EA to publish all future Star Wars games.

EA has closed a deal which gives them exclusive rights to develop all Star Wars video games in the future.

Hoping for Battlefront 3 developed by DICE, but other than that, this isn't very good for gamers who like creativity and don't like micro-transactions.

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Squeets

this isn't very good for gamers who like creativity and don't like micro-transactions.

HyperWarlock

As opposed to LucasArts sitting on the franchise and doing almost nothing for a generation?

At least EA has talented teams and tends to actually release the games they're working on.

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Miroku32

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FelipeInside

I don't have an issue with Disney or Star Wars, I just don't like EA's business practices.

[QUOTE="HyperWarlock"]

this isn't very good for gamers who like creativity and don't like micro-transactions.

Baranga

As opposed to LucasArts sitting on the franchise and doing almost nothing for a generation?

At least EA has talented teams and tends to actually release the games they're working on.

I don't have an issue with Disney or Star Wars, I just don't like EA's business practices.

HyperWarlock

EA gets a bad rap for a few games but in general they are a decent publisher with a lot of great partners.

Honestly it could have gone to Ubisoft or Activision. Disney wasn't just going to give it to a smaller publisher. EA puts out content on a lot of platforms on a very regular basis. They are pretty much the best candidate.

That said I'm hoping DICE takes up some sort of a Battlefront project. Could be fantastic. 

I haven't had a major issue with any EA game. I didn't buy Sim City the second I heard it was always online and the once singleplayer game was now a force multiplayer game. That was just EA and Maxis being dumb. ME3 was a fine game with a crap ending, but EA doesn't do the writing. I enjoy the heck out of BF3 and EA has handled that project well. Crysis 3 was a fine game that was published well. The Need for Speed games have been pretty good and so was Burnout.

I can't say I've ever been really  upset at EA for any direct reason. I wasn't hyped for ToR or Sim City so I guess I dodged some bullets.

With DICE making some of the games I'm not worried.

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I don't have an issue with Disney or Star Wars, I just don't like EA's business practices.

Miroku32

I have to say the same. EA, the company of dicks.

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I don't have an issue with Disney or Star Wars, I just don't like EA's business practices.

jer_1

I have to say the same. EA, the company of dicks.

I'm generally curious. Outside of Sim City, what lately has EA screwed customers on? ToR was exactly what it was always going to be, anybody thinking it was going to be anything but a WoW clone was falling for stupid Star Wars fanboy hyperbole. ME3 was a fine game which had a bunch of free DLC after the fact. There was no large server downtime or anything. Battlefield has been solid, Crysis 3 has been solid. 

I'm really struggling to see outside of Sim City exactly how bad EA has gotten. Even Dead Space 3 was overhyped on how bad EA's involvement was with the DLC. Turns out it didn't affect the game in the slightest. The direction of the game is a different subject but EA's usually doesn't have the direct invovlement people here think. 

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[QUOTE="Miroku32"] This. Wasdie

I have to say the same. EA, the company of dicks.

I'm generally curious. Outside of Sim City, what lately has EA screwed customers on? ToR was exactly what it was always going to be, anybody thinking it was going to be anything but a WoW clone was falling for stupid Star Wars fanboy hyperbole. ME3 was a fine game which had a bunch of free DLC after the fact. There was no large server downtime or anything. Battlefield has been solid, Crysis 3 has been solid. 

I'm really struggling to see outside of Sim City exactly how bad EA has gotten. Even Dead Space 3 was overhyped on how bad EA's involvement was with the DLC. Turns out it didn't affect the game in the slightest. The direction of the game is a different subject but EA's usually doesn't have the direct invovlement people here think. 

They have a habit of buying good studios and then shutting them down or milking their franchises to death. 

Early server shut downs

Online passes for console games

Day one DLC

However, i'm aware they aren't the only ones doing this, but they are the main culprit.

