Okay, after reading 8 pages of the thread, I think this.
EA made a game, only released it for the PC and the PS2, no 'next-generation' version. Never even turn up to take criticism, forget about a patch. Yet it is regarded as a better game just because they've been using the same engine and stuff over the years (Which infact, I believe originated from their NBA series. There's still some football / NBA code in that big file!) and some NBA guys made some tools to patch their games. Hear hear, EA didn't make the game editable it was actually people who spent loads of time and effort long ago and EA couldn't be bothered to change anything. Yet people whine for 3 months and then forget what happened.
Then we have Codemasters. Yes, they released BLIC 2005, which wasn't very good. Yes they released BLIC 2007, which was awful too. They released AC09, which from my general impression on the forums is a far better game than previous Cricket games. Keep in mind that they actually released two games on the Xbox 360 and one on the PS3 as well, so much for the 'next-generation' demands, only to be forgotten later. And then they came on the forums, interacted with people, took criticism, began working towards it, began putting together a patch, which again from my impressions on the forum, was coming along pretty well. Some unfortunate incident happened and the developer company sadly closed down. Yet they still came out and declared that there would be no patch, rather than becoming silent ducks. And what do they get? fearsome tweak loads of abuse, personal abuse, and kids slagging them off.
So much appreciation for even trying. That's pretty fair guys. :sarcasm:
:rtfl :laugh
