Why EA Is Wrong About Singleplayer Games

EA recently went on record saying players don't want linear singleplayer experiences anymore. We respectfully disagree. Here's why.
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[@gameranxTV]

Since we're on the subject...what's your favorite EA singleplayer game?

[@bbuntyf430]

Mass effect series

[@pacotaco840]

Mass Effect 2

[@theamazingmaymay123]

The Mass effect series was one of my favorites, and I continue to replay them all every now and then

[@bearbrain1123]

Dead Space.... after the second one... well, May it Rest in peace :( FUCK EA

[@pacotaco840]

AidanTheNerd yeah Dead Space on a planet just didn't work.

[@TheGunmanChannel]

I am not interested in multiplayer games so yeah, they are definitely wrong.

[@markusfabritius9526]

The Gunman Same with me. But I do play GTA Online sometimes but no where near as much as I do play linear story based single player games.

[@nathangamer]

Same here. I've tried a few but never got into them.

[@LyaksandraB]

Oh shit, one dude. That's sure to shift the market! I mean, you're not entirely wrong, but to say they are DEFINITELY wrong because you don't like MP games is ludicrous.

[@angelchang5194]

Lyaksandra B your a fool if you think he's the only one.

[@sclarin2]

I don't play any MP games anymore. I got sick of the BS associated with MP and the repitition. I'm also done with EA/Dice after owning every BF game since 1942-BF1. Done.

[@Malgus929]

I value a single player game way more than multiplayer

[@raglock1433]

true..how many times have i played a multiplayer game with lootboxes and thought to myself. this is a great and cool mechanic...well...zero times

[@rookieluffy1758]

Me too the only online multiplayer game that is awesome and i play a loy is Monster hunter world

[@dragon0o030]

Austin McCracken as long as there is some sort of coop (borderlands, dq 9) i agree.

[@TigerTT]

I mean I do like Warframe alot,but at the same time I also like playing it solo too instead of having a party sometimes when doing long ass survivals just to kill stuff.

[@ScottTangents]

Michael Fröhlich no we don’t need coop or any of that just a solid good game is enough.

[@Slay3r88]

Single player games are the best because you dont have to deal with toxic people

[@kingjesterxii3963]

slay3r 88 you dont have to deal with people in general

[@qoqow3939]

and you don't need ingamepurchase for items (which is the reason why EA did'nt do it)

[@bigtasty89]

MP is amazing! But yes the gaming community is toxic AF lol. Gotta have hard skin.

[@geohiekim8705]

And even when you do it's scripted and they usually die at the end.

[@Lycan4]

Damn right.

[@Mach1ne-]

EA-Hey visceral,how many microtransactions your game has? Visceral-None. EA-......Your fired.

[@PurushNahiMahaPurush]

Visceral: You're*

[@TheEdward39]

@@PurushNahiMahaPurush I love you.

[@pieinyourfacestreax5138]

@@PurushNahiMahaPurush beat me to it

[@alkaholic4848]

Upvoted DESPITE using the wrong "your".... but only just. Please edit.

[@DbladeMedic]

@Joseph Hernandez who cares? Why are you bringing Trump into this? Why does he always have to be talked about?

[@Queij0Nacho]

I much rather play a singleplayer game that gives me a good experience and gets me involved than play a multiplayer game with some kid bitching around talking bullshit, and I think that this is the thought of a great part of the gaming community, especially when it comes down to a more mature public that have way to many problems to worry about already and just wanna sit down and disconnect from the world for a lil while.

[@ZeF1212]

That's what i thot so. every time I play multiplayer, some random shmuck ruins the experience.

[@aierleoncorek]

@@ZeF1212 I don't play online anymore without locking myself in a chat party alone or muting everyone

[@ZeF1212]

@@aierleoncorek yup same here. LoL

[@SNSTR]

lmao single player sux.

[@bullymaguire186]

@@SNSTR elaborate, kiddo. the fact that you use some lame slang words to deliver your argument without a fact is a lone teller that you are underage OR is mature on the outside, little brat on the inside.

[@Shizkeb]

They just want an exuse for implimenting more loot boxes XD

[@KingGruesome74]

shronky shronk no lie

[@calvineksteen8586]

Destroy the age of micro transactions!

[@acsasukeuchiha1922]

I hate loot boxes

[@MrAlious]

i think they look at what people want based on how much they spend. but even based on that logic its still flawed. when there are shady implementations of monetisation as well as them hiring fucking psychologists to find ways to incentivise people into spending it really makes it clear that they simply scrapped the game because they couldn't monetise it. hell who remembers that they were asked where their version of fifa ultimate team is?

[@danielbenitez4120]

@@MrAlious scary... They're trying to turn us into the mice in the Skinner box experiment

[@cassiebearbear]

I hate when people assume people don't play single player games anymore. I FRICKIN LOVE SINGLE PLAYER GAMES. I know SOOO many people who perfer single player games. You don't have to worry about connection problems, getting teamed up with people with less Experience, or annoying voice chatters.

[@laydieelle7069]

They are the best.

[@grimcane6915]

I agree, single player games usually have the best storylines. Though I also like the idea of co-op as an option, but not mandatory.

[@bgonzales817]

People still play single player games, EA just wants you to think people don't so the can continue to rob gamers

[@wasabiwaldo8603]

i think portal has a great co-op.... The game is great on its own, but co-op has its own unique parts that are great... Heck, even Borderlands/saints row multiplayer is great because its optional... sometimes i just want to be by myself and play some friggin video games by myself without 12 year olds cursing my mother...

[@therealwild1]

I'm still rocking my PS2. No MTs, no OP mods, no dlc, and I get a great story I can go back to over and over like an interactive book/movie.

[@bondrewdthelordofdawn3744]

I recommend you to play front mission 4

[@candybracelets]

Props for calling out EA on their BS, this is an excellent video. They may as well have put out a press release that said "We couldn't actually care less about how enjoyable the experience players have with our games is, all that matters to us is bleeding them for as much money as possible for as long as possible." The lack of respect for their customers they have shown by making the comments they have is pretty disgusting. Sure all companies need to make a profit, but if that becomes your primary motivation for creating games the quality of what you produce will inevitably suffer greatly. I would advise that people make their views known using their wallets and boycott EA's games. Not that that will be particularly hard for me to be honest, since contrary to what EA says I have zero interest in multiplayer games, personally I just find them dull and tedious. For me the narrative of a game is by far the most important part, a good single player game will suck you in and make you feel like you're embarking on an epic adventure, it's like watching an incredible movie but with the added bonus of being able to control what the characters in the movie do. As far as i'm concerned that's where the magic in gaming is. By comparison in a typical multiplayer game the story is essentially "hurr durr lets all run around and shoot each other" which just doesn't do it for me at all. I get that some people do enjoy those types of games, which is totally fine, but to imply that is the only type of game people enjoy is just total crap.

[@ConcasicoWoodworks]

gully foyle totally agree as of now the only multiplayer game I've been using recently is Halo Online eldewrito and just because I loved Halo 3 back in 2007. Now I just care about single player games like most of the ps4 exclusives.

[@spacecowboy5995]

gully foyle you sir, have hit the proverbial home run with this comment. Cheers!

[@tonhaogamergranudo]

My friend, i have never seen a coment on youtbe that is so incredibly correct. I also have zero interest in these "games as a service" thingies. Single player FTW

[@loganl2703]

Amen people. I for one have no desire to buy anything that EA puts out under these ethics, business models, and intentions.

[@Bestwick1983]

Been a gamer for 20+ years. I play less games than I ever have. Partially due to real life getting in the way and at least equally because of a lack of good single player games I can play at my own pace/in my own time without 12 year olds shouting down a mic and ruining the experience.

[@mikelimes149]

Bestwick1983 I can hardly even enjoy online games for things like that. I want to relax and get immersed in a video game world. Not here random children shouting racist remarks and completely ignoring what the game is about then getting mad they lost.

[@Slayer-cd8gc]

They can use single player as a way for players to get better at a game. Like COD 4 after playing the campagin you cant tell me it didnt make you better on multiplayer. Also sometimes i want a story instesd of jump out a bus land kill each other. Thats been over done since COD 4.

[@Dirtbag-Hyena]

Guardian True,buuuutt,that kinda defeats the purpose of playing with other humans. For example; GRW,90% of the time,i jump on with randoms,they are either muting everyone, or have no mic,or muting themselves, & just listening to me,& whomever might have a mic. The other night,i played with about 30 randoms, 2 talked. With a game like GRW,you need structure,cohesion, & the ability to converse,& all be on the same page,or....I might as well play with the 3 Stooges by myself. I found similar problems with Division,except its not tacticle at all,& suppressors mean shit,so its much easier to play with non-communicating people. There is no reason to play a game like Ghost Recon Wildlands, with people on mute,you HAVE to know what the plans are,whos doing what,are we going loud,suppressors, do we have overwatch, what exactly ARE we doing,& so on. So,yea 99% of the time i play solo,at least i have some control over those idiots,vs playing with 3 humans who dont talk,& no one is communicating with eachother(or at least me),so 1/2 the time i dont do shit,till they do,& see how they are handling it,& jump in. Thats boring,& idiotic. If you play with randoms,& you dont like 1 or 2,kick or leave,till you find people you gel with. But,that gets old too,because you spend hours,bouncing around & not really playing much,because EVERYONE THINKS LIKE YOU....JUST MUTE THE WORLD,so you leave that game,join ANOTHER group,& guess what,SAME SHIT. Then you get those that just fuck around,everytime theyre near a minigun,they feel the need to shoot it......At..Whatever. Or,my favourite, being on a little bird,in the menu,& the pilot decides to jump,because THATS FUN😒😡

[@fakebobbyhill296]

Guardian I gave you a Tennessee accent for your comment.

