TheChewyWaffles
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lol and just like that a franchise is dead. Wow.
Yeah reboot this shit with automatic platforming, cinematic set-pieces, XP/collecting useless crap to level up so you can buy useless upgrades, optional horror sidequests and a visceral/emotional story.
This whole "X game didn't do good sales wise, let's scrap this" logic when they don't even bother to find the reasons behind this is so fucked up...and people still think a Mirror's Edge 2 by this EA is a good idea.
Valtýr;49024884 said:This is my shocked face.
Standard EA. If it doesn't sell more than 3-5 million axe it.
God Damn it EA.
If Dead Space 4 has been axed I guess there goes my hopes for a Mirrors Edge 2 ;----;
Agreed. There were things about Dead Space 3 that absolutely rubbed me the wrong way, but I still found the majority of the experience very enjoyable.
Visceral is an amazingly talented team. I really hope they don't get gutted.
EA going full retard again I see.
Sooner or later they're going to run out of IPs
Tough games environment got you down? Don't worry Billy, well just make less games.It's best for you.EA continues determined to kill every series it has.
Just saw this on Twitter.
Sad that another series has gone down the drain Dead Space 1 and 2 were fantastic, but had no interest in DS3 Sad to see.
Awesome, mind if I use this every time someone complains about a big IP failing?So your microtransactions packed game doesn't sell?
As the industry likes to say, sorry publishers, it's just business, right?
And EA claims another victim. Dead Space series would never sell 5 million copies and attracting new audience wouldn't help because its genre isn't suited for this.
EA stick to your mass market titles. Activision dropped all pretense at least.
And yes, I won't buy a single game from you.
FUCK U EA! You're the one ruining the franchise with unrealistic expectations and shitty microtransactions.
"EA also advised Visceral that Dead Space 3 needed to appeal to a wider audience than the series' previous two titles, our source added, and the studio was reportedly told to focus on action over horror in an effort to make the game feel more like BioWare's Mass Effect."
This is the problem right here.First EA executives shat on the core premise of the series and then when it did not result in good sales then they axe the series.Also it seems that EA wants to become like Activision with a focus on few games with blockbuster sales and axing of all series that are not able to break into this sales group even though the sales and fan following may be decent.I hope this rumour doesn't pan out as I loved the first two DS and even though I skipped DS3 I was hoping that a DS4 would go back to the basics .
You mean cramming in microtransactions and dudebroing our game out can have negative effects on sales? Well damn, better cancel the entire series rather than undo our douchebaggery then!
Who do you think sold EA on the franchise in the first place?EA's sales expectations for DS3 were ridiculous from the get-go. Heads should be rolling somewhere else over this, higher up the food chain at EA; not Visceral.
this rumor sort reads like a "reasons to hate EA" checklist...it sort of don't believe
other than DS3 underperforming
Not Madden, FIFA, Battlefield, NFS, Burnout, Mirror's Edge 2? EA has too many damn titles for me to boycott.
EA is the company responsible for killing some of the most talented dev studios in the history of gaming. Looking Glass and Westwood come to mind. I'm guessing Bioware is on the bubble. The company is straight up insane.
Simcity seems on its way too.
EA will probably live on BF ,Fifa and Madden next gen.
Oh, don't worry, ME2 is being made. They'll just turn it into a shooter, forget why people liked the game in the first place and then kill it.