MonstaMack said:
Mnementh said:
MonstaMack said:
gigantor21 said:
Mnementh said:
gigantor21 said:
I'm going to be watching those Dead Space numbers closely. They say it needs 5 million total...judging by how the last two games in the series sold, I doubt it. |
They need 5 million for what? To make profit?
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EA said outright that they aren't going to invest anymore into the franchise if it doesn't hit those numbers.
Apparently, the 2-3 million that the last two games each got isn't good enough for them. I don't play Dead Space, but I find that disturbing.
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This is correct. They want 5+ million for both platforms combined otherwise there may be no more Dead Space games. They also have made the games more action oriented to increase sales.
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I don't care for the franchise, but that is undeserved for the fans and the devs. The game is selling in the millions, that is great and absolutely sustainable for an AAA-franchise.
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It's just another great franchise ruined by EA greed/market direction.
EA has killed off a lot of franchises. They will continue to hurt other franchises as well.
EA was most likely responsible for the fall of Bioware (DA2 not fairing well, ME3 ending fiasco)
EA not doing anything with the Burnout franchise (Burnout Crash lol, and having Criterion direct all the NFS games. Burnout Paradise was open world where as all the old Burnouts were pure course crashing fun.)
Don't even get me started on all The Sims expansion/DLC cash cowing.
And of course EA turning Dead Space into a action oriented franchise with a sprinkle of jump scares for "sales". Dead Space 1 vs Dead Space 3 differences are staggering. Not to say I didn't enjoy DS3 because I did, but it could have been so much more. DS1 was a near 10/10 for me, DS2 a 9/10 and DS3 is barely a 8/10 for me and I do mean barely.
Last Skate game was pretty bad to.
I'd say their best Franchise for quality and money is probably Battlefield, though the last campaign was laughable.
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Don't forget about how they destroyed the much loved Command and Conquer franchise.
ME was destroyed the moment EA sank their teeth into it starting with ME2 and culminating in ME3 ... will probably get even worse from here somehow.
Dead Space was never a good game imo (a non-scary horror/action game that was very derivative of Resident Evil 4), but it deserves better than this. The transformation to pure action is complete in Dead Space 3 (I think I realized it when my buddy and I wanted to encounter more and more monsters just so we had some fun action to provide entertainment value).A 5 million sales expectation is absurd ... and it is a sign that EA has milked this franchise dry.
I'll agree that Battlefield is about the only quality game they have left ... and that is mostly because the publisher and the developer and the intended audience are on the same page. All three want an action game with online multiplayer as the main focus. Battlefield is, in no way, attempting to be something it is not. It lacks the identity crisis that plagues Dragon Age, Mass Effect, and Dead Space.
