phinch1 said:
kain_kusanagi said:
Gamer_of_the_Year said:
phinch1 said:
kain_kusanagi said:
Did EA strip away what made Dead Space Popular or did the try to make a niche series sell more? The Dead Space games aren't big sellers. The first two sold ok, but they aren't Halo or COD that is for sure. EA probably would not have continued the series, but gave it another chance and tried to appeal to a larger audience. |
But who in their right mind thinks that changing a game after building up an audience is a good idea......Thats like the perfect way to anger an existing fanbase, prime example DMC.... i know dead space didn't change "that" much but people really need to learn from history otherwise they will keep repeating mistakes
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This is exactly my point. I could care less WHY EA decided to completely change a game to a generic action shooter. The point being, the game was already established, well received, and sold a good bit of copies for a new IP on new consoles.
IT DIDN'T NEED TO BE CHANGED. Just expanded upon. Furthermore, this Dead Space complaint is a complete microcosm of the BIG problem. The elephant in the room. EA itself and how it's apparently lost it's soul.
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Dead Space 1 and 2 didn't appeal to me, but Dead Space 3 looks cool. EA must want money from people like me because people who like Dead Space 1 and 2 weren't buying enough. All I'm saying is it isn't evil it's just business. The first two games didn't sell like EA wants and doing it the same was going to continue to do that. Changing it up was a gamble and we have yet to find out if it will pay off. If Dead Space 3 goes on to sell better than 1 and 3 the franchise will continue. If the only option was for the games to stay the same EA may not have invested in a third.
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That right there..... Dead space sold 1.86 million on the PS3 and 1.30 million on the 360 and 530k on pcThats 3.66 million games sold....How on earth can you be serious in saying thats not enough for a new IP, those are some big numbers
Then they added multiplayer to dead space 2 Trying to appeal to the bigger market and that game sold even less with 2.58 million
Then they changed it again, They should have just stook with the idea of dead space one, and just made it scarier
EA are just Greedy and this will backfire on them
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Game devs don't only add multiplayer to appeal to the mass market, they do it mostly to try to stop people from trading it 3 days after buying it. EA saw sales fall and hoped change would help. We will see if it works or not. We were lucky to get a 3rd game at all.
