EA Gets Slammed By Games Industry After Posting Very Stupid Tweet About Single Player Games

[@BSJINTHEHOUSE420]

Imagine saying single-player games are dead when you release live-service trash like Battlefield 2042. Never change EA, we always need someone to laugh at.

[@EJ_Red]

Shh! The latest Battlefield game is V! *Sarcasm*

[@thomask5434]

its even more funny when you know that Elden Ring sold 12 Million in two weeks. Atm EA would dream about such numbers.

[@kamo7293]

imagine saying that even though you used to make awesome single player games. what the hell

[@giabread]

Or Anthem.

[@gameuniverse5973]

@Riley D both were bad i don't know what your talking about

[@eunaosouobatman9684]

EA after every single decision: "I can't understand why you guys don't like me, i can't"

[@KitePerson]

*EA kills jobs in their branch* : "Oh, so now I'm the bad guy?"

[@haylenchan139]

LOL Exactly!

[@losbebeast8449]

Rich guys who are disconnected from reality

[@luispadilla6730]

EA gonna EA

[@lightfangx6961]

**holds up a mirror** This. AAAAALLL of this. This is why we don't like you.

[@timchambers55]

The fact that it was 10 years ago when EA first declared 'single player games are dead'...yet we have seen truly awesome single player titles come out continuously is all the proof we need that they were talking out of their arse. What they actually meant was 'single player games are dead to us because we can't buttfuck them full of monetization features'.

[@WaryObserver]

Not really that surprising, the same people that said NFT is the future, etc. It simply not works anymore to hype such up. See even F2P attempts or Microtransactions, bad games in general, see Blizzard and such. I simply hope the big companies times are over soon, time is ticking.

[@irvancrocs1753]

1 year before they butchered Dead Space game, i hate them for that..

[@DamianHowardTV]

This is EXACTLY what I said to myself, when a friend of mine showed me the tweet, today. EA always dropping themselves in it and making them continually look like incompetent idiots.

[@Kaliospectre]

While releasing a banger Singleplayer game themselves in the form of Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order.

[@healed1337]

I stopped giving EA Games money a long time ago, refusing to buy any of their games new. Statements like this are not going to change my mind. It's not just that they're greedy and out of touch, but they rarely publish anything these days that's not blatantly incomplete.

[@wattouk]

Can't we go back to the good old days, where almost ALL video games were single player, with multiplayer as an option?

[@CheshireCad]

I'd rather have multiplayer games that are dedicated to being multiplayer, and singleplayer games dedicated to being singleplayer. Focus time and resources on the core experience. If a game can competently do both, then that's great. But let's please not go back to the days where every game was obligated to have both a singleplayer campaign, and a multiplayer mode. Which was usually a ~4 hour story, or a cobbled-together multiplayer arena that would be dead in a year. Or, just as likely, both.

[@Luna11280]

Remember when games were what we bought on the disc? none of the bullshit microtransactions or ads

[@wattouk]

@@Luna11280 And no Denuvo. :)

[@NeoArashi]

@@Luna11280 I rememebr when games were released buggy as fuck, and was stuck with it because no update was unavailable.

[@kingmasterlord]

yeah if we start making them ourselves

[@j.f3448]

EA: We prefer multiplayer games compared to linear single player stories Gamers: Who the f*ck is "we"?

[@HiddenEvilStudios]

"You speakin' french?!"

[@Ancor_Vantian]

You have to tell them, in perfect Spanish: "Eh, 'Nosotros' me suena a manada"

[@pitching]

EA: We prefer multiplayer but we killed nba street , SSX Tricky , no sims online in 3/4 .and so on

[@gameuniverse5973]

@@pitching they also killed off battlefront 2 when it was actually rising in popularity just too make the devs work on a new battlefield game

[@EJ_Red]

@@gameuniverse5973 Don'f forget Need For Speed

[@roarshach13]

This feels like an attempt to reignite that whole "single player games are dead" bullshit from last generation. Time and time again the industry wants to gaslight us into thinking multiplayer games are the future because they're easier to monetize. And time and time again it fails because nobody actually wants that.

[@gameuniverse5973]

@@Stefantius i mean horse armor at five dollars sounds good when you want too paint your gun blue it cost the same amount if not more

[@QuietRage]

@@gameuniverse5973 That's exactly the problem. They start small and slowly escalate so you don't notice until it becomes big. Its like the frog in the boiling water scenario. When five dollars for horse armor sounds good in comparison to today's microtranscations, they have successfully pushed the envelope forward.

[@roarshach13]

@@RubyRose23328 no shit they disagree with me. I just said that. What's your point?

[@gameuniverse5973]

@@Stefantius what mindset i hate both of those decisions i was just giving you a example too your point on how stuff has become more crazy after that point

[@marisanya]

I wouldn’t say it’s totally failed, unfortunately

[@GrayveRoseMusic]

Getting pretty tired of being gaslit by corporations to spend more money and betray everything I know about games to adapt to their dystopian world of game design. Linear single player games are a solid model that worked in the beginning and it will continue to work till the end of the time, just requires a captivating story and content worth the money you're paying.

[@TNTITAN]

See I love it, tell me which companies games I can avoid without seeing a single frame.

[@reagandow850]

I “love” the Stans that will always jump in and defend the micro transaction by saying “but games are so expensive to make these days”. Not all games have to be these massive open world type games that take 5 years or more to make and still come up incomplete. These companies, EA for example, have plenty of single player games that wouldn’t take nearly as long to create but they count on kids that have no respect for money and use their or parent’s credit cards to waste thousands and thousands of dollars on something that doesn’t exist, on a game who’s serves will be shut off sooner then later. Stick with Indy devs that make games for the love of making games and give you a COMPLETE game that’s made with love and creativity instead of just cut and paste.

[@ra6765]

But Linear single player games would take much more effort to be made if you want them to be good and we all know they don't want to do that

[@andrewcox5873]

The gaslighting is the funniest part to me. Like I understand why EA wants this to be true. But why did they possibly think the public response would be the same? Did they envision some feud between different types of gamers?

[@ACupOfWarmLatte]

@@andrewcox5873 As you can see from the replies of that Twitter, this video and others related to this news, yes yes they did and they were kinda right. Some people are just dumb like that.

[@chuckthewizard7288]

I love how they just think if they say that “single player games are obsolete” that we’ll all believe them and just fall in line and line their pockets for all time

[@thestellarelite]

Exactly this ^

[@LabMatt]

"Single player is dead, online is the way of the future," says EA shortly before shutting down the central servers of 5 more online-only games

[@ricardohoang8452]

2042 LMAO

[@Static-EN-]

24/7/365. My ass.

[@FitzChivalryFarseer2]

Not even irony here at all just blindness and lack of fucks

[@aquilliusranger2137]

You’re still alive? That’s surprising considering where you’ve been with GaaS games.

[@DumStrung]

@@Static-EN- Exactly, Single player games are 24/7/365 while games as a service has an expiration date.

[@chuchupow]

Don't mess with us singleplayer only gamers, we can actually pause the game when someone asks us to do something

[@barrontrump3943]

Not in dark souls

[@mackenzie4869]

Unless it's during a cutscene. Then, it's gonna have to wait.

[@miraclefool9244]

It can’t be helped it could be important

[@treyowen9213]

Damn right.

[@whoahanant]

@@mackenzie4869 haha yeah, they should add more pause options for games with cut scenes.

[@perciusmandate]

"Live service" has become code for "we're releasing this game in a buggy, unfinished state that will never get fixed and you still have to pay full price for it."

[@Five0f5even]

And heavily lean for microtransactions.

[@alleny2971]

And there will be a monthly pass and loot boxes.

[@billylionisnotagoat]

"we lost half our staff due to malpractice and bad working conditions" turns out "Live service" is a polysemous/Homonym for "up yours"

[@luxie8097]

"and we know you'll still pay full price for it" more like. they only exist because people still keep giving them money.

[@Wombattlr]

ahem GT7

[@Johanna77777-z]

As a sims player, I couldn't beleive they would tweet it this clearly. They hate us, they don't understand us.

[@user-DouG67]

No wonder why sims 4 is shit, even the dlc and pack is shit. They don't really care about satisfying the costumers, they only care about your money.

