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Originally posted by no.81
Even if what is being done is within the rights of OOTP Developments, I would not say that this situation has been handled to the best of their abilities. If EA Sports, or another large company announces release dates that are changed, so what? You shouldn't be aiming to the lowest common denominator.

There have been many times where games have had their release dates pushed back numerous times. This is no different and with a small consumer base, the size of the company is limited.

Originally posted by no.81
As a baseball simulator (not necessarily MLB, but primarily fueled by interest in MLB), one would expect the game to be released by the opening day of the sport's season. Each day beyond that is just salt in the wound, unpleasant.

Once again, in the past it has been out around the beginning of spring training. With the introduction of In the Park last fall, it pushed back the programming of OOTP6 by a month and a half.

Originally posted by no.81
In response to those who say to cancel the pre-order and pay later.. This analogy is pretty dramatic, but I couldn't think of a smaller-scale one.

A kidnapper leaves a ransom note to pay:
$100k in return for your child now, child will be returned eventually.
$150k in return for your child upon return, child will returned eventually.

This is the worst comparison I've ever seen.

Originally posted by no.81
If you really want to buy OOTP, obviously the best thing to do is preorder, and wait it out, because it's cheaper.

Agreed, but you better be willing to have patience. They didn't have to offer the discount.

Originally posted by no.81
One thing I don't understand about the options presented are:
1. Give a deadline, and keep delaying it.
2. Set no deadline.

The precise moment opening day would hit (within the week) wasn't really that difficult to finger from one year ago, everyone knew it was coming. Couldn't a timetable have been planned to have the game finished by opening day, or earlier, allowing additional time for delays? Somewhere along the line, it must have become apparent that the process had fallen behind, and either this buffer was exceeded, or non-existent. Seeing how 8-12 months elapses between releases(?), it doesn't seem ridiculous to say that there has been ample time to complete this project. One thing to remember about a smaller company, is that it has the flexibility that a large company cannot have.

Once again, ITP delayed the efforts put forth on OOTP6.

Originally posted by no.81
If Markus had coded the game, and then had developed enhancements that would take more time to implement (H2H, for example), I could possibly understand the wait, but the threat releasing a game of substandard quality is rather poor, and I would expect better from a company which prides itself on community.

With or without H2H play, this is the best baseball simulator on the market. It is not "substandard" by any means. OOTP Developments has arguably the best support you'll find. The H2H will be patched in the 1st update.

Originally posted by no.81
Maybe I am wrong, and when you have people's money, you are allowed to hold them hostage. However, I believe that you should be aiming to satisfy the customer, and I think that certain things (opening day release date, quality game) should be expected, and are not bonuses. A certain margin of error is expected, my idea of "quality" is not perfection (patches expected). The reduced price for preordering, if I'm not mistaken, was devised as a reward for owners of the previous versions of OOTP, not as a reason why a late release date should be acceptable.

It was your choice to pre-order. They are not holding you hostage and if you think that way, get your money back. Once again, this was done to satisfy the customer by giving a discount, not to take your money.

Originally posted by no.81
In the grand scheme of things, having the game for one more week will not have a great effect, but the way that things have been handled by OOTP Developments has shown alot more.

You obviously have not been a customer for very long.