Evidently, a lot of other uses felt the same and EA took Battlefield 3: Aftershock down off of iTunes shortly thereafter, issuing a statement about quality control. Now, it seems they’re not interested in fixing it or putting it back up.
On February 22nd, EA issued the following statement to IGN regarding Aftershock’s removal from the app store.
So, what’s the plan going forward and when it go back online (fixed)? Never. In a follow-up statement to Vox Games, EA confirms that they’re done with the game:
Was it the in the “interest of bringing consumers only the highest level of quality mobile entertainment” to release the game in the first place?
It’s oddly reminiscent of when EA promoted the hell out of of Medal of Honor only to follow up its release by saying it didn’t meet their quality expectations. If certain games are not meeting the quality standards being promoted, why are they releasing?
At least we have Battlefield 3, the core game, and what we hope is a new content announcement next week at GDC.
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Sources: IGN, Vox Games