[@Johanna77777-z]

@@user-DouG67 hence why we have a million "kit" DLCs and expansions release broken

[@CaptainPupu]

Welcome to the 21st capitalist century, son. This is the world today. The top 10%, the billionaires will never understand or care about the rest. They live in mansions why you live in a basement. They have 5 cars yet they ask for more. The only thing they care about is money. Capitalism baby.

[@trajanuslarocque7572]

They're trying to convince people with this because they want to push monetization in their games. They can't put an in game, real money, casino in a single player game. Seriously needs to be a law for this, developers are legit getting kids to gamble.

[@asimovvomisa4040]

Of course they technically could put that into a single player game but the profit would be far less and that is a no no.

[@neiabaraja2044]

They basically said 10y ago that they would like to bring mobile gaming to other Platforms. Of course it was worded differently like "...Play4Free titles that allow costumers to play for free and purchase micro transactions." EA would go bankrupt if their "Surprise Mechanics" would be banned across the globe.

[@AXISpresident]

You don't need to write a story when all you need is, "here's a loot box. Go get 'em Tiger!"

[@murfeel1173]

Don't take EA up on that bet. There's no depths to which they won't drop for some money.

[@MarkDeSade100]

What they're doing is worse than gambling. If I walk into a casino with $1000 there is a chance that I could walk out with $2000. If I spend $1000 on a PTW game, even if I "win" all I get is some fictional items with no real value. So you're always losing no matter what happens.

[@ArchangelG2000]

“Keeping CUSTOMERS engaged” This statement from EA is all the proof you need to see they don’t see and try to keep gamers close, only walking wallets.

[@soulcleave2386]

not really. every game dev sees them as customers, because they are. they are buying a productr and devs are making a product.

[@pitbullnamedcupcake8485]

@@soulcleave2386 true but most devs usually refer to customers as “fans” or “players” or something similar to make it seem less like they view them as walking wallets. EA doesn’t even bother to pretend like they care about their customers.

[@NazFGC]

More like keeping players enraged.

[@barcster2003]

The problem isn't keeping customers engaged its about keeping customers monetized.

[@russellg1473]

Me still engaged in fallout NV every 6 months for the past 10 years: 😮

[@todd5purlock497]

Man EA is really trying to convince us all we don't like good games

[@Memememe-is1yn]

That's because there is more $ in making cheap, bad ones while putting more of the resources for the project into marketing.

[@Darko113]

@@RubyRose23328 Elden Ring: i disagree

[@0816M3RC]

@@RubyRose23328 Nope.

[@0816M3RC]

@@RubyRose23328 Ok. God of War.

[@gulox8241]

@@RubyRose23328 ?????? If you dont want multi you can disable it bruh.

[@eliminatorxx713xx]

Out of touch, delusional, and greedy. I honestly feel bad for the devs working for a company that limits creativity and constantly change focus to see what makes more money. What a bunch of clowns that run that company not only insulting their devs but their customers.

[@abstraction6212]

Stubbornness at it's finest

[@deoxysandmew2162]

literally thats biting a hand that feeds them. ungrateful greedy fucks...

[@pyroronnie2473]

Ea: “single player games arent relevant” Everyone: “and yet you suck horribly at making multiplayer games, just do what ur best at and make single player games”

[@Ladywizard]

@@basilplushie2534 They still do Sims... nickle and diming us

[@mravg79]

My take on it: EA once said: “single player games are not relevant” Also EA looks surprised on their quarterly investors meeting announcing that games like: a way out, it takes two, SW the fallen order, ME:Legendary edition sold above expectations. Single player games can be profitable but it is harder to make them. It is easier and cheaper do the same sports game from the template and monetize the hell out of it.

[@TheCrustiCroc]

Hell no, they'd have to put in any effort for single player games. We wouldn't want that, right?

[@euclideanspace2573]

>Implying their recent single player games were good.

[@NekoHazrd]

They haven't made a good MP game either since the late 90s or the early 2000's

[@MxHxCxTV]

It’s insane that someone at EA could even possibly conjure up this tweet, when literally the most anticipated EA game right now(Jedi: Survive) is a single player game.

[@CaptainBloodsail]

Also the Dead Space remake is coming up soon which is also single player.

[@2phonebabykeem913]

Also Elden Ring’s monstrous success tells a completely different story about consumers taste. We like finished games😂

[@Dianbler]

It's EA, how anticipates something from a company that got voted 3 times in a row as the worst company in the planet?

[@vulpix0r]

They can't even fucking get GaS right themselves.

[@Zakrovik]

It seems to me like someone in EA wants these games to tank so EA could focus on more profitable 'live-services' and multi-player games.

[@90snetworkproductions79]

EA: “Single player games are dead!!” Also EA: *”Buy our buggy broken games that we pledge to fix but never do! Also buy our microtransactions that speed up progress!”*

[@luisemoralesfalcon4716]

This hits hard with how MELE was after releasing to a big fanfare

[@godofatheism5869]

looks at elden ring ea: f***

[@robotical4793]

It was a joke dude. Not that serious

[@barcster2003]

@@godofatheism5869 Yep pure genius from Bandai Namco. Destroys the argument that single player games can't be successful.

[@ricardohoang8452]

@@robotical4793 Yes not that serious like 2042 failures 🤭

[@VicStrange9]

EA: "We heard that Blizzard wanted to take from us the title of shittiest company in the game industry, and to that we say, we'll outshit them every single day"

[@Mr.Spongecake]

EA: "Nobody like single-player games anymore." Millions and millions of gamers: "WTF are you talking about? Single-player, story driven games are awesome!" EA: "Noooooooobody at aaaaaallll."

[@TK-7193]

single player was how it all started, and will be how it will end. when the apocalipse rolls in. online games will be but a memory in the wind. a survivor will one day search into a gamers basement, and be reviled by the horrid stench, but would be mostly intact, due to gamers likely sealing themselfs away from the world. and could find intact games skyrim. half life episodes 1-2. siphon filter. one wont find a single functional online game, soley on how most require you to be online to even play them. im looking at you, breakpoint.

[@kolo5141]

Single player, gameplay driven games olso exist. Why people always are reaching to story driven whe someone is talking about single player. It can be any genre!

[@gildedpeahen876]

I read EA in the South Park “generic adult” voice and gamers in the boys voices

[@blessanabey8386]

If greed wasn't involved, I think both genre can be awesome to play as but no.

[@tomgu2285]

Well if you mean with "story driven games" third person cinematic walking simulator ubisoft type games with basic gameplay. Those games like Sony exclusives? Then I do agree with ea kinda. I personally get tired of those "games" to.

[@georgem2768]

EA hates single player games because they’re harder to shove loot boxes in them.

[@BackwardsPancake]

Oh yeah, absolutely. It also gives them plausible deniability to crack down on any attempts at modding or personal server hosting, so any new content has to be bought from them, and all gameplay is strictly controlled and curated by them. "It's to stop cheaters!", they'll say (while all their supposed anti-cheat systems are absolutely useless piles of junk).

[@taags]

Or scam customers.

[@nadiratouchane6705]

Yes

[@nom6758]

@@taags you mean exactly what the OP said?

[@aethertoast4320]

It is not too terribly hard to put lootboxes in single player. Xenoblade Chronicles 2 kinda proves that. Luckily Monilith and Nintendo are not completely evil and the game's lootboxes are completely self contained within the game with absolutely no way to put real money into it.

[@Lezard_Valeth]

Unfortunately EA just doesn't seem to learn from it's mistakes

[@IanHsieh]

Maybe they thought Tweeter is a multiplayer online game?

[@larryevans3369]

Look at apex they clearly don't

[@TheNomad94]

*its

[@nadiratouchane6705]

EA never change

[@Darko113]

They're doomed to repeat them.

[@rafaelcalmon2858]

As anyone with base knowledge of the industry should know by now, EAs mentality is widely rejected. The fact that they themselves still seem in denial of that fact is borderline delusional. I say "borderline" because I believe they wouldn't care even if they accepted it. If money is the only language they listen to, we can only expect that somewhere in the future their hubris will bite back at their wallet enough for them to change their concepts from "the way to make most money" to "the best way to make money", which for me is through quality and consumer satisfaction.

[@aerrae5608]

Being in love makes people stupid, and EA really fucking loves money.

