Funny you bring that up. You know, i'm GLAD you mention that. Because in December I vividly remember a post that you made, stating that DICE had a contractual obligation to release Mantle BF4 in December based on the payment for 8 million dollars.. You stated that DICE had a contractual obligation to do it based on the 8 million dollar sum that they received.
This was obviously before news of Mantle BF4 being delayed came about. Hold on, let me find that post.
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?p=35854675&highlight=#post35854675
This is what you said in December.
And then you said this:
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?p=35854532&highlight=#post35854532
You were referring to BF4 mantle being released on time, in December, with this statement. Before the delay was announced. And yeah. AMD "paid" (sic) them a lot of money and DICE does have an obligation. There. We agree! This is what you posted in December. I won't even point anything more obvious out. Must be another mistake you made. It's cool. I'm forgetful too, it happens. It's easy to forget that DICE paid 8 million for BF4 and Mantle. And like I said I don't have a problem with that if it helps Mantle adoption. AMD paid square enix as well for AMD GE rights. Nvidia paid for crysis 1 way back in the day. That's par for course, I don't have a problem with it. AMD paying devs to get Mantle out there helps adoption. You shouldn't have a problem with this either. Par for the course in the graphics industry.
Like you said. AMD "payed" DICE a lot of money and they have an obligation. That obligation has a January release now though!