[@cjanowsk]

I agree Bestwick1983, The ps4 does have some good ones though. GTAV story mode is brilliant, Horizon Zero Dawn, God of War. If I miss one thing its good fun racing games

[@i_am_ergo]

All of my favorite videogames are single-player games. It's been that way 20 years ago. It still is today. Multi-player experiences are fun. Proper single-player experiences stay with you forever.

[@Nathlaaar]

Semyon Galtsev I couldn't agree more.

[@1Piecer]

There is a reason why Multiplayer games die after couple of years and that is it losses its interest. For me am a guy who plays Singleplayer games once and still rather have those once played and revisit after couple of years than a months of the same shit over and over. Friends are the reason why we play Multiplayers mostly not the games themselves.

[@3dpoollvr]

for me both of storyline and multiplayer go hand-in-hand they're both sides of the same coin

[@i_am_ergo]

EDPOOLL: VR Maybe in a very narrow subset of cases. Say... in CRPGs. Generally, however, they're not sides of the same coin; they're as far away as different galaxies. In order to accodomate for freedom of interaction between players, multiplayer breaks countless rules that are otherwise pivotal for any semblance of gravity in a story.

[@3dpoollvr]

Semyon Galtsev good point

[@juanestebanordoneztobon9770]

*sees how most of the games nominated for GOTY are singleplayer games* welp...

[@ryo-kai8587]

*Proceeds to pretend they didn't see the games nominated for GOTY.*

[@YourHealthNeeds]

They care about the money

[@anirudhkumar9139]

GOTY doesn't directly put money in their pockets soo yea....(it might indirectly though)

[@Deedric_Kee]

I absolutely love single player games,they are my favorites

[@FuryMaster]

Deedric Kee same. I'm super introverted, so I don't like playing online much. I look at my Xbox One games and see Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim, Elder Scrolls 4 Oblivion, Middle Earth: Shadow of War, Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor, Forza Horizon 2 and 3, and Forza Motorsport 5, 6, and 7. Not a single multi-player game there XD

[@Deedric_Kee]

Fury Master I feel you! I'm the same, I love just enjoying the game for what I think is fun, I'm not the kind of person who gets bored easily.No disrespect to anyone who loves multiplayer though.

[@mikemezz7448]

I do like multi player games but that being said the vast majority of the time I'd rather play something single player.

[@Deedric_Kee]

I feel ya, I feel the same way 👍

[@lordmeliodas7290]

Deedric Kee ea doesn’t cause of no micro transactions

[@hubson1443]

They're saying people aren't interested in singleplayer... Yeah, just look at The Witcher 3 or God of War and how much money they earned.

[@mikewhitaker2880]

thats the point..they looked and shit their pants.. and in responce they tell us we dont want single player games..

[@langbuddha2798]

H. Art that’s not even what they said, The said “People are not AS INTERESTED in Linear singlepleyer games as they were 5 OR 10 YEARS AGO” they are not saying no one wants to play that. And Witcher 3 and god of 4 are not Linear at all, as well as both being from extremely good series God of war being to big to even fail

[@langbuddha2798]

Mike Whitaker they not telling you what you want, they are saying the truth based on facts but y’all don’t listen, they said they don’t want to make linear games because people are not AS INTERESTED in that as they were 5 or 10 years ago. Look at some of the best single player games out rn they are not linear at all and most steam from extremely good series some of them being to big to fail like god of war 4. Instead of having a hissy fit you should just listen to what they say and not take every this guy in the video said as truth because he lied about a million times in this video alone

[@techknowshaman]

The Witcher 3 has been driving people to upgrade their video cards since it came out.

[@VoidSinister]

Don't forget about Bloodborne and Fallout 4

[@AJNguyenYT]

Has EA ever respected their players? They killed Command & Conquer, Dead Space, Mirror Edge, Simcity etc.

[@magead]

And popcap as a whole

[@owl8930]

Mirrors edge got a remake tho

[@dangiri31]

Crysis

[@marky3609]

Mercenaries.

[@oijosuke9879]

Hi I’m Electronic Arts and I like money

[@Marryjanesbud]

If anything, the multiplayer experience has become pointless/boring since the halo/mw2 days. Single player 4 life

[@KnightsDisillusion]

EA wrong....Shocker.

[@charwavey3507]

Knight Warrior EA looked like they fixed Star Wars, but then the game was just boring...

[@wasabiwaldo8603]

"fixed" is when they wanted to screw everyone over with lootboxes and InGame purchases, people freaked out so, they "Fixed" it....

[@mikel8638]

I'm probably repeating several comments from below. But I soooooo miss buying great games and just sitting alone at home and having my own personal adventure. I don't need online AT ALL!!! I didn't buy a game system to be forced into combat full of foul mouth punk ass 10 yr olds. The constant online charges are driving out "one time buy", single player games. From a marketing p.o.v. it's a money maker. Plain and simple. Not everyone can afford good internet, good pc systems and consoles. They are abandoning a huge swath of players by going online/multi player. I barely play anything like I used to.

[@wasabiwaldo8603]

Yeah. Multiplayer used to be a bonus. like "here is an amazing game for you to play, an if you get bored of playing by yourself, you can also play with other people, but you dont have to..." Now its being shoved down your throat "here play this Massive online multiplayer action open world exploration building survival battle royale with lootboxes!" or "here play this multiplayer game that also has an "offline" mode but if you lose internet connection all your saves will be gone and the game will turn off...."

[@randomguy6679]

You sir should try God of War

[@Avarioth]

100% agreed! I'm a "couch gamer" so to speak. The only game I've ever liked, where you could only play against complete strangers over the internet has been....... uh........ I actually did think there'd be at least one, but I guess not. I play alone or I play with someone I know. Preferably in real on a console, sitting together on a couch or online/LAN while being in the same room, but since that's usually impossible at this day and age, online with mic communication is fine too. But never with strangers and never with lots of them.

[@RandomThings12]

the problem is that companies rush throughout the singleplayer mode and let all the good stuff to the multiplayer, making you feel lonely and kind of cheated if you can't afford XBOX Live/PSN Plus/Can't get the game on PC, which is exactly what multiplayer wasn't supposed to be

[@aces7894]

Preach bro I hope this goes out to gaming studios

[@TheGoldSwordSquad]

What annoys me most about EA shutting down the Visceral Star Wars game is their ignorance to what the fans actually want. I would have thought after the battlefront 2 backlash they would understand

[@jolosarmiento7382]

Brilliant they do understand. They just don’t care

[@creed8712]

Jolo Sarmiento sorta like the fucking ducks that gave them the license

[@Tyler_W]

Brilliant i would think Star Wars fans disproportionally care more about narrative focused experiences because that's what Star Wars generally is, highly character and narrative focused storytelling. Great, make it big and open world and non-linear, but back it up with decent characters and story. Individual development teams almost certainly care about the integrity of the IP they're working on, but EA doesn't give a crap about Star Wars, they just saw a really popular property that they can use as game as a service while banking on name recognition to get people interested regardless of what they actually do with any particular game. I really hope Disney pulls out of their 10 year deal with EA because they're not doing the property any favors. I can see the logic behind giving them the property given that they've released a few of the most popular entries in the franchise (KOTOR 1 and 2), but whatever good ideas EA may have had back then, they've completely gone astray from whatever decent things they have had going for them in the past.

[@Lilitha11]

This is why EA gets so much shit all the time. If they put out the game, it would be hugely popular and make them a lot of money. Maybe it wouldn't make as much money as some crappy multi player game designed to milk money from the players, however they would gain a lot of credit for it. It is good marketing to put out these big games that are really popular, even if they don't make as much. However, they don't care and that is why EA has a shitty reputation about only caring about money and never thinking about the players. They do actually make some decent games now and then, but their reputation is probably the worst of any company.

