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Originally Posted by 1998 Yankees
Well, he is a marketing guy after all. I don't have your experience in dealing with him, but I sure as heck have known marketing guys and what you describe is typical to my experience with them. But in that aspect, they are just doing their job which is to sell more products in any way they can. They don't mean to make promises that are not kept, as that is bad publicity and ultimately bad for sales. However, they will run with things far in advance of what can be delivered at times, that is for sure.
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Unfortunately, you are correct that this can be a common experience for many people. But this behavior in marketing is absolutely amateur, and it indicates a clear lack of integrity, experience, and judgment on the part of those engaging in it. I have been working in the marketing and communications field for more than 15 years, and I can say unequivocally that the job of marketing professionals is NOT to sell more products in any way they can.
The law and the marketplace do not allow for such recklessness. You cannot use any means necessary to market your product, and you cannot make false claims. Eventually it can destroy your career or your company, and you may even find yourself on the wrong end of consumer protection laws. In any company with appropriate leadership and understanding, this kind of behavior is not tolerated, and the proper tone is set in every meeting and with every project. Unfortunately, there are many examples of companies that lack some of these characteristics or do not have a structure to monitor and manage this.
Anyway, I want to get back to bleachercreature's complaints.
Bleachercreature, if you have been outraged by Duffy, then take solace in the fact that OOTP has returned to its status as a very small crew that is working hard to deliver exactly what its core fan base wants. Duffy is long gone.
I have a suspicion that you would consider OOTP 9 to be more of an upgrade than a new product, because it's not going to completely undo everything that has happened over the past few years. But that's a good thing. There were some great developments during that time.
There are some products that are worth buying, even if they're only a major upgrade rather than an overhaul. It can also make sure that the developers can still pay the bills and keep working on those other changes we want. I put OOTP in that class, but your mileage may vary.
As others have pointed out, you don't have to pre-order. That's really for the faithful fans that already trust that they will get a great product. You may have some perfectly legitimate reasons not to trust the game yet, so you can certainly hold off and try the demo when it's released. You could also sit back and wait to see the feedback on these forums after people have played it. There is no harm in that, and in the meantime you could set aside your money to earn interest until the game is released.
