EA Being Dragged Through The Mud

Well it is ruff out here for EA, especial after a second class action lawsuit against them has been officially filed. Now I want to say that I feel bad for them, but that would not be completely true. As a gamer I have had it to about here, with developers and publishers releasing games that are not finish. Its about time this become a issue not just for gamers, but for those developers and publishers too, and there bottom line seems like a good place to start. I mention in a previous article called EA Turning Into Cancer For Developers, how I use to love EA, and how I would like to like them in the future. But EA has to go back to believing that gaming is a art, and there is no way you let a artist release a unfinished piece, so why release a unfinished game. Ubisoft got it right when they said in a interview that they would never release an unfinished Assassin's Creed game, not even to uphold a "annual release date" you can find that article here. Now you see that is what I am talking about, a game developer/publisher caring more about the quality of a game over a release date. EA already has a large fan base from all of there different franchises, and the way you grow a base is by of course periodically releasing a updated version of your game. But also by the quality, and undated functionally you put into your updated release. At first I thought EA was getting it when they pulled there NBA Live franchise, deciding to take it back to the labs to refine it,you know make it into a product worth playing. But then four years later, all I can think is did they just release a rehashed version of the NBA Live 10 game (the one they were afraid to release due to how horrible it was) with a updated roster.

I don't just want to pick on just EA, There are several gaming publishers, and developers who have release games that weren't completely finished. There was Bethesda's Skyrim, a game I really enjoy playing but it was patched up like a holey grail. There was Fable 3, Fallout: New Vegas,Dragon Age 2, Grand Thief Auto 5 and those are just a few. I know EA is thinking why is everyone picking on us, we were not the first or last company to release a blatantly unfinished game. But I say, "that is true" which is way a partly feel bad for EA, since they shouldn't be the only one's holding the bag on this. But because of the big publicity other gaming companies will think twice, no three times before they even think about release a unfinished game.