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Game_boy wrote:If EA make Star Wars games people want to buy and play -> great!
If EA make Star Wars games that suck and people don't buy them -> they go bankrupt
I don't see a problem?
chuckula wrote:Game_boy wrote:If EA make Star Wars games people want to buy and play -> great!
If EA make Star Wars games that suck and people don't buy them -> they go bankrupt
I don't see a problem?
Unfortunately you forgot the third option:
EA makes craptastic abominations of Star Wars (think Jar-Jar on Ice) and still manages to make money for years by slowly draining the blood from the carcass of what was once a great story.
clone wrote:it's been said and said better elsewhere but even George Lucas was pissed off at the box office performance of the prequels, he even went so far as to talk openly about how annoyed he was that TPM wasn't going to outgross Titanic.If they sell, then they're good games. Star Wars succeeded because of the entertainment to the masses, not just niche appeal to a hardcore market segment. Oh and notice the prequels also got $$$ at the box office, they were also a success and millions of people enjoyed them. Just not Star Wars core fans.
never confuse a profit as the indicator of success or failure, a success is a product that comes close to meeting and or exceeds the projected profits.
Game_boy wrote:If EA make Star Wars games people want to buy and play -> great!
If EA make Star Wars games that suck and people don't buy them -> they go bankrupt
I don't see a problem?
chuckula wrote:Game_boy wrote:If EA make Star Wars games people want to buy and play -> great!
If EA make Star Wars games that suck and people don't buy them -> they go bankrupt
I don't see a problem?
Unfortunately you forgot the third option:
EA makes craptastic abominations of Star Wars (think Jar-Jar on Ice) and still manages to make money for years by slowly draining the blood from the carcass of what was once a great story.
Savyg wrote:...before this I liked EA. Now I need a new favorite publisher o.o
tanker27 wrote:Savyg wrote:...before this I liked EA. Now I need a new favorite publisher o.o
Wait what??? Ok this is entirely your opinion and I wont argue that. But I do want to understand why you feel that EA was even remotely 'good' let alone to be your favorite publisher. You are certainly in the minority when it comes to EA which leaves me scratching my head. I mean this EA, the same company that got the award for worst company in America......TWO YEARS IN A ROW!
cphite wrote:The way they do business sucks, as does the way they treat their customers, at least in the past few years... but they've still made some really good games over the years. This may come as a surprise, but there are a lot of people who don't actually care as much about the **** side of it and just enjoy the games.
clone wrote:everyone was disappointed with the results, everyone expected more from the prequels, it was just luck that I happened to watch video of George himself openly complaining about it.That's a failure of expectations on the part of the creator, then. I'm sure any major production company would be glad to get the performance he had.
you are correct if the prequels hadn't been Star Wars based everyone involved would have been thrilled.... but... .unfortunately for everyone involved they were based on Star Wars and everyone expected more, not just the creator.... everyone, the entire film industry altered their production schedule around the launch of TPM only to find out it was totally unnecessary.... even the competition was shocked.
superjawes wrote:cphite wrote:The way they do business sucks, as does the way they treat their customers, at least in the past few years... but they've still made some really good games over the years. This may come as a surprise, but there are a lot of people who don't actually care as much about the **** side of it and just enjoy the games.
I would counter that with SimCity...a game where the very people who enjoyed the game got screwed the most.
Sure, they might publish good games, but that doesn't excuse hurting fans.
In fact, I would say that it makes matters worse, because the backlash against BS in games is more likely to hurt the developer who actually made the game than EA who inserted and pushed for the features that customers hate.
cphite wrote:The fact that they screwed the proverbial pooch with SimCity doesn't negate the fact that they've delivered good games over the years. And again, despite the problems, a lot of people are still buying SimCity even after the debacle launch.
Airmantharp wrote:Like someone said in the article comments- there isn't anyone better than EA to get this ball rolling in the right direction again. I mean, seriously, you've got Bioware for KotOR 3, DICE for Battlefront 3, and Vanguard to properly finish 1313?
You can bitch and whine about Origin (and someone will, if that hasn't happened yet), but Origin works, and I'm actually looking forward to the results of this deal.
tanker27 wrote:Wait what??? Ok this is entirely your opinion and I wont argue that. But I do want to understand why you feel that EA was even remotely 'good' let alone to be your favorite publisher. You are certainly in the minority when it comes to EA which leaves me scratching my head. I mean this EA, the same company that got the award for worst company in America......TWO YEARS IN A ROW!
tanker27 wrote:You do know that most of the games you cite were NOT MADE or Developed by EA and that other studios made them, EA just PUBLISHED it. And by that I hope you do know the difference and relationship between Developer and Publisher.......right?
tanker27 wrote:You do know that most of the games you cite were NOT MADE or Developed by EA and that other studios made them, EA just PUBLISHED it. And by that I hope you do know the difference and relationship between Developer and Publisher.......right?