[@TheWolfLetsPlay]

EA: "Single Player games are dead" Everyone else: "How many times do we have to teach you this lesson, old man?"

[@erich5686]

A lot of people bought Battlefield 2042 so they wouldn't have to be exposed to based campaign. Now the frightened Swedes who developed the game are becoming smug

[@nothajzl]

EA: single player games are dead. Everyone: EA is dead.

[@nathanielchieffallo4273]

I swear they only say this shit because they make more money off of always online, micro transaction and loot box garbage. In fact, I'm certain that's why they say this

[@m.thorton9305]

*pledge of demon.mp3 start playing*

[@daltontaylor8830]

EA: “linear single player games are dead” *Jedi: Fallen Order, being one of of their most successful titles recently* Palpatine: “Ironic”

[@music8419]

EA CEO: who the hell green light that single player game! Fire them right away! Its against our company policy! Dev: but.. Our multiplayer release sucks bad.. Look at player metacritic score! CEO: who cares, metacritic dont give me money

[@salvatoredemarzi8830]

EA tried to sabotage the release of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, releasing the same day as Pokémon Sword and Shield and both games became commercially sucessful

[@treyowen9213]

@@salvatoredemarzi8830 and yet EA failed miserably. Boy they sure do hate quality single player games.

[@doughlausprashaal7151]

Obi wan: you we're supposed to destroy the single player games not join them Jokes apart single player games are way better than any multilayer games over the past 7-8 year's

[@Cernunn0s90]

Being one of their *only* successful titles recently.

[@lnsflare1]

EA: "Single Player games are a lot harder to abusively monetize."

[@SgtLube818]

They're a 10 but they can't make single-player games exploit you as much.

[@Gigawood]

Right? Where would they be without Ultimate Team money??? 🤔🤔🤔

[@barcster2003]

This is the real thing EA wanted to say.

[@supremeenchilada8725]

This is the company that forced you to play Mass Effect 3 MP if you wanted to get the good ending despite it being the culmination of 3 games of work. Those sweet sweet loot boxes

[@whywhy6055]

@@Gigawood they would have more money and keep their self-respect.

[@morticia981]

I'm a 56 year old gamer playing since the late 70s. That remark from EA is so out of touch, idiotic, and asinine that all I hear is a loud toilet flushing noise for their company. Do us a favor, EA - move over for the gaming companies that understand gamers.

[@rubbercable]

I need "closure" in my games. Not an endless grind. I need a movie, or a trilogy - not 20 seasons.

[@wallmartdragonlink2513]

Amen!

[@leguan278]

give me a few seasons, anything between 3-6 is perfect, 7-8 is pushing it 9 or more is bad AF.

[@naiveoptimist5637]

Facts. Preach

[@Golemoid]

20 seasons and then it gets abruptly cancelled with no closure

[@gameuniverse5973]

@@Golemoid you mean three seasons and then get shut down in the middle of the season

[@MalcBreezy]

EA: “ Single player games are FINISHED” Gamers: “ HOW MANY TIMES DO WE HAVE TO TEACH YOU THIS LESSON OLD MAN!!!”

[@benjaminsorensen9334]

Yes, I remember a time when single-player games were finished, rather than requiring constant patching.

[@white0thunderwhite0thunder71]

They are insane. Why else would they keep saying the same thing despite everyone in the world telling them they are wrong?

[@AllenTax]

@@white0thunderwhite0thunder71 Denial. Ulterior motives. Collection of the majority to appease their money makeing.

[@robotical4793]

It was a joke. Have some sense of humor

[@ProsecutorValentine]

@@robotical4793 *thud* ... oh, no, no, no - EA, they believe that shit.

[@philiplynx6991]

EA: Single player games are dead. Translation: We can't heavily monetize single-player games as easily so we really, *really* want them to die off already.

[@robotical4793]

It was a joke tweet dude

[@TheStephaneAdam]

@@robotical4793 A bad joke tweet that shows how stupid and irrelevant EA is.

[@Akodakun]

@@robotical4793 Really?

[@Chadronius]

@@robotical4793 not really

[@ricardohoang8452]

@@robotical4793 Ah yes "joke tweet" like what EA posted is why Twitter is garbage 🤡

[@moonshinetheleocat1235]

EA: attacks single player games. Gamers: how many times do we have to teach you this lesson old man!

[@DanteRiley]

What EA said- "Single player games are dead" What EA meant- "We are creatively bankrupt"

[@wishdj]

I am a 44 year old gamer gaming from 1984 started gaming with the Atari 2600 and Commodore 64. As I grow older, I tend to ignore multiple player games partly because of monetisation and also wanting to avoid competition. If ever a day comes where all single player games cease to exist due to companies like EA, will be the day I quit video games.

[@CreatorArchive]

I am 30+ years old - I've spent most of my 20's playing highly competive games like mobas - in the end I realized I hate playing with other people.

[@0PercentImagination]

I'm almost 30 but my first console was also a Commodore 64, Wonder Boy and Boulder Dash are the only 2 I can remember from back then though. Thanks to emulation those games will always exist regardless of what videogame companies do nowadays.

[@enriquejoseantequerasanche6180]

Same here, I am 34 but started playing in my cousins' atari and Dad's 386. I don't like to play with people I don't know, 9/10 times they'll be unfun to play with (trolls, rude, simply don't want to play the game in the same style/mode I want...) and when I get back home I want to have positive social interactions and fun. So I use some kind or other of "hang out software" and play stuff while I chat with my friends,or play stuff with my friends while we chat. Stuff like Monster Hunter is my ideal multiplayer experience, because I can play fully alone or have friends join in on the fun, I can allow or ban random players, I am in full control of how my online experience is going to be. EA will never deliver that, because that's much less monetizable (I only bought the gameplay DLC for Monster Hunter World, despite being a dozen cosmetics and special social gestures and stuff, and I played the game thoroughly without any hindrance)

[@Chivalrytotem]

I am 45, I say the same.

[@HUYI1]

I'm 39 and had enough of this BS, brought up in the old classics similar way too

[@MrMirageCaster]

Strange; single player games require a completed desirable product at sale, whereas live service games can be shipped half baked and bungle up to weeks before being cobbled together. Wonder if that, combined with the greater room to cram microtransactions into them, is why EA is solely focused on dredging these live games out.

[@thebeastmeister3009]

Oh my goodness apply ice to burns please

[@speed3414]

Live Service games have to be fun and solid at day 1 because it needs to give a good 1st impression, this is why both BF 2024 and CoD Vanguard flopped so hard

[@TARINunit9]

Fitting that Yong brought up Jim Sterling at the start of the video, because Jim has revised that 12 year old article since then: Single-player games aren't dead, EA just wishes they were

[@SBaby]

Maybe, just maybe, people are realizing that live service games are scams, and have been all along.

[@ricardohoang8452]

True 2042 example 👌😏

[@BlindMango]

I don’t think EA knows the definition of insanity, ironically Ubisoft doesn’t either

[@Revenant-oq9ts]

EA: *Releases Jedi Fallen Order to critical and audience praise* Also EA: Single player doesn't sell.

[@gameuniverse5973]

Ea:Release a sequel to it because of it success

[@speed3414]

I headcanon they made (or allowed to make) that game to proof single players are dead, like they expected it to not sell well

[@EJ_Red]

@@speed3414 It's more like Disney forced them to make it, at least that's my guess

[@Revenant-oq9ts]

@@EJ_Red Actually, I think they might be required to make it out of risk of losing the license if they don't.

[@EJ_Red]

@@Revenant-oq9ts That is also a plausible reason

[@TH4L3G1TK1NG]

After 2042 I’ve completely lost in faith that anyone working for EA can do anything correctly, so I’m not surprised they made such a stupid tone deaf tweet. Don’t they remember how well Jedi fallen order did?

[@kevingame3198]

Sure I did play fire emblem three hopes but the game always have a beginning middle and end

[@OhFuggAGougarr]

@@RubyRose23328 It's not being claimed that they're unsuccessful, the issue is that they're out of touch

[@Darko113]

@@RubyRose23328 my guy thinks he's speaking some new groundbreaking fact.

[@djhart25]

Whoa... how are you commenting from 20 years in the future!?!?