[@terryforsdyke306]

why not just rebuild Lucasarts and put them back on Star Wars games, they made some great games, things like the X-Wing Series, Dark Forces and its sequals in the Jedi Knight, series, Knights of the Old Republic, Empire at War in fact pretty much every Star Wars game I have ever loved (and the vast majority of Star Wars games before Disney closed Lucasarts) was made by or comissioned by Lucasarts not EA

[@jasonklein488]

I remember the days in gaming, high school and college, when one of my friends, myself included, would get enough money together to purchase a game that was single or had a two player mode and six of us would get together at that friends house with some snacks, beverages and ordering pizza; staying up until 3 A.M. passing the controller around the room when someone would die during the adventure. We would laugh and insult each other on our video game skills and prowess making the single player video game adventure and story that much more memorable for all of us. Now that we are all in our late 30's early 40's, and live in different parts of the country, and have that one week out of the year we get together at one of our houses, we still prefer the single player game and to some limited extent the multiplayer non online game. We still enjoy the tradition we started in the ps2 era and this experience. The interaction and comments in the company with our spouses and children, who do join in playing the game and throwing out insults, enjoy the experience of the well thought out single player game title more than the on line experience and multiplayer modes of particular games!

[@SylvEdu]

I am a very casual gamer. I choose my games entirely based on the narrative because I am NOT competitive. I want a story to play through as though I'm reading a book or watching a movie. You get me involved in online play, and I get trounced so hard that I'm red in the face and swearing off video games forever within a matter of minutes. Almost all of the fun I've ever had with video games has come from single player experiences. That's why I haven't bought a video game in years. There's no market for people like me anymore.

[@phineas7631]

that is crap. i am 50 yrs old and only play spg and just on my ps4 i hv over 20 games and there at least 20 more i plan on buying.

[@brelenyoungblood1525]

Mass effect andromeda. Very good modern single player game

[@roadhouse6999]

+Brelen Youngblood ...uh... Well if you like it don't let me stop you. Personally, though, even disregarding all the bugs and auto-generated facial animations, that game wasn't all that great. From time to time, I had a lot of fun playing it, but the characters were awful, the narrative was pretty bland, and the world exploration just go tedious after a while. I give the game a 4/10.

[@shadowswithin702]

Im with you on that, I love story mode on a game. I'm the hero, and I get choose how the story ends. PvP and all that...Meh I don't play for competition, I play for fun.

[@apassionatepotato]

God of War Spider-Man PS4 Red dead Redemption 2 Anything made by naughty dog.... ...Are the singleplayer games you're looking for

[@zack8276]

I actually prefer single player games over multiplayer games

[@AtomicEy]

Same ☺

[@Cristhian_Perez]

Me too 🙌

[@mome5493]

I really appreciate good stories in single player games. Multiplayer is a nice casual thing for me, but single player is what i prefer

[@RetroBigCat75]

I prefer single player games as well.

[@oddanderson9131]

I have played very few multiplayer games over the years, I’m more of rpg and action adventure person most of the games I got recently are older games aside from my brothers switch which I’ve play whenever I’m at home. It’s only when I saw the single player games for the ps4 that I’ve thought about getting my own.

[@nikola9753]

Pure greed is why EA is wrong

[@123goofyking]

Just Nik They're wrong, but they'll still get payed. We need a serious, large-scale, revolution against to make them really listen. The loot box was a good start, but we need to hit harder.

[@vudjubuh]

Just Nik EA, the god of Greed.

[@SomeAustrianGuy_]

EA: Singleplayer games are dying! *God Of War (Game of the Year): Hold my beer.*

[@godofwar234regi5]

Ogi the sergal We Happy Few ain't a good single player game, but hey, opinions are opinions.

[@NormanReaddis]

You know why they made that statement? Because overwatch won GOTY before it

[@cantigo6548]

*HOLD MY SON*

[@cinnamongunfire]

DaGuadeOiderBoudlerTV that’s too much to bear!

[@helloiamaman]

Hold my beer, Boi*

[@amememachine8974]

Ea is wrong about video games in general. Cant make a good one to save their life

[@SlyBizniz]

A meme Machine Not anymore at least.

[@kian26master]

A meme Machine Which is why I don't buy any. I probably would buy battlefield game.... someday.

[@Mike-my7uf]

If someone can compete with the Frostbite Engine I would buy that game hands down.

[@havoc6441]

Some multiplayer games are fun but not all of them.

[@ctp.cheekibreeki8992]

Singleplayer games = best games

[@AtomicEy]

PVP is Overrated

[@shadowcraft4814]

Cody Mcneill Especially when you get pitted up against cheaters and level two billions.

[@marioramirez6741]

Ctp. Cheeki Breeki why not single player + pvp? Gears of war for example.

[@lightyagami8645]

@puca linear games are the best

[@lightyagami8645]

@puca I am paying because I play it for the experience and I have completed uncharted 4 , 6 times and the game is 17 to 19 long do your math

[@chase1255]

EA don't like Single player games because they can't monetize it as much by slapping a shitload of microtransactions and day one DLC's. I hope they go south soon and those talented people working for EA gets hired on great devs with a less greedy publisher.

[@tommy4761]

Chase the funny thing is that these companies can put dlc in single player games. Fallout has three huge ones that I loved. Darksouls dlc is so good. Multiplayer dlc is good all, but not necessary. I mostly play bf1 base game even tho I've all the dlc. R6S dlc is free, they've the micro transactions, but the actual content itself is free. EA do indeed have it wrong

[@chase1255]

Thomas ganley Yes i agree, although single player DLC's are optional. its if the game is boring/terrible for you then you can simply just not purchase any or you simply enjoyed it so much you wanted more of it but multiplayer DLC's like what battlefield is doing is adding DLC exclusive maps/guns/items that you can only acquire if you purchase the DLC of the said game which not only forces you to pay extra of an already full priced game, it also hurts the community as it creates a division to the playerbase since not everyone can afford the luxury of purchasing premium passes for DLC's and exclusive stuff. Cosmetic microtransactions for me is cash grab but at the same time they're the most harmless type of cash grab as it doesn't actually affect gameplay or anything and its only if you really want to buy it to look cool but you really dont have to. Take Overwatch for example. every single updates are free, from additional heroes to new maps and everything. if you want new skins then you can purchase loot boxes that only makes your heroes look cool and nothing else. TLDR; Fuck EA. I'm honestly hyped for Battlefield V ONLY because i like DICE and wanted to support them even though they are unfortunately under the worst game publisher ever to exist (i dont want them to end up the same as Visceral Games). Screw Anthem tho, learned my lesson on Andromeda so never again BioWare and EA.

[@bojantoprek7769]

anybady remember Gothic ??

[@tommy4761]

I'm still holding out hope for Anthem tbh. I enjoyed Andromeda, but only not the whole way through. The last hour or three felt boring to me. They tried to be DA Inquisition, whole also being MassEffect, but failed in doing so. Anthem is a fresh world and game, and due to the low hype levels (a knock on effect of Andromeda) it might just meet and beat expectations. But I digress, I agree with you all, multiplayer dlc divides the player base. That's why I like Siege, I don't have to spend cent outside the €30 i spent for the base game, yet I get everything. It's good

[@masonnix9566]

Blizzard is also like that.

[@VoltanIgor]

I nearly never play multiplayer games, with the rare exception of some co-op gaming. I do not like them. If I want to interact with people, I meet up with friends. If I want to play a game, I want an immersive experience, with good atmosphere, good characters and stories. I do not like interacting with real people in games for the most part because they always break the illusion. And no, I am not antisocial at all. EA is actually not wrong, they know what the truth is perfectly well. They are lying. Big difference there. People do not want single player games? 2017 Game of the year : Zelda BoW 2018 Game of the year: God of War That is not me saying that. That is multiple awards proving that. Go to hell EA, you are a god forsaken parasitic filth.

[@shootthemoon6072]

I agree. Every time I've played online it takes you so far out of the game it's not worth it, or (GTA 5 online) you run into douche nozzles that want to follow you around and kill you. Then there's the pay to level up crap; that's just cheating with cash involved. Lol

[@user-br4xw9gn9x]

Not to mention single player games are usually well made, they *must* be in order to even become trending. The same cannot be said about fornite, apex, or whatever the normies are into nowadays. Most online mainstream games look very tacky, generic, and are aimed at the lowest common denominator, yet look how popular they are. It clearly shows a difference of standards between the two communities. A single player game does not reach mainstream success by being low effort. This is why I have this theory that gaming communities are divided into two classes. The cultured and more intelligent folk who enjoy story driven games. And then there’s the sheep consumers who are easily entertained by just about anything and rather play whatever is the most popular at the moment. these are multiplayer only gamers.

[@sitordan]

Singleplayer games are not going away any time soon. Thank God for developers that understand that!

[@seclusion2326]

Iordan Sorin Titus exactly! I hope they keep that in mind.

[@mikewhitaker2880]

untill EA buys them and squashes them like they have done with various other studios...

[@langbuddha2798]

Iordan Sorin Titus yeah single players will be around still but good single players are already dying, most of them are so big only because they come from series that are to big to fail despite not being what they fans want.

[@MrAbsurdSisyphus]

It’s sad that this corporate giant is so cynically manipulating masses of young gamers who haven’t experienced the beauty and awesome power of total immersion in a brilliant single player game. It’s subliminal messaging 101 to dictate to the masses what they want (which increases their revenues over time). I cannot remember how many hours I’ve put into a game like Final Fantasy VII. I still go back to it after 20 years for the nostalgia. I bet tonnes of you out there have your own single player experiences just like this (Oblivion and Skyrim come to mind)... I’ve boycotted any EA from my household. I have two young children who are avid gamers with five different platforms for them to choose from. Big mistake EA. They’ll never play your games on my watch.

