Star Wars has basically sucked since the late 90's. The prequals were bad. Most of the games just end up being 2nd tier versions for their genre. The extended universe is horrid. It's basically been hanging around on a mixture of nestalgia and denial.
So as much as I'd like to say EA or Disney will ruin the IP, I don't think they can really do much worse. The bar is set so low right now that there's nothing to lose in trying.
Meh, no big deal. I'll reserve judgment until I actually see what they're going to do. There's at least a little potential here. DICE doing SW Battlefront 3 could be awesome. Also, I think Visceral Games could do very well with a Dead Space style game featuring lightsaber combat...
Wait and see, I suppose.
It's a sad day indeed when a family is too afraid of reprisals to publicly thank somebody for saving their lives.
Meh, no big deal. I'll reserve judgment until I actually see what they're going to do. There's at least a little potential here. DICE doing SW Battlefront 3 could be awesome. Also, I think Visceral Games could do very well with a Dead Space style game featuring lightsaber combat...
Wait and see, I suppose.
I could not say it better. All this prejudice without even knowing what's ahead of us is... illogical.
WHAHAHA! I just don't know if I can't stop laughing........... or crying really.
I guess this marks the end of Star Wars for gamers at least. /sad
Bit melodramatic, I think. Who else could you have realistically seen this license going to?
Personally, I'd love to see Battlefront 3 finally get made as a Frostbite-powered game. As for future Star Wars MMOs, I'm not going to touch that one (today ).
Not a bit melodramatic..At this point I dont want to touch an EA game after all the letdowns. I do want to play a star wars game though.
They shhut down LA and now a suit does a Google search, calls for the highest bidder for exclusive rights (who wants the pain in the ass of making video games?) sells to EA, but reserves the right to make social media games. (The Google search said that there was some traction in that market, Star Wars Angry Birds and all.)
Pppffft. Why did LA even exist, this video game bullshit is soooo easy for Disney suits.
As to the future of SWTOR, Disney apparently could care less. It's EA's exclusive headache now.
*EDIT* The corporate-speak wording is interesting; ""Three of our top studios will fulfill that dream, crafting epic adventures for Star Wars fans. DICE and Visceral will produce new games, joining the BioWare team which continues to develop for the Star Wars franchise."
Does that mean the new games go to DICE and Visceral, and Bioware can babysit SWTOR?
Meh, no big deal. I'll reserve judgment until I actually see what they're going to do. There's at least a little potential here. DICE doing SW Battlefront 3 could be awesome. Also, I think Visceral Games could do very well with a Dead Space style game featuring lightsaber combat...
Wait and see, I suppose.
I could not say it better. All this prejudice without even knowing what's ahead of us is... illogical.
What is illogical is ignoring the past, especially the recent past.
Sounds like Disney realized that making a star wars game was not in thier best interest, considering how many failure games have been over the years. So they said to heck with that and sold it off to the highest bidder. LoL.
Originally posted by erictlewis Sounds like Disney realized that making a star wars game was not in thier best interest, considering how many failure games have been over the years. So they said to heck with that and sold it off to the highest bidder. LoL.
keep in mind they didn't sell anything. Disney still owns the rights, the IP, everything.
They licensed a multi year deal to make these games.
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I love the Pavlovian responses when EA is mentioned, "EA has a license for Star Wars games."
"EA?!?!..."
Anytime someone mentions Pavlovian response I start to salivate.
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Heads could row both at Dinsey and EA in the long run if EA should happen to turn out another bad game that damages the Dinsey / Star Wars name.
Would love to read the contract between them to see how Dinsey will protect themselves if the unthinkable should happen and EA should produce a poorly received Star Wars game .
At this point, they have a lot of current experience on what no to do. They can only go up.
If they try to maximize their priorities for thier customer first and include steam as an online platform, then that would be a good indication of change within the company.
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Originally posted by redcapp Well, so much for everyone hoping for a different Star Wars mmo any time soon.
Seriously EA sand enough money into that beast, they won't be shutting it down for a long time. They're going to milk it for all its worth... and then some.