I'm generally curious. Outside of Sim City, what lately has EA screwed customers on? ToR was exactly what it was always going to be, anybody thinking it was going to be anything but a WoW clone was falling for stupid Star Wars fanboy hyperbole. ME3 was a fine game which had a bunch of free DLC after the fact. There was no large server downtime or anything. Battlefield has been solid, Crysis 3 has been solid. 

I'm really struggling to see outside of Sim City exactly how bad EA has gotten. Even Dead Space 3 was overhyped on how bad EA's involvement was with the DLC. Turns out it didn't affect the game in the slightest. The direction of the game is a different subject but EA's usually doesn't have the direct invovlement people here think. 

Wasdie

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[QUOTE="jer_1"]

I have to say the same. EA, the company of dicks.

HyperWarlock

I'm generally curious. Outside of Sim City, what lately has EA screwed customers on? ToR was exactly what it was always going to be, anybody thinking it was going to be anything but a WoW clone was falling for stupid Star Wars fanboy hyperbole. ME3 was a fine game which had a bunch of free DLC after the fact. There was no large server downtime or anything. Battlefield has been solid, Crysis 3 has been solid. 

I'm really struggling to see outside of Sim City exactly how bad EA has gotten. Even Dead Space 3 was overhyped on how bad EA's involvement was with the DLC. Turns out it didn't affect the game in the slightest. The direction of the game is a different subject but EA's usually doesn't have the direct invovlement people here think. 

They have a habit of buying good studios and then shutting them down or milking their franchises to death. 

Early server shut downs

Online passes for console games

Day one DLC

However, i'm aware they aren't the only ones doing this, but they are the main culprit.

As you said EA isn't the only one doing that and things like online passes and server shutdowns are kind of normal for PC gamers. I can't play Homeworld or a lot of my other favorite games from years ago because their login servers are down. You have to hack your way around it with things like Game Ranger.

Day one DLC is kind of crappy, but again they aren't the first to do this and a lot of their games you get the DLC if you pre-order or just buy the game new at launch.

Also a lot of those studios they bought then closed down weren't a direct result of the studio being bought. Often it's just because a lot of the core staff moves away and what's left is just easier to merge with another studio internally. This isn't new to just EA. After Homeworld 2 most of the devs left Relic to do their own things. Same with Westwood and Bullfrog. 

I have a hard time believing that they just buy studios to shut them down like they are some evil force driving people out of jobs for the sake of being evil.

They make mroe than enough mistakes to warrant a lot of skepticism, but the hate they get is just overblown. In by no way they are worst company in America or the worst publisher out there. I would gladly play a EA game with Origin than walk through the hoops Ubisoft still puts us through. 

publish =/=developing /pray for Kotor 3 with Bioware Franko_3

I thought we already had that along with KoToR 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and so on.

...it's as if millions of voices cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.  I fear something terrible has happened.

I don't see anything good coming of this but, who knows, maybe I'll be surprised.

Much as I'm skeptical towards EA these days due to how many times I've been burned, the possibility of Battlefront III in the frostbite 3 engine, made to the same quality as the battlefield series makes me damp. 

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[QUOTE="Wasdie"]

I'm generally curious. Outside of Sim City, what lately has EA screwed customers on? ToR was exactly what it was always going to be, anybody thinking it was going to be anything but a WoW clone was falling for stupid Star Wars fanboy hyperbole. ME3 was a fine game which had a bunch of free DLC after the fact. There was no large server downtime or anything. Battlefield has been solid, Crysis 3 has been solid. 

I'm really struggling to see outside of Sim City exactly how bad EA has gotten. Even Dead Space 3 was overhyped on how bad EA's involvement was with the DLC. Turns out it didn't affect the game in the slightest. The direction of the game is a different subject but EA's usually doesn't have the direct invovlement people here think. 

Wasdie

They have a habit of buying good studios and then shutting them down or milking their franchises to death. 

Early server shut downs

Online passes for console games

Day one DLC

However, i'm aware they aren't the only ones doing this, but they are the main culprit.

