EA loses the plot even further

Squark said:
What on earth do you mean?

Brass is a metal, not a description
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He's special.

I normally hate on EA just as much as anyone but I don't see an issue here, by this business model, the original Mirror's Edge for example; would have been released because of the challenges and leaderboards. Even Skyrim would have made it through their net had they published that, as it has continual DLC.

They are basically saying they don't want to create any games that are a dead release, i.e get released and maybe patched and that's it. EA might be turning themselves around slowly.
 
Omaeka said:
He's special.

I normally hate on EA just as much as anyone but I don't see an issue here, by this business model, the original Mirror's Edge for example; would have been released because of the challenges and leaderboards. Even Skyrim would have made it through their net had they published that, as it has continual DLC.

They are basically saying they don't want to create any games that are a dead release, i.e get released and maybe patched and that's it. EA might be turning themselves around slowly.
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Exactly. Many people use Skyrim as the prime example to wave in the air forgetting that it has DLC support. Therefore an online component.
 
it does not say they wont make single player games it just means they want every game to have a half arse multiplayer sticky taped on so that they can get more money with dlc in the future
 
james_2k said:
He says he has not green lit one game that is a single player experience.
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no he didn't he said he hasn't greenlighted any games without online/social aspects which for most things could be a gud or atleast interesting thing its just its he put it across in an awful way and it is EA so they will probably make a mess of it.
 
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Hopefully it doesn't mean that critical parts to a single player story are released AFTER you've completed a ruined game. Thanks for that wonderful method of game enhancement in ME3 you morons EA.
 
I don't see how it is a bad decision. They mean games that have large content updates, leaderboards, online multiplayer or coop. Any combination of the above, be it one of them or all of them. That is what they are aiming for, it doesn't mean your going to be killing eachother in Mirror's Edge (although it would be good to have a non story related deathmatch mode, be like BRINK but not ****) it just means they don't want to release a game that has no way to interact outside of the campaign, this is only good news.
 
Squark said:
MP for Dragon Age?!?! WTH
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Oh yeah, this has been known for ages. why bother creating anything of substance when you can release a load of map packs, or a new mp character....

But don't worry, it totally won't take anything away from the SP experience.....Bioware said so!
 
no way did he say that 'large content updates' by itself was what he was saying.

he wants mp, coop. etc etc

coop that has ruined fear, and (im guessing) will ruin dead space 3. i mean there's no fear when there's two of you. and in single player games when you are forced to take a cpu controlled character with you ala resi evil 5. not cool, not immersive and blatantly merely there to facilitate coop.
 
Did say he said it in an awful way.
Electronic Arts' games label boss Frank Gibeau has revealed that he's not let any solely single-player games pass through his gates, ensuring that absolutely every single title the company publishes has an online component.
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So technically Spacechem could have been published as share everyones stats for the levels so its a digital services that is live 24/7/365. Its EA thou so it wouldn't :p
 
I don't think I've owned an EA game for years, to be honest I'd like to try BF3 but with all the negativity around EA and Origin it's genuinely put me off.
 
"What I said was [about not greenlighting] anything that [doesn't have] an online service. You can have a very deep single-player game but it has to have an ongoing content plan for keeping customers engaged beyond what's on the initial disc. I'm not saying deathmatch must come to Mirror's Edge."

I bet half of this topics posters are feeling stupid now, especially the ones who flat out denied DLC as a form of online service.

Lolwut? ;)
 
"What I'm saying is if you're going do it, do it with an open-world game that's a connected experience where you can actually see other players, you can co-operate, you can compete and it can be social. Everything that we do, we see the telemetry coming in telling us that's the best way to build our business and that's the best way to build these experiences and be differentiated from others. Yeah, I'm not suggesting deathmatch must be in Bejeweled. It's just… You need to have a connected social experience where you're part of a large community"
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Oh balls
Seems like he wants every SP game to be an MMO :( :( :(
 
So, EA won't release a game they can't milk people for.
What happened to the days of a solid release?

I hate DLC, personally feel it gives them incentive to hold stuff off to then make DLC (ME3's Prothean DLC for example)
 
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