So I just got banned from the SI forums for calling them out on this, so clearly it touched a nerve with them. This is not acceptable and we should be annoyed about this announcement, and I'm going to explain why.
This time last year they released FMC for the PS Vita, they have since abandoned the PS Vita and no summer transfer update was released for it. So it was effectively valid for about 3 months at most.
So here we are 2015, and look a new FM15 game is out. It's on a platform that already has a current FM15 game on it, and it's being released with 7 games left in the PL season (most leagues are nearing the end). There will be no summer transfer update for this game, so again it's going to be valid for 3 months.
They might not abandon this market like they did with the Vita, but they sure won't support this £14.99 game for very long. This is effectively a beta test for FM16 at this point.
This should be be acceptable for any game developer to release a game that has a 3 month life span. And yeah, Miles is defending this business model to me on twitter right now.
This time last year they released FMC for the PS Vita, they have since abandoned the PS Vita and no summer transfer update was released for it. So it was effectively valid for about 3 months at most.
So here we are 2015, and look a new FM15 game is out. It's on a platform that already has a current FM15 game on it, and it's being released with 7 games left in the PL season (most leagues are nearing the end). There will be no summer transfer update for this game, so again it's going to be valid for 3 months.
They might not abandon this market like they did with the Vita, but they sure won't support this £14.99 game for very long. This is effectively a beta test for FM16 at this point.
This should be be acceptable for any game developer to release a game that has a 3 month life span. And yeah, Miles is defending this business model to me on twitter right now.