Cricket 09 Release Speculation Thread

[barmyarmy]

Here's something I posted 4 years ago (and rediscovered recently) on the EA UK forums:

EA's problem in recent times has been a total arrogance that beggars belief when it comes to customer relations. Whilst Codies have been setting out to charm, EA whilst still not admitting anything was wrong with Cricket2004 are expecting us to shell out again for a new game where the 'new features' were all included in Cricket2004.
Frankly whilst EA may have proper licenses and more teams their track record has to count against them when it comes to delivery. Their last two games have had simular bugs and simular AI. I can just see another rushed EA release resulting in another game that it, frankly, unfit for release without adaquate QA testing.
I read back over the pre-release interviews for Cricket2004. Here are some snippets:

Here are some extracts from an interview Andrew gave, for everyones entertainment: (interview from cricket2002.tk)

We?ve heard you have something called the ?World League?. Is this only for the English and Australian club teams or can we choose international sides as well?

This mode involves management aspects such as buying and selling players along with playing matches. Since this cannot be implemented for International sides, currently this feature supports only the domestic teams

If the game keeps to the scheduled release date of Dec 12 can we expect a demo 2-3 weeks before Dec 12? Any time frame for a demo would be great.

We are currently on a very tight development schedule, but will be working to get a demo out before launch.

We were unable to include rain in Cricket 2002 but we?re happy to inform everyone that the DL rule has been fully implemented in Cricket 2004 and rain will as you pointed out, realistically affect gameplay.

Can fast bowlers finally bowl really fast? Like 94+ mph and can they swing the ball?

Yes, yes and yes. Satisfied? See?we do listen to our customers (chuckles)

Is any kind of career or franchise mode implemented? Can you play a whole season of tests and ODIs with a team?

Sure can. I?m really proud to say that we?ve added greatly to the depth and wealth of gaming options and gamers will be occupied for many, many hours

Does the CPU still never bowl no balls?

Given the new stat database?there will be no balls

Will the file formats for graphics and other files remain the same as for Cricket2002 on the PC?

Yes, they will be similar.

How much do you listen to Cricket gamers, and are you able to integrate any of their suggestions into the new version?

They are our life blood?not to mention that we are all cricket gamers ourselves. Many members of the development team have been building cricket games for nearly ten years. So we try and integrate as much as possible. There are always things that we would love to get in, but realise that there is a lot of work relative to the affect on gameplay so we focus on something else instead.

Thank you for your time. Is there anything else about the game you?d like to mention that we didn?t touch on?

Please buy cricket 2004?my job depends on it?and I am not joking.

Are we sure EA didn't release the wrong game by accident cos I can't see much relationship between those promises and the game I have...

Here's some more:

and some more from the Cricket Web interview:

Also, will all domestic competitions be included eg: 20Twenty Cup, ING Cup, etc. And will their be an option to play as both a domestic team & a test team over the course of a season (ala International Cricket Captain)?

AW: Yes to all of the above but no 20twenty.

CW: Will the game include the capacity to save statistics for players in all tournaments/forms of the game, as in Shane Warne/Brian Lara cricket 99, or just over the course of a tournament as in Cricket 2002?

AW: Yes, everything will be tracked.

CW: I have heard rumors of a challenge mode, which sets you tasks, eg: score 200 with 3 wickets remaining, can you confirm?

AW: Unfortunately it came down to full Stat Tracking or Challenge Mode... Stat tracking won.

The confidence may be brought down when facing a particularly good bowler

I will believe it when I see it but in the meantime I refuse to buy the products of a company that systematically lies to its customers.

 

[merksfi]

The game does not exist people on here are just trying to big note them self trying to claim they have inside information and they are completly frauds - those who claimed they have inside information should be banned they just wanted to have a popular thread.

 

[stefan]

I really hope theres a game soon. Some of the local etailers are listing an ea cricket 2009 for pc with a release date of May 2009, but nothing from EA themselves.

Its really disappointing that there's a nba,nfl and nhl game each year but we never get a cricket game and when we do it isn't the best.

 

[fk915]

The game does not exist people on here are just trying to big note them self trying to claim they have inside information and they are completly frauds - those who claimed they have inside information should be banned they just wanted to have a popular thread.

Its not their fault ... I dont think people in this forum were misguiding ... the game did exist (Aussie classification board gave it a G rating, on EA's website you can still go and register it) I think something went wrong down the road and EA or the dev screwed up, now EA dont have time to fix it so they decided not to release the game for now.

 

[apesnani]

Its not their fault ... I dont think people in this forum were misguiding ... the game did exist (Aussie classification board gave it a G rating, on EA's website you can still go and register it) I think something went wrong down the road and EA or the dev screwed up, now EA dont have time to fix it so they decided not to release the game for now.

or they realized just giving a roster update wasnt worth the effort.

I think EA though abotu cashing in with the T20 and Ashes hype, but then just decided to shelf the plan. I dont think they ever had a game in development, only a mini upgrade to Cricket 2007, but then saw that the the work done here has already made the game better than what EA had in plans.

 

[barmyarmy]

The game does not exist people on here are just trying to big note them self trying to claim they have inside information and they are completly frauds - those who claimed they have inside information should be banned they just wanted to have a popular thread.

We've yet to be wrong in 8 years or something and I'm still sticking to my guns on this one. I will concede that's it's possible the game has been cancelled but I'm 100% positive there was a game.
Not that I expect you to bother apologising if you are proved wrong but I will certainly do so to you if I am.

 

[Indyan]

That seems pretty conclusive to me. No cricket game from EA Sports this summer.
I am still hoping that the game has been delayed rather than cancelled.

 

[OMGAvrilLavigne666]

if barmyarmy says that there's a game, theres a game. i just hope it hasnt been cancelled or delayed. time will tell.

 

[BDJIM]

I really hope theres a game soon. Some of the local etailers are listing an ea cricket 2009 for pc with a release date of May 2009, but nothing from EA themselves.

Its really disappointing that there's a nba,nfl and nhl game each year but we never get a cricket game and when we do it isn't the best.

how many ppl say the same thing...were not gonna get a EA Cricket game every year!

 

[gudduthemaster]

lost hope about a Ea cricket game,now looking for cricket life1,cricket revolution and stick cricket

 

[graham]

 

[_Nabeel_]

Check out TAOC....

Leave your expectations from EA,it is just useless:

 

[fk915]

Dont forget the new Brian Lara is also coming !!

 

[graham]

hi it is beginning to look like no cricket 09 :crying
so if we can have any of the people who have hinted of inside info
can we please hear what you where told and may be by who :onpc

 

[imhassan]

There's something interesting here as well.. Ashes Cricket 2009 - Xbox 360 - GAME.co.uk