“In his first year as CEO, Wilson initiated a “player-first” corporate strategy, and offered more free-to-play games and in-app purchase options.[7] In a move towards a transformation from physical software to digital, he also greatly increased EA’s digital offerings, and launched EA Access, a subscription-based digital service for Xbox One players that allows unlimited play across a selection of EA titles.[7][8] Electronic Arts had a large revenue increase and its stock price doubled in 2014.[7][9]” -wiki
I’m noticing the language used over and over now is “live service” instead of “game”. I’m coming around to the idea that what they’re trying to do is replace the fact that a game used to be a “good” with it being a “service”. That accursed farms video from 5 years ago titled “games as a service is fraud” was spot on. Link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUAX0gnZ3Nw
Let’s go boys! Time to drop trou, get out your wallet, and pre-order the super platinum edition with a hilarious camo, useless rifle, and the day-1 DLC included.
So, broken and buggy game with battle-pass and a perfectly functioning store from day one? Of course, a promise to fix the game with a roadmap within a week of launch. Yeah, a tremendous live service indeed.
In today’s earnings call, EA CEO Andrew Wilson says he has been playing the next Battlefield game with the development team and it will be a “tremendous live service.”
“a tremendous live service” said Wilson, “…but a fairly terrible gaming experience.” 😁
Honestly, I think he may be right with his statement in so much as he was using Webster’s second definition for tremendous.
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“In his first year as CEO, Wilson initiated a “player-first” corporate strategy, and offered more free-to-play games and in-app purchase options.[7] In a move towards a transformation from physical software to digital, he also greatly increased EA’s digital offerings, and launched EA Access, a subscription-based digital service for Xbox One players that allows unlimited play across a selection of EA titles.[7][8] Electronic Arts had a large revenue increase and its stock price doubled in 2014.[7][9]” -wiki
So basically this guy is behind EAs thirst for micro transactions and getting rid of physical copies. Anything he says in cringe.
I really liked Bad Company 2. After that, meh.
“Person who relies on stock price says positive thing about product!”
Well golly gee I believe em! It’s gonna be the first Superperfect AAAAA™ game!
I’m noticing the language used over and over now is “live service” instead of “game”. I’m coming around to the idea that what they’re trying to do is replace the fact that a game used to be a “good” with it being a “service”. That accursed farms video from 5 years ago titled “games as a service is fraud” was spot on. Link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUAX0gnZ3Nw
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There’s no way he’s dogfooding the micro-transactions. It’s impossible for him to do so.
So basically dead on arrival
Let’s go boys! Time to drop trou, get out your wallet, and pre-order the super platinum edition with a hilarious camo, useless rifle, and the day-1 DLC included.
Why does it feel like EA tries really hard to kill off franchises with a loyal fanbase by constantly playing limbo under the lowering bar?
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So, broken and buggy game with battle-pass and a perfectly functioning store from day one? Of course, a promise to fix the game with a roadmap within a week of launch. Yeah, a tremendous live service indeed.
They meant it like trump did
That fuckface ruined so many words forever: tremendous, fantastic, huge, glorious, trump (the lower-case verb)
Presidential
Boooooo
“Tremendous live service for my wallet”
“a tremendous live service” said Wilson, “…but a fairly terrible gaming experience.” 😁
Honestly, I think he may be right with his statement in so much as he was using Webster’s second definition for tremendous.
I trust that about as much as Ubi’s CEO telling us about the first “AAAA Game”
Micro transactions all the way down, I would expecting nothing less from EA.