[@OhFuggAGougarr]

@@RubyRose23328 Can't agree on this one; ER, Jedi Fallen Order, Horizon, RE7, etc. Whole bunch of good single player games that tons of people played and enjoyed

[@bernardobastos5996]

You have to understand, these corporations do not say these things because they are detached from reality or because they think people will agree with them. They say it because it is what they want you to believe. It does not matter how bad they sound or how much you mock them. They will keep saying it until you too, are repeating. It is not just in the entertainment industry that you see these tactics used, it's everywhere. And you would be surprised how often it works. Especially with young kids who are exposed to things for the first time and tend to absorb and internalize them. Corporations play the long game, they are making a generation that will eat up whatever they make.

[@tehbeernerd]

Noam Chomsky called it “manufacturing consent.” Goebbels said that if you repeat the lie, people start to believe it. Age old tactic.

[@ArgentWolf95]

I think is it is. This is like Subversion, so I call it Corporate Subversion.

[@wallmartdragonlink2513]

Your comments resonates with me I remember being a kid believing everymarketing puff Ubisoft would put out.Oh man was I pumped for watchdogs.And the day it released a a part of me died.

[@nadiratouchane6705]

I agree 100%

[@EJ_Red]

Yep, this right here. It's the same reason why I stopped watching movies in the theaters.

[@parawill7074]

When you package a 6-10 hour campaign with a robust MP, you make the value of the product very high to the buyer. MP only games aren’t worth the purchase because it is a roll of dice with respect to the community. We’ve seen too many of these games get stale or die due to lack of players. That is why having a strong campaign is so important.

[@FerralVideo]

From an MP-focused perspective, a strong campaign also serves as an extended tutorial and practice opportunity, raising the ideal skill floor for new players joining. This makes the game more enjoyable for all. Newer players are going to be more competent in general, making them more likely to enjoy their first few forays into MP. All players are more likely to have team-mates who are more competent, making everyone more likely to enjoy a given round. And the veterans are more likely to have competent opponents, encouraging them to continue to develop their skill. And from a single player perspective, well, someone like me who doesn't play MP games is more likely to buy the game and enjoy the 6-hour campaign. And who knows, maybe once we've exhausted the SP content, we'll try out the MP? Wherein the above mentioned factors for "newer players" play in. Another benefit is to allow a more relaxed environment while still enjoying the game. A well designed multiplayer matchmaker will always give the player a robust challenge that they cannot reliably overcome. Yes, that's great for the competitive spirit, but what if I don't want a competitive spirit tonight? What if I just want to blow some heads off without getting sniped from across the map? The main flaw here is that single player AI opponents will never be as good as real human opponents, and SOME players will inevitably find themselves severely outclassed and lose interest in the MP after only one or two sessions.

[@rylandrc]

To be fair, single player games can also be a roll of the die. It's just that when a game has both single and online multiplayer, you essentially get to roll two dice and play the better result.

[@parawill7074]

@@rylandrc - I would counter that by saying that MP games are roll of the dice in today's market. The SP experience is totally different and I think releasing a 6 hour or more campaign along with a couple of game modes for offline solo play and COOP would be fine as a standalone game that could do major business on it's own with fairly priced DLC in the future. Then you would release the competitive MP a few months or a year down the road.

[@MCLefka]

"We are very proud of the way EA evolved with consumers" If that isn't the most tone deaf statement, idk what is. EA is hated, and is considered one of the worst companies in the world. I'm curious what evidence that statent came from?

[@siontimmy1]

Ass kissiers of EA

[@Stormrider1138]

EA: “My evidence is that I made it the fuck up”

[@treyowen9213]

What about Konami?

[@siontimmy1]

@@treyowen9213 they probably hated what they did to Hideo Kojima and MGSV

[@ricardohoang8452]

@@siontimmy1 Don't forget NFTs and that efootball disastrous release!

[@DarthLocutus0]

EA: "Single Player is Dead!!" Samus, Mario, Link, Kratos: *laughing their collective asses off*

[@Aries73]

Bayonetta, Nathan Drake, Ratchet, Fox McCloud: “Now that’s funny!”

[@tjenadonn6158]

@@Aries73 Sans: "You're gonna have a bad time."

[@TheBlargMarg]

Also all of the Dark Souls based games.

[@ericdesjardins1854]

Doomguy, BJ, Dante, Leon, Claire: *laughs maliciously*

[@Raiden3651]

So many indie darlings/criminally underrated indie gems since...(looks at watch)...after Cave Story...

[@yoshiislaw]

EA needs to realize that everyone isn't laughing with them, they're laughing at them

[@ricardohoang8452]

Let them and their whales get slipped down like BF2042!

[@Ss4Goten]

Nah, they're laughing at us cause what they do works when it comes to money.

[@Nadz203]

With all the money they are still making i don't think they care either way :D "Gamers" are fickle AF and EA know this all too well.

[@mkuhnactual]

@@Nadz203 You just gonna spam "Gamers are fickle" to everyone's comment?

[@ricardohoang8452]

@@Nadz203 What kind of fickle "gamers" you wanna assume? Richkids or whales or both???

[@wizardhatatelier]

"Repeat a lie until everybody believes it's true." - That sounds very deep until everybody in your industry considers you delusional.

[@walalon8719]

And the more laughable thing is that they continue making “live service games” that sucks so much that shows EA are clowns that doesn’t publish good games anymore

[@enriquejoseantequerasanche6180]

They do publish good games like Command and Conquer remaster or Jedi:Fallen Order... When they are only publishing and do not make any decision about the game, inclusing not making it a wallet-leeching play-to-pay piece of crap (I kmow Diablo Immortal is from their competitors Activision--=Blizzard but we know they'd have done the same if they had any chance. They did that with Dungeon Keeper, after all)

[@thegeforce6625]

Rather, they only listen to their finance department's predictions and advice and shareholders.

[@fromthefire4176]

Enrique José Antequera Sánchez hold up. First off, they didn’t invent Command and Conquer. Second, they bought out and destroyed the studio who did. So giving them credit for a remaster is already absurd. But the best part is they killed C&C franchise precisely because of their only multiplayer, always online, and free to play micro transaction bs.

[@smittzcfc]

Single player games will always be around. Games aint just about multiplayer its about the story telling,the art and creativity of talented people.

[@KeybladeMasterAndy]

And of course good gameplay.

[@stupidragerantroastoftakes2981]

Which is true plus fact.

[@nurazizijuliansyah1369]

EA : wait, games need those things?

[@FuhzyLiquids]

Ea are not artists they are a corporation that sees only $$. They can't fathom how a games story can move someone or a soundtrack can influence a stories emotions felt. They have no initiative to make something that will be remembered(for good reasons). No desire for a game to be talked about no more than a year. No wish for their game to be fun before it profits. All they have done since the begining of their existence is slap their logo on the work of devs, monetize content that used to be or should be base content hindering the enjoyment and adding a single number to the next installment of a game that will be priced at 60$ for a reskin. It disgusts me how much power and influence they have over the quality of modern day games all because they were lucky to be around since near the begining of games and monopolize the industry. Aswell as biggybacking off what the original ea built for them to inherent without lifting a finger. The worst part is how disrespectful they are to the consumers. The ones who through our support r the reason they even are as successful as they were able to be. Sadly it's not even just ea but pretty much every company that built themselves a reputation. I just hope one day all these big triple a studios topple so we can make room for some smaller names that still have passion for their projects and get another decade of games.made with love.

[@xexxenvexxen6101]

I decided to quit online gaming around 2 years ago. Wouldn't have it any other way now. I discovered so many great games thanks to this transition. Single-player for life!

[@mailiflower8094]

If you haven’t tried it yet I recommend spiritfarer

[@BackwardsPancake]

Same tbh. I used to be a big competitive FPS gamer, but a few years back, after stopping to think and reflect on it, I realized that my spark for it was long gone. I was just playing the games as routine, conditioned by a bunch of FOMO mechanics (like seasons etc.), rather than for any real remarkable enjoyment. I've found a lot more fun in singleplayer experiences since - Especially games I can tinker with and mod to my liking.

[@JahTubeYT]

@@mailiflower8094 Such a nice game!!