As you said EA isn't the only one doing that and things like online passes and server shutdowns are kind of normal for PC gamers. I can't play Homeworld or a lot of my other favorite games from years ago because their login servers are down. You have to hack your way around it with things like Game Ranger.

I agree that the hate they get is overblown, but shutting down a 2 year old games server just sucks. 

Don't think it's such a bad thing that EA takes over, the fact that Bioware will contribute is what absolutely destroys and kills the franchise. I mean... It's like they're not aware of TOR. Oh well, Star Wars was pretty dead anyway and I don't really miss it all. 8-Bitterness

Pretty sure Star Wars is going to blow up in popularity in a few years with the new JJ Abrams trilogy. EA owning rights to the games during that time is a goldmine for them. Star Wars interest is going to be sky high.

Relevant.The sheer accuracy of this is scary

You guys do realize that this is actually awesome news because of Frostbite 3 and Dice. Considering Dragon Age 3, Mass Effect 4, Battlefield 4, and pretty much all of EA's future games are actually taking a more open and expansive approach, I'm not seeing the problem. D.I.C.E is a awesome developer.Brean24

The internet will skewer you for your opinion on DICE. I guess when you finally make a mainstream game it's cool for PC gamers to hate on you.

You guys do realize that this is actually awesome news because of Frostbite 3 and Dice. Considering Dragon Age 3, Mass Effect 4, Battlefield 4, and pretty much all of EA's future games are actually taking a more open and expansive approach, I'm not seeing the problem. D.I.C.E is a awesome developer.Brean24

Because they didn't make BF3 exactly the same as BF2 but with updated graphcis and they had a Premium DLC option despite it having some of the best bang for buck material in any modern game. People just hate popular things, as always

[QUOTE="Brean24"]You guys do realize that this is actually awesome news because of Frostbite 3 and Dice. Considering Dragon Age 3, Mass Effect 4, Battlefield 4, and pretty much all of EA's future games are actually taking a more open and expansive approach, I'm not seeing the problem. D.I.C.E is a awesome developer.seanmcloughlin

Because they didn't make BF3 exactly the same as BF2 but with updated graphcis and they had a Premium DLC option despite it having some of the best bang for buck material in any modern game. People just hate popular things, as always

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[QUOTE="Brean24"]You guys do realize that this is actually awesome news because of Frostbite 3 and Dice. Considering Dragon Age 3, Mass Effect 4, Battlefield 4, and pretty much all of EA's future games are actually taking a more open and expansive approach, I'm not seeing the problem. D.I.C.E is a awesome developer.FelipeInside

Because they didn't make BF3 exactly the same as BF2 but with updated graphcis and they had a Premium DLC option despite it having some of the best bang for buck material in any modern game. People just hate popular things, as always

No idea, what's the problem with Punkbuster exactly? I've never had issues with it

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Because they didn't make BF3 exactly the same as BF2 but with updated graphcis and they had a Premium DLC option despite it having some of the best bang for buck material in any modern game. People just hate popular things, as always

seanmcloughlin

No idea, what's the problem with Punkbuster exactly? I've never had issues with it

I take this as good news. EA publishes good games, and I think something special can come out from under them. If the publishing rights ended up with Activison, I would be pretty pissed. Activision treats there licensed properties like garbage.  

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[QUOTE="FelipeInside"] I really want to reinstall BF3 on my new build (couldnt play it on high on my old PC), but what always puts me off is PunkBuster. Especially cause it has 2 running services ALL THE TIME. Have they fixed this?FelipeInside

No idea, what's the problem with Punkbuster exactly? I've never had issues with it

I have too many games installed, it could have gottne installed from any of them.

It's taking about 1.5 mbs of my 16 gbs of ram. I think it can run just fine the back. Never once has it had an issue with Battlefield 3. 

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[QUOTE="FelipeInside"] I really want to reinstall BF3 on my new build (couldnt play it on high on my old PC), but what always puts me off is PunkBuster. Especially cause it has 2 running services ALL THE TIME. Have they fixed this?FelipeInside

No idea, what's the problem with Punkbuster exactly? I've never had issues with it

Yeah right now it is. 