At LEAST this is slightly better than if Disney simply didn't focus on Star Wars video games at all... at least there's a chance of getting some quality games.
BATTLEFRONT III actually has a shot at happening now.
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So yeah , I even thought about what superniceguy said before I read it , might shut it down but if you think carefully about it then well it's making money and it would take 5 years at least to make an MMO then NOPE. Also was good too see Ignore Me trying to find a new hobby as well no more propaganda from me ( i guessed it right or at least read into the guys quote ) . Tie fighter seems upset too. Really enjoyed reading sevenstar's posts "go for it girl!".
So all in all it seems like SWTOR with it's 2.3 boxes or digital initial sales nad the Freemium change over has been profitable , read that PROFITABLE. How do I know ? Well O EA execs "Disney bought LUCAS OUT WTF!! They also shut LUCASARTS OMGBBQWAFFLES!!!!!! SO SWTOR is doing badly , so et's buy the gaming frnchise to make less money ha ha "
At least it will shut the SWG crowd down , err yeah right............
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Shortened development cycles, shoehorned multiplayer modes, obtrusive yet ineffective DRM, terrible customer support, a history of good developers being run into the ground (Origin Systems, Bullfrog, Maxis, Westwood, just to name a few), and a precedent of shutting down active game services (their entire social game lineup).
Oh, Star Wars is in good hands indeed.
Though to be fair EA might make some great Star Wars racing and sports games, their FPS will essentially be a Battlefield reskin (your mileage may vary), and their RPGs... well, let's just not mention EA RPGs.
Originally posted by Distopia I guess that means Obsidian's new Star Wars RPG proposal will never happen .
I'm surprised Obsidian even wanted to touch Star Wars again after LucasArts pulled the rug out from under them and shaved three months off an already-rushed dev cycle for KotOR2.
WHAHAHA! I just don't know if I can't stop laughing........... or crying really.
I guess this marks the end of Star Wars for gamers at least. /sad
Bit melodramatic, I think. Who else could you have realistically seen this license going to?
Personally, I'd love to see Battlefront 3 finally get made as a Frostbite-powered game. As for future Star Wars MMOs, I'm not going to touch that one (today ).
Not a bit melodramatic..At this point I dont want to touch an EA game after all the letdowns. I do want to play a star wars game though.
same here
but after this announcement,, i guess it will take more than a decade, before we get one
and who knows, if im still alive by then,,a sad day indeed
Kotaku is reporting that EA has scored licensing privileges to publish and develop games based on the Star Wars intellectual property. According to Kotaku, both EA and BioWare will work on games based on the IP.
“Every developer dreams of creating games for the Star Wars universe,” said EA Labels president Frank Gibeau in a statement. “Three of our top studios will fulfill that dream, crafting epic adventures for Star Wars fans. DICE and Visceral will produce new games, joining the BioWare team which continues to develop for the Star Wars franchise. The new experiences we create may borrow from films, but the games will be entirely original with all new stories and gameplay.”
Ah well, I guess that's it for me and star wars then. They have consistently abused the liscense for money, but throwing it all to 'day-one download, forced online play so we can dangle microtransactions at you all the time but we'll say it's to prevent piracy cause we both know it isn't but what are ya gonna do, our customers have told us they want 70% complete products' EA just put the last nail in that coffin.
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Star Wars has basically sucked since the late 90's. The prequals were bad. Most of the games just end up being 2nd tier versions for their genre. The extended universe is horrid. It's basically been hanging around on a mixture of nestalgia and denial.
So as much as I'd like to say EA or Disney will ruin the IP, I don't think they can really do much worse. The bar is set so low right now that there's nothing to lose in trying.
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Meh, no big deal. I'll reserve judgment until I actually see what they're going to do. There's at least a little potential here. DICE doing SW Battlefront 3 could be awesome. Also, I think Visceral Games could do very well with a Dead Space style game featuring lightsaber combat...
Wait and see, I suppose.
It's a sad day indeed when a family is too afraid of reprisals to publicly thank somebody for saving their lives.
I could not say it better. All this prejudice without even knowing what's ahead of us is... illogical.
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Not a bit melodramatic..At this point I dont want to touch an EA game after all the letdowns. I do want to play a star wars game though.
