Road to release? - Page 2

AESP_pres · 03-19-2011, 09:55 AM

Do we have this every years? The game is set to be release in spring, this is what was written in the newsletter, this is what was told when you did a pre-order and springtime run untill june 21. It's a concept pretty easy to understand for a French Canadian like me, so why it isn't for a native speaker?

Posting everyday because you think the game is supposed to be release openning day will not change anything in the fact that it isn't even springtime yet...

Just get BM and came back when you will be tired of all the bugs or the game boring simple gameplay.

1998 Yankees · 03-19-2011, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by AESP_pres

Do we have this every years? The game is set to be release in spring, this is what was written in the newsletter, this is what was told when you did a pre-order and springtime run untill june 21. It's a concept pretty easy to understand for a French Canadian like me, so why it isn't for a native speaker?

Posting everyday because you think the game is supposed to be release openning day will not change anything in the fact that it isn't even springtime yet...

Just get BM and came back when you will be tired of all the bugs or the game boring simple gameplay.

Meh, it's a tradition here.

First, note that OP asked merely for a RTR (where is that new marketing guy, anyway?).

Second, every year somebody (or somebodies) start a "when will it be" or a "where the heck is it" thread(s) despite:

the no uncertain terms like "in the Spring" when it's still Winter, and
the often very uncertain schedules for new software releases.

Third, and completing the tradition, are posters such as yourself who get outraged (well, irked a bit) over people inadvertently or deliberately ignoring 1. and/or 2.

It's fun!

LeiterFanatic · 03-19-2011, 02:35 PM

I hear you all but why put a OOTP 12 section in the boards if there is not going to be any discussion of the actual product????? Aren't there already threads of "Suggestions for next version" in the OOTP 11 section? I can understand the feeling its all a tease

hfield007 · 03-19-2011, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by AESP_pres

Do we have this every years? The game is set to be release in spring, this is what was written in the newsletter, this is what was told when you did a pre-order and springtime run untill june 21. It's a concept pretty easy to understand for a French Canadian like me, so why it isn't for a native speaker?

Posting everyday because you think the game is supposed to be release openning day will not change anything in the fact that it isn't even springtime yet...

Just get BM and came back when you will be tired of all the bugs or the game boring simple gameplay.

I didn't mention anything on release date and will gladly wait it out (OOTP 11 destroys any other baseball game on the market anyway) for the gmae to be properly released.

I only was asking about road to release... nothing more

AESP_pres · 03-19-2011, 05:23 PM

OK I read you the wrong way, tought it was another round of the annual where is my game spring is sunday.

Like you I would like to have some news, maybe a new feature will be announce soon? or something new explain? One thing for sure I miss Steve this year...

RomeinaDay · 03-19-2011, 08:56 PM

I will be happy whenever it comes out, but I am surprised at the marketing strategy. Releasing OOTP in March would likely increase sales as people eagerly await the MLB season. Once the season arrives, The need for OOTP to fill my days lessens.

AESP_pres · 03-19-2011, 09:12 PM

I can understand this for someone who play only with the current season startup that it makes a difference. But for someone like me who play only historical mode (19th century) or for those who play fictional only having the game for the season start isn't really important. Personnally I haven't watch a baseball game since 1994, so what happen actually in the baseball world is sure not important at all for me.

The Wolf · 03-19-2011, 11:41 PM

Every year since OOTP 2007 there seem to be more and more impatient people wanting the game to be released earlier and earlier. I wonder what that's a function of?

Curtis · 03-20-2011, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by RomeinaDay

I am surprised at the marketing strategy. Releasing OOTP in March would likely increase sales as people eagerly await the MLB season. Once the season arrives, The need for OOTP to fill my days lessens.

The marketing strategy, at least for the past few releases, has been to 'ship' the game with Opening Day rosters. That's not possible if the game is released before Opening Day.

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Originally Posted by dj_morton

My "violations" are VERY borderline. I don't see how the two posts I reported were any different that the posts I was given infractions for.

I'll go back into hiding until this great game is released.

You really don't see that? Hard to believe. At any rate, thank you for going back into hiding.

dj_morton · 03-20-2011, 03:05 PM

I know right..

oh well...

Can't wait for this game to come out...hopefully they do the road to release again....loved it last year

1998 Yankees · 03-20-2011, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by RomeinaDay

I will be happy whenever it comes out, but I am surprised at the marketing strategy. Releasing OOTP in March would likely increase sales as people eagerly await the MLB season. Once the season arrives, The need for OOTP to fill my days lessens.

This is a good point, but I note the exquisite irony posed by your choice of forum names. Rome was indeed not built in a day.

OK, dumb analogy. The point that I would like to make is that I think if they had their way, OOTP would release each new version on or just before MLB Opening Day.

I have no idea what goes on behind the scenes, but I would venture to guess that this turns out to be a pipedream every year due to one or more of the following reasons:

the previous version took much longer to debug than anticipated, delaying the beginning of the new version development cycle
the developer(s) "bite off more than they can chew" in that they try to introduce too many new features that can be created, tested, and troubleshot by March, and
personal life matters intrude in the process and soak up time, energy, and focus.

Don't forget, this is mostly one guy doing all this (again, I don't know for sure but I think this is true and in any case is in no way a detraction from the essential support he receives from a handful of others). We're lucky we get:

a new version with new features every year, and
each version reasonably debugged by the end of the year.

Now, I don't care to argue with people whom I think are unreasonably demanding perfectionists and who think I am a namby-pamby fan boy. Fire away, but I am no longer reading (except if The Wolf has anything else to say, or dj_morton wants to get snipped again

).

tejdog1 · 03-20-2011, 03:13 PM

You know what'd be cool, if all they're waiting for is the opening day rosters, how about opening spring rosters? Let US make the cuts and the opening day roster.

dj_morton · 03-20-2011, 03:14 PM

that'd be badass...

