NCAA Football 09 Patch Announcement

[hoop15]

Time frame?

[marktg30]

they said 5-10 days... so mid next week at the latest?

[countryboy]

Quote: Originally Posted by hoop15

Time frame?

Quote: Originally Posted by marktg30

they said 5-10 days... so mid next week at the latest?

its out of EA's hands now. Its completely up to MS and Sony when we see the patch.

[erich20012001]

Quote: Originally Posted by countryboy

its out of EA's hands now. Its completely up to MS and Sony when we see the patch.

Great news, soon I'll be able to edit as many things as I want without having to worry about my game crashing.

[OMT]

Quote: Originally Posted by countryboy

its in the certification process at both MS and Sony

It IS in the certification process, but it hasn't been approved by central quality control yet. When it is, it will go to Sony and MS for their approval and release.

[WinRyeSE]

I just want to say, before anything else, that I am a fan of this series. I appreciate what all the designers and developers and testers and whoever else is involved in a game being made....I appreciate what they do.

That being said, it's a shame that this game is released with such major major defects. You know the very first thing everyone is going to do is change the names on the players because EA can't do it themselves. You know this. And you let it go. And you know people are going to notice the play clock resetting to 25 secs after the post play animations are done. Yet, no one notices these things before its released?

I realize that there are A LOT of things goin on in there, and you cannot be expected to catch every little thing, even with dozens and dozens of eyes looking for errors.... but these two things are extremely glaring and it is unacceptable.

Unacceptable for reasons that I can only speculate. I am not involved in game making, I am a simple customer that likes the NCAA Football series. Are you forced to spread your faculty too thin because you're making the same title for 4+ platforms? Do you not have enough time to make things work with having to release something every single year? I think solutions to those problems are clear to see, if those are indeed what is causing these things to happen year after year.

Madden 08 went its entire lifespan without a fix to freezes in its dynasty mode. You simply couldn't play a dynasty after year n because it would freeze when you tried to sim the rest of the week after you were done playing your team's game that week. Not to mention the deal with the free agents disappearing after years as well.

Point is, no....you're not going to catch everything. Nor should I or anyone else expect you to. But these things are painfully obvious to the end user and they need to be fixed before a customer pays for your product.

[WinRyeSE]

I really want to get across how much I like this game every year it comes out. This year's version looks absolutely stunning. I like the recruiting, I like the high school playoffs haha...I like the coke zero ads when the announcer says it. Etc, etc, etc. There was an awful lot of time put into this year's game and it shows tremendously.

[tj1182]

Quote: Originally Posted by OMT

It IS in the certification process, but it hasn't been approved by central quality control yet. When it is, it will go to Sony and MS for their approval and release.

What exactly is the whole process and why does it take so long? I'm not asking 'cause I'm in a rush, I'm just curious as to what goes on behind the scenes. Thanks.