[@zachb4148]

I think it’s best to have it both ways, I love single player games myself but playing games like minecraft valorant town of salem with friends is super fun. I don’t play multiplayer games without friends though

[@gameuniverse5973]

The Cuphead dlc was pretty nice but i hope silk song can release in 2023

[@ryanpetty8843]

EA: “Single-player games are finished.” *Elden Ring has entered the chat.*

[@andremcclendon1220]

Yeah but what Eldon ring has unlike the other trash single player games is an actual co-op mode. Don’t get it twisted Sony is just a glorified version of EA. People like yong yea won’t say anything about Sony because it doesn’t fit the narrative. From soft put both of them to shame

[@xrefed]

Silksong :/

[@dampking]

@@andremcclendon1220 it needs multiplayer to be good?

[@andremcclendon1220]

@@dampking no but u cant charge 70$ for a game thats single player only filled with cutscenes. Thats kind of a rip off. U can easily add a co-op mode to pretty much all of these games but they are to greedy

[@dampking]

@@andremcclendon1220 what single player games are over 60 dollars

[@dVnTrp]

I think that EA's plan of creating live service games kinda falls apart, since you need an actually good product to engage with it

[@automatonm99]

Rename itself to Electronic Ass

[@EJ_Red]

Who needs a good product when you got MTX to entice people to spend money? I wish I was joking

[@cmdraftbrn]

thats why you get moronic fanbois to buy 2042

[@Irrashaimase1]

@@RubyRose23328 Are making up for Anthem's marketing. :]

[@01234567891011121338]

Wait, titanfall is still alive? Apex Legends is relevant?

[@JoeyRamone1993]

Like Sterling always says, these people want "All of the money or none of the money". This philosophy extends even to cutting corners in development, because that costs money and time, CEO's would rather have the company burn than sell a polished product. They're essentially rendered incompetent by their own shortsighted greed.

[@white0thunderwhite0thunder71]

And yet people still buy their shit.

[@kooken58]

@@white0thunderwhite0thunder71 at this point FIFA and Madden are the two games that seem to be keeping them afloat.

[@kamildrews3517]

@@kooken58 Well, the former will no longer be seeing new games under the FIFA license after 23, rebranding it under the new name EA Sports FC.

[@johnucc1]

Meanwhile they'll chuck MILLIONS at making live action video's for the latest shooter with b list celebs. id rather they just spend that money on development and put out gameplay & let it stand on its own merits rather than piggybacking off celebs and youtubers.

[@white0thunderwhite0thunder71]

@@kooken58 More like proof of concept in their minds. They are making literal billions of dollars off of two freakin franchises they can reset every year and sports game fans eat it up like steroids. It's why they are fighting back so hard against regulating gaming gambling like regular gambling because they know it will bankrupt them straight into a cardboard box on the street.

[@richardidgaf8002]

The fact that this company, as well as many others, are still making money despite the utter garbage decisions passed down by corporate, is beyond me. Guys: if you were ever iffy about opening a business, remember this: EA is still a thing.

[@enderkatze6129]

You need to First make quality products and become a Titan before you can do whatever with your buisness

[@irvancrocs1753]

Because FIFA and APEX Legends. The reason why they still have shitload of incomes despite making a lot shitty games..

[@AlteraLin]

"A fool and his money are soon parted". Lots of fools in this world.

[@flaskanbottle9250]

You can't blame the company, you should blame the people who buys their products and games. Even by playing games made by EA you are supporting them

[@richardidgaf8002]

@@enderkatze6129 Not necessarily. Price-point, quality, and value are the 3 selling points in a business. Most businesses these days revolve around 1 or 2 of those things - rarely all 3 - and still make revenue/are successful

[@OrphicPolytheist]

EA has been saying that single player games are dead, since 2008. Yet Skyrim, 5 Far Cry games, about as much Assassin's Creed games, Fallout 4, all Souls-likes, Hades, Super Mario and Zelda games, Doom games, Baldur's Gate 3, and many others, keep proving EA wrong... For like the last 16 years.

[@santiagoherrera1853]

EA: *Posts and/or comments about how "Single player games are Dead" for the 7th time* Everyone: How many times do we have to teach you this lesson old man!

[@nd8490]

I've put more hours of gameplay into single player games like Skyrim,Witcher 3,Breath of the Wild than any online game ever. Single player games allow the player to go at their own pace vs cue time for multiplayer and no pause function. Long live single player games!

[@neoqwerty]

Not only more hours, but I've actually bought OLD STUFF with the singleplayer games. Like, what multiplayer game will I ever buy in 10 years from now? Except maybe Minecraft if Microsoft doesn't kill it by then... Meanwhile I've bought Morrowind when it was 15 years old, and how old is Menzoberranzan and the other D&D Gold Box games, again? Leave your old stuff buyable and people *will* buy it

[@raspite3195]

@@neoqwerty Minecraft will always have its incredible single player elements, even if Microsoft stops further development of it. Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the multiplayer aspect of Minecraft run through private servers? In that case, multiplayer could run as long as people want it to. So that would mean there's no reason that Minecraft won't ever stop being available?

[@Walamonga1313]

That just means you haven't played good online games, look into Souls and Monster Hunter games. Don't get me wrong, I love singleplayer but they don't compare to a good mp in terms of longevity and fun

[@leviolsen7436]

@@Walamonga1313 to be fair though, most people I know play souls and monster hunter games by themselves. I think it is a stretch to label those as strictly multiplayer when the majority of people don't use the multiplayer options.

[@a_kuma]

An online game will become dead years down the road when bulk of the players leave, or when they eventually have to shut down the servers. A single player game will retain the original experience no matter when you play it years later. This matters when you have a backlog of games to plough through. I'm sure many working adults like me don't have the time to invest hundreds of hours into each game, so having multiple 25 hours contained experiences from SP games is a better and more fulfilling use of my time.

[@HUYI1]

Many games are grindy, even single player games with open worlds can be a chog chore, none of them respect your time honestly

[@sachxtrem]

To be fair, there are still multiplayer games that are over a decade old that have retained healthy or even massive playerbases. That being said I dont want to see single player games go away. While i LOVE multiplayer games and modes, SP games are able to deliver very unique experiences that just cant be replicated in multiplayer games.

[@jondoe7036]

Amen to that! Whenever game is reliant of being always online, it always signals to me that it's a thing existing on borrowed time by design.

[@PrimeEnLightenedShadow]

@Thermal That's complete bullshit. I keep coming back to many different single player games to play them over and over because they're *THAT FUN* DESPITE ME HAVING ALREADY COMPLETED THE GAME!!!

[@jondoe7036]

@Thermal Are you telling me you've never rewatched a movie or reread a book you liked, after going through it once? To me games are no different in that regard. And the problem I generally have with multiplayer games, especially competitive ones, is that for purposes of telling a story and/or offering a mechanically complex and well envisioned gameplay experience, I've found in comparison to singleplayer games multiplayer is generally a lot more limiting format to pull that off.

[@averagejoe5145]

Whenever a company says something is the "way of the future" what they REALLY mean is "we WANT this to be the way of the future" or "our investors WANT this to be the way of the future." At this point, corporations should stop trying to "spin" this as as "fact" & just admit it already! Just tell your customers that you just DON'T WANT TO PUBLISH SINGLE PLAYER GAMES! Many of us in the video game community who love single player experiences will STILL rake you over hot coals (metaphorically speaking) of course, but we'll all be able to appreciate your honesty & forthrightness while doing so!

[@Yarharsuperpirate]

EA: "Single player games are dead!" Elden Ring: What was that?

[@hustler666100]

EA said that was luck LOL

[@justarandomuser8434]

Elden ring to EA: put these foolish ideals to rest

[@thanx4tehfish884]

ER has Multiplayer components so not the best example

[@TheGravityShifter]

@@thanx4tehfish884 Yeah but Multiplayer for it is as bare bones as they come and are designed to be difficult to access outside of PvP to an extent. Also, it's just to add more fun and connection with players, nothing more than that. PvE Co-op exists just to get help from a player when you're having a hard time, be it friend or stranger. It's almost impossible to enjoy the full game in a co-op setting. Elden Ring is single player first, and multiplayer second. And if MP dies, the Single Player aspect is strong enough to keep it going. So yes, it does have components of MP, but it's not enough to really mention tbh given how it's designed, especially when you have the option to play Offline if you wish.

