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EA CEO: Treyarch 'Far From Proven' in Eyes of Consumers

You may remember EA's executives during the year repeatedly talking about the publisher taking back the shooter category crown from Activision. The Medal of Honor reboot was certainly a part of the shooter genre attack, and while EA Europe VP Patrick Soderlund said at one point that the game didn't meet EA's own quality expectations, EA CEO John Riccitiello has told IndustryGamers that the title absolutely did exceed EA's expectations. Riccitiello also cast some doubt on the state of developers within Activision, when we asked him how he felt about taking back the shooter category in the wake of Black Ops' blockbuster success.

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NYC_Gamer4877d ago

treyarch has yet to bring something with good quality

Pandamobile4877d ago (Edited 4877d ago )

WAW and BLOPS weren't that bad. Better than MW2, that's for sure.

AKissFromDaddy4877d ago

@Pandamobile
I disagree, they're awful with exception to Zombies.

Matthew944877d ago

mw2 was worse than aweful, it was an insult to gamers everywhere

no dedicated servers
IWNet
Unbalanced perks
glitches and exploits everywhere
patches that do as