[@langbuddha2798]

Absurd if you’ve boycotted EA I hope you have a list of all 39 game companies that they own, that you also boycotted, don’t make false claims I’m sure you own a shot ton of EA games but you are to ignorant to know it. EA is not trying to get anyone to keep from playing a game they guy that made this video is so that. If you read the actual interview you will see proof that this guy did nothing but lie and incorrectly quote for 10 minuets. But you are to narrow minded and to busy playing EA games to do that.

[@ReinaHW]

I prefer to play single player, I like to play at my own pace in my own time and have no interest in multi player and playing with others. If a game is multi player only with no single player experience then it has no interest nor value to me. I still play Pac Man and Streets Of Rage 2 from time to time when I'm needing a breather from the games we get today. Just recently finished Assassin's Creed 4's main story, with all collectibles found, this morning. Sadly couldn't play the Freedom DLC due to a game breaking glitch close to the start that prevented progress. Looking to get started, well resume with, on Assassin's Creed Syndicate shortly, I still feel no interest nor desire to game with others so any multi player games are being ignored. Not sure what game I'll buy next when I'm ready to but I do know that it will be a single player title, really can't be arsed to game with others.

[@shilpadoshi9816]

Reina Watt you atleast need one multiplayer game in your library. Cuz multiplayer games are endless.

[@rovertstein4289]

Shilpa Doshi Endless... until someone pull the plug

[@ReinaHW]

I have a few online focused games like Sea Of Thieves, Star Trek Online, No Man's Sky and I have games with multi player like Dragonball Xenoverse 1 and 2. I still prefer to play alone even then and rarely work aside others unless I don't have an option but to do so. They're aren't endless since once the servers go off or have problems then the online aspect is dead and for games that don't let you play alone then all you have left is a shiny new coaster.

[@ReinaHW]

Not my thing, not into shooters despite being pretty good at them. They bore me to tears.

[@yashshetye6172]

Shilpa Doshi Multiplayer games do end when a publisher decides to pull the plug, when the game is no longer fun and nothing new or inovative is added over the course of the game or when the said multiplayer game no longer supports a player base (usually happens in 80% AAA titles especially on the PC platform)

[@Gio-ym4uj]

Money isn't the only capital. With time i grew to believe that Sony means quality because they delivered just that, quality. I'm more inclinde to buy a Nintendo or a Sony game and not an EA game, because of that specific reason. What EA is doing is damaging on the long run. Their short-sightedness will be their downfall.

[@JafarAlMoosa]

Giovanni S. Oliveira amen to that

[@georgecataloni4720]

The word is reputation. EA is going bankrupt in reputation.

[@whackify]

its why i picked up fallout 3 and 4, horizon zero dawn and many others i have nothing against multiplayer games but sometimes i need some "me" time in a game.

[@JShocks7]

Lmfao EA not going down anytime soon. Regardless of the dumb things they sat, they still make a shit ton of money. Their standards are so high when it comes to sales that 9 million copies of Battlefront 2 wasn't enough to them

[@EMPeter]

The weird thing is that I actually like Origin and Origin Access. The latter is basically the Netflix of video games sure not as huge a library but 25€ a year is a steal. I wish they've put that much effort into ME:Andromeda which so far isn't a bad game but it could have been so much better.

[@Nighthearted]

I hate online gaming, it's unimmersive at best. It's perfectly possible to make "unending" open world games without the online element. In fact, these are my favorite. Just make the world as organic as you can with systems where making a living require variations of creative loops, nice AI to NPCs and a well implemented and executed immersive setting. That's already being done on some scale on most RPGs, such as Skyrim where you can spend thousands of hours without caring about the main story (mostly thanks to mods tho) and Cyberpunk 2077 (king supreme of all hypes, supposed to innovate on all said aspects). An example of EA's singleplayer game that's just like that, although not an RPG, is The Sims 3. But that's BS talk by EA, they don't really mean what they say, they couldn't be that dumb. The real issue here is the profit they're not making. Having a game be successful is not enough anymore. Now they want to milk every single penny the players could possibly give out of sheer addiction. That's the strategy MMOs are using for decades now. At the end of the day, games like that are just like a carrot on a stick to keep the palyers distracted while they empty their bank account. I'm never going back to online gaming.

[@mememan2.074]

For me multi is good as long as single is also good

[@AlukardTheDeathknight]

EA Lisp "Single player game is dead" 2018 single player games "That's cute"

[@cameronmiller6514]

Alukard TheDeathknight The people who made red dead 2, Spider-Man, and GOW are laughing their asses off to the bank 😂

[@randomguy6679]

Laughs in Cuphead

[@FoolOfATuque]

@@randomguy6679 Cuphead is so awesome! Wicked hard though.

[@smilingbandit6900]

@@cameronmiller6514 And the devs of Project zero dawn must have had a laugh attack for a week.

[@racefrazier7998]

Rockstar, Insomniac, Santa Monica Studos "Hold our beers" CDprojekt Red and From software (Waves)

[@commandercavy9549]

Remember when single payer campaigns gave more meaning to video games than multiplayer games? I 'member

[@OM3GA-Z3RO]

Yuri Karpov Lang-ayan 'member when dlc content were unlockable content that you can unlock by collecting collectables or doing certain conditions to unlock it? Ooooh I 'member!

[@adesh.x7]

Yuri Karpov Lang-ayan yeah before I became a pro gamer

[@BertMagurt]

Yuri Karpov Lang-ayan Porridge farm remumbers

[@MrUnpredicatable21]

Pepridge Farms remembers...

[@masterstepz9800]

Member when DLC didn’t mean adding content to an unfinished game but, meant adding extra content to an already complete game. EA is making us pay more to have a whole game. We’re practically playing a beta game.

[@GothiQhaQer]

I basically only play single player games.

[@Godzilladad]

GothiQ haQer me too.my time is limited

[@jasonutty52]

Good taste

[@tokinadatsunayashiro7576]

Yeah same, use to play online but I just can't deal with other people and there emotional breakdowns when playing a game online. Hopefully there are more single player games in the future

[@dotanon]

Jakob Siren Yeah I was big into Dota 2 but it almost single-handedly put me off online games in the end.

[@ounaku]

I stopped playing multiplayer cuz I dont want to play with kids anymore

[@Mike_G4lifeLive]

The Witcher 3 still my favorite single player actually like it more then Skyrim because the world is so alive, beautiful & wonderful endings base of the player choices need more games like this can’t wait till Cyberpunk 2077 going to blow these games as service games with micro transactions and loot boxes away lol.

[@thiccle1160]

All hail Cyberpunk 2077

[@robertjensen4541]

hey hey hey HEY "THE WITCHER 3 IS CONSIDERED THE BEST GAME EVER MADE" in GameInformer magazine. I personally replayed the damn life sucking pit of awesomeness that is Witcher 3 5 times and omg its still sooooooo good.

[@tomu2981]

Mass Effect is another good series where your choices actually matter. I recommend playing them if you haven't already. My favorite games.

[@robertjensen4541]

@@tomu2981 only problem is they're only available on last gen.

[@tomu2981]

@@robertjensen4541 And pc and because they are last gen games they probably run on most new computers if that computer isn't complete trash. Also you can probably find ps3 and xbox 360 for really low price.

[@CodyDunmire]

My Masters degree is a focus on video games as literature. I can tell you without a doubt that a multiplayer game with a minimal to nonexistent campaign isnt literature, it's a cash cow. With a game like the new God of War, I can look at how time has affected Kratos, how his entire worldview has shifted, how the relationship with his son develops when his wife is not there to bridge the gap between them. I can't get that from Battlefront 2. The story in that game feels tacked on, rushed, and like somebody had to come up with a story because Disney told them to. Single player stories are alive and well, and in the educational circles, they are some of the best avenues for teaching literature through gaming.

[@Genericname]

Cody Dunmire i agree with you

[@guilhermeferrao5968]

Bonus points for God of War for teaching greek (and now Norse) mythology

[@micah1337]

I mainly a PC Gamer.and I have a strong dislike for multi-player (unless you're sitting on the couch with your buddy playing Mario Kart or something) I grew up with most of the time video games being a story something immersive with stuff coming out like RuneScape making a big splash I was fine with it at the beginning but I feel like the whole online thing has been over done.I didn't mind DLC when it added more story like jakob's Cove in Borderlands. long story short I like the story and good gameplay and I feel like a lot of modern video games have gone into the pay-to-play stuff too much even if you paid for the game up front. loot boxes and the pay to finish the story Model . I'd rather pay more upfront and not have to deal with that. and as for games that I replay all the time. the Borderlands Series so far 5 to 6 times Half-Life the series Doom Wolfenstein and many more. they have also lost a good story aspect in a lot of games making the single player a prelude to multiplayer. I've been losing interest in a lot of titles that I had followed since I was very young because of this.

