just got the news that the game was delayed for Q1 2012, and i am kinda concerned that Bioware is having some trouble or something, usually when a company announces a delay for the next year it could mean something else rather than just the special attention of the devs, please if you know any arguments that this is not true and Bioware did not lied to us about the delay say so
Judging from what I've gathered here and elsewhere, at this point, I'd venture the problem is the CEO is in over his head.
It looks like the guy is trying really hard to make EA profitable and sustainable. EA's dropped hugely in stock price over the last few years, and he's undoubtably under pressure to fix it.
Since he's taken over, suddenly we're getting near annual releases of EA titles. Suddenly there's Day 1 DLC, which means it was cut from the game in order to sell it, in order to squeeze an extra $20 out of players, and in some games it's almost mandatory to purchase if you want to play. Like Dead Space 2, a significant portion of the game's equipment wasn't available unless you had bought the DLC.
Everything's also being shifted towards action games, like DA2 and ME2, removing their genre qualities in favor of "More mass market appeal". Which indicates that EA is far less concerned with making a great game, and overly concerned with selling as many copies as possible, which in gaming is actually a paradox. Great games sell lots of copies, making it like some other game doesn't.
Further, EA's under heavy pressure because there's a very real chance they're going to lose the NFL license exclusivity. The contract was only renewed for 12 months, and there's several lawsuits regarding it, which could very well end up being ruled against EA. The major problem is, EA locked in exclusivity, and then raised the price of the games, which could be interpreted as Anti-consumer. (Prior to this generation's pricing) This could end up hitting EA hard, there is potential for fines or class Action rewards here.
This isn't actually unprecedented. A very similiar thing occurred with Interplay. Someone took over, started dictating more actiony games, they didn't do all that well for the most part, and Interplay ended up imploding. Should EA lose the NFL licnese, or should Star Wars fail to do well, it's very likely that is EA's future as well. NFL is all that keeps EA afloat, and Star Wars failing could be a huge loss.
So if you want to know why ME3 is delayed, that's probably it. It's very likely it's having some "Improvements" made to give it "More mass market appeal", because the current CEO seems to be obsessed with Call of Duty and thinks he can grab it's sales. Personally, I have *alot* of concerns with what's going on right now, I strongly suspect this is going to end up bad, especially since DA2 did so poorly.
Haristo wrote...
Insom wrote...
They're simply terrified of Skyrim.
the fact is you got a point... These two games has similar or simply the exact same Fanbase... they don't want to make peoples chooses between both. heavy Risks and no priiiiiiiiiiiiiize... <_<
and actually this is better this way that they report ME3, it will gives them more time to remove every single bugs.
Not really.
First, it's long been known that if two good games release on the same day, both games sell. Diablo 2 and Icewind Dale both released on the same day, and both sold extremely well. If an RPG was able to compete with Diablo 2, Skyrim is not an issue at all, it's got nowhere near the pedigree.
Second, Bethseda makes games for people who hate RPGs, not RPGs. They remove every RPG mechanic they can find. It's not possible to get any further from an RPG than a Bethseda game, especially with their fascination with level-scaling that makes the character sheets completely irrelevant.
Third, Bethseda doesn't believe in writing story, they make nearly empty worlds with hours of walking around for no reason.
Fourth, it's *highly* unlikely Skyrim's going to do well. Zenimax has taken on massive debt, Bethseda's the only studio they own out of like 8 that actually releases games, and the only reason Oblivion sold was because there wasn't a single competitor on any of the systems at the time it released. It's not hard to sell when you're the only game in town.
Fifth, they've burned too many bridges. They abused the Morrowind fans, they abused the Fallout fans, they're abusing even the Oblivion fans right now. You *cannot* keep insulting people and expect to sell games. Nevermind the other very serious issues that have occurred with Bethseda and their PR.
Bioware and Bethseda have no overlap, and I doubt Skyrim's going to do all that well. Looks like another DA2 brewing, especially the more Todd talks.
<_<
Retour en haut
