[Giants44]

If you have read much of what I have posted over the years, I am a raving top of the list OOTP fan boy. This is not my normal state of operation. My fan boy status has been earned by Markus and Co the last 20 years.

Having said that I understand some peoples concerns. There are far more examples of where this has gone wrong. But, it doesn’t always go wrong. With the right people, and the right plan it can and has succeeded.

Besides the track record overall I think Perfect Team should also give us hope. For me personally microtransactions (at least how they exist now) have had a dramatic negative effect on sports gaming across the entire genre. I hate them, I don’t play them. I have no interest. I don’t care if other people like them, it just they have become THE thing that drives sports games when I want that thing to be the SIM.

So when my favorite game OOTP announced Perfect Team, I understood the business reasons. But I was concerned. But I believed in Markus and Co because of the track record and I believed it when they said this will not affect our work on the main game, in fact it will allow us to hire more people. And they have delivered that above and beyond. OOTP 21 is far and away the best of the series. Few would say that about Madden, NBA2k, FIFA…

So when they tell us “trust us, this is good business, we promise the game will continue to improve and be the game you fell in love with.” I believe them, you should believe them. They have absolutely earned the benefit of the doubt.