[@marinaathanaselli4624]

I like single player games more than multiplayer because you get attached to the story and actually care for the protagonist such us mass effect1,2,3,andromeda,kingdom hearts,banjo kazooie,dead space,god of war 4 and a lot more

[@satoro26]

They don't want a game people will play a long time. They want a game people will pay for stuff in for as long as it takes them to make a sequel.

[@jchifos]

mr beast partners with honey and jack in the box has chilly cheeseburger and everyone got covid..thats whats going on a year later satoro

[@iamshow6477]

I live in a place with really shitty internet and though I will move soon I grew up loving single player experiences and in all honesty I don't think multiplayer-based games are all that. Anyway, I really love single player games and can't wait for Red Dead, Last of Us, Life is Strange 2 and the likes. I love your videos, keep it up.

[@chad6876]

IamShow isn't Life is Strange 2 out already?

[@iamshow6477]

Chad Issel That's a prequel, there is a sequel coming with a new set of characters

[@Atulnavadiya]

IamShow exactly.

[@brybry3927]

Red Dead Redemption looks really good and heard it will have an online mode like GTA 5 did. And GTA 5 did things perfect... EA can take pointers from Rockstar Games

[@X02Overdose]

Bryson Flippo the original red dead had multiplayer lol

[@KiwiinSpace]

Why not great single player games with the option of co-op? EDIT: Heh, your all right, what I should have really said was great single player with split screen co-op. (I haven't play A Way Out.) It's just something that i've been noticing. For whatever reason split screen has been getting gutted by lots of games that you'd think would have it, they should have it, but they don't. Games like Overwatch and Destiny for example pride themselves on co-op and team work, but you can't play with your friends on the couch. I also never played Halo 5, but I heard that it didn't have split screen which sucked. I've just realised we're getting off topic here. We're supposed to be talking about single player games. EA is totally wrong on this one. Of course people are interested in single player games, the problem is that most single player campaigns today suck, or their mis-marketed. Despite this there is still a market for them, games like Persona 5 and the new God Of War are proving this. EA is severely out of touch with the consumer really wants.

[@LawrenceLatrellJacksonMcknight]

Kiwi In Space lOoKiNG CoOL JoKeR

[@t.o.p.4175]

A way out.

[@DamianCRWDctrl]

Portal 2 has both.

[@niceemployee]

Both The Last of Us and Uncharted 4 have that.

[@meurer13daniel]

Rage 2 is likely to be one of those. With no micro-transactions.

[@mr.fahrenheit3768]

As a person who plays games exclusively in single player, I'm not very proud of the game industry right now

[@princeofsomnia7664]

People: We want star wars sandbox rpg like skyrim where you do anything you want and do quest what you want EA: *instructions not clear. Make microtransaction star wars game*

[@shadowprince426]

Handsome Jack they canceled it because they couldn’t find a way to add micro transactions in the single play game ea is going downhill fast

[@davidunderwood9728]

The single license to EA from lucasfilm is the biggest mistake they made after the Disney acquisition

[@shadowprince426]

David Underwood it’s better of getting the deal too someone else that’s really good at making story base games

[@davidunderwood9728]

XtremeGamingSensation well I play For Honor and love the stance fighting with swords. Now tell me who would not want to buy that game if it was Star Wars and had lightsabers? But we won't know until at least 2020 when someone else can get there hands on the Star Wars brand. (All we've gotten is 2 multiplayer shooter games with a lot of hatred and a crap ton of mobile games in like 8 years)

[@roque87]

It's as if EA was controlled by Artificial Intelligence that's not actually intelligent: "Error, does not compute human desire interections"

[@Q10gaming]

Single player games always have he best storys like uncharted or god of war🤷🏽‍♂️💀

[@coletrainhetrick]

Q-10 God of war has a good story? That's news to me. Numerous examples and you mention god of war

[@kekky2033]

Q-10 god of war has amazing hack and slash and an amazing story. But uncharted is kinda... not so appealing for my taste

[@coletrainhetrick]

KevkyHD it just seems like it's opposite day or fucking something, how does Good of War possibly have a good story. Nevermind what you just said about Uncharted, WHST FOES GOD OF WAR DO THST MAKES IT REMOTELY A GOOD STORY

[@coletrainhetrick]

Brandon Roberts I love persona 5 but you should realize that those games didn't even make a ton of money in comparison to what actually did. PUBG is what made a shit to of money last year and furthermore doki doki literature club is a free game so it is completely irrelevant to mention it

[@TheHexEffect90]

Have you even played the newest God of War? It actually does have a good story. That's one of the reasons critics have been rating the game so highly.

[@Blackhart-7]

Freya from God of War in thumbnail. Coincidence? I don't think so xD

[@gameranxTV]

Yep, it's Freya.

[@marky3609]

I like her so much lol. Her voice actress is hot as hell too.

[@jok96_]

Spoiler?

[@Blackhart-7]

Thejok3r 96 Kinda, not really? xD

[@dominicthorp3248]

But Freya is Norse. And isnt God of War set in the Greek pantheon? Shown by the Omega symbol and most of the bosses are named after the Gods.

[@WitheredFreddo]

No Ea we don't want battle royals Nor any Micro transactions. We just want Singleplayer content.

[@gojizard704]

Ea: sorry we couldn't hear you were busy making a star wars battle royale

[@AshuPirateKing]

What abou last of us, Witcher 3, god of war 4 etc. There are the best single player games and they dont have multiplayer except last of us

[@yannickmartens2041]

AshuPirateKing What about HZD? That's probably my favorite single player game, beating Skyrim (for me, of course)

[@casper6405]

yannick martens for me as well

[@yannickmartens2041]

Ironically, since I don't have a ps4 I haven't even played HZD yet, just watched others. But as soon as I can afford it, I'm buying the game and console

[@mongocom1735]

AshuPirateKing what about f*cking darksouls (yeah it has Multiplayer) but you dont need to go online

[@Slaveknight_gael]

Yannick, you should really get God of War. It honestly makes HZD feel obsolete. That's coming from someone who put HZD in the last year Top-3 list (with Nier Automata and BOTW)

[@jackburton2946]

They are not wrong, they are flat out lying to make profit. Single player games is a threat to mirco transactions, loot boxes, and all the crap which plague game companies today.

[@Slayer-cd8gc]

Andrew Burton well games like Tales of Beseria are single player, but have ways to buy upgrades in game like costumes or plants that up your stats. Plus you can buy 30 levels for each toon. So single players are doing it to.

[@Slayer-cd8gc]

To me micros are just like cheats from the old days Up,Up,Down,Down,Left,Right,Left,Right,A,B, and Start. They just took away the cheat and put a doller $ on it.

[@saberline152]

too bad for EA lootboxes are now a form of gambling in Belgium ...

[@studiomaz]

Nailed it

[@langbuddha2798]

Andrew Burton this right here is why the guy that made the video should be fired, if you watch the interview the guy is Incorrectly quoting you would know that they never said anything about people not wanting singleplayer games at all, all they said was that Linear singleplayer games are not as desirable as they were 5 or 10 years ago, and that’s true. look at all the singleplayer games that people love today none of them are Linear. Instead of just listening to some guy on KZbin spit lies in your face you should research just a bit.

[@MyWORDisntGospel]

I still go back to Witcher 3 and Last of Us. I’m currently playing God of War. They are wrong. I know I’m not the only gamer that has an Online Game I play with my friends, a sports title to also play online and a single player campaign game that I go to when I don’t feel like being social. Yes EA, sometimes we don’t want to be social. And that’s ok.

[@TBK7913]

I wouldnt say the witcher 3 is a linear game though

[@wasabiwaldo8603]

the point is that it is fine to play games by yourself...

[@alexanderschweinehunde167]

What about doom

[@lostn65]

They didn't say single player sucks. What they really meant is, they don't make as much money as multiplayer. There's no ongoing revenue from sales of cosmetics or gambling (loot boxes).

[@ViperDivinity]

EA: Single Players are worst at selling *Shows Nier Automata, Devil May Cry 5, Legend Of Zelda, Kingdom Hearts* EA: (Proceeds to drink Poison)

[@nctpti2073]

Not sure on the others but Nier Automata is non-linear and the EA comments were saying people do not want *linear*

[@cosmic2750]

@@nctpti2073 but they did essentially meant Single-Player games.

[@nctpti2073]

@@cosmic2750 Right but the EA comments that the video was responding to were saying that people do not want single player games that are too linear. That is not the same as saying people do not want single player games period.

[@cosmic2750]

@@nctpti2073 that's true, yeh the comments on the video talked about 'linear' games, but EA has also talked in that way for singleplayer games, in general, we just referred to the wrong comment...

[@nathandrake4140]

Uncharted 4 has sold 17 million...where is that?

