Brotha Desmond said:
I'm tired of hearing people say EA should be shut down due to Mass Effect 3. Some of you may claim that's not the reason you say (want) them to be the next to go, but you're not fooling anyone.
Yeah, you know, the butchery of the Battlefield Franchise, SWTOR's relative failure, DA2, the new Sim City, the disappointment that was Spore, killing Command and Conquer, the culling of Origin Systems and Pandemic Studios and Westwood ect.
No, no, ME3 is the only reason anyone could ever hate EA AMIRITE?
Seriously, way to have a closed off view of the world and gaming. EAs shares have been dropping since before ME3, and there's a reason for that. One bad game doesn't get people to hate a company as much as people hate EA. Repeated bad games and culling of studios that used to produce good games, but by all accounts were somewhat forced into creating bad games thanks to low budgets and time restrictions are what does that. Bioware aren't the only company owned by EA to have had a downhill streak that people hate. They're just the most recent.
Foolproof said:
And bringing up Mass Effect 3? Seriously, what do you think is gonna happen? EA are gonna see some fans didn't like it, and blow their brains out? Fans bought it, and will buy the next Bioware game that comes out. That is the beginning and ending of how much your opinion on Mass Effect 3 will affect the companies health.
I'll agree with you that ME3 hasn't immediately hurt their wallets - it sold more than it needed to, and turned them a good profit. Fans will buy the next Bioware game?
Yeah... No.
Some will. Will it be enough? God knows.
Bioware has become somewhat of a forbidden name at all the local conventions and such in my area. You mention Bioware, its expected to start a flamewar and you're told to shut up before one does start. I think there was 1 mention of ME3 in the convention I went to around 3-4 months after its release. That mention was noting its existence, but nothing else. No-one was brave enough to comment on it.
Its not merely the fact that the so called minority that truly hated the endings and a done with Bioware won't buy their games anymore, its the fact that even those who didn't hate Bioware will now be reluctant to buy their games because of what happened with the last game. The community has, as they've noted, become toxic. That sends away customers. Add to that the rather poor rep they've got right now, and those uninformed about Bioware are also unlikely to buy a Bioware game because of what they've heard.
Now, I'm not saying that this means the next game is going to flop. We don't know enough to accurately guess that, and I doubt anyone on Earth does, but its not out of the question. Far as I know EA share prices are still dropping, and unless they fix that they're going to run into problems. Maybe not now, or soon, but the problems will come, and if its too late for them to fix them by that point, they'll end up like THQ.
That's largely why people are saying EA actually. Its because their shareprices are dropping, they are making unsuccessful games and garnering consumer hatred as opposed to trust. Out of the companies around ATM they are a candidate for the next to go, simply because there aren't a ton of companies in financial trouble ATM, and the rest have some form of hope brewing with them. I'd be interested in who you see as the most likely to next fail. All the companies have a reason that they're unlikely to fail soon, but when the time comes, who will it be that falls first?
