EA lost $6 billion in market value, following FC 25 & Dragon Age underperformance news
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I think without the FIFA branding, the series lost its luster.
wrote on 24 Jan 2025, 20:32 last edited byFC 24 did well even after they lost the FIFA license. Something else going on here.
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P projectmoon shared this topic on 24 Jan 2025, 20:34
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Pardon? Do you mean: Elgar'nan and Ghilan'nain: The Game?
The game that has the antagonists named Elgar'nan and Ghilan'nain??
Where everyone seems to know the secrets of
::: spoiler Tap for spoiler
Elgar'nan and Ghilan'nain
:::and how to defeat said villains named Elgar'nan and Ghilan'nain??????!!
wrote on 24 Jan 2025, 20:54 last edited byYeah ngl, I don't really care for the more Elvish focus that Inquisition (and now I guess Veilguard) has. The best part of DA was always the mix of all the lores clashing.
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wrote on 24 Jan 2025, 21:13 last edited byOh no. Won't someone think of the shareholders.
Well, at least they were pioneers in the art of enshittification.
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Schreier's added context to this is that FC is far more responsible for the financial underperformance than Dragon Age.
wrote on 24 Jan 2025, 21:15 last edited byThey won't say that though, because they have a built in narrative of "we were too woke"; convenient excuse for a less micro transaction heavy game to be blamed, as well as an excuse to be more strict on themes in their games. None of the problems are solved, but they have a scapegoat.
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They won't say that though, because they have a built in narrative of "we were too woke"; convenient excuse for a less micro transaction heavy game to be blamed, as well as an excuse to be more strict on themes in their games. None of the problems are solved, but they have a scapegoat.
wrote on 24 Jan 2025, 21:27 last edited byI don't think this is a narrative EA is leaning into. Frankly, even if it sold less than they forecast, I'm sure they were happy they sold as much as they did given the troubled production it was converted from.
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wrote on 24 Jan 2025, 21:47 last edited byDragon Age Veilguard was a bastardization of Dragon Age. Of course it was going to fail. You failed your core audience, you idiots.
If you wanted to make a Marvel version of a dark fantasy game, you could’ve made a new IP, instead of leeching off the brand.
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I don't think this is a narrative EA is leaning into. Frankly, even if it sold less than they forecast, I'm sure they were happy they sold as much as they did given the troubled production it was converted from.
wrote on 24 Jan 2025, 22:09 last edited byI don't particularly think it is either, just that's it's conveniently there. The prevailing narrative about failed games recently has been wokeism, and not just the simple fact that games are increasingly shitty as the point isn't a compelling narrative or gameplay, but how many micro transactions can be squeezed out of a franchise.
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I don't particularly think it is either, just that's it's conveniently there. The prevailing narrative about failed games recently has been wokeism, and not just the simple fact that games are increasingly shitty as the point isn't a compelling narrative or gameplay, but how many micro transactions can be squeezed out of a franchise.
wrote on 24 Jan 2025, 22:13 last edited byDid Veilguard have microtransactions?
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Did Veilguard have microtransactions?
wrote on 24 Jan 2025, 22:28 last edited byI don't think so, but it is "woke", and that's a good enough reason for many to stick their fingers in their ears and claim that's why it didn't sell well.
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Justice for command and conquer.
wrote on 24 Jan 2025, 22:47 last edited byLegend of Kyrandia.
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Legend of Kyrandia.
wrote on 24 Jan 2025, 23:17 last edited byđŸ«‚ Westwood was such a great studio.
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wrote on 24 Jan 2025, 23:24 last edited byDeserved. Fuck them. For all they do.
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Dragon Age Veilguard was a bastardization of Dragon Age. Of course it was going to fail. You failed your core audience, you idiots.
If you wanted to make a Marvel version of a dark fantasy game, you could’ve made a new IP, instead of leeching off the brand.
wrote on 24 Jan 2025, 23:38 last edited byIt was so, so bad.
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That’s what they get for torching Westwood
wrote on 25 Jan 2025, 00:45 last edited byWhere was Gondor when the Westwood fell?
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wrote on 25 Jan 2025, 11:24 last edited byEA lost $6 billion in market value
And yet, nothing of value was lost. What a paradox!
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I have been talking a lot with a friend of mine about DAV and Dreadwolf.
I really think that even if they released the Dreadwolf, the version from the artbook, they probably won't made a profit, the game could sell well like Inquisition but not like a Cyberpunk/The Witcher 3/BG3 and for the amount of time and resource they used sales like inquisition is not enough. They blew their chances with the 10 years of delays, the IP was not in a good place.
Only a miracle, a game on the same level as BG3 for Bioware to make a profit again.
wrote on 25 Jan 2025, 13:47 last edited byI think Bioware's future is now entirely riding on Mass Effect 4. Which...does not inspire confidence.
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wrote on 25 Jan 2025, 14:17 last edited byGood, keep going that way.
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wrote on 25 Jan 2025, 14:28 last edited byEA stopped innovating years ago and became a games monetization shop. You reap what you sow.
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wrote on 25 Jan 2025, 14:31 last edited byAfee losing some sports licenses or the Star Wars license... EA doesn't really have much going for it anymore.
I guess we'll see if DICE can salvage Battlefield up next.
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wrote on 25 Jan 2025, 14:41 last edited byBaldurs gate 3 ruined it for the large AAA developers/publishers. People are now excepting good games like that.
Look. I don't care about the political content in a game as long as the game is good!
The issue is, these large game companies have been trying to change the mindset of gamers to accept games with less content because at the end of the day the only thing these companies want is to sell horse armour.