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Well Disney certainly isn't dicking around.
They shhut down LA and now a suit does a Google search, calls for the highest bidder for exclusive rights (who wants the pain in the ass of making video games?) sells to EA, but reserves the right to make social media games. (The Google search said that there was some traction in that market, Star Wars Angry Birds and all.)
Pppffft. Why did LA even exist, this video game bullshit is soooo easy for Disney suits.
As to the future of SWTOR, Disney apparently could care less. It's EA's exclusive headache now.
*EDIT* The corporate-speak wording is interesting; ""Three of our top studios will fulfill that dream, crafting epic adventures for Star Wars fans. DICE and Visceral will produce new games, joining the BioWare team which continues to develop for the Star Wars franchise."
Does that mean the new games go to DICE and Visceral, and Bioware can babysit SWTOR?
What is illogical is ignoring the past, especially the recent past.
keep in mind they didn't sell anything. Disney still owns the rights, the IP, everything.
They licensed a multi year deal to make these games.
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Anytime someone mentions Pavlovian response I start to salivate.
I can almost hear the EA execs now:
"Ok start reskinning our money makers with Star Wars graphics! ATTACK OF THE CLONE$$$!!!!" ... /weinthemoneydance
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Heads could row both at Dinsey and EA in the long run if EA should happen to turn out another bad game that damages the Dinsey / Star Wars name.
Would love to read the contract between them to see how Dinsey will protect themselves if the unthinkable should happen and EA should produce a poorly received Star Wars game .
BOYCOTTING EA / ORIGIN going forward.
There is a chance to turn thier stuff around.
At this point, they have a lot of current experience on what no to do. They can only go up.
If they try to maximize their priorities for thier customer first and include steam as an online platform, then that would be a good indication of change within the company.
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I make spreadsheets at work - I don't want to make them for the games I play.
Seriously
EA sand enough money into that beast, they won't be shutting it down for a long time. They're going to milk it for all its worth... and then some.
At LEAST this is slightly better than if Disney simply didn't focus on Star Wars video games at all... at least there's a chance of getting some quality games.
BATTLEFRONT III actually has a shot at happening now.
BOYCOTTING EA / ORIGIN going forward.
So yeah , I even thought about what superniceguy said before I read it , might shut it down but if you think carefully about it then well it's making money and it would take 5 years at least to make an MMO then NOPE. Also was good too see Ignore Me trying to find a new hobby as well no more propaganda from me ( i guessed it right or at least read into the guys quote ) . Tie fighter seems upset too. Really enjoyed reading sevenstar's posts "go for it girl!".
So all in all it seems like SWTOR with it's 2.3 boxes or digital initial sales nad the Freemium change over has been profitable , read that PROFITABLE. How do I know ? Well O EA execs "Disney bought LUCAS OUT WTF!! They also shut LUCASARTS OMGBBQWAFFLES!!!!!! SO SWTOR is doing badly , so et's buy the gaming frnchise to make less money ha ha "
At least it will shut the SWG crowd down , err yeah right............
Cheers,
BadOrb.
PSO 4 years , EQOA 4 months , PSU 7 years , SWTOR launch ongoing , PSO2 SEA launch ongoing , Destiny 360 launch ongoing.
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Shortened development cycles, shoehorned multiplayer modes, obtrusive yet ineffective DRM, terrible customer support, a history of good developers being run into the ground (Origin Systems, Bullfrog, Maxis, Westwood, just to name a few), and a precedent of shutting down active game services (their entire social game lineup).
Oh, Star Wars is in good hands indeed.
Though to be fair EA might make some great Star Wars racing and sports games, their FPS will essentially be a Battlefield reskin (your mileage may vary), and their RPGs... well, let's just not mention EA RPGs.
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I'm surprised Obsidian even wanted to touch Star Wars again after LucasArts pulled the rug out from under them and shaved three months off an already-rushed dev cycle for KotOR2.
same here
but after this announcement,, i guess it will take more than a decade, before we get one
and who knows, if im still alive by then,,a sad day indeed
Strangly, I'm okay with this.