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EA's Star Wars deal is 10 years long

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Mulgrok

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Disney is a soulless corporate conglomerate determined to dominate customers and extract maximum profit. EA is the same. Add them together and you get a singularity that consumes money without providing anything of worth...

I will roast marshmallows on the heat of EA's ashes.
 
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Valnen

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HawksWinStanley said:
Didn't EA say at E3 that they wanted Battlefront on the three year cycle along with Battlefield and Titanfall? I thought I remember them saying to expect a sequel to those titles once every 3 years.
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That sounds like a good thing to me, if they make proper Battlefront games.
 
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Schweinehund

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Cess007 said:
Hey EA, eh.... can we get another SW: Dark Forces? Please? :(?
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iirc they said they were looking at what fans wanted when they decided to make battlefront. I'm sure tie fighter/x wing & jedi knight are on the list. This is no guarantee they will be good games though :p.
 
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Goodacre0081

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smr00

Banned
I will wait and see how battlefront is before hopping on the hate train.

If it ends up a buggy piece of shit like BF3/BF4 then i will probably still buy the yearly sequels because like BF i love the series.

GodParticle said:
I'll take 10 years of EA over the crap lucasarts has put out over recent years
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The cesspool of broken shit EA has put out in recent years isn't that great either.

But what other company could of bought a 10 year license? Ubisoft? I would rather have zynga make mobile star wars rip off games. SE? No thanks.
 
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GodParticle

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smr00 said:
The cesspool of broken shit EA has put out in recent years isn't that great either.

But what other company could of bought a 10 year license? Ubisoft? I would rather have zynga make mobile star wars rip off games. SE? No thanks.
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Yeah, the choices are pretty limited. I agree EA is no model publisher, but I will still take their products over anything LA was producing
 
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speculawyer

Member
Damn, I wonder what the terms of that deal were.

What happens if the rebooted Star Wars movies bomb? People are lamenting about EA having this deal for 10 years . . . but EA could end up being the one screwed if Star Wars loses popularity.
 
Dr. Kitty Muffins

Dr. Kitty Muffins

Member
They need to give these games enough time to incubate. There is no sense in rushing them out for a quick buck. If you have the license for 10 years, there is no excuse for not thinking long term.
 
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Neiteio

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Slightly off-topic, but what do we know about Episodes 7, 8 and 9 at this point? Abrams is directing, right? Do we know how long they take place after the original trilogy? Are they acknowledging the expanded universe of the novels, etc? Will any of the original actors be returning, and in what capacity? SO MANY QUESTIONS.
 
MrGreencastle

MrGreencastle

Member
This is bullshit. EA should be given rights, sure, I actually think there's a lot of potential there with their studios. But exclusive rights as in no one else can make a Star Wars game other than their teams? Disney/LucasFilm/EA basically stifled the potential of the franchise for what? This deal was made between children.
 
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Cess007

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Schweinehund said:
iirc they said they were looking at what fans wanted when they decided to make battlefront. I'm sure tie fighter/x wing & jedi knight are on the list. This is no guarantee they will be good games though :p.
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Oh please. I can't tell you how many hours i put into the demo of Dark Forces on my English lab class until i can actually got the full version. I loved that game.

Neiteio said:
Fortunately, my N64 cartridges for Shadows of the Empire, Rogue Squadron and Episode One Racer are still working.
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Once in a while, i still put Rogue Squadron 2 and play the Battle of Endor mission. The music on that level still give me goosebumps.
 
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-Deimos

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On one hand we get 1313 and Battlefront, on the other, it's EA.

I don't care, I've waited so long for a new console Battlefront and I couldn't be more excited!

By console I mean PC. Get on it DICE.
 
SmokedMeat

SmokedMeat

Gamer™
Got to be better than anything we've received in the past ten years. I'm excited for Battlefront, just don't rush the damn thing like Battlefield.

I wouldn't mind seeing Critereon do a pod racing game either.
 
dr_rus

dr_rus

Member
Schweinehund said:
iirc they said they were looking at what fans wanted when they decided to make battlefront. I'm sure tie fighter/x wing & jedi knight are on the list. This is no guarantee they will be good games though :p.
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Yeah, I can't think of any FPS from EA that was a great single player experience since MOHAA.
There is a chance that they'll hire someone independent and actually competent at making good FPS games though.
But I won't hold my breath. We'll probably get a shitload of crappy 3rd person somethings and a multiplayer only Battlefronts for the next 10 years.
 
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