EA Sports PGA Tour Delayed to April 7, Early Access April 4

[MrArlingtonBeach]

Re: PGA Tour delayed to April 7th.

It could be this ^^^^^ all about financials.

Aren’t EA losing the FIFA affiliation this year..??

Yes, the next game is going to be called something like "EA Sports FC".

[MrArlingtonBeach]

Re: PGA Tour delayed to April 7th.

Re: Changes at Augusta
(which I see being bandied about as a rationale for the delay perhaps)

An EA rep is on the record saying they had very early access to knowledge about changes at Augusta

I don't see how they could be needing more time for that now, in the 11th hour.

I think the reason that's mentioned as the reason for a delay is that "course updates" were specifically called out in the EA tweet today.



It could be other courses as well, but Augusta is having some very well known 2023 changes, so that's where that assumption came from, I would think.

[scagwi]

Re: PGA Tour delayed to April 7th.

I think the reason that's mentioned as the reason for a delay is that "course updates" were specifically called out in the EA tweet today.



It could be other courses as well, but Augusta is having some very well known 2023 changes, so that's where that assumption came from, I would think.

Fair enough -- but that is totally at odds with a rep saying they had "some of the very earliest access" (slightly paraphrasing) .. and it's not the whole course changing or anything -- it's one hole, isn't it?

I just don't buy that story here

[MrArlingtonBeach]

Re: PGA Tour delayed to April 7th.

Fair enough -- but that is totally at odds with a rep saying they had "some of the very earliest access" (slightly paraphrasing) .. and it's not the whole course changing or anything -- it's one hole, isn't it?

I just don't buy that story here

Totally agree. Unfortunately, course updates were all they directly mentioned. Even though the "final few touches" mention is what is truly the more interesting (and more vague) portion of that statement!

[scagwi]

Re: PGA Tour delayed to April 7th.

If I had to bet money, the delay is just for a touch more time on performance tweaks and slight optimizations.

One thing we've all noticed is that the gameplay we have seen, particularly earlier on, had some grass pop in and some occasional slight stutters/hesitations in ball rolls, etc

EA, being the only source of any courses, I think can literally tweak performance, on a per course basis

They might have just needed a bit more time to get all the performance up to snuff and consistent on all 30 courses

[Hilldog39]

Re: PGA Tour delayed to April 7th.

I'm not going to hold my breath, but seeing 2k announced adding crossplay, would be nice if EA launched with crossplay enabled now.

[jbd345]

Re: EA Sports PGA Tour Delayed to April 7, Early Access April 4

This late in the game, this just seems odd. And a big red flag for me. They’ve had over a year and you push it back now?

[Lucky Lacy]

Re: PGA Tour delayed to April 7th.

Disagree with this. Delay it by 6 months if it means we get a better golf sim in the end.

Nothing worse than a botched release with multiple patches.



What I will say is it indicates gameplay changes if it requires delay. They wouldn’t hold the game back to edit courses, I’m not buying that.

Gameplay changes for only a two week delay??? Changing code and testing it would be longer than two weeks.


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[RIFRIG]

Re: PGA Tour delayed to April 7th.

Gameplay changes for only a two week delay??? Changing code and testing it would be longer than two weeks.


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I’m being overly optimistic I know but that Q & A that highlights potential areas of improvement was weeks ago so if they decided to implement changes that seems plausible.
The pessimistic view is it’s just financials as Scagwi mentions earlier in this thread or another reason is Augusta maybe do not want the course change’s public until tournament week. Anyone’s guess really but I want that marker related swing cap changed or a least big windows of over swing & under swing.

[jbd345]

Re: PGA Tour delayed to April 7th.

I’m being overly optimistic I know but that Q & A that highlights potential areas of improvement was weeks ago so if they decided to implement changes that seems plausible.
The pessimistic view is it’s just financials as Scagwi mentions earlier in this thread or another reason is Augusta maybe do not want the course change’s public until tournament week. Anyone’s guess really but I want that marker related swing cap changed or a least big windows of over swing & under swing.

My money is on 50/50 Augusta course updates and financials. Im curious on how much percentage of sales they get. Releasing masters week is a smart move for them if they want as much $$$ as they can get. Tv ratings will be probably through the roof this year now. I know for me personally I usually start to get that itch to play by then haha. Western NY winters are brutal.

