i guess ross has said that if we don't know the date by feb (that is, end of january) it will mean something terrible has happened. if you apply the usual timeframe between announcing the date and the release of other big ant/tru blu games - which seems to be 3-5 weeks - that would give a first quarter release as almost 100%, and likely sometime around mid-feb to mid-march as most likely.
dunno the exact dates, but i guess around those times you have aus v sa and world 20/20 so it might be near one of those?
We know when to expect a date by, but there has been no announcement of a quarter and I can understand the question, because the game is likely to do better in a Southern Hemisphere summer. That should be well finished by the time quarter two 2014 ends.
So, if Q1 isn't being announced now to people obviously a little disappointed that the game isn't 2013 at all, doesn't it suggest that Q4 2014 is still on the table? After all, we can't rule anything out that we haven't been told. I guess we'll all finally know one way or the other come February.
But i use the same generic controller to play fifa and it gives different shot power in short pass, through ball etc based on how hard the button is pressed.