There's absolutely no issue with interacting with the community and answering questions therein. We've done so for a number of years on this very site. We have always used forums and social media as a way to gather feedback and interact with the fans and attempt to deliver what they want.
Some of the things you mentioned unfortunately are just things that aren't public facing enough to be able to answer. The roster question is one that so deep and complicated, but the simplest thing I can say is that we work with the partners we have on the game to deliver the best possible roster we can. We have the two world number 1 players. We also have a number of the top 20 WTA and ATP ranked players as well as some of the best up and coming players. Then you add in one of the best creation suites that can deliver un-rivalled depth of creations and you can really do whatever you want with the roster!
We tend not to try and provide absolutes for content and timelines on future updates because in a world of licensing and sports, anything can change at any minute. But as I have mentioned here as feedback comes in we are looking, reading and compiling what we need to provide updates when necessary. Again, the reason why we aren't giving up to the minute feedback on this is because things change day over day and we get feedback every day that we have to assess as well.
If you look at past Big Ant games we have never pushed a game out and left it. Cricket 19 has seen multiple updates that have only enhanced the game, AO1 saw multiple updates to improve the game and our Rugby League, Lacrosse and other Cricket titles have all had post-release support. So you can look towards our past to find what the future holds.
I really appreciate you taking the time to reply and doing so in a lengthy matter. I'm in no way trying to give you guys a hard time , i bought the game and i think the game has turned a corner. It's fun, it's deep and it has it's own footprint now.I just see across social media the number of people who get turned off because the questions go unanswered or they are frustrated with the communication and the last thing you want to see for a quality game is it being skipped or overlooked because of "reputations". Honestly speaking, the roster you have is (if the 32 count is accurate) the largest starting roster like EVER for a tennis game and as you said, it does have a good variety of players. No game has every gotten it perfect with the top players, a balance between ATP and WTA plus a large number of pros, so that's normal.......but, somethings are odd. This game will never have Djokovic or Serena or Sharapova or Murray and that's fine, but there are a few players whose absence seems odd given prior history with the series. It's hard to believe that your partners, Tennis Australia and the AO , wouldn't allow the actual current Australian Open Champion to be licensed (for a game based on the Australian Open) especially given that she
was licensed in your first AO Tennis game ; It's odd that Roger Federer (who was allegedly scanned for the first game) isn't in considering the publishers that blocked him from being the first game are now publishing this very game. I'm not the only person that has picked up on that either.
I don't think you'd have to name drop players in order to do a content schedule or timeline, almost no company actually lists the names of it's content when doing roadmaps. It's always 'dlc character 1' or 'New story mission 1' etc, so that would be a safe way to avoid any potential licensing holdups while still showing the consumers on your intent and plan to give updates. It's a win-win.
As for game feedback, i think the top spin side spin shots and defensive slices should be toned down and if there's a way that on short or hanging balls, the players can really step in a crush them. Holding down the R2 button just makes your ball go faster, but it doesn't provide the sensation of really accelerating or driving through a softer ball. Thanks for reading and taking it all in.
