I'll help answer the 1st post. In my experience, these are very good games as far as sims go. I'm not a action video kind of player, that's why these types of sims are great for me. Sure, there are problems that come up, and something in the sim is not quite right, but I am sure that thing will get worked out over time.
The comments in this paragraph may not apply to Wolverine Studios, but I will offer some of my experience. I once worked for a small software company that started as just 2 people. Now, when I got there, they were much bigger, but still I was only #12 or so. We just didn't have the resources to monitor message boards (or similar back then), answer phones, program, et. al. that needs to be done on a daily basis. Part of that I am guess is why these message boards exist, so that other users can offer a hand to other users, and the Wolverine staff can jump on from time to time to add to the discussions.
With that said, I have had nothing but good experiences with the games and company so far. Questions that I have had, have been answered, or are in discussion. Take a close look at the depth of the games. It really is amazing when you think of all the things that go in behind the scenes of the real sports, there are alot of things that are in these games, but on a simpler scale to keep it playable. BTW, I do own 4 of the 5 games, all bought this year. I'm not much of a golfer, so II passed on that one.

Hope this offers a different perspective.
David