If EA/DICE came out with a premium Battlelog service for Battlefield 3 that not only offered a new map each month for 12-months, and only cost $50 per year would you buy? Yes, it sounds more like a season pass then a premium service. But the question still stands.
Today Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson provided a look into his ideas for the use of generative AI in the company's development processes.
EA is still a shady shitty company even with or without the help of Skynet. All they will use AI for is new ways to milk loot boxes and come up with the same sports title with a different year on the label. They are one company I truly do hate with a passion. They single handedly ruined some great franchise with their death touch. ME, Dead Space, Alice Returns, Dante's Inferno.
EA layoffs followed by 'Generative AI to Drive Monetization'
I knew it. Wonder what AI salary looks like? Nothing.
And take away creativity, and people's jobs as we've been seeing. Got it.
No thanks. I want my games created by people, not AI.
EA doesn't want to lose their title of worst gaming company ever, always trying their best to remain the champs!
What's sad is that they have so much potential to be a decent publisher.
SSX Tricky / SSX 3
Def Jam Vendetta / Fight for New York
NBA Street
NFL Steet
Mirror's Edge
Bad Company
Burnout 3 / 4 / 5
Remember when EA used to be awesome? It's all over with now. Unpolished, if not out-right broken games these days. Endless monetization and gambling in their sports games, and let's not forget wasting hours of your life trying to unlock characters or equipment using "surprise boxes!"
Gareth, Justin, and JoeyZ look at Layoff news for EA and Sony and reasons behind the downturn in the industry and more.
EA CEO Andrew Wilson writes: "In this time of change, we expect these decisions to impact approximately 5 percent of our workforce. I understand this will create uncertainty and be challenging for many who have worked with such dedication and passion and have made important contributions to our company. While not every team will be impacted, this is the hardest part of these changes, and we have deeply considered every option to try and limit impacts to our teams. Our primary goal is to provide team members with opportunities to find new roles and paths to transition onto other projects. Where that’s not possible, we will support and work with each colleague with the utmost attention, care, and respect. Communicating these impacts has already begun and will be largely completed by early next quarter."
All the big ones doing the same stuff. Terrible. I just hope that all these people are able to get a new job as soon as possible, God know that it is horrible to be left jobless when you have your kids or your parents depending on your financial help
The point I feel is problematic about all of this is that focusing on Owned Ip means more sequels, remasters and more of what was selling last year.
Probably not, but unlike COD, they would make something good worth the 50$/year
No.
More than that, this question ask us about our idea about online gaming. About a price we can put on something that can be free...
What about paying to play online ? This question will be ask soon too...
I'm not ready to leave my freedom to play for free online with my friends.
I thank Sony and a lot of games on PC to give us (except some MMOs then) this freedom on this generation while more and more people find it's normal to pay to play online.
Because of them, one day, we'll all have to pay to play online because it will become a norm.
I'll remember with nostalgia the time when we used to connect and play and nothing more back in the days.
No. I'm not buying COD Elite, nor would I buy this. It's a shame that they (EA/Activision) [would even consider charging/would charge] us for the kind of stat tracking and file sharing system that Bungie (now 343i) has been providing us for free since TWO THOUSAND AND MOTHER FLIPPING SEVEN.
@Folks who bring up Xbox Live: That argument is getting REAL old now. It's been around since the original Xbox. There are plenty of deals YEAR ROUND to get it for a killing and it's a pretty good value for whatever money you're willing to pay for it.
Don't want it? Cool. Sure you buy the game, but MS/Sony are still the ones footing the bill for the servers YOU play hundreds of hours on. MS has been getting theirs upfront for years, this is nothing new.
Nope but I will def pay for BF3 day 1 :)
No. Not because It wouldn't be worth it but because I go through so many games I wouldn't get as much use out of it. There are a lot of game on the horizon, Battlefield 3 is just one of many.