[@AYoungAdultOnYoutube]

Even more ironic is that EA’s best game in the last few years or so is a single player game (Jedi: Fallen Order)

[@RivkahSong]

Yeah, It's never been about "what gamers want" they've always been painfully transparent that's it about the money and how much they can bilk the masses out of. All claims to artistry, storytelling, and integrity have long been sacrificed in favor of profit and I'm honestly thrilled to see the consequences FINALLY starting to come home to roost as these big name game corporations are doing worse each quarter now that they've completely depleted customer faith and loyalty. Either they'll change their ways or they'll eventually run their companies into the ground, I couldn't care less if they fail and I never see another Mass Effect, Bioshock, or Elder Scrolls anymore. They'd just ruin them anyway. They won't see a single cent from me.

[@369Sigma]

There will always be new, great worlds and lores created. What did we have before mass effect, bioshock, and elder scrolls? As much as I love those lores, that idea makes me eager to see what the future holds for new experiences.

[@RivkahSong]

@@369Sigma Exactly. I'd much rather explore all the new stories waiting to be told than have them ruin the ones I've already loved. I can always revisit those original games and by buying from indie developers and smaller studios I can get all new experiences, characters, and worlds that have creativity and love put into them. A story told for the sake of telling a story will always be superior to one told solely to make a profit.

[@exudeku]

Its always "what investors want" and the investors with massive %s are delusional cucks that doesn't even want to walk on land.

[@369Sigma]

@@RivkahSong many good points, some I didn’t even consider

[@CheapBastard1988]

Actually if they run their businesses into the ground, another party could buy their intellectual properties at auction and maybe do better.

[@CoffeeForAll]

It’s nice to see a company actively trying to win the golden poo award. We believe in you EA. You can do it!

[@delusion5867]

EA might have to contend with Activision-Blizzard

[@murciadoxial8056]

i think they won it two years in a row once

[@Spartan0430]

@@delusion5867 it's gonna be real hard to top diablo immoral this year.

[@tsuribachi]

Gold-tinged excrement right there

[@mch5546]

hmmmmmmmm tough opponent tho, i mean............... acti-blizz is really really tough rival to beat

[@braydenoakey7932]

At this point you've gotta blame the people that continue to give EA money. Especially those who still preorder games in this day and age.

[@cornflakeshumunculus8373]

“Single player games are dead and online is where it’s at” Vaas- Do you know the definition of insanity?

[@F4Wildcat]

EA just tweeted= "Roast well deserved. We’ll take this L cause playing single player games actually makes them an 11." These guys are just...

[@ricardohoang8452]

They are all delusional like the same Apex richkids!

[@overdone7892]

What does that tweet even mean?

[@exudeku]

@@overdone7892 some Corpofacist's zoomer kid took over EA's Twitter and licking his boomer pappy's boots.

[@Wolf-ln1ml]

@@overdone7892 It means that the one who wrote that thinks we'll believe that they intended that first tweet as a compliment - it means that they added another insult on top of the first one.

[@raiga5-6-42]

They are about to be acquired by comcast(?)(CMIIW) might as well burn the ship

[@calloganvoyaterre]

I want to be able to play my game without having to deal with shitty internet connections or clogged servers where I must RELY on other people to want to play the same game I am. Not just that, but the heavy monetisation just turns me off. I want to be able to turn it on and get into it immediately, not have to wait in a lobby. I want to be able to finish a story, not be force-fed some ongoing endless grind. I don't buy live-service games. I buy games that might get an expansion DLC or two, but are ultimately complete. If I want to play with a perpetual world with other players, I play FFXIV.

[@reagandow850]

DITTO. Precisely why I haven’t bought an EA game in at least ten years and I also haven’t bought any live service games EVER!! I never have and I never will. I’ll stick with games that come complete and are on a cart or disk, typically Indy games that are typically free from some crap and women that look like men and men that look and act like women.

[@calloganvoyaterre]

@@reagandow850 I'm right there with you on the physicals. I will pay the $60 price tag over the $10 digital sale specifically because I want that reassurance that it will always be there.

[@keonkla]

@@reagandow850 With ya pal. Not only are companys greedy but now they are putting in weird politics and narratives in it.

[@Gala-yp8nx]

EA: “Single player games are dead!” Also EA: “Nah, we won’t reinvest in SWTOR even though it’s our sole MMO.”

[@fishushu]

EA totally forgets that to a lot of people multiplayer is just one more source of stress in their days. Some people just want to get home from work/college/school and decompress playing something that's fun for themselves without having to deal with even more people or interactions that may bring them even more stress.

[@eagleone0one]

Strongly agreed.

[@MichaelJP]

Bingo!

[@ladyseeker2927]

Take my like! What you said is absolutely true! I HATE multi-player games. I like to take my time, enjoy the story, explore and do my things without a random idiot screaming in my headphones

[@AllenTax]

Not forget the money stress. 😐😓🙄

[@Krysnha]

O rmultiplayers and onnline game only is a source of frustration, from the mobile games that dont allow you to progress wiouth money, or treat you like garbage,

[@Sniperkitten971]

"Keep player engaged" = "Paying for the game isn't enough, they need to pay MX until they die" GTFO EA if you don't do single player games, someone else will !

[@zaltajobratil3589]

Keep them engaged? More like keep them enraged

[@music8419]

Engaged= ow i already spend a lot money for this game.. Feels a waste to delete it.. So i spend more money in it..

[@HUYI1]

No one calls out on rockstar for their BS either 😤😤

[@21Cayque12]

You actually sugarcoated it, he didn't even call people "players" he said COSTUMERS which os a pretty abysmal statement

[@sugarflame1833]

@@HUYI1 ikr

[@olewornhat]

+1 for single player. I'm retired. Friends my age don't even play games. I'm lucky to play co-op on weekends with my daughter, grandson and their friends. With all the free time I have I need single player games. I stockpiled resources in Grounded all week. If they join me in multiplayer this weekend we can mostly concentrate on murder and mayhem.

[@blackneos940]

A true person of culture. Take it from a 90's kid with Autism who prefers to play single player games too. I'm not a huge fan of Online gaming.

[@mickynick9888]

Love this commen/ old school If you.want a good co-op game to play with your daughter,grandson and have a Xbox get cuphead. One of the best co-op games to come out recently

[@TheBanjoShowOfficial]

“He added that games are to be thought of as services now” that single statement says it all. You don’t have to look anywhere else to understand the agenda after reading that. It’s crystal clear: End the sale of products that can be claimed as ownership of a customer upon purchase. Push services that can never be claimed ownership of. Once we started getting off CDROM, cartridges, and discs, we lost all ability to claim ownership of these things. We are entirely behest to the whims of the online service model now. A model where you only own a key, a pass, if you will, to say that you have the mere access to the title, rather than a wholesale ownership of the thing you paid in full for.

[@stripedrajang3571]

Correct. But even in the 80's and 90's, videogame companies HATED the concept of gamers "owning" the game. They packaged the license in physical cartridges, and used the word "ownership" to make you "feel" like you own it, and in a way, the gamer did own it, but they didn't want you to know the truth that you didn't really own it, since there was still copyrights and trademarks attached to the physical product. Even now, the physical games you own are basically digital downloads disguised in a physical medium. They can sell you half the game in digital download in a physical copy, and then have you download the other half of the digital download once you attempt to boot up and play the game.

[@JanusHoW]

To be fair, video games WERE basically services back in the days before the home console market. You brought quarters to insert into arcade machines so you could keep playing.

[@MuchKoku]

"Today, all of our games include online applications and digital services that make them live 24/7/365." Until you pull server support and leave the game utterly unplayable by those who purchased it, you soggy bag of gerbil droppings. Edit: typo

[@sarasaland4709]

“Packed-goods only” So games that aren’t released unfinished or loaded with microtransactions?

[@screech-screecher536]

Oh look it’s infinite

[@gameuniverse5973]

Oh look nothing -some yellow dude from a internet series about cooperations

[@tjenadonn6158]

@@gameuniverse5973 "Digital style!"- a green bird accidentally predicting NFTs.

[@acertainjake5736]

Every gamer ever: "You know what? I'm gonna like single player even harder now."

[@sasquatchman22]

Prime time to look for old titles you never played before if you have older consoles. You can find reasonable prices if you look long enough. And even if you don't have an old system, you can find plenty on the secondhand market. Hell, a shop in the next city over to me has N64s going for under 80 bucks.