[@Zeboki]

Devil May Cry 3 Devil May Cry 4 Bayonetta Bayonetta 2 Dragon Age Origins Persona 5 Drakengard Drakengard 3 Nier Nier Automata Final Fantasy 15 Doom 2016 Mafia 2 Metal Gear Revengeance And finally Vanquish I still play all of these frequently today and enjoy them a lot. Because they're effin amazing Edit: I can't believe I forgot to mention the Yakuza series.

[@Zeboki]

Titan slayer Well excepting a few of them. But yes I'm more drawn into those games.

[@Gamepositive]

Doom mafia Dragon age Final fantasty are not hack and slash games by the way Dragon age is also from EA and 1 and 3 are very good singleplayers games so not all EA games are bad but Yes a lot are but not all

[@Zeboki]

Gamepositive The thing is that most EA games that were good were old, the time when micro transactions didn't had a huge impact because there were so little.

[@spiderbat4956]

Harris Zeboki I see you are a man of taste when it comes to action games. None of that two button over the shoulder casual cutscenes fest kiddie toy uncomplex Sony god of boi bullshit.

[@Zeboki]

Peaquad Will you marry me?

[@20alpha20]

i don't even touch multiplayer section of games

[@diel6755]

U should try it sometimes. I know there will be at least one ass person but it's still fun

[@christopherbarham4402]

A_PeReZ too bad, you're missing out on r6 seige

[@bchristian85]

I used to play UT2004 and CS:Source back in the day. I've lost all interest in multiplayer though and have always preferred single player. EA is exactly why AAA games have fallen so far in the last decade. Meanwhile, you have great indie devs picking up the slack. It would be so nice though to get a new Star Wars Jedi Knight or KOTOR game though. Probably will never happen.

[@bionicearth]

I don't either, but some games have a great multiplayer, for example TITANFALL 2, has an incredible single player campaing, and a pretty good multiplayer.

[@raegan_1018]

christopher Barham I’m only missing 2 OPs and I’m supper exited for the new season 3 dlc

[@oldred9122]

GTA 5 is a good case study on this. The single player was awesome, but the online was more profitable, so guess which one R* focused on? I'm sure it was the right financial decision, but now the reputation of R* isn't too great right now because of this.

[@slendernite7431]

OldRed91 still excited for single player red dead redemption tho

[@sebastiandurando2493]

Yeah, I never played GTA online, but I still think GTAV is a good game. An expansion or two would have been good though.

[@pullstringgoboom0811]

Rockstar has never put any focus on the single player side of any GTA. This also the first time Rockstar has had a hugely successful multiplayer. So yea no shit that's where their focus is at and no it hasn't tarnished their rep.

[@davidunderwood9728]

How is it tarnish the reputation they're one of the best video game developers of all time, with one of the best-selling games of all time, and has the most highly anticipated game of 2018 (& 2017 when it was originally supposed to come out). You'll be like the rest of us and buy Red Dead Redemption 2 and flaunt over that game until that online service takes over

[@dimeuno]

Based on what I've witnessed as someone who's played every main entry in GTA to completion since GTA 2 (played 1 but didn't finish), before GTA 5 the focus was only on the single player side with every GTA. GTA 4 the online was just a bonus to me, and it wasn't particularly exciting. GTA 4 had some great single player expansions, but GTA 5 has had none because they monetized the online mode and it became more profitable to ignore adding anything to the single player. That said, I still enjoy GTA 5 Online, but it feels kind of cold and lifeless. Besides grinding for your next toy, which gets old pretty fast due to the kinds of activities involved, the limited variety of profitable activities for your time invested, and the repetition, it feels like there's so much wasted potential there that could have made it a much greater experience. There's a lot of quality of life issues and bugs that seem like they could be easily dealt with if they cared, but it's possible the code is just too difficult to mess with in order to fix those issues. Hopefully they heavily improve upon it with GTA 6's online mode. If they build the game from the start with the idea of making the game as easy to modify as possible when it comes to the online, so that they can alter it and fix any flaws in the design, and bugs, they''ll probably be able to make it a MUCH better experience overall. I suspect they'll do better next time around because they didn't know the online for GTA 5 would become so profitable, it was probably an afterthought for them. But now that they know it can be very profitable, they'll probably put a lot more into it from the ground up during its creation, instead of what was likely a rush job without a lot of planning and careful consideration of features in a lot of ways.

[@horsekondom96]

EA: Single players games are dead Rockstar Games: hold my beer

[@romiarkan450]

Rockstar, Platinum Games, Atlus, CD Projekt Red, FromSoftware: Hold OUR beer.

[@adlibbed2138]

Project Aces : « that's what Ace Combat 7 was for... »

[@pchtommy1268]

THQ Nordic

[@bennettfender1546]

Horse Kondom don't forget ID software with Doom 2016 rip and tear baby.

[@RAZEN_EXCELSIOR]

God of war:hold this medusa head

[@dhughesy2023]

Red Dead 2 is yet again another middle finger to EA

[@brandtaylor93]

rockstar is probably their inspiration, how many times are they going to re release gta 5... they keep milking gta online

[@jueezzzz]

@@brandtaylor93 Atleast GTA V is good while EA can’t make a good game for shit.

[@user-br4xw9gn9x]

Wish they would remove the online mode for that game though lol, it really damages it’s reputation.

[@LadyElvan]

This is EXACTLY RIGHT. I HATE having to play multiplayer!!

[@LadyElvan]

LOATHE it. And PubG. NEver played Fortnite because it's just a PubG rip-off, and that game SUCKS

[@johnlawful2272]

Nabinani 777 lord of the flies and battle royale

[@LadyElvan]

Fortnite isn't that intelligent. Nothing is their own idea, and they didn't even have the graphics as good as PubG (and oh my GODS it pains me to say there's anything worthy in PubG!).

[@LadyElvan]

Much rather play Witcher 2 or 3, Skyrim, Fallout 2+, hell even America's Army.

[@SNinjaQK]

multiplayer games were made for filthy casuals, also mmo's don't count in this context especially the story driven ones

[@ProjectGamerYT]

God of War proves single player games aren't going anywhere at all. EA are moronic as usual.

[@_omaradnan]

Project Gamer my exact thoughts

[@Cruzan9]

I share your exact sentiment.

[@Khyreemlb]

Amen brother. I think I paused God of war like 4 times and was like holy shit. That game is absolutely amazing.

[@RhythmGrizz]

Zelda Breath of the Wild as well In a major way.

[@pragmaticeagle4832]

God of War, the Witcher 3, etc. Yup, these games definitely debunk this bit of EA buffoonery

[@rcarfang2]

The best games have been single player: Kingdom Hearts 2, The Final Fantasy games, Nier, Nier:Automata, Okami, Legend of Zelda, Mario, God of War, Devil May Cry 3, Marvel Spider-Man, Infamous 2,. So EA is wrong.

[@legendgames128]

My favorite one is The Escapists (2)

[@AFT_05G]

RDR 2:Hold my revolver!

[@stefancharmel3522]

Batman arkham

[@rcarfang2]

@@sireregor6633 I do not own RDR2. I did play it at a friends apartment. Good game.

[@greenguy2356]

@@rcarfang2 any games you recommend tired of playing mp

[@TomMcD71]

EA is completely and utterly WRONG because single player games have been the bread and butter of video games for DECADES but EA can't cheaply monetize single player games to death for a decade. That's why EA doesn't want to make single player games and that's why I am done with EA and some of my favorite old school games are Perfect Dark, Chrono Trigger, Secret of Mana, Secret of Evermore, and EarthBound just to name a few.

[@ron8162]

Huge example of this is Skyrim, people still play it till this day and its like 10 years old

[@anonymousbeaver4486]

Ron Yuma especially with dlc-sized mods out there for it

[@XansStuff]

Only 7 years but still......

[@outlawn123]

San Andreas one of the best singleplayer games...

[@derchecker154]

Cant compare skyrim with regular Singleplayer games tho

[@tendyking8756]

The studio Naughty Dog exemplifies the points made in this video wonderfully. They are arguably one of the best game studios with all of their current games, the Uncharted series and The Last of Us being narrative driven singleplayer games, all of which are incredibly fun and sold very well. Even their older games were mainly singleplayer, and I think the fact that ND has chosen to evolve to create these singleplayer experiences and not "games as a service", paired with ND's success speaks for itself.

[@spiderbat4956]

TendyGuyMcKay Both of those games have mediocre gameplay, and Bioshock and Deus Ex have more to say in their pinkie toes than those games.

[@Garry2527]

Peaquad nope

[@cherrydragon3120]

TendyGuyMcKay but thats because Naughty dog. Quality over quantity. Because quality will sell just as good or even better then quantity

[@randomthingz2showrandomthi208]

Cherry Dragon it's more like balance between them.if a title only has quality in it,it is very good but will die very quickly because there is no quantity.if a title has quality *AND* quantity,it would and will be the best and last for a very long time.naughty dog has been known for this.though I do feel like they sort of lack quantity in some titles like uncharted 4,I felt like it ended too quick(or maybe I'm just good at the game) but don't have anything bad about the studio but I just wish that could expand their genre.you'll be suprised that I'm not a big fan of games that try to be a movie.