AESP_pres · 03-20-2011, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by tejdog1

You know what'd be cool, if all they're waiting for is the opening day rosters, how about opening spring rosters? Let US make the cuts and the opening day roster.

Problem is that isn't the openning day rooster who delayed the game. It's the debugging process and finding what cause a crash can be hard. I think it was with OOTP 9 that I was going insane because each time one of my pitcher got injured the game crashed, we have found that it was a particular setting causing this and finally the crash never happen again since it was definitivelly fix after the cause was found.

I don't know if you were a buyer for the Electronic Art NHL Hockey serie, but I was for 6 years and half of those year the product was so bug ridden that it was impossible to really enjoy it (their baseball serie wasn't really better). Having a fix release because of a season start isn't a good thing when the game is rush, maybe we received the game after the MLB season begin but we have a game we can enjoy when we get it...

PSUColonel · 03-20-2011, 03:55 PM

I could easily see TRTR starting tomorrow. (Monday)

DCG12 · 03-20-2011, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by PSUColonel

I could easily see TRTR starting tomorrow. (Monday)

I can guarantee that isn't going to happen.

LeiterFanatic · 03-20-2011, 04:38 PM

Can we get any kind of screenshot or something to chew on, because otherwise, threads like this are going to be par for the course. There has gotta be something....

jabrown6940 · 03-20-2011, 05:38 PM

It's so quiet, like the Manhattan Project. Nothing! Not a word. Shhh!

PSUColonel · 03-20-2011, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by DCG12

I can guarantee that isn't going to happen.

on the beta team I gather then??

tigey75 · 03-20-2011, 06:03 PM

I like the suspense every year, it always gets very quiet for a few weeks then bammo, released! Of course it's always announced while I'm sitting at work unable to play.

03-19-2011, 09:55 AM	#21
AESP_pres Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Province of Quebec Posts: 4,279	Do we have this every years? The game is set to be release in spring, this is what was written in the newsletter, this is what was told when you did a pre-order and springtime run untill june 21. It's a concept pretty easy to understand for a French Canadian like me, so why it isn't for a native speaker? Posting everyday because you think the game is supposed to be release openning day will not change anything in the fact that it isn't even springtime yet... Just get BM and came back when you will be tired of all the bugs or the game boring simple gameplay. __________________ Complete set of the FGs I have updated for the pack 1871 to 1990 Yearly first year player class. 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995

03-19-2011, 05:23 PM	#25
AESP_pres Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Province of Quebec Posts: 4,279	OK I read you the wrong way, tought it was another round of the annual where is my game spring is sunday. Like you I would like to have some news, maybe a new feature will be announce soon? or something new explain? One thing for sure I miss Steve this year... __________________ Complete set of the FGs I have updated for the pack 1871 to 1990 Yearly first year player class. 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995

03-19-2011, 08:56 PM	#26
RomeinaDay Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 43	Release Date I will be happy whenever it comes out, but I am surprised at the marketing strategy. Releasing OOTP in March would likely increase sales as people eagerly await the MLB season. Once the season arrives, The need for OOTP to fill my days lessens.

03-19-2011, 09:12 PM	#27
AESP_pres Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Province of Quebec Posts: 4,279	I can understand this for someone who play only with the current season startup that it makes a difference. But for someone like me who play only historical mode (19th century) or for those who play fictional only having the game for the season start isn't really important. Personnally I haven't watch a baseball game since 1994, so what happen actually in the baseball world is sure not important at all for me. __________________ Complete set of the FGs I have updated for the pack 1871 to 1990 Yearly first year player class. 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995

03-20-2011, 03:13 PM	#32
tejdog1 All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Danbury, CT Posts: 1,654	You know what'd be cool, if all they're waiting for is the opening day rosters, how about opening spring rosters? Let US make the cuts and the opening day roster. __________________ It's amazing How you make your face just like a wall How you take your heart and turn it off How I turn my head and lose it all And it's unnerving How just one move puts me by myself There you go just trusting someone else Now I know I put us both through hell ~Matchbox 20, "Leave" Everyone knows it's spelled "TRAID", not trade

03-19-2011, 02:35 PM	#23
LeiterFanatic All Star Starter Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 1,358	I hear you all but why put a OOTP 12 section in the boards if there is not going to be any discussion of the actual product????? Aren't there already threads of "Suggestions for next version" in the OOTP 11 section? I can understand the feeling its all a tease

03-20-2011, 03:05 PM	#30
dj_morton Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Morehead City, NC/Barksdale AFB, LA Posts: 174	I know right.. oh well... Can't wait for this game to come out...hopefully they do the road to release again....loved it last year

03-20-2011, 03:14 PM	#33
dj_morton Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Morehead City, NC/Barksdale AFB, LA Posts: 174	that'd be badass...

03-20-2011, 03:55 PM	#35
PSUColonel Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 13,144	I could easily see TRTR starting tomorrow. (Monday)

03-20-2011, 04:38 PM	#37
LeiterFanatic All Star Starter Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 1,358	Can we get any kind of screenshot or something to chew on, because otherwise, threads like this are going to be par for the course. There has gotta be something....

03-20-2011, 05:38 PM	#38
jabrown6940 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 270	It's so quiet, like the Manhattan Project. Nothing! Not a word. Shhh!

03-20-2011, 06:03 PM	#40
tigey75 Major Leagues Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 308	I like the suspense every year, it always gets very quiet for a few weeks then bammo, released! Of course it's always announced while I'm sitting at work unable to play.