I thought it was a known fact that it was hurried: They had a 4th section of the city and had planned extra places outside the city - we know this from resources in the game. These areas were cut to ship "on time."
But does that mean EA pressured them to release early or did they make a judgment call that shoring up issues with the other parts of the game wasn't with the development time? I think to many people are to quick to assume that EA forces a game out the door just because some content was cut. There could be dozens of reasons. I am guessing that Briowarer has a lot more control over their projects then most studios and their (EA's) real issues are with their forced annual franchises.
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