So, updates?

[Cdog923]

Has anyone heard if support is going to continue for NCAA 14, past the bloodletting stage of employees and positions on the dev team?

[The JareBear]

Re: So, updates?

Honestly I wouldn't expect anything from here on out.

[Cdog923]

Re: So, updates?

That's what I'm thinking, but I'm holding out hope that there are a few more uniform updates in the pipeline, including Nebraska's black alternates from this year.

[The JareBear]

Re: So, updates?

Me too man, I am holding out a little bit of hope.

Hopefully we get some details as to how long the game will be "endorsed" by EA going forward

[BadAssHskr]

Re: So, updates?

That's what I'm thinking, but I'm holding out hope that there are a few more uniform updates in the pipeline, including Nebraska's black alternates from this year.

i was too, and i thought we might see it today, although the last release was 2 weeks apart if i remember correctly.

i bet they need employees to do this however, so my guess is, things will start trickling out going forward.

[Gotmadskillzson]

Re: So, updates?

The team is completely dissolved......you can't have any updates or support if there is no team there anymore.

[Cdog923]

Re: So, updates?

The team is completely dissolved......you can't have any updates or support if there is no team there anymore.

True, but we don't know what was already completed, or if it's going to be passed onto the members who were absorbed by the Madden team.

[vhhsfu0509]

Re: So, updates?

The team is completely dissolved......you can't have any updates or support if there is no team there anymore.

I hear ya on this but their Twitter account is active. Also, if they've put the resources into uni updates and such, they might as well release them and try to gain as much $$ as possible.

Didn't their statement from a few weeks back say they'd continue to support the game?

I'd say there is still some hope.

[loccdogg26]

Re: So, updates?

Before this news there were uniform packs the last 3 Tuesdays. Who knows what happens now though.

[LowerWolf]

Re: So, updates?

My guess is the game is finished. No more updates.

[mjavon]

Re: So, updates?

Wouldn't make sense for EA to make an update from a fiscal perspective. Why invest $ into a dead series? They don't stand to gain any more money by making an update, so it would be fiscally irresponsible of them to employ someone to build said updates.

[exeter]

Re: So, updates?

Wouldn't make sense for EA to make an update from a fiscal perspective. Why
invest $ into a dead series? They don't stand to gain any more money by making
an update, so it would be fiscally irresponsible of them to employ someone to
build said updates.

Money may be the end goal for all companies (not people), as you stated above, but there is HUGE issue of business ethics and that (particularly in the case of a sports game in they worked long to build up a strong fan base) must, most importantly, be their relationship with the people who buy their product.

Therefore, it would seem blatantly obvious to even the most crass money grubbing CEO and his business advisors that to completely drop a game's support after only one (day 1) update--PS/PS2 era that might fly due to their static nature, but no longer-- is a colossal mistake regarding consumer trust/support down the road.

Two of my best friends (major EA fanboys, by the way) claim they will never buy another EA product if they leave NCAA football '13 like this. I, not as extreme in my judgement, just think it is strangely disappointing.

[Aggies67]

Re: So, updates?

It could be worse. Do you guys remember the mess that Backbreaker was left in. The last patch it received broke customization. Customization - one of the two main features of that game (the other was the physics engine).

[fballturkey]

Re: So, updates?

They won't risk releasing a patch that could cause problems knowing that there are no resources to fix those problems.

[mercalnd]

Re: So, updates?

Money may be the end goal for all companies (not people), as you stated above, but there is HUGE issue of business ethics and that (particularly in the case of a sports game in they worked long to build up a strong fan base) must, most importantly, be their relationship with the people who buy their product.

Therefore, it would seem blatantly obvious to even the most crass money grubbing CEO and his business advisors that to completely drop a game's support after only one (day 1) update--PS/PS2 era that might fly due to their static nature, but no longer-- is a colossal mistake regarding consumer trust/support down the road.

Two of my best friends (major EA fanboys, by the way) claim they will never buy another EA product if they leave NCAA football '13 like this. I, not as extreme in my judgement, just think it is strangely disappointing.

The day one update was not the only update the game received. There was another patch in mid August.