Terrible mismanagement over there. EA secured the hottest property in pop culture and have produced fuck all, save for one middling Battlefront reboot and its lootbox-infused sequel. The entire sequel trilogy will have passed before EA releases one Star Wars game not named Battlefront. Pathetic.
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EA shuts down Visceral, moves Star Wars game to EA Vancouver/others
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SolidSnakex
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I wonder how Stigs game is doing. Actually, wait I dont want to know
Isn't he at Respawn?
facetheslayer92
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Moon Presence
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EA back at it again. They're so predictable.
Bioware, you better mentally prepare for the worst.
Bioware, you better mentally prepare for the worst.
"middling" reboot that sold 16 million units and it's sequel can easily sell over 10 million while still making money.
Game devs are still shuttering, the B-tier doesn't exist in any firm capacity, and GAAS is beginning to annoy "core" gamers. We'll see where this all goes, feels different than how these sorts of discussions usually go.
Audioboxer
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ScientificPizza
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Respawn is still independent, arent they?Respawn and Bioware right now
Core gamers on the internet are annoyed which are a separate audience from core gamers who paid for the GaaS/microtransaction future we're now in.
Splatoon 2's "you can only play how we want you to play, when we want you to play" was heavily criticized.
That's exactly what I thought. Fuck EA. They realized that they can't nickel and dime us on a linear SP game so they refocus it.
Obliterator
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Yes though EA is their publisher (both Titanfall games as well as the upcoming Star Wars game by Stig)
If EA were unhappy with their titles performances and decided to end publishing agreements with them it could be really hard on the studio
gutter_trash
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where does this leave Motive Montreal?
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
Why people keep mention Respawn? They aren't owned by EA.
bitbydeath
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They take a bullet for Bioware?
digoutyoursoul
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Always fascinated to know who these publishers play test games with and... how they get to be in a position to give feedback
ScientificPizza
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Oh of course. I just mean that EA cant shutter Respawn
Crooked16th
Banned
I think Microsoft would step in and help them out before they we're hit hard.
I doubt they care since BF probably made them tons of money.
Elfstar
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Next ones:
-"Activision buys CD Projekt Red and turns Cyberpunk into a loot-box based f2p moba"
-"Konami buys From Software and makes them develop Dark Souls pachinkos"
keltickennedy
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That's so EA.
What a fucking bummer.
Welp. It is a big company and a huge license. I guess they are trying to play it as safe as possible.
I would love to play a linear action adventure game in the Star Wars Universe. Does EA still have an exclusivity deal for the games?
What a fucking bummer.
Welp. It is a big company and a huge license. I guess they are trying to play it as safe as possible.
I would love to play a linear action adventure game in the Star Wars Universe. Does EA still have an exclusivity deal for the games?
Audioboxer
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Interesting viewpoint actually.
Does Disney have any say in this at all? Like nothing major enough to reverse this decision or anything, but are they potentially looking at EA's output here like "what the fuck are you doing?"
Yeah, it's an absolutely pathetic showing on EA's part. I wish another company had secured the rights to the property, or better yet no company.
Obliterator
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Not sure about that. MS seems to be trying to find every way they can to spend less money on game development than more at the moment
dottme
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Bioware is probably under pressure for the next Dragon Age.Respawn and Bioware right now
Loot box and micro transaction paradise incoming.
Acidote
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They both make games as a service now. It looks like EA doesn't make games if they're not a service anymore.Respawn and Bioware right now
facetheslayer92
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Bioware's days are numbered.
If it happens it will be shocking considering Mass Effect 2 is considered one of the greatest games ever made and came out not too long ago.
For real. What the fuck....
digoutyoursoul
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Personally I find all this games as a service stuff to be monotonous and boring. Really don't like the way the industry is heading, more shills than ever repeating their rubbish, more ways to squeeze the players wallets with that loot box shit. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if the online pass came back into play for used games soon.
Unfortunately that middling game sold 16 mil and the sequel will also sell pretty good I predict. So yeah...
RedlineRonin
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In a year with 2017's lineup?
Two perspectives:
1. As a Star Wars fan, and a video game fan, these Battlefront games aren't doing it. Sorry.
2. As the sole license holder, EA have squandered years of potential on home consoles. Maybe Galaxy of Heroes and two Battlefront games are enough for them to not care? But they're pretty much all hands on deck with their major studios. Visceral is defunct, Respawn is years away, Dice/Criterion/Motive are Battlefront machines. Episodes VII, VIII, and IX will have come and gone, and EA will have released only two major Star Wars games -- one of which doesn't even have a story.
ArkhamFantasy
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Every game from EA, Activision, Ubisoft, and Take Two, yes.
The other publishers will fill in the voids in the market.
DangerMouse
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Yeah. Probably true, and really disappointing. Was looking forward to what it was.
Even if they couldn't microtransaction it to hell, this still should have made a good amount of money as a huge single-player cinematic SW game, but even that's not enough for EA I guess.
secondspace
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That was loved by fans and critics alike though. Plenty of Star Wars games have flopped in the past as well.
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