Batman’s PC release has been a bit of a fustercluck, with the game being pulled from shelves leaving the mustard race to wallow in self-pity. The game should have been delayed on PC, and though that may have pissed a lot of people off, it would have pissed them off less than the pad PR that comes from having to recall a broken port. It’s something EA promises won’t happen with their impending Star Wars game, Battlefront.
Speaking to MCV (via Videogamer), EA’s Peter Moore said that EA would have no qualms with delaying Battlefront if it wasn’t meeting quality standards.
…”you can’t ship it if it doesn’t work or the quality isn’t right. You just bite the bullet. Trust me, shipping [Battlefield] Hardline in March was not the easiest thing to do from a business perspective, but it was the right thing to do from a player perspective.”
Battlefield Hardline was delayed from October 2014 to March 2015 so it could be “as great as it can be.” Unfortunately for EA, it couldn’t really be all that great. What they won’t let happen again though, is what we saw with Battlefield 4, which was launched in a semi-playable state, and then patched to be broken. It took months until Battlefield 4 was playable for many.
“We’d have no compunction, no hesitation that if something went wrong with Battlefront, if it wasn’t right, we would just push it.”
“But that’s not going to happen,” he continued. “The game is playable with 40-players already, and it is rock solid, so it ain’t going to happen”.
And it’s a better tactic, to be honest. While many will moan about a delay, they’ll end up far less begrudging than if they were the unfortunate recipients of a broken game. And if that’s the sort of thing EA’s willing to do with Battlefront, then Warner Bros. needs to take a long, deep look in the mirror.
Our own Alessandro went hands on with the game, and according to him, it’s worth waiting for.
Last Updated: June 26, 2015
Alien Emperor Trevor
June 26, 2015 at 08:08
…I’m sorry, did you say Peter Moore said that? … BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Rock789
June 26, 2015 at 08:11
Same first name and initials as another certain prolific soothsayer of all things gaming that end up being ‘cut’ due to time constraints…. Coincidence?
Lord Chaos
June 26, 2015 at 08:08
And Battlefield 4 was what?
Alien Emperor Trevor
June 26, 2015 at 08:10
It was the right thing to do “from a business perspective”.
Rock789
June 26, 2015 at 08:12
Read it as “it was the only thing we could do after the fuster-cluck that was the BF4 launch… Didn’t want another one of those on our hands!”
Hammersteyn
June 26, 2015 at 08:11
Server issues, totally unrelated to what’s wrong with Batman. But EA wont admit that. Speaking of BF4….. is it working yet?
Lord Chaos
June 26, 2015 at 08:12
Wouldn’t know. Last thing I got from them was ME3
Hammersteyn
June 26, 2015 at 08:14
PVZ Garden Warfare, but it was really really cheap and fun.
Admiral Chief's Adventure
June 26, 2015 at 08:18
Is that what you are looking for in a girl?
Hammersteyn
June 26, 2015 at 08:18
Yeah, but cheaper. Plus she must have all her teeth but that’s optional
Admiral Chief's Adventure
June 26, 2015 at 08:20
So just what do you have against a passion gap?
(or are you more into what happened in that Yes Man movie?)
Hammersteyn
June 26, 2015 at 08:21
I said it’s optional, you gotta have an open mind.
Admiral Chief's Adventure
June 26, 2015 at 08:24
xD
Rock789
June 26, 2015 at 08:15
Honestly speaking, I got it on PS4 for cheap-cheap at BT – I think it was R149 – about 8 months after launch. Worked really well then – never had an issue… I actually really enjoyed my time with the game – was fun to play. It did require an 8GB patch (the largest I’d seen up to that point… That is until Halo:MCC came out with it’s 21GB ‘patch’…), but was worth it, I think – especially at the bargain price I got it for…
Hammersteyn
June 26, 2015 at 08:16
So some poor sod got fed up after 8 months and traded it right as they fixed all the issues O_o
Rock789
June 26, 2015 at 08:17
Lol. 🙂 Most likely. Win for me!
Aries
June 26, 2015 at 12:29
Dont see why since the game was in working order by Jan last year, maybe he wasnt good and got upset
Aries
June 26, 2015 at 12:28
Yes perfectly fine, dont hate
Hammersteyn
June 26, 2015 at 12:40
Can’t help it. I hate EA
Aries
June 26, 2015 at 12:41
Me2, but bf4 fun
Rock789
June 26, 2015 at 08:10
Wasn’t sure about this one because of the MP focus… #SPForever But seeing as they are now proclaiming how the SP is really good and a ton of fun, it’s now intriguing me more and more. The more I see of Battlefront, the more I like what I’m seeing… Keen to see how it’ll turn out. Still not sure if I’ll pre-order – wanna be a cautious panda after the spate of launch issues in the last 18 months… But it’s most definitely on my radar.
Admiral Chief's Adventure
June 26, 2015 at 08:17
I hope they are truthful in saying this
Hammersteyn
June 26, 2015 at 08:20
http://i.memeful.com/media/post/4RZyJMv_700wa_0.gif
Admiral Chief's Adventure
June 26, 2015 at 08:20
It’s Star Wars, I always have hope, A New Hope. Each. Damn. Time
Alien Emperor Trevor
June 26, 2015 at 08:27
Unfortunately the EAmpire always strikes back.
Admiral Chief's Adventure
June 26, 2015 at 08:28
So, does that mean CoD is Attack of the Clones?
Captain JJ Browmehn
June 26, 2015 at 08:28
Oh nice.
I don’t have much faith in the Return of the JEAdi
Captain JJ Browmehn
June 26, 2015 at 08:22
They are. Marketing is the best thing they sell at the moment.
Captain JJ Browmehn
June 26, 2015 at 08:22
Haha. Typical EA PR.
Oh, look, everyone is releasing broken games. Maybe telling people we’ll delay instead of releasing a broken game will be a great selling point.
Come on, what kind of idiots do they take us for?
Hammersteyn
June 26, 2015 at 08:26
EA be like “Preorders must be secured! Profits first, whiny gamers……not first, or second…….or third…….tell you what, day one patch it and if it doesn’t work release a statement that begins with: We are aware that some, remember to use some not all or half or most, gamers are experiencing issues”
Captain JJ Browmehn
June 26, 2015 at 08:28
Haha.
WB makes a pc game mistake (like EA has many times before) and suddenly EA jumps on the bandwagon to say they won’t release a broken game.
Pot calling the kettle black, I say.
HvR
June 26, 2015 at 08:42
I think there was flurry of refunds on Batman and the news spread. The only thing big corporates hate more than telling the truth is giving back money.
Captain JJ Browmehn
June 26, 2015 at 08:47
Too true.
HvR
June 26, 2015 at 08:39
Steam refund feature did it’s job
Greylingad[CNFRMD]
June 26, 2015 at 09:56
Way to go EA, you, as a hypocritical publisher has just kicked a roadkill dog while it’s decomposing on the sidewalk… Hopefully, what they’ve said here is true, but the audacity… Especially from them….
Matthew Holliday
June 27, 2015 at 18:17
to be fair, they may be the king of the douchebag publishers, picking up franchises and turning them into generic moneymaking shooters, but theyr atleast sorta consistant.
bf4 was a mess, but otherwise their games actually work day 1 or at most, day 1 + patch.
Kensei Seraph - Terran Ghost
June 26, 2015 at 10:19
I’ll believe it when they release a working version of Battlefront.
brendalaris
June 26, 2015 at 12:58
as great as it can be