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believeinnow · 12-30-2015, 03:35 AM

Yeah, I'm in agreement that you can't release the soccer games earlier than September. With the transfer window being as it is until the beginning of September, EA and Konami would be under a lot of scrutinies for releasing a game with outdated rosters. PES was already harped for this with PES 2016, now imagine what would happen if that game came out in August while most European clubs make changes until September?

But, NBA games should not have released as early as they did. It felt like 2K released early not to combat Live but to hurt FIFA since they share a lot of the same audience (not to mention that even NBA players have admitted they play FIFA on the regular). NBA games should move to mid-to-late October while NHL should move to early October just before the start of their respective leagues. Unfortunately, that probably won't happen.

12-30-2015, 03:35 AM	#5
believeinnow Rookie OVR: 0 Join Date: Feb 2013	Yeah, I'm in agreement that you can't release the soccer games earlier than September. With the transfer window being as it is until the beginning of September, EA and Konami would be under a lot of scrutinies for releasing a game with outdated rosters. PES was already harped for this with PES 2016, now imagine what would happen if that game came out in August while most European clubs make changes until September? But, NBA games should not have released as early as they did. It felt like 2K released early not to combat Live but to hurt FIFA since they share a lot of the same audience (not to mention that even NBA players have admitted they play FIFA on the regular). NBA games should move to mid-to-late October while NHL should move to early October just before the start of their respective leagues. Unfortunately, that probably won't happen.