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re: So EA cancels new Star Wars open world game
Posted on 1/16/19 at 12:07 pm to PEPE
Posted on 1/16/19 at 12:07 pm to PEPE
Disney should hand over the Star Wars video game license to CD Projekt Red or RockStar. This isn't difficult. Those two developers would print money for them.
This post was edited on 1/16/19 at 2:40 pm
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Posted on 1/16/19 at 1:39 pm to YankeeHandle
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Disney should hand over the Star Wars video game license to CD Project Red
Posted on 1/16/19 at 1:43 pm to Dumpster
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Totally agreed, outside of a few select franchises (e.g. Elder Scrolls) AAA open world-single player games are dead at the moment
The single highest grossing entertainment product in the history of entertainment is a AAA open world single player game.
The two largest opening weekend revenue generators in the history of entertainment are AAA open world single player games.
They're not dead and they aren't going anywhere. I will admit they're horribly expensive to produce, so you're seeing fewer of them just due to the cost, but they're nowhere near dead.
Far Cry series
Assassin's Creed series
Just Cause series
Elder Scrolls series
Watchdogs series
Horizon Zero Dawn
Zelda, Breath of the Wild
Those are all ongoing series.
ETA: How the hell did I leave out the Witcher series and Cyberpunk 2077?
This post was edited on 1/16/19 at 2:00 pm
Posted on 1/16/19 at 7:50 pm to Blitzed
Was really looking forward to this
Posted on 1/22/19 at 10:19 am to Blitzed
Good video giving more details about the EA/Star Wars stuff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaoIc9UO_hs
That guy's channel does a lot of good video game industry reporting.
Imagine trying to make Star Wars games with EA execs over your shoulder chiming in:
"FIFA makes a billion dollars. Why don't your games make a billion dollars? Your game should make a billion dollars."
"Our market research shows people really like light sabers and Chewbacca merchandise is hot. Put more light sabers in the game and add Chewbacca"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaoIc9UO_hs
That guy's channel does a lot of good video game industry reporting.
Imagine trying to make Star Wars games with EA execs over your shoulder chiming in:
"FIFA makes a billion dollars. Why don't your games make a billion dollars? Your game should make a billion dollars."
"Our market research shows people really like light sabers and Chewbacca merchandise is hot. Put more light sabers in the game and add Chewbacca"
Posted on 1/22/19 at 10:21 am to PEPE
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Imagine trying to make Star Wars games with EA execs over your shoulder chiming in:
"FIFA makes a billion dollars. Why don't your games make a billion dollars? Your game should make a billion dollars."
"Our market research shows people really like light sabers and Chewbacca merchandise is hot. Put more light sabers in the game and add Chewbacca"
So this guy read Schreier's article?
Posted on 1/22/19 at 11:20 am to PEPE
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They could cancel every single one of these for the next 5 years and I wouldn't care at this point. The "open world" genre as it exists today is completely tired and uninteresting IMO.
While I agree, a good open world Star Wars game would print money. I think the main issue, like with the live action series, is money. It would require an insane amount of money put up on the front end. It’s a big gamble for a franchise that doesn’t really need to.
Also factoring In is that they are about to release the next generation of consoles in the next couple years.
Posted on 1/24/19 at 10:06 am to PEPE
Posted on 1/24/19 at 10:17 am to TigerstuckinMS
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The single highest grossing entertainment product in the history of entertainment is a AAA open world single player game.
I'm not trying to white knight for EA, but big budget titles like God of War are expensive and have to sell very well to make a ton of money.
Once a company has found a formula that works (ie Call of Duty or Assassin's Creed), they're gonna run it into the ground before low sales cause them to cancel the franchise or make changes.
It was much easier for companies to take risks in previous generations because video games didn't have such massive budgets.
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