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

[jbd345]

EA Sports PGA TOUR has been delayed and pushed back a couple of weeks. Users can...

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[kehlis]

Re: PGA Tour delayed to April 7th.

Maybe three click?

[beau21]

Re: PGA Tour delayed to April 7th.

I also wondered if there was a chance they were pushing for something like that at launch. With how common game patches are nowadays, I’d be surprised with a two week delay just for bugs.

[jbd345]

Re: PGA Tour delayed to April 7th.

https://www.ea.com/games/ea-sports-pga-tour/news/mar-2023-update-on-ea-sports-pga-tour?utm_campaign=pga_hd_ww_ic_soco_twt_launch-change-blog&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&cid=76236&ts=1677861371053

Seems to be to allow for 2023 course designs. So sounds like the new Augusta updates will be in the game.

[RIFRIG]

Re: PGA Tour delayed to April 7th.

Thanks for the update…..👍🏼

[oldman]

Re: PGA Tour delayed to April 7th.

I hope it is just for course updates.

[MrArlingtonBeach]

Re: PGA Tour delayed to April 7th.

I hope it is just for course updates.

Sounds like it, but that would be nice if they'd have 3-click ready by then, too. They said it would come in an "early" title update, so maybe it'll be good to go?

[TheBrew101]

Re: PGA Tour delayed to April 7th.

This is kind of a bummer. In grand scheme it is only a few weeks after waiting an extra year....but seems odd regardless. Why not just issue a patch for the updates? They are already basically saying it is a live service game with future courses and features being patched in so it seems odd that they need to delay release for some updates.

[csamuelsvt]

Re: PGA Tour delayed to April 7th.

Not surprised at all...

Really would like to see some unedited gameplay here soon...that's longer than 2 minutes.

It's time to show the game off and what we have to look forward to.

[jbd345]

Re: PGA Tour delayed to April 7th.

This is kind of a bummer. In grand scheme it is only a few weeks after waiting an extra year....but seems odd regardless. Why not just issue a patch for the updates? They are already basically saying it is a live service game with future courses and features being patched in so it seems odd that they need to delay release for some updates.

I’m thinking Augusta might have had a huge say in this. They’d want people to see the most accurate replica of the course. If I remember, they were pretty particular with tiger woods 12-14. 2 weeks is not a big deal.

[Hilldog39]

Re: PGA Tour delayed to April 7th.

Hopefully this doesn't delay their roadmap to show career mode and a playthrough of the Masters (maybe show a different course if they are working on the 2023 designs). I know all of us just want to see raw gameplay.

Hopefully this includes 60fps mode for the console players too.

[scagwi]

Re: PGA Tour delayed to April 7th.

What a strange slight delay with so little time left.

Wonder what that’s really about

[RIFRIG]

Re: PGA Tour delayed to April 7th.

This is kind of a bummer. In grand scheme it is only a few weeks after waiting an extra year....but seems odd regardless. Why not just issue a patch for the updates? They are already basically saying it is a live service game with future courses and features being patched in so it seems odd that they need to delay release for some updates.

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.

[Hilldog39]

Re: PGA Tour delayed to April 7th.

I also hope this means there is a chance add the 2023 redesign of the par 3 course at Augusta. I shared a bit back in another thread that the scan they showed of Augusta did include the area the par 3, so here's to hoping it is added.

[scagwi]

Re: PGA Tour delayed to April 7th.

They wouldn’t hold the game back to edit courses, I’m not buying that.

I agree.

Augusta had to have been finished and perfect ages ago given the launch window for this game and it’s target and branding, etc