Alice: Madness Returns creator and director American McGee says he “pasted dildos” on the head of a giant snail after EA requested Spicy Horse “make things more sexy.”
Remember Electronic Arts defending lootboxes because it claimed they brought “a sense of pride and accomplishment” to players? So. That’s the sort of corporation we’re talking about. So it’s no surprise its marketing team tried to boss the creator around, to make something less true to their vision of the game but more marketable. Sex and gore sell; but if they fit that’s another can of worms, you know?
Dev team might want to find another publisher for its future games, though. Even if this one sells like ice cream in the desert, odds are EA will try to find ways to punish disobedience.
I’m reading a few old magazines from the late 80s atm, and EA is one of the best publishers. They have great customer support, invest in experimental games, have great packaging and reasonable prices. They got the readers award for best company two times in a row now. The magazine even sells EA t-shirts in their shop, in case you want to go out and show how supportive you are.
Reading these with the knowledge of today is so amusing and fun :)
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Remember Electronic Arts defending lootboxes because it claimed they brought “a sense of pride and accomplishment” to players? So. That’s the sort of corporation we’re talking about. So it’s no surprise its marketing team tried to boss the creator around, to make something less true to their vision of the game but more marketable. Sex and gore sell; but if they fit that’s another can of worms, you know?
Dev team might want to find another publisher for its future games, though. Even if this one sells like ice cream in the desert, odds are EA will try to find ways to punish disobedience.
I’m reading a few old magazines from the late 80s atm, and EA is one of the best publishers. They have great customer support, invest in experimental games, have great packaging and reasonable prices. They got the readers award for best company two times in a row now. The magazine even sells EA t-shirts in their shop, in case you want to go out and show how supportive you are.
Reading these with the knowledge of today is so amusing and fun :)
They have gone the way of big corpo.