Game News EA: We Lost Some Fans With Dragon Age 2

[Kaanyrvhok]

They're not getting rid of waves, they're streamlining them

I could see them talking about streamlining the filler combat and making it more accessible. They would do well to streamline the fetch quest too.

 

[Kaanyrvhok]

"Sold in" means shipped to stores. They haven't sold 2 million copies yet. Just wordplay for the investors or public. VGChartz is probably pretty close considering they showed DA2 sold 1 million in 2 weeks like what was announced. It's probably around 1.4 to 1.5 million now. Far away from the 3.5 million DAO sold. They know they fucked up.

Thats how I figue it. I have seen real sales data too and its usally not far from Vgchartz though there are some exceptions.

 

[DragoFireheart]

Bioware is shit.

/end of line

 

[Serious_Business]

make sho' dat bitch be fiendin' fo' tha dick.

Yes, tell me more

 

[sgc_meltdown]

Yes, tell me more

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[l3loodAngel]

We should make a mock-up social tranny site and then invade Biowhore and EA forums, accusing them of prejudice against transgendered people for their games don't feature any such characters.

This

 

[Volourn]

So... according to EA.. they lost some fans and gained some fans... so what does that tell us... FUCK ALL... since that';s liekly true for every fukkin' game in existence.


To EA spinsters I reply with this:

 

[CrunchyHemorrhoids]

Guess some might find this interesting, on Frank Gibeau:

 

[Thrasher]

Jesus. What sort of example does this set for our youngsters? The more you lie, the more you make? Thievery is the growth job of the teens.

 

[CrunchyHemorrhoids]

I was thinking along the line of number of units sold/positive feedback taking second seat to share prices/investor confidence.

Guys like him can just as well make more money off a poorer selling game that they can spin as innovative, forward-thinking and attracting a more desirable audience than a better-selling game that's considered archaic in its design and targeting a smaller audience.

The streamlining/innovation/welcoming's primary goals might not even be to make the game more appealing to some gamers and thus sell more units but to make EA look more progressive/promising thus raising investor confidence and making their shares more profitable.

Certainly noticed that after bioware got sold to EA some of the bio cunts suddenly started spewing shit about forumers/game buyers being selfish in their demands and not thinking of the shareholders: their priorities changed.

 

[Thrasher]

If they applied the same spin to both wouldn't the initial sales be the same? It's the longer term profits that suffer. If you're in it just to lie your way to make a quick buck, and get out, and run off with your theft, they are doing the perfect thing.

 

[CrunchyHemorrhoids]

I don't think they can get the same kind of confidence on a "classic" style rpg as they can on something that claims to be innovative, streamlining and targeting the shooter crowd, no matter how good they are at their schtick.

You hear the same tale from obsidianites on trying to get funding for their pet projects, investors are scared of anything that doesn't sound trendy.

 

[Thrasher]

They lie about innovation anyway. Apparently it doesn't matter to the short term profits whether or not it's true, just as long as the investors believe it to fund it, and the players believe it to buy it.

 

[CrunchyHemorrhoids]

And if the bioware virgin squad/DA team consistently fails to match investors' expectations they will get restructured/reassigned, even if their games are otherwise profitable.

 

[Thrasher]

What a fucked up world we live in.

 

[commie]

EA cannot afford games to just sell, they need to sell MASSIVELY as their losses over the last four years show. Hence the desperate need to whip their slaves into producing sequels on a yearly basis with the barest minimum of costs. No longer is it just the EA Sports line that needs to do this, but rather it needs to be across the board.

EA losses:
$454 million FY2008
$1088 million FY2009
$677 million FY2010
$276 million FY2011

Year on year, the actual numbers of games sold has increased as well. As you can see, losses are gradually going down as the new order of streamlining, stripping, conveyor belt production gathers pace. The downside though is that there's only so much you can strip and compromise before even the basest of retards stop accepting the dross. EA cannot afford to fuck up on virtually any title it releases if it wants to get in the black, and so DA2's pitiful sales(based on what it needs to achieve) are a real source of consternation. I doubt that EA will tolerate Bioware as a maker of 'RPG's' for too much longer if they don't improve.

Frankly I'd love to see the chinless wonder William Wallace and the lardarse fanfic hack Gayder fucking end up howling and shrieking at their conditions before being turfed out into obscurity.

 

[Clockwork Knight]

She looks like a tranny. I wonder if it's intentional.

Better than her unnerving perma-smile incarnation in ME2. Fucking uncanny valley, good thing the screen fades to black during sex scenes. This one looks a bit more cartoonish, which lessens the effect.

Oops, that's Butchley, not Miranda. The hairstyle fooled me (Nunley always had her hair in a bun)

 

[waywardOne]

EA/BW couldn't make a good game even if they wanted to. All they have left is hype since they've already burned through their legacy.

 

[Ivory Samoan]

make sho' dat bitch be fiendin' fo' tha dick.

Yes, tell me more

 

[flabbyjack]

I can't trust those $ numbers, but I can tell you that there are two ways to advance in the public or private sectors

1) Be a lying yes-man. Tell the boss everything he wants to hear
2) Be capable and lucky by being the right man in the right place at the right time

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[Angthoron]

Guess some might find this interesting, on Frank Gibeau:

He didn't get a bonus?

 

[Gord]

Liara will take more shit from you than a Korean mail-order bride, plus she's got that whole incredibly annoying "awkward-but-adorable love interest" thing so that nerds can relate to her without feeling threatened.

I thought that's what Tali was for?
I've only seen a youtube vid of this, but what I've seen of her romance shit is really cringeworthy.

I doubt that EA will tolerate Bioware as a maker of 'RPG's' for too much longer if they don't improve.

They stopped even trying to make rpgs after DA:O. No matter how flawed the game may be, it was at least supposed to be an rpg.
After that they switched over to the whole interactive-movie-Hollywood-wannabe shit.

 

[Hoaxmetal]

I doubt that EA will tolerate Bioware as a maker of 'RPG's' for too much longer if they don't improve.

DA2 was a rushed slam dunk which failed, from videos ME3 seems to be ME2+ so it should sell well enough to make up for DA2.

 

[Volourn]

"Year on year, the actual numbers of games sold has increased as well. As you can see, losses are gradually going down as the new order of streamlining, stripping, conveyor belt production gathers pace. The downside though is that there's only so much you can strip and compromise before even the basest of retards stop accepting the dross. EA cannot afford to fuck up on virtually any title it releases if it wants to get in the black, and so DA2's pitiful sales(based on what it needs to achieve) are a real source of consternation. "

You are an idiot.

P.S. Nothing suggests DA2 failed in the ways that matter to EA.

 

[DragoFireheart]

P.S. Nothing suggests DA2 failed in the ways that matter to EA.

I thought the game sold well for the first two weeks but then sales died out, resulting in less (so far) than DA:O?