the "perfect" college football game, I wouldn't mind paying $200+ for it if it gave me hundreds of hours of enertainment over the course of the year.

But back to the principal....Why should anyone have to pay to be a frustrated beta tester. At the very least, EA should make sure that hi-lighted features work as advertised. Its pretty amazing to me that EA sports doesn't tap this sites resources for beta testers and find these errors before the game is released.

[Old School SD Fan]

The real frustration aside from no one being open above Frosh level is the OD's. My first one permanently froze after a game in season 2, my 2nd after season 6 or 7. Totally unloadable/unplayable.

That's definitely a "gamebreaker" at least if you want to use one of the most popular features.

I don't feel safe using the bells & whistles - Teambuilder, conference changes, etc because of the freezes.

[cardswin2006]

Quote: Originally Posted by fistofrage

It has nothing to do with the money, its the principal and the time and frustration spent trying to correct flaws with sliders that may or may not even work properly. $60 is really nothing to me in the grand scheme of things. Its a few drinks and a nice steak dinner or a round of golf. If I had the "perfect" college football game, I wouldn't mind paying $200+ for it if it gave me hundreds of hours of enertainment over the course of the year. But back to the principal....Why should anyone have to pay to be a frustrated beta tester. At the very least, EA should make sure that hi-lighted features work as advertised. Its pretty amazing to me that EA sports doesn't tap this sites resources for beta testers and find these errors before the game is released.

In a sense they are trying that with the Season Pass thing, but you have to pay to be the tester. And even then it's only a lead time of a few days, but it's the same idea. Part of their reasoning was that they will be able to identify issues earlier with this program.

[Bootzilla]

Quote: Originally Posted by fistofrage

It has nothing to do with the money, its the principal and the time and frustration spent trying to correct flaws with sliders that may or may not even work properly. $60 is really nothing to me in the grand scheme of things. Its a few drinks and a nice steak dinner or a round of golf. If I had the "perfect" college football game, I wouldn't mind paying $200+ for it if it gave me hundreds of hours of enertainment over the course of the year. But back to the principal....Why should anyone have to pay to be a frustrated beta tester. At the very least, EA should make sure that hi-lighted features work as advertised. Its pretty amazing to me that EA sports doesn't tap this sites resources for beta testers and find these errors before the game is released.

$60 bucks for a few drinks and a steak dinner? Wow, sign me up for that!!!!

I totally hear what you're saying and I agree. Generally speaking, the hours of entertainment for the cost in most instances is worth it in my opinion. Heck, games have probably saved me a nice chunk of change that I otherwise would have spent on bar tabs or something, lol.

However, faith that this company can deliver a product without terrible bugs and issues has dwindled to such a low that it has become harder and harder to justify these purchases. And the lack of communication to the loyal customer base is appalling. It's getting old and I'm getting sick of it.

I know it's ridiculous but, EA has me despising a guy I don't even know. I have to chuckle to myself but, every time I see Ben Haumiller he just seems greasier and greasier. Like a used car salesman, haha.

[sniperscout75]

Along with what others are saying I too am extremely disappointed on the lack of a patch as of almost 2 months after game release regarding several game breaking bugs. Im speaking first and foremost about online dynasties ending up halted or destroyed after much time invested.

I have always been a strong supporter of this game and have felt that the dev team in the past were a lot of the time unfairly criticized. This year however it is hard to make excuses for them. To have bugs that literally halt your game and do not allow one to play the feature that one loves most is unbelievable to me that a fix has not been implemented to this point.

The lack of communication from the dev team to any of the sites that they have close contact with is a big problem I believe. If they would simply come out and at least acknowledge the fact that there are MAJOR bugs in this game I believe that would at least make some happier (myself included). However all we are left with is quite frankly an interview on 8/18 and the bugs are almost an after thought as to the severity while I personally felt the issue was for the most part dismissed. (this is simply my impression of the interview)

My plan next year is to buy this game from ebay/person to person some time after release. Im not going to buy it used as this will still send in my revenue. I know that this will not in any way put any dent in their sales however it will make me feel better and lessen the extent that I feel as a consumer that im being looked over as currently this is how I feel with this years release.

[ViLLiO]

They won't release it until after Madden. Wouldn't want to affect their Madden sales.

[SincerelYourz]

my online dynasty just deleted itself

[SECElit3]

Quote: Originally Posted by SincerelYourz

my online dynasty just deleted itself

How do you feel about that?