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Originally Posted by thefatcat
I quite understand what your saying, but if it's true then it is all about the money as they need to get it out by their deadline which obviously has to be for financial reasons. Believe me i know how this works  I think we're all keen to hear what Jim says and if we have no MP initially how he sells it to us. |
Or, as has already been stated... if the game is completed and ready to ship as an SP game, that's how the vast majority of their customers play and there is no reason to delay the entire game to add MP as opposed to simply releasing it when ready and then focusing on MP post release .
MP players will still not be able to play that until it can be implemented properly, yet those who don't get the chance to play sooner and the game as a whole benefits from additional testing/patches etc before MP is released.
Again this is all assuming MP won't be in the initial release which it must be clarified has never actually been said.
I tend to agree with Ben that its an under promise/over deliver type scenario and MP will either be in the initial release or followed very shortly thereafter in a patch.
Also, history has shown the company doesn't have a problem pushing back a deadline if they aren't confident the product will be up to standards. It had happened with the hockey game and with various feature implementations in OOTP too.