From what he wrote, this guy obviously has never worked in the gaming industry, put in blood sweat and tears developing a game or knew anybody who does because to expect Kunos to churn out a sequel for next year from scratch, it's not the 1980s anymore, the era when one teenager can churn out a game in his bedroom with a C64 in a short space of time with primitive physics (compared to now).
He should learn that from reviews of AC given the size of it's manpower, it's obvious that it wasn't a AAA title, unlike his beloved FM7.
He should ask himself this if he wants Kunos to churn out AC2 for next year, why do Activision need 3 dev teams to crop out Call of Duty annually? Why do EA need such a huge team of 1300 to churn out the same recycled crap in FIFA and Madden? Turn 10 has a manpower of 300 compared to Kunos' 30, hence they can churn out FM biannually.
As with being outdated, what do you mean by that and how. I prefer to trade in a 60 car starting grid to fancy graphic with 8 cars.
Lastly, I recommend him to read the experience of
EA Spouse to know what it's like to work for a large publisher.