Ok, this may sound ridiculous but I would love speculating on how this would affect Cricket 14's release date. Assuming this game would have originally been out in September, three outcomes possible now:
1. No change in already decided release date: BA sticks to their plan and everything goes on as expected.
2. Release date moved ahead:
Pros: Winning over pre-orders of disgruntled AC13 fans. Possibly more sales considering they have a better game and people would want to have a cricket game after the AC13 debacle. Blessings of us folks at PlanetCricket
Cons: Not enough time for marketing maybe? Trickstar will have access to the game sooner and will have a possibility to "adjust" their own game accordingly (possibly highlighting shortcomings of Cricket 14 during their marketing campaign).
3. Release date pushed back (but of-course still before AC13 release):
Pros: Keep Trickstar guessing on how Cricket 14 will be until its too late for them to do anything about it (see the point above). Possibly affect AC13 sales in a negative way since fans would have just bought a cricket game few weeks back and would not invest in another cricket game?
Cons: Risking sales since if both games were to release pretty close to each other, people might actually go for a licensed game (casual fans who don't understand lot of technicalities). Curse from the fans here at PlanetCricket
Any other points you people want to add?
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