Without sounding like a 'Big Ant fanboy' I do think there are some that need to pull their head in. I don't know all the behind the scenes stuff that is going on but there are a few things we do know.
1) The game is ready to go. People have played it. Most of us have played a cut down edited version that was given to us
for free.
2) Boxing Day was the release date they had in mind last year, but due to difficulties in getting distributors etc on board after the debacle that was AC13, it didn't happen.
3) Big Ant have spent
millions of their own dollars and years on developing this game - and still it's only the same type of money that EA Sports spend on developing the menus on FIFA. They are a relatively smallish developer on the world stage.
4) It isn't just Ross's decision. TruBlu, Bradman Foundation, and others all make a decision on this game.
5) I could be wrong, but this is probably the biggest game that Big Ant have developed and for them, it must sell. No if's or but's, it has to sell otherwise it will be 5 years and money down the drain.
And finally (at least what I can think of for now)
6)
We need to make this game a success. For many, nobody cares about what will happen to Big Ant if it isn't (sorry Ross), but as cricket gaming devotees if this game doesn't work then I cannot see another developer taking the risk on cricket again. Ever!
Don't get me wrong, I have never been so excited for a game in my life... and I'm a huge gamer. It's the first game I've pre-ordered. I get that it is soooo hard to wait for what appears to be the best cricket game of all time.
BUT
The success of the game is far more important in the long run. It WILL be released. When that is... nobody knows. It will come though.
All right, that's enough from me.
...for now.
