Dear EA/Dice,
As a long-time member of the PC gaming community, I'd like to give you a big piece of advice which may save you headache in the future.
Unless you have substantial reason/information to provide details for a particular game, please do so without mention of an estimated release date.
Two companies that have perfected this approach are Epic Games as well as ID software, they've coined the term 'when it's done'.
Battlefield heroes, open beta available summer of 08, release shortly after wards.
-It's now Feb. 2009, no open beta, no real legitimate information released
Battlefield 2 1.5 patch, patch beta testing at end of december, patch release for early 2009. As mentioned, it's February, and no patch in sight.
Now it's clearly not the end of the world if neither of these items ever come out, I just have a bit of an issue with statements being made approximating time lines, only for those time lines to be disregarded completely.
So my suggestion to EA/Dice, unless you're announcing a firm date on a release/product, please refrain from mentioning ANY kind of date or time frame.
I'd rather know that it'll come out 'when its done', rather than the time line being passed, no new relevant information coming forward, and then wondering if the dev team is playing online poker all day.
That's my suggestion, don't take it as hate towards EA/Dice, it's just a little annoying when dates are thrown around without regard.
As a long-time member of the PC gaming community, I'd like to give you a big piece of advice which may save you headache in the future.
Unless you have substantial reason/information to provide details for a particular game, please do so without mention of an estimated release date.
Two companies that have perfected this approach are Epic Games as well as ID software, they've coined the term 'when it's done'.
Battlefield heroes, open beta available summer of 08, release shortly after wards.
-It's now Feb. 2009, no open beta, no real legitimate information released
Battlefield 2 1.5 patch, patch beta testing at end of december, patch release for early 2009. As mentioned, it's February, and no patch in sight.
Now it's clearly not the end of the world if neither of these items ever come out, I just have a bit of an issue with statements being made approximating time lines, only for those time lines to be disregarded completely.
So my suggestion to EA/Dice, unless you're announcing a firm date on a release/product, please refrain from mentioning ANY kind of date or time frame.
I'd rather know that it'll come out 'when its done', rather than the time line being passed, no new relevant information coming forward, and then wondering if the dev team is playing online poker all day.
That's my suggestion, don't take it as hate towards EA/Dice, it's just a little annoying when dates are thrown around without regard.
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