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EA should lose the Star Wars license
Archlyte
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Considering what they could have accomplished given a license to print money, EA has demonstrated repeatedly that they know how to make decisions with this license that make for tepid customer satisfaction and poor performance. The failure of the open world game to see the light, the myriad problems with SWTOR, and Battlefront appearing to be a general frustration simulator all point to Disney making a choice as to whether they want to continue to lose potential dollars to this rotting agreement with EA, or to look for new options. Given that the decision to make a new trilogy is almost certainly a result of poor earnings for Disney as a whole, reassessing the gaming license would seem to make sense.
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https://www.polygon.com/2017/11/17/16670758/star-wars-battlefront-2-issues-disney-ea
The new Rian Johnson lead trilogy? You know, when Trevorrow was fired from directing Episode 9, people speculated that Episode 8 - The Last Jedi, probably had some behind the scenes drama that made Johnson an unwanted director for Episode 9.
As far as I know Disney is doing just fine financially.
But I do believe Battlefront 2 has raised some questions at Disney. With The Last Jedi coming in theatres next month, the shit show EA has caused is something Disney won't tolerate, they will do everything in their power to protect the franchise they paid billions for.
EA didn't just suddenly realize that the MT in Battlefront 2 is bad for sales, it's Star Wars, it will sell no matter what. The bad publicity it has caused though, is what made Disney order them to remove it for the time being.
And I can't even imagine what a starcraft RPG could be like if it was by cd project...that would be an instant winner.
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More seriously, EA does all sorts of obnoxious stuff all the time. If you hear about some big, well-known game publisher having done something scandalous, EA is the culprit more often than not. I've got a simple solution for this: don't buy anything from EA. I've been boycotting them for over 20 years now, and in that time, they've given me plenty of additional reasons to justify that and none to reconsider that stance. There are many other publishers and developers who are far more customer-friendly.
I haven't driven EA out of business, of course. But I have made sure that none of their shenanigans could hurt me. I'd rather spend my money to support other developers and publishers whose business practices are more friendly to my preferences--and there are many such other companies.
If you feel harmed by something EA did, you have it in your power to ensure that it can never happen again. All that you have to do is not buy from them again.
Disney needs to give others a chance. We've already seen what Obsidian can do with the license, why not give them another shot? What about giving Machine Games a try at a SW FPS, or From Software the opportunity at an ARPG? There are just so many talented medium-sized to indie studios out there which could do amazing things with a SW license, yet they obviously went with the one that could pay the most, quality be damned. Such a shame.
Hey now, Blizzard stole those IPs from Games Workshop created those IPs fair and square! You can't just take away their rights to their inferior, watered-down copies totally original work like that!
In all seriousness, I'd rather CDProjekt tackle an RPG set in the actual WH40K or Warhammer universes, not Blizzard's hackneyed versions of them. That would truly be something special.
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This was given as the reason by a news report I heard while driving. They referenced disappointing or poor financials and reported that Disney followed up with a number of new projects including the new movies.
lol. Not sure what to make of this but ok.
Well I'm not really sure what you are getting at here because you seem to be saying that Disney will do a lot to exercise control because of the product but then you state that the product is automatically successful so it doesn't matter. I think Star Wars stuff always makes some money as compared to other things, but a very good product + Star Wars would be that much better. Given all the negatives that EA has a company like Disney would be better off handling these properties themselves and cutting out EA.
Their way above the common people, nothing will change ever.
You have them and you have us !
https://kotaku.com/disney-shuts-down-marvel-heroes-1820475273
Not many studios out there with the infrastructure needed to produce and distribute SW titles with the fidelity Disney demands and pretty much all of them are run by greedy suits.
X-Wing Alliance.
It isn't too long before it expires might as well wait it out instead of getting into long court battles. Both sides will have an army of lawyers.
Let's see if I can explain it properly. Basically what I was trying to say is that, the bad publicity doesn't just hurt EA but Disney as well.
Consumers boycotting Battlefront 2, an EA product. Can lead to consumers boycotting the whole Star Wars franchise, owned by Disney.
Battlefront 2 will make money for EA but the bad publicity can take away money from Disney.
I do feel that Disney should resurrect LucasArts and let them to the licensing per game, like they used to with KOTOR and such.
Modern gaming is becoming something of a morass of immoral practices, its why i have ultimately decided to dodge the bullet for Destiny 2, SW:BF2 and ME:Andromeda to name just a few, is it really so hard for developers to bring out a game that isn't mired in controversial practices? why are so many games these days either cash grabs or thinly veiled political statements. If developers/publishers want my money then they are going to have to work a hell of a lot harder than they are now, but on the bonus side, 'ding' Hype Resistance (78).
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