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Originally Posted by thefatcat
Andreas you posted this "They cost real money. Can you image how important an earlier release is for us? Very simple." You can't say its not about the money after a line like that surely?
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I'm not sure exactly what it is you want Andreas to admit here. He's clearly said money is a factor, but has also added resources (as in if they had more resources it would be a moot point and they could get everything in within a timeline) and quality (since ultimately the end product is something they have to be able to stand behind). Are you disputing that resources and quality are a limiting factor/point of importance?
As I have mentioned to you in this thread in the past, they are a business, obviously the goal is to make money - everyone knows that and I was never blind to that fact.
Personally my issue with how you've been coming at this is seemingly to indicate that they are making decisions based SOLELY on money and nothing else, as opposed to what they think is best for their company and its future (which, YES, obviously includes financially, as Andreas has mentioned). It is their decision to make and if you don't agree with it, you can vote with your money, by going elsewhere or buying something else.
I don't think OOTPD are greedy/money hungry and put $$$ above all else, but I do understand how money has to guide their decision making and on a project that is already long delayed (if you trace the OOTP football project back to its pre-FOF origins), it makes sense they actually want to get something out into their customers hands sooner rather than later (especially considering there are other competitors in this genre).
It has now clearly been laid out that it will take time to add and test MP and that a stable, SP-only version of the game can be completed prior to the point when MP could be added.
If MP players are still only going to be able to play MP when it can be fully implemented into the game, do you honestly think it's best to delay the entire game (even though the rest would be ready) until that point? That logically makes no sense, especially considering the fact that the vast majority of players don't participate in MP, a fact the vocal minority here don't seem to want to acknowledge.