[grizzgolf]

Re: PGA Tour delayed to April 7th.

I hope this is better than 2k23. Maybe its because I suck at 2k lol

[lowpaiddonkey10]

Re: PGA Tour delayed to April 7th.

I hope this is better than 2k23. Maybe its because I suck at 2k lol

We know it will look better. I think this 2 weeks is about touching up courses.

[CujoMatty]

Re: PGA Tour delayed to April 7th.

I've heard that the other areas on OS can be much more of a Wild West than our quiet little group of friends here in the Golf section.

True?
I really only ever peruse the NHL area from time to time

I've been apart of OS for a long time and even the Madden one has more optimism. The doom and gloom around here for a game that we've seen very little of is pretty intense. Lol

For the record this game may very well suck but there is no way I can determine that from what I've seen. The goofy hole out animation will probably be an option. If it isn't I'll grab my Pitchfork too. Others say just delay longer. But why? We don't even know why it's delayed. Right away it's assumed it's catastrophic. I just.......I dunno, maybe you guys are better than me at picking out massive flaws in what we've seen but it honestly feels like a lot of people just want or expect it to fail.

The good news unlike other sports games, is there is another quite good option. Or even better get a quest 2 and golf +. They just added TPac Sawgrass and it's insane. Lol

[OnlookerDelay]

Re: PGA Tour delayed to April 7th.

I hope this is better than 2k23. Maybe its because I suck at 2k lol

It's looking more and more like EA Sports PGA is NOT going to rely on tempo for the hook/slice determinant of the shot, like we have in PGA TOUR 2K23. If that's true, it won't be as frustrating trying to regulate the tempo at 30 FPS, as 2K23.

Now for the caveats: I could have sworn at one point I read something from one of the devs that tempo will have an effect on distance AND accuracy, but the current official product description under Pure Strike, they make a couple of statements I can't quite decipher:

"1.) Both backswing length and forward swing speed will impact the power of your shot." That makes sense from a distance perspective, but says nothing about tempo, which at one time was mentioned by one of the devs has having an impact on accuracy.

Then a paragraph later they make this statement:

"2.) The swing plane impacts the curve on the shot and the initial direction of the launch." That makes sense on its own, but then the next statement reads:

"3. If the swing plane is inaccurate, the curve and direction of the ball will shift for the backswing and forward swing respectively."

I'm not sure how to interpret that?? How will an off track swing plane affect the backswing and forward swing? I'm throwing these caveats in there because I still don't have a firm grasp of how tempo may factor into the accuracy of the shot, not just the carry. From most of what I've read (outside of bullet point #3 above) and some of the videos, it looks like only swing plane/path will determine hook/slice/push/pull, but there's not enough information to make an absolute declaration of that.

[Hilldog39]

Re: PGA Tour delayed to April 7th.

It's looking more and more like EA Sports PGA is NOT going to rely on tempo for the hook/slice determinant of the shot, like we have in PGA TOUR 2K23. If that's true, it won't be as frustrating trying to regulate the tempo at 30 FPS, as 2K23.

Now for the caveats: I could have sworn at one point I read something from one of the devs that tempo will have an effect on distance AND accuracy, but the current official product description under Pure Strike, they make a couple of statements I can't quite decipher:

"1.) Both backswing length and forward swing speed will impact the power of your shot." That makes sense from a distance perspective, but says nothing about tempo, which at one time was mentioned by one of the devs has having an impact on accuracy.

Then a paragraph later they make this statement:

"2.) The swing plane impacts the curve on the shot and the initial direction of the launch." That makes sense on its own, but then the next statement reads:

"3. If the swing plane is inaccurate, the curve and direction of the ball will shift for the backswing and forward swing respectively."

I'm not sure how to interpret that?? How will an off track swing plane affect the backswing and forward swing? I'm throwing these caveats in there because I still don't have a firm grasp of how tempo may factor into the accuracy of the shot, not just the carry. From most of what I've read (outside of bullet point #3 above) and some of the videos, it looks like only swing plane/path will determine hook/slice/push/pull, but there's not enough information to make an absolute declaration of that.

In 2k, I believe a fast swing always goes left and a slow swing always goes right (correct me if I am wrong). So maybe in EA PGA if you swing slow or fast, it could go either direction depending on your swing plane and swing speed.