Think so EA? Well lets see what Battlefield 5's launch is like because I certainly wont contribute to day one sales. I'm going to wait to see if the next one is playable before I buy it.
EA: Battlefield 4's Problematic Launch Didn't "Damage" the Franchise
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Stories like this usually lead me to wonder "What did we expect them to say?" What I mean is, they have to but the proverbial "brave face" on everything, no matter how bad. They're not going to say "what are we gonna do now, man? Game over, man! Game over!"
They're going to say "not only are we "good," but we exceeded our expectations, and only see things going up."
The mass public also suffers short-term memory loss. People that frequent the Escapist and what not, dare I call them "core gamers," will remember, but even among us are those that "keep the faith" and hope that "they've learned from their mistakes." Then there is the "casual" public that will keep buying release after release for whatever reason. It sucks, but I don't think that BF5 will fail so sell well, in spite of this.
They're going to say "not only are we "good," but we exceeded our expectations, and only see things going up."
The mass public also suffers short-term memory loss. People that frequent the Escapist and what not, dare I call them "core gamers," will remember, but even among us are those that "keep the faith" and hope that "they've learned from their mistakes." Then there is the "casual" public that will keep buying release after release for whatever reason. It sucks, but I don't think that BF5 will fail so sell well, in spite of this.
The assertion that Battlefield as a brand hasn't been damaged is correct. It's already got the EA logo on it. You can't damage a turd people. Once you have the EA stink on you, it doesn't get much worse. 
That said, Battlefield is a strong brand name in this industry. I'd bet that even though they don't deserve the customer loyalty, they'll pretty much be proven right when the next one drops.
I don't care for those kinds of games (what Yahtzee calls SpunkGargleWeeWee) so I've never played one and really couldn't tell you if BF4 was good, bad, or whatever. But I do like Halo and even though 4 had a rocky launch and wasn't that good of a game compared to the previous entries in the franchise, I will still give Halo 5 a try. The franchise has had way more good launches than bad ones, and I feel like it can weather the storm.
That said, Battlefield is a strong brand name in this industry. I'd bet that even though they don't deserve the customer loyalty, they'll pretty much be proven right when the next one drops.
I don't care for those kinds of games (what Yahtzee calls SpunkGargleWeeWee) so I've never played one and really couldn't tell you if BF4 was good, bad, or whatever. But I do like Halo and even though 4 had a rocky launch and wasn't that good of a game compared to the previous entries in the franchise, I will still give Halo 5 a try. The franchise has had way more good launches than bad ones, and I feel like it can weather the storm.
You know, just when I think I can't hear EA get any stupider in their goings-on about stuff, I hear this. Seriously, even my graphics buff buddy doesn't play BF4 anymore as far as I can tell. I remember him ranting about the graphics and all, but graphics don't mean shit when the game doesn't work like it's supposed to.
God it's funny that Obsidian/Ubisoft released a South Park game that has a higher quality of quality control than EA/DICE with Battlefield 4.
God it's funny that Obsidian/Ubisoft released a South Park game that has a higher quality of quality control than EA/DICE with Battlefield 4.
I'm pretty sure the franchise took damage from this. Maybe not a lot just because of the sheer number of people that bought and are still playing the game and certainly not the level that Medal of Honor suffered, but I know there are people out there who said, "I'm done." That's damage.
A police game could be interesting. Just, for the love of gaming, make a single player experience that is worth it. And if you can't, cut the whole single player out and just make it multiplayer.
A police game could be interesting. Just, for the love of gaming, make a single player experience that is worth it. And if you can't, cut the whole single player out and just make it multiplayer.
Oh isn't that lovely? As long as EA didn't have any issues with releasing a broken, untested game as a AAA priced release everything's fine isn't it?
Oh, and Battlefield 4 STILL HASN'T BEEN FULLY FIXED
The official DICE list of 21 urgent bugs in the Battlefield website that needed to be fixed is still only 2/3 solved. I believe they are at 16/21 bugs.
But as long as the sales aren't damaged, it's alright that the game is released damaged.
It would appear that the executives seem to think in the mindset of "If I close my eyes and not see it, then it doesn't exist."Hero in a half shell said:
OT: While EA might not see the damage now, I'd like to think that they'd see it when they eventually make BF5 and not as many people buy it. I'd like to think that, but I'd be lying to myself if I didn't know that people would still buy the game in droves. Seems in this day and age you really can treat customers like dirt and still get their money in the end. :/
*sigh*
Well for me EA it has damaged not only the Battlefield series but ensured that I have no interest in using anything with origin on it anymore. Yes that includes titanfall.
Of course I am not EA's target demographic. I actually have self respect and discipline to no longer support anything the company does.
Of course I am not EA's target demographic. I actually have self respect and discipline to no longer support anything the company does.
I tried playing it on my friends ps4 and it convinced me that battlefield 4 was an absolute train wreck and odds are I'll never buy another battlefield game, it just didn't feel like battlefield anymore the enviornments were small and virtually non destructable and all the guns felt the same.
In short they made it into cod and didn't even do a good job of ripping it off. Now I'm fearful of what ea will force dice to do to battlefront.
In short they made it into cod and didn't even do a good job of ripping it off. Now I'm fearful of what ea will force dice to do to battlefront.
Some of the best gaming times of my youth were had with 1942 and DC, before EA decided that they had to compete with the invasion-porn CoD games. Battlefield 4 is nothing short of a completely travesty.
Now there's a Frood who knows where his towel is.Objectable said:
I'm reminded of the black knight scene in monty python and the holy grail.
"It's a flesh wound."
"It's a flesh wound."
Watered-down, eh? Sounds like Homeopathy.JimmyPage666 said:
Listen, people fall for it every day, but what you're forgetting is that it's still WATER! Uhhh...to explain the analogy: because their performance in this regard is so terrible, that they can't even keep up appearances like Michael Jackson's face falling apart, they WILL suffer horrible defeat. It's being drawn out like stretching taffy, but eventually it will snap.
The sad thing is, they have not seen the damage caused, yet, nowadays as it is hard to . When they release the next BF game (im guessing 2016, as i think BF team are hopefully still working on this one) they will see a reduced amount of sales, at least for the first 2 weeks.(which is all they seem to care about)
Not to mention that while some players seem to have it better then others (like me), multiple things are beyond allowable means. They worked perfectly fine in BF3 (got it 2 months after launch, so the bugs were fixed), so why are we facing so many problems in BF4.
The so called player appreciation month, was a total farce. Nice concept, but not enough for most people, or god forbid the people that have maxed out everything. Not to mention it happened in the shortest month of the year. However most BF4 players that applied, or needed technical help for bf4 also got guaranteed titanfall beta keys
PS: love Dara, you just made me go on a 2 hour youtube spree.
Not to mention that while some players seem to have it better then others (like me), multiple things are beyond allowable means. They worked perfectly fine in BF3 (got it 2 months after launch, so the bugs were fixed), so why are we facing so many problems in BF4.
The so called player appreciation month, was a total farce. Nice concept, but not enough for most people, or god forbid the people that have maxed out everything. Not to mention it happened in the shortest month of the year. However most BF4 players that applied, or needed technical help for bf4 also got guaranteed titanfall beta keys
PS: love Dara, you just made me go on a 2 hour youtube spree.