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Quote: Originally Posted by A_Quiet_Pro

You know I just thought of something... I mentioned a couple weeks ago, if they were close to finishing the game, why they couldn't bump the street date up a week. And given the proof that people have it already and the retail copies are out there; they COULD'VE done this! So not only is the game ready, and they release it earlier to appease their fan base, but then this whole EA Access thing NEVER happens, and create turmoil. SO, if they just release it tomorrow instead of next week, not only do they make the fans happy; but they avoid pissing them off. WINS all around for everyone..

While I get your point, the game has a set release date every year. There are about a million reasons why you can't do that even if you wanted to or could both from a marketing and business standpoint in terms of deals in place and so forth. In short, it's the same reason movies don't get moved up just because they're done months in advance and so on.