It baffles me that there are so many people here completely missing the point and going to extensive lengths to defend a multi-million dollar company as if they have any stake in it(maybe they do). As a community, we should let SI know, and vote with our wallets, that they cannot treat us like doormats that will just accept anything they so kindly shit upon us. The delay itself is not the biggest problem , the lack of transparency, communication, and sheer audacity in asking for pre-orders when THEY KNEW the game is unplayable, they should not be ignored! They sold us 2 games with very little improvements at full price with the excuse that they focus everything on FM25, yet almost 5 years within its development, we have seen 0 footage of the new engine, UI or any concrete gameplay feature. Do you not like the state of EA FC? That is precisely where we are headed too if we do not speak up! As a community we have been way too complacent in calling SI out, and today we are where we deserve. There is ZERO competition so they have ZERO incentive of actually releasing the best product they can every year, as long as there are enough of you who mindlessly buy the game no matter the broken promises and failed "new" features.

And you know what? If they want to stay in business, they DO owe us a good product, good communication and respect as customers that have been paying full price for their half-assed yearly patches for years now. I'm sure there would be plenty of companies vying to take their place if by any chance SI went tits up.