sega4life said:
I think it has a tad something to do with EA's ownership. Make it quick, get it out, patch it later..... if it doesn't sell well... fuck the patch.. we have tons of more games coming out.
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Although I feel EA is somewhat to blame, I think that studios have to take blame too... Publishers usually schedule games to ship based on studio estimates of how long it will take to develop. If estimates are off the publisher is left trying to decide "ship now" or "ship later" and often they don't get warm and fuzzy answers about timelines for later so they decide to ship now to cut their loses.
Games are serious business ventures, with real shareholders investing real money. If you had significant parts of your money in EA you would demand performance. EA exists to make shareholders money, not to make games. Making games is simply the business model they chose for making money.