[@monarchsub8884]

@@sasquatchman22 luckyyy

[@acertainjake5736]

@@sasquatchman22 I love supporting local, i have a comic/games shop near me, cozy little mom and pop shop. We must protect them at all costs.

[@gameuniverse5973]

@@sasquatchman22 what a N64 at only 80 but is it only the console tho

[@sasquatchman22]

@@gameuniverse5973 that Is true. Tho they do sell the cartridges too. LoZ:OoT was a little over 20 bucks last I checked.

[@googleboo9876]

Why does Ea think their games are so great that i have to continually update my email? Another way to sell emails for money? I sure dont see an opt out. Not that you can tell anyway. When I unsubscribe to most everything it doesnt do any good, ill still get emails. and that just reminds me NOT to do business with those companies.

[@luisemoralesfalcon4716]

Bioware: "Makes games that it then abandons in post launch support." Also Bioware: "Makes a game that requires an almost constant support per every few months and doesn't do that." Bioware: "Why did our attempt at a Live Service Game failed?"

[@ra6765]

...ahh poor Bioware. If there's one thing I would do if time machines were invented is to stop Bioware from being bought by EA.

[@luisemoralesfalcon4716]

@@ra6765 honestly Bioware had to be rescued by EA in Anthem. And their attitude is from themselves because even other studios don't have that much pride.

[@mayowankenobi]

@@ra6765 That was a bad day. So many people told me that it wasn’t a bad thing. I was afraid Mass Effect was going to die. I had no idea that BioWare would perform seppuku before they finished it.

[@ricardohoang8452]

@@luisemoralesfalcon4716 Oh well Dragon Age 4 will be shit won't ít?

[@luisemoralesfalcon4716]

@@ricardohoang8452 cannot say, at the most I will say Bioware will ignore people request for patches and deliver a great game plagued by bugs and glitches.

[@MrAtrumvir]

Seems like they want them to be done so EA can make all the money. As I get older I find myself playing more single player games anyways. Don’t feel like dealing with all the bullshit companies are putting in to get you to dish out more cash.

[@cypher2365]

Dude, preach, dedication is harder for leisure and I like to "look at the plumbing" I've found such amazing details in red dead redemption 2 that I'd never have a chance to do in the online version because I'd be shot every 45 seconds..

[@ItsShatter]

EA: “Single-player games are dead” Meanwhile: Elden Ring

[@MarkDeSade100]

4:38 I paused it to read the reply and said, "Whoever wrote that one is a genius". Then it saw that it was Yong himself. I want to give him a high-five for properly roasting EA.

[@Lagbeard]

"I struggle with the perception that we're just a bunch of bad guys." -Matt Bilbey, EA Executive Vice President of Strategic Growth

[@patchgatsby9138]

@@RubyRose23328 They may not be the worst, but it isn't for lack of trying.

[@eagleone0one]

"Are we the baddies?"

[@Starrfortythree]

I definitely heavily rely on single player games to escape and relax. Having to move around places without stable internet makes single player an even bigger necessity. MP is fun but single player absolutely needs to stay!

[@mikeh4942]

Makes sense to me. EA has always been a leader in “connected” games between their vault and our pockets. Why would they be looking for original ideas? Too hard.

[@cyberzombie038]

While I'm well aware of EA's track record of not giving a shit about the games they publish. But for a company with the literal name of Electronic Arts, you'd expect them to think videogames as well... art, not just services.

[@jarotheboar8398]

Imagine someone made a compilation of single player games that did good, and compare it to EAs live service games

[@davidm.schreckii1426]

I would love to see that video!

[@MobyDrip]

Elden Ring was a single-player game but it felt more like a community expereince than any multiplayer game I've played in the past 5 years.

[@wildwest1832]

Elden ring is an increasingly rare game that is quality MP/SP, but they DO put work and effort into them and care about the quality.

[@randomnintendogames]

EA executives: "Single player games are dead!" Everyone: "Okay, what are your sources?" EA executives: "My source is that I made it the fuck up!" (Quote to Max0r for the last quote in his second part of his retelling of Metal Gear Revengance)

[@oldspice051]

Classic.

[@ivandekad7249]

I forget where I saw it, but I remember a news segment where someone was interviewing a politician and they had said something along the lines of “The average American doesn’t feel safe anymore.” The interviewer then brought up data that disproved that. Naturally, instead of combating it or deflecting the information, the politician just doubled down despite the fact that they just got called out on their bullshit. And that’s what I think of every time I hear something like this, but especially EA.

[@mayconlcruz]

"I AM THE ONLY SOURCE YOU NEED! GIMME MONEY!"

[@tattooguy413]

From a business standpoint, here’s the breakdown: Videogame pricing hasn’t really changed much in 20 years… but games are costing wayyyyyy more to make these days. So they have to make the money back somewhere How? “Living” games that rely on micro transactions and subscriptions (battlepasses, etc) to make more profit. A greedy company does one of two things: 1. Double or triple the price of the base game (which obviously wouldn’t work) 2. Add micro transactions and slowly recoup As a single-player gamer myself (and coming from that oldschool era), I haaaaate where gaming has gone. Absolutely hate it, and typically don’t interact with micro transactions very much. But I also get WHY games have become what they are to maximize profits The real problem: gamers support it. If we wouldn’t buy all the extra shit… it wouldn’t be here. But people do. So the problem starts with the developer… but also ends with consumer habits sadly It’ll never change, and will most likely get much worse :/

[@GodEnderX]

Honestly how many youtubers have you seen dump thousands of dollars at a company in order to stick it to the man. *cough*diablo immortal *cough* O you showed them by doing exactly what they wanted.

[@mrhades652]

This is exactly what AC: Valhalla is. Fucking awful.

[@ZeelofTheMarty]

Videogame makes wayyyyy more money now than it 20-30 years ago and last I checked people working full time at these companies are still living in their cars and sharing apartments with 2-4 other people so there is no way the actual development cost is high for them not a chance , if anything it is marketing that is eating a bigger and bigger part of the a games budget these days and not actual development costs. Hell the "celling" for what a game can make with or without mtrx has NEVER been higher than it is now you just simply need to make a good game hell if you are spending millions and million on you GAME it might actually be very good in the end. Look at Minecraft never in my life have I seen a single ad for it and yet it is one of the most popular games in the world right now. You need to seriously STOP making excuses for gaming companies believing that somehow it costs more to make games which is pure myth.

[@ghosttraintittiebeaan4879]

i think Doom Immortal shows it aint the consumers fault. People will always buy something, it the way we work we love spending money. Its all on the producer

[@hawx00145]

I hate how there are always people like you who solely blame gamers for the atrocity that is modern gaming...As a gamer for nearly 30 years, we just want what we paid for, like back in the eve of gaming...Even if it's true that the cost of making games is high, doesn't give them the right to over-monetize. Look, gaming is a way of life for me, I can't simply decide to just give it up...making a better gaming environment starts from the top down, not the other way around.

[@KaaneDragonShinobi]

EA: "We've got to make games that change with the times and have ever evolving content plans to keep people interested." Also EA: *Either makes new installments of game franchises every other year or abandons them entirely* I'm crying in Star Wars: Battlefront 2 over here, MAKE CONTENT YOU BASTARDS

[@Nadz203]

Also, Also EA: Were still making shit tons of money... why change? "Gamers" are fickle AF and EA know this all too well.

[@white0thunderwhite0thunder71]

Why make new content when they are making all their quotas on two or three money leaches they call games?

[@TheBestChaseVariant]

Making want to play Battlefront 2 again

[@ricardohoang8452]

Doktor, Battlefront 2 is dying and dying and dying

[@betrayer1350]

Battlefront 2 has so much potential. The gameplay is legitimately good. Very unfortunate it got screwed because of the terrible launch.

[@ricardolaza5685]

A small note for those interested: Spain, my country, had a draft of a law against lootboxes. No lootboxes to minors, and to buy them you need to use your National Identification Number, to have access to it. At least good news, for once....

[@IR-Fan]

Good for Spain, and I also heard that Belgium did something similar to it. Now what we need is more nations checking on lootboxes and either apply the same rules like Spain or realize how predatory lootboxes are and just straight up ban them. That's all I could hope for.

