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Post by ΨBarnacleBrainBrantΨ on Jul 9, 2007 21:48:46 GMT 6
Most video games are "boring" or too complicated, and game makers need to do more to appeal to casual players, according to the head of the world's largest video game publisher, Electronic Arts Inc. "We're boring people to death and making games that are harder and harder to play," EA Chief Executive John Riccitiello told the Wall Street Journal in a story posted on its Web site on Sunday. Riccitiello became CEO at EA in April in his return to the game maker. EA's former chief operating officer had left the company in 2004 to help found Elevation Partners, a media and entertainment buyout firm. The video game executive criticized the industry for rolling out sequels to new games that add little from the previous version. "For the most part, the industry has been rinse-and-repeat," he was quoted as saying. "There's been lots of product that looked like last year's product, that looked a lot like the year before." The comments were made as the $30 billion video game industry prepares for its annual gathering, the Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3, in Santa Monica, California. Anticipation is running high that cheaper hardware and a host of keenly awaited new games will fuel the strongest sales in years. www.tech2.com/india/news/games/ea-ceo-calls-video-games-boring-complicated/8842/0
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Post by HundredProofSam on Jul 9, 2007 21:51:26 GMT 6
The video game executive criticized the industry for rolling out sequels to new games that add little from the previous version. "For the most part, the industry has been rinse-and-repeat," he was quoted as saying. "There's been lots of product that looked like last year's product, that looked a lot like the year before." oh yes EA rescue us from those who roll out sequels to new games that add little from the previous version peace
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Post by aman on Jul 9, 2007 23:15:18 GMT 6
exactly sam, ea is the top contender in the race for creating replicas of their titles..... oh wait! ea is the only 1
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Post by gtavint on Jul 9, 2007 23:42:16 GMT 6
^^ thats not true - EA is not the only 1....halo3, gta 4, mgs 4, tekken 5 - none of them from EA !
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Post by aman on Jul 9, 2007 23:48:07 GMT 6
lol man how could u put mgs 4 and gta 4 in this category? these games r not ripoffs of their predecessors. peace
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Post by carboncore on Jul 9, 2007 23:58:30 GMT 6
Most video games are "boring" or too complicated, and game makers need to do more to appeal to casual players, according to the head of the world's largest video game publisher, Electronic Arts Inc. f**k casual gamers. Grandmas and dogs are not suppose to play videogames. This new trend is screwing up all the new games. Look at NG Sigma and God of War. The real fun in these games is to spend hours to master the difficulty and then beat it. Casual gamers, stick to playing solitaire on your mobiles.
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Post by gtavint on Jul 10, 2007 0:11:09 GMT 6
lol man how could u put mgs 4 and gta 4 in this category? these games r not ripoffs of their predecessors. peace oh i just meant to say they were sequels as well !
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Post by KC on Jul 10, 2007 0:12:34 GMT 6
Most video games are "boring" or too complicated, and game makers need to do more to appeal to casual players, according to the head of the world's largest video game publisher, Electronic Arts Inc. f**k casual gamers. Grandmas and dogs are not suppose to play videogames. This new trend is screwing up all the new games. Look at NG Sigma and God of War. The real fun in these games is to spend hours to master the difficulty and then beat it. Casual gamers, stick to playing solitaire on your mobiles. QFT
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Post by gtavint on Jul 10, 2007 0:15:15 GMT 6
Most video games are "boring" or too complicated, and game makers need to do more to appeal to casual players, according to the head of the world's largest video game publisher, Electronic Arts Inc. f**k casual gamers. Grandmas and dogs are not suppose to play videogames. This new trend is screwing up all the new games. Look at NG Sigma and God of War. The real fun in these games is to spend hours to master the difficulty and then beat it. Casual gamers, stick to playing solitaire on your mobiles. Casual gamers need not be grandmas or dogs ! They are ppl who dont spend more than 2 hours per day on gaming. And the guy has a point there....games should cater to all sections of audience. They can always have a higher difficulty level for the hardcore gamers who have tons of patience and can sit thru the game replaying again n again ! A game should entertain you, not make you throw your controller in frustration !
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Post by HundredProofSam on Jul 10, 2007 1:55:55 GMT 6
Casual gamers need not be grandmas or dogs ! They are ppl who dont spend more than 2 hours per day on gaming. are u calling me a casual gamer peace
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Post by gtavint on Jul 10, 2007 2:23:32 GMT 6
^^ not me : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casual_gamer"Casual gamer is a term used to describe a type of video game player whose time or interest in playing games is limited compared with a hardcore gamer. They can be found playing games across all genres and of varying levels of complexity and difficulty. However, they do not devote the amount of time or practice to video games spent by hardcore gamers. Whereas a hardcore gamer may approach gaming with the mindset of a professional, a casual gamer would think more like a hobbyist."
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Post by HickEnd on Jul 10, 2007 8:50:04 GMT 6
arent ea the ones to make the boring games and they do some tricks on us so that we buy their games....now they noe they will improve
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Post by invictus on Jul 10, 2007 10:59:58 GMT 6
^^ thats not true - EA is not the only 1....halo3, gta 4, mgs 4, tekken 5 - none of them from EA ! most of these are cult games some with deep stories others with great difficulty to master(dont even ask about GTA cos i dont know what it has, maybe hot coffee?).... EA is hated and rightly so cos it churns out same game with better graphics n very very few tweaks year after year shamelessly on most of the platforms. Bigger f**k is that EA d*ckhead doesnt know that his games infact ARE for casual gamers. Most of the ppl whom i have met n are very remotely related to games know what NFS and FIFA is. but they dont know a f**k about GT,Forza or PES. If we exclude WII, are the consoles even made for casual gamers? I DONT THINK SO!!!! Which casual gamer would spend 25k on a white box and play gears in which he will die in easy difficulty within 2minutes of a fire fight?
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Post by gtavint on Jul 10, 2007 19:01:59 GMT 6
^^ ha ha, invictus, hardcore gamers are PC gamers dude....casual gamers are in fact console gamers, its just that the situation is reversed in India !
I'm not saying that EA is not the best game comapny there is....but thats not the only company which churns out sequels ! Every company does it - but towards the end, somehow EA stands out !
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Post by HundredProofSam on Jul 10, 2007 19:21:25 GMT 6
its not about sequels......its about bad sequels
peace
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