I think the idea of those developers pulling off a Star Wars video game is doable except for Visceral Games. They can only do Dead Space.. and they barely pulled off Dead Space 3.. Dante's Inferno.. Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel.. bad games and some crappy James Bond and LOTR games from the early to mid 2000's.

Better than LucasArts this gen. EA seems like a better fit than anybody.

Can Criterion please make a Pod Racing game?

Better than LucasArts this gen. EA seems like a better fit than anybody.

Can Criterion please make a Pod Racing game?

illmatic87

That would actually be amazing.

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No idea, what's the problem with Punkbuster exactly? I've never had issues with it

Wasdie

I have too many games installed, it could have gottne installed from any of them.

It's taking about 1.5 mbs of my 16 gbs of ram. I think it can run just fine the back. Never once has it had an issue with Battlefield 3. 

I can't remember a single EA game in the past 5 years I was happy I bought, goodbye star wars game

I can't remember a single EA game in the past 5 years I was happy I bought, goodbye star wars game

robokill

Give us KOTOR3 by Obsidian and Battlefront by who ever (maybe on the frostbite engine?).

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I can't remember a single EA game in the past 5 years I was happy I bought, goodbye star wars game

FelipeInside

Heaps?  Really?

I think I've bought one EA game in the past few years that I've liked, FIFA 13.  I'm terrible at it but I haven't played a soccer game in about 10 years so it's a fun diversion from the type of game I would normally play.  Well worth the $7 I paid for it.  Now, if they released an NHL game on PC I'd buy that (on sale of course).

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I can't remember a single EA game in the past 5 years I was happy I bought, goodbye star wars game

-wildflower-

Heaps?  Really?

I think I've bought one EA game in the past few years that I've liked, FIFA 13.  I'm terrible at it but I haven't played a soccer game in about 10 years so it's a fun diversion from the type of game I would normally play.  Well worth the $7 I paid for it.  Now, if they released an NHL game on PC I'd buy that (on sale of course).

Better than LucasArts this gen. EA seems like a better fit than anybody.

Can Criterion please make a Pod Racing game?

illmatic87

I would fvcking love a proper pod racing game like that. I think that would sell like hot cakes

Ur loss too I guess...FelipeInside

I really don't consider my not buying a bunch of rehashed sequels and generic action games much of a loss, sorry.  If anything, I feel like I saved myself a bunch of cash, headaches, and wasted time.  Besides, I never said I won't/don't buy EA games (I said I didn't really like anything in the past few years but FIFA 13) but, even when and if I do buy an EA game, I never pay more than $10 for any of them.  EA games are bargain bin purchases for me.

[QUOTE="illmatic87"]

Better than LucasArts this gen. EA seems like a better fit than anybody.

Can Criterion please make a Pod Racing game?

seanmcloughlin

I would fvcking love a proper pod racing game like that. I think that would sell like hot cakes

I didn't mind this one, it was good fun

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"] Ur loss too I guess...-wildflower-

I really don't consider my not buying a bunch of rehashed sequels and generic action games much of a loss, sorry.  If anything, I feel like I saved myself a bunch of cash, headaches, and wasted time.  Besides, I never said I won't/don't buy EA games (I said I didn't really like anything in the past few years but FIFA 13) but, even when and if I do buy and EA game, I never pay more than $10 for any of them.  EA games are bargain bin purchases for me.

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"] Ur loss too I guess...-wildflower-

I really don't consider my not buying a bunch of rehashed sequels and generic action games much of a loss, sorry.  If anything, I feel like I saved myself a bunch of cash, headaches, and wasted time.  Besides, I never said I won't/don't buy EA games (I said I didn't really like anything in the past few years but FIFA 13) but, even when and if I do buy an EA game, I never pay more than $10 for any of them.  EA games are bargain bin purchases for me.