DICE Producer Talks About Battlefield 4's Rocky Launch

Future installments won't suffer the same fate.

Battlefield 4's bug plagued launch has damaged the trust gamers have in developer DICE's ability to release a game smoothly. But now DICE has changed its processes to make sure no game suffers the same fate, that's according to DICE LA producer David Sirland.

"I can absolutely say that we lost [player] trust in the game's launch and the early parts of the year," Sirland said. "We still probably have a lot of players who won't trust us to deliver a stable launch or a stable game. I don't want to say anything because I want to do. I want them to look at what we're doing and what we are going to do and that would be my answer. I think we have to do things to get them to trust us, not say things to get them to trust us. Show by doing."

For upcoming Battlefield games, Sirland said, "I am certain that [Battlefield 4's troubled launch] won't be repeated because we've changed the way we work."

"It's just a giant project, any Battlefield game is a giant project," Sirland said. "And the more input you can get early, the better, and the more you can be open with changes you're making or ideas you have, the better, I think. Because our community is much smarter than we probably give them credit for."

Battelfield 4's launch problems were numerous and significant, with some gamers not being able to play for long periods of time.

"We were stoked to release the game and we thought it would be a great launch," he said. "Sure, there would be issues; there's always issues. But we didn't think there would be issues to this degree."