[@j.jbinks9669]

@@IR-Fan They're not banning them though, they're just tying people's ID to them instead...Not sure how that's favourable at all, but ok

[@chrystynec1496]

@@j.jbinks9669 if you're a person who knows how to protect themselves online it's an issue if you just use a crappy vpn or nothing you probably have all your info out on the internet already

[@j.jbinks9669]

@@chrystynec1496 your payment details aren't though, are they? Your address, personal phone number and bank details aren't "out on the internet" as you claim, are they? This has nothing to do with "banning lootboxes" and everything to do with placing restrictions on the general populace. If it was about banning lootboxes, they'd ban them, not make them available at the cost of one extra hoop to jump through. It's not as if kids who steal their parents credit cards for micro-transactions would be averse to stealing their ID too, is it? Great way to harvest data for the implementation of a Social Credit Score, either way.

[@IR-Fan]

@@j.jbinks9669 yeah but I do hope that if every countries realizes how mess up the lootboxes system is they would banned it

[@0PercentImagination]

As someone stubborn enough to even play some mmo's solo (the ones that work on my ancient pc or my switch) it does bother me when companies say stupid stuff like that. One reason they want online multiplayer games is the idea of a player being able to see another player with better looking gear and potentially paying to acquire it whereas thats obviously unlikely in a single player game.

[@kallemetsahalme5701]

thats so dumb. thats like trying to convince a puzzle game fan that action games are the way to go.

[@philtkaswahl2124]

The absolute state of multiplayer turning into a shitty money-squeezing subscription service means I've been doubling down on single player games. Shit like this where these game companies say the quiet part out loud and show the extent of the contempt they feel toward their customer base just reaffirms that.

[@ReanuKeeves69]

Interviewer: "So how disconnected from reality do you feel you've become?" EA: "Yes"

[@Optimusj1975]

Yes.

[@skeeter3969]

These yes answer jokes are not even funny, I mean not even down syndromes talk like that, how stupid do you think this joke is, yes

[@RnRnR]

As a Dragon Age fan this makes me nervous. I used to work for EA as a contractor, they're pretty "shady" when it comes to contract work and stuff like that, thankfully I worked for them in Europe so we got treated and payed a bit better (not much though..) than I think my American counter parts probably are. On another note this is what happens when game companies grow too big. The financial and marketing people take over and the "soul" dies. When it happens a lot of senior devs usually go and make their own indie studios out of spite xD

[@enkeiie]

I fear for DA too. I genuinely love the games and world, it would b eshame if it flopped

[@realeyesrealizereallies1194]

Dragon Age died after origins. 2 and beyond are trash.

[@MsLilly200]

@@realeyesrealizereallies1194 3 wasn't complete trash, sure it played like an mmo, but if you ignored the unnecessary side quests it was actually pretty good.

[@gamemeister2905]

I agree with everything you said except one thing, this isn't just what happens when GAMING companies become too big, it's what happens when any company becomes too big, regardless of the industry.

[@chrissyce5613]

Hopefully, one day BioWare will get away from EA.

[@Katie-hj5eb]

What they mean is they cant sell lootboxes in single player games.

[@moshunit96]

Never ending live service is a great way to burn out players and have them hate your game. Ubisoft is working on ruining Assassin's Creed with this garbage.

[@Mysticth]

companies like EA are literally the reason I have pretty much given up on current gen games outside of indies, and have largely gone back to playing PS2 games and EverQuest. I'm tired of the modern Live Service model. I'm tired of "Do your dailies for progression, buy our random loot packs, then get out." methodology.

[@Supersonicspyro]

You should try too go more for Japanese games

[@DimensiaTime]

Fr, the only AAA game I play at this point is Warzone (yes ik it's Activision, but it looks like they starting to listen they let Raven re-add Rebirth). Indie is truly the future.

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

Too bad the minority of whales and their money will keep those cancerous practices alive indefinitely.

[@UltimatelyEverything]

EA's digging their own grave mocking single player games they're about to get completely destroyed and i can guarantee a lot of gaming companies won't be happy with them at all.

[@he1274]

Ea doing dumb shit. It's like a cycle at this point. It goes on forever, and ever!

[@rallerrow9074]

More like a continious downward spiral.

[@deanatgmail]

this is the song that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friends.

[@ninavale.]

Well they did say it's the future...in something going 24/7/365....

[@gameuniverse5973]

This is the real life service that EA was talking about

[@XemnasO01X]

The wheel is still spinning but the hamster has met an untimely end.

[@hatman4818]

"Single player games have their place, I'm not suggesting we add death match to Mirror's Edge". ... Funny he should say that. 1.) Mirrors Edge is about the only compelling EA game I've ever played. Great story, great art, great gameplay... I liked it BECAUSE it wasn't a PVP monetized out the @$$ with microtransactions. 2.) Mirror's Edge ISNT a 25 hour fire once and forget game as he puts it. It's also the only EA game I return to and replay regularly, because it's fun, I love the story, and there's nothing else on the market quite like it. It's not the only game like that, I've probably sunk hundreds, if not thousands of hours into replaying the single player campaigns of the Halo series. If a single player experience is good, people return to it. ... He's just mad he can't charge me again and again for every playthrough of Mirror's Edge as an infinite revenue stream, god forbid he be satisfied with the fixed amount of money I paid for it. This is the real reason he wants to gaslight people into disliking single player games, and can anything that doesnt have microtransactions. And why do people accept that as even remotely acceptable logic? You can buy a movie on disk and rewatch it thousands of times. How would you feel if the movie industry tried to force you into pay per view for all content? I mean, people are already getting mad that streaming is slowly turning into cable 2.0 for similar reasons, when the allure of streaming in the first place was cutting the cable. 3.) In the same post, he literally says he has completely stopped greenlighting anything that isnt some form of live service with microtransactions. ... He might as well be literally saying Mirror's Edge no longer has a place in the gaming industry. Oh no, of course they wont mess up a legacy IP of the past... But what they wont do ever again from then on out is dare make the mistake of making a unique, engaging, fun single player experience for the meager cost of 60 dollars on release and nothing else, ever again. ... That kinda undermines the whole "Single player experiences have their place" comment. EA is stil basically the biggest games publisher in the industry. They effectively banned developing new single player games. And, most of the rest of the AAA gaming publishers have followed suite in an attempt to compete with EA, because EA basically controls the direction of the market. The result is a massive dirth of new single player games on the market, unless you want to look at indie devs. It's a bit disingenous to claim we dont like single player games when the stats are driven by a market that intentionally hasnt really given us good ones in a long time. You cant can games like the visceral Star Wars game, then claim nobody likes games like that because nobody is playing them. This guy's way of thinking is why I honestly wish governments would regulate games company revenue streams back into the stone age. I get the feeling that, without it, and with a few indie exceptions, I'll never see new games that bring back the feeling of getting a 20 dollar box game (or 60 today) for my console, putting it in for the first time, and replaying the crap out of a well crafted, unbuggy, well written single player campaign created with love from a dev team that wasnt forced by CEOs to cram in microtransactions, forced to crunch and sh!t it out by some arbitrary deadline, and finally fired after completing the project while some CEO walks away with their profits.

[@nullbubble791]

EA: *Puts out live service game made by one of their best dev teams EA the following year: *Cancels possible redemption update for said live service game.

[@Sorain1]

EA keeps telling us single player games are dead, then keeps killing their own games. Weird isn't it?

[@adamj196]

I wish EA would just get bought, disassembled, and actual real, thoughtful game developers would get their IP’s. They must have found a way to make money off being hated right??

[@davidm.schreckii1426]

I wish the very same

[@Nadz203]

"Gamers" are fickle AF and EA know this all too well.

[@Balder-gb4eq]

What EA really means is single player games are a single pay day where as online live services is the pay day that continues until the masses lose interest

[@YDV669]

Which is also not true because they can always release paid DLCs.

[@DiscusvissenRocken]

@@YDV669 they are fully aware of this, just look at the Sims 4 where you have to dish out nearly 600-1000 dollars to get a somewhat complete game. they just prefer the shadier stuff like lootboxes and other "surprise mechanics" which are cheaper and hook addicts

[@daanabbring5409]

7:09 Pretty generous of Jacksepticeye to say that EA are a 10 in any way. That meme is meant to express that there is one thing that pulls down the score, while we all know that EA doesn't get that 10 on any front.