[@liamsams]

TendyGuyMcKay the only thing I can really say is bad about Naughty Dog is shitty microtransactions in multiplayer, even though I've never bought a naughty dog game for multiplayer.

[@manthanmehta2999]

Hey EA guess what Red Dead Redemption 2 Spider-man God Of War The Last Of Us Uncharted GTA Cyberpunk Need I go on And yeah all of these franchises combined That is Single Player Vs Multiplayer in Sales And Customer Experience Are far better than all of multiplayer combined Look at the sales and the reviews Most of all The satisfaction of the customer experience Why they love and always will

[@dez-m]

+Mario Oddysey and Firewatch.

[@cmginfinity18]

May I add.. + Horizon Zero Dawn.

[@NormanReaddis]

Even if you combine all of that you cannot defeat fornites revenue lol I know it's sad but it just is

[@cyber7xx10]

+The Witcher 3

[@lightyagami8645]

@@NormanReaddis gta 5 made more money than fortnite , much more

[@Deedric_Kee]

Uncharted Trilogy Sleeping Dogs Yakuza Series God of WaR Trilogy Witcher 3 Assassin's Creed Series and more....

[@Deedric_Kee]

Nabinani Neptuner I agree 😎

[@Natashina01]

It's sad that EA made those remarks after the runaway successes of both Skyrim in and The Witcher 3. Those games still make boatloads of money years after they were released.

[@rogueguardian]

Well assassin's Creed added multiplayer later on

[@marianrucareanu8802]

@@rogueguardian they stoped

[@isaacmaondyq8491]

marvel's greatest hero u a stoopid

[@BB-hv9vc]

EA is wrong, why? *God of War* I rest my case.

[@NB-qj5ol]

Lmao

[@chazftwdude]

single player games rock

[@IWFDI]

so my favorite Singleplayer games are 1. The Witcher 3 2. Deus Ex 3. Mass Effect 2 4. Pillars of Eternity

[@usmanjs7621]

Lol i am deus ex mankind divided now its an amazing game everything in that game is gorgeous tbh:)

[@TheSateef]

looks like a great list, i loved far cry 5 and the 2 latest tomb raider games, will definitely get the first 3 on your list

[@myaemmajade]

Skyrim, people are still making careers of easter eggs on youtube

[@SomeDudeQC]

Not to be *that guy* because honestly I don't play online games, but everyone wants the billions Rockstar is making.

[@SD-tj5dh]

Marc-André B rockstar still makes games that a single player can still thoroughly enjoy for free.

[@YouthEnergy]

In Rockstar's defence, they nailed the balance between online and offline. Hopefully they can do the same with Red Dead 2.

[@blueberrymuffenman]

Marc-André B what I'm worried about is that former EA executive that joined Rockstar for the sole purpose of monetizeing everything. I haven't played Gta since the gunrunners update because it became a pay to win situation or for that matter just do anything... And I hope and pray they don't kill reddead. I like how cryptic and neverwinter handle the whole singel player pvp thing

[@themurmeli88]

Pillars of Eternity 2 just came out, and 70+ hours into that, I can say that it's amazing. SP games are not dead, at least not yet.

[@durakeno5575]

themurmeli88 never will. While western gaming is definitely leaning on online gaming. The crapton of niche and interesting JRPGs flowing out of Japan will never stop!

[@superstealth1000]

EA does not want a game that people will PLAY indefinitely EA wants a game the people will PAY for indefinitely!

[@thedarkwolf6967]

superstealth1000 TRUE. I was about to comment that. They can’t rip off players as much as they do in multiplayer games. A good story driven Game wouldn’t be pay to win.

[@AzraelDarkness64Gaming]

Single player games that I still play today Spyro the Dragon series Sonic the Hedgehog Series Sonic Adventure series God of War Ratchet and Clank series Star Wars Rogue Squadron series Star Wars Force Unleashed Series UNCHARTED series Kingdom Hearts series Dishonored games Sonic Mania Star Fox 64 Old Star Wars Battlefronts games Lego games Digimon games Sonic all stars racing Witcher Series Rayman Series Medal of Honor Series Mortal Kombat Series I enjoy my Single-player games more then I do online gaming to be honest

[@ViperDivinity]

Add DMC series too

[@tomtom21194]

Last of us was linear epic story and character focus but had a very good multiplayer too, why is that so hard? Im a casual gamer now, i dont spend days online like when i was a teenager so i appreciate quality over quantity now and am willing to pay a bit more for a great singleplayer experience

[@HappyDude1]

tomtom21194 Yeah me to Its because as you grow up You dont have time to play online anymore Because your friends must be online to ..... My friends just dont play anymore

[@staydeadly3835]

Personally I really enjoyed the Fable series. I even just reinstalled it to replay it FOR LIKE THE TENTH TIME. Big companies like EA, that try and go for a more online game than actually caring about the base story of the game will hopefully fall off sooner than later

[@zerowolfblade]

Probably my favorite series to date.

[@thebiggun6666]

Man I completely agree I've played every Fable installment to date it was an amazing game series I'm sure I've played two and three more than any other game I've ever played think I replayed 3 at least a dozen times and I played two probably twice as much I love how I fee and you can pretty much become this overpowered revered beloved god king in both I personally wish more games have that type of ending and I wish multiplayer would die out a little

[@CliqueOverAnything]

Stay Deadly won't happen. 80% of their income probably comes from a small minority lol. If it was going to cause ea to go bankrupt or change their game plan it would have already but they're making more money than before.

[@meurer13daniel]

i'm playing it for the first time now. The combat is a little dated and annoying sometimes, but it's for sure a very fun game. Just finished the prison mission

[@vlad-ovidiuadam6489]

Fable...wow...i totally left that out....what a fucking brilliant game!

[@sebwagner9255]

I think it comes down to the EA top dogs not actually being gamers or invested in games anymore and them being businessmen. You think of the best single player linear story based games like the Witcher series and their developers ,CD project Red are probably gamers. I’m not completely sure but I would assume it. EA to these people is not what the people want, but what will put a fat pay check in their pockets.

[@pauliusivanovas4621]

well where to start: The witcher series Mass effect series Uncharted series The last of us Horizon zero dawn Dragon Age series Fallout series Dungeon siege series and many more all single player and i would played all of them more then once

[@GAMINGBLAZE]

You missed elder scrolls, Arkham series

[@geeerwin]

Personally, I like single player games more than multiplayer ones. I come for the ztory, gameplay and the total experience. Multiplayer games may reel in more new players more because of the interaction, but I think single player games is still the heart of gaming. The greatness of gaming lies in single player games or ones that have more emphasis on single player campaigns. It is true, it is an art. It is a movie inside a game, there lies meaning and all. *It will not die*. As for my favorite single player focused games: Batman Arkham Series, Hitman Series (still waiting for HITMAN season 2), Uncharted Series, Red Dead Redemption, The Last of Us, Shadow of Mordor Series, Assassin's Creed until AC IV: Black Flag and Resident Evil 4 (damn was it a good game. needs to be remastered asap!).

[@mr.skarkasm7755]

other than the MTs in Origins, Its on Par with BF

[@lordofdarkness4204]

One of my favourite single player games is The Witcher 3

[@Psycho1343]

single player and multiplayer are both unique in their own way.

[@jordondeannon5501]

This is why I don't understand why people even buy singleplayer games, they are art. You can just watch a playthrough of the full game by someone that is good and yeah. Multiplayer on the other hand is like, idk, skill based? I think if a game can't frustrate me it bores me PS. RPG's are immune (although every game is technically an RPG but you understand me e.g Skyrim) PSS. OH AND CRYSIS 1, the enemy ai on that was great

[@Syntherus]

You have to know how to speak EA. "Players aren't as interested in single player games as they used to be" actually means "single player games aren't as profitable as online games with micro transactions." As for games I go back to, I've probably spent more time playing Kingdom Hearts 2 than any online game I've ever played. I've beat that game more than 10 times. A playthrough takes about 30 hours. That doesn't count all the grinding to hit the various lvl caps, synthesis, and the time it takes to beat all of the optional bosses. I also play Conker's Bad Fur Day once a year, replay the various Zelda games every so often, revisit Mario 64, replay Pokemon games, replay the God of War series, replay the Uncharted series, etc. I could go on and on. I can't tell you the last EA game I replayed, though.

[@adlindorsal9877]

Nier Automata definitely been my best so far. If you can just get in the right mood, no responsibilities to worry about, you can get immersed in the world and just fall in love with it like any game that doesn't keep scratching you wallet.

[@kylecoucke943]

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[@thehardingameyt6846]

Hate Mailer DDLC can easily win against NieR Automata in story aspect Though, NieR defeats everything I have played/watched in Music and Gamplay aspect

[@adlindorsal9877]

DDLC and Nier Automata have very different stories, so at that point it's just subjective lol. I still respect DDLC, but idk if we can compare a game that's less than 10hrs long to a game that lasts for 40+ hrs, also the category of a VN and jrpg open worldish isn't quite similar.

[@thehardingameyt6846]

AnizeJGLover Don't worry It's just me who don't like broken piece story style where player has to find the links

[@alqu6375]

I never really got into non-local mutiplayer anyway. When I play a game I want to get away from people. Not play with strangers who call a f** and make remarks about my mom. I only play with guests to my house and my brother.

[@Aymannnnnnnn]

Valve. Capcom. Rockstar. Naughty dog. They made billions with single player games.

[@yannickmartens2041]

And Bethesda. Because skyrim's the game that just keeps giving.

[@Aymannnnnnnn]

yannick martens sorry about that I forgot to mention Bethesda. Also fallout 3 and Vegas are so good. I wish they could remaster them one day

[@yannickmartens2041]

Aymen yeah, your right. I've never played those, but that's more because I'm personally not interested in post-apoctaliptic wasteland settings. Guerilla games is another good company, with Horizon Zero Dawn. A game I do want. (Which might seem to contradict my opinion on fallout, but HZD is more a primitive setting than a nuclear wasteland.) But yeah, I can recognize that Fallout 3 and Vegas are good games. Well made, after all.

[@Aymannnnnnnn]

yannick martens I had no interest in fallout but I gave it a shot and enjoyed it. Also horizon was a good game , but I'mma give u a game u might hate me for. Btow. They both felt alike but I enjoyed Zelda way more

[@emperorfaiz]

Don't forget Nintendo for being faithful to single player games since Donkey Kong arcade game.

[@Flaris]

Of course EA is just full of it. I've gone back to replay Persona 4 far more often and for more time than I have with their sports games or just online team shooters. Sure those are fun at times when with friends. But they aren't the only great gaming experience. I get EA, they can get more from bleeding people with this 'experiences' than they can with a one-time game sale. Doesn't mean that's what I want or what I'll spend my money on. If the amount of great single player games dwindles then I'll just buy fewer games.

[@Floridamangaming729]

FlareKnight there only saying it to push there microtransactions. Its hard to sell a single player game with them in it.

[@Ninjahankin]

I approve of this comment.

[@TheRealJ-Man]

I, myself, really enjoy single player games. That's what I grew up playing and I still play single player games.

[@end-rew]

Show this video to all game developing companies. And keep showing day after day.

[@gatecrasher0380]

I will never buy Call of duty again without a single player campaign. I still go back to my skyrim, GoW, and many other single player games.

[@Theslyandsonicfan]

Agreed

[@pesii1452]

skyrim will never age as long as there are mods unless TES6 comes out

[@Sl1mch1ckens]

Skyrim itself proves that ppl still want a decent single player game, granted its not the best single player game but it still has sooooo many ppl playing it. And if you really want to still be greedy and make a decent single player game follow in skyrims footsteps even more and just remaster it n bring it out like 70 times just for more money.

[@andrewdupuis1151]

@@pesii1452 TES6 better still have single player. that's why i am not buying fallout 76 it has no single player

[@theonewhoknows2]

@Darius Valodius try cod 2 game of the year edition, I remember being so in to it. Was the first online game for the Xbox 360 as well if I remember.

[@SandipFPS]

We need better single player games like Crysis, Mass Effect series etc. People still play these games and love them. GOW is a great example.

[@Beery1962]

I try to stay away from multiplayer. Too many people trying to spoil everyone else's experience. The only multiplayer game I've really enjoyed is Left 4 Dead. Still play it to this day, although I prefer playing on the PS4. As for Single player games, I enjoy the Assassin's Creed games, and GTA V's single player mode, and Far Cry 4. I'm looking forward to Red Dead Redemption. But sadly, these days, single player games are few and far between.

[@theretard5825]

The only reason I have my Xbox is because my cousin has one and left 4 dead lol

[@ZeF1212]

Every time I play multiplayer, some random shmuck ruins the experience.

[@larsonfam3861]

That's why apex is such a betrayal, titanfall2 is so amazing, story and campaign are perfect form, online play is fun fast paced arcade battle, mechanics and gameplay are so satisfying, and they scraped it all because wall running costs more to design in, micros are the new long run income plan, and pubg/BO4/Overwatch players are appearently the only audience they think exists.

[@mravg79]

depends on type of game - coop games also known as PvE (like borderlands 2 for example) are OK to me. I can play solo. I can discuss it with a bunch of fellow gamers and agree up front about the character levels so we do not spoil each other experience. But 95% of my time I play single player games. Few and far between? only if you look at AAA titles. Check some of the indies, you do not have to buy them day one there are many nice, shorter experiences crafted for single player. As I mentioned most of my time I spent on single player games and I have a huge backlog.

[@cyansaint]

Some multi-player games are really fun like halo 3 , gears franchise, and left 4 dead. But all those games are fun to play by yourself as well

[@namelessking8914]

EA : "Single Player are dead" Single Player Games (2015)(2016)(2017)(2018)(2019): "Are sure about that?"

[@Fhickin]

Most of the games that I play are single player and I rarely play multiplayer games because I find doing lots of similar matches a bit boring

[@RainbOwOcat]

I call BS on that thought, I'd play the shiznit outta a single player game as long as it's enjoyable. For example, I played Skyrim so much I swear I would dream about it.

[@Relic_cileR]

DS 61 I had dreams too! My friends and I couldn’t stop talking about he game and our adventures in it and we couldn’t wait to get home to play more. The best part, I still play the game from time to time.

[@foiledits]

skyrim isnt exactly a linear single player game

[@Relic_cileR]

foil If you just follow the story line, it’s pretty linear.

[@foiledits]

Relic yes, but doing that excludes majority of the game. in what would be considered linear, there is not much side quests to offer (in comparison to skyrim)

[@wagifyouknowwhatimean1036]

Singleplayer Games are the best

[@Lowraith]

"It has become clear that to deliver an experience that *players will want to come back to and enjoy for a long time to come,* " THIS is the problem, EA. You're begging the question. A single-player story-driven experience is not necessarily an experience that a player will be "coming back to for a long time". Often times we want an intense, deep, personal experience for 40 hours or so, and then we want to move on to a new game. The problem is, you framed the question with long-lifespan live service games as the goal, and when the players surveyed said, "Oh, yeah, this Star Wars game won't be THAT kind of game", you said, "See? See? No one wants this kind of game. They said this wasn't going to work when we asked."

[@axelcornejoaguilar6055]

Why EA Is Wrong About Singleplayer Games? Because greed blinds them.

[@Malgus929]

Just wait till the *story driven* Spider-Man PS4 releases

[@baddog3211]

Austin McCracken and Last of Us 2, Days Gone, Ghost of Tsushima, and Death Stranding

[@jose2226]

In short: people are unlikely to buy microtransactions for single-player video games. Nuff said

[@mitchjohnson4714]

I'm a singler player guy myself. In my opinion, the suits don't understand that the network effect can make single player games as profitable as multiplayer because a single-player experience can help draw in people like me, who will then be more interested and invested in the world and more likely to try the multiplayer experience. Since the success of the multiplayer experience depends so heavily on the network effect, it would be much safer to try to include a good single-player experience, even in otherwise multiplayer-focused games.

[@Michael-Filla]

Not interested in single player games? EA are you kidding me.... I will say this much ... if a game says online only (or is mainly online) ... guess what I won't be buying upon release... yeah that online only game. In fact when they re-released the old battlefront 2 on the xbox (which could be played as a single player game if you wanted) I went and bought it because of how good it was and because the online portion was only a small part of the game ... not a mandatory and main part of it (unlike the new online only battlefronts both of which I will never buy). You didn't need an internet connection to play, there were no loot boxes , you didn't need a monthly subscription or anything like that. All you really needed was the game, the console and controller to play it.... maybe even another controller or three (yes it was a four player game) as well if people wanted to join. That perhaps is what EA is missing. Case in point if something is an online only game with no or next to no single player (I'm looking at you new call of duty black ops 4) that game will not see a single Penny of my money. I just don't play online games... except Fortnite... because it's free to play and enjoyable to play. other than that I don't own those type of games at all. and to answer your question some good EA single player games I still play are the saboteur (which is a really well made game) and The godfather (Likewise a really good game) both are EA and there's not a single micro transaction in either of them.... just the way I like it.

[@theretard5825]

EA can't see past the next loot box

[@Nathlaaar]

I could not agree more with this video, single player games are better than multi player games and they always will be.

[@ShaunTheCHB]

It really depends on the game. There can be fun multiplayer games, but unfortunately.....many companies look at multiplayer as cash cows and cheapen the games as much as possible in order to charge more money for stuff. So I'm more inclined to prefer single player over multiplayer because of that.

[@ben689100]

I prefer single player games much more than the multiplayer online games

[@SandwichGlitch]

B W me too... I like to enjoy, relax, play offline... in an immersive experience... or just do some mindless fun minigames, whatever

[@theankotze1292]

Just cause, horizon zero dawn, halo campaigns, COD modern warfare campaigns, uncharteds, metal gear solids, minecraft, tomb raiders and fallout 4 are all single player experiences i love and still play.