EA: Non-connected games are finished (good interview w/ Frank Gibeau)

[Rainbird]

Khuutra said:

Rainbird said:

You're not reading what he said, he's saying that the games that are created, put out the door and never touched again by the developer are done.

Mass Effect 2 is connected online, it got plenty of DLC and support. It's not connected as in having multiplayer, it's connected as in something the developers continue to support and add to, whether that's in singleplayer or multiplayer.

That development perspective didn't contribute to significantly higher sales for ME2, though.

I think we can take this as being in the context of EA games, because for some developers (like the elephant) this isn't going to be true this gen or the next one, if ever.

I don't think he necessarily thinks it will contribute to higher sales, I think it's more a case of wanting to keep up with the competition. If the competition provides good service and connectivity with their games, then the industry over all will move towards that, and not providing it will seen as subpar.

I don't know if it's going to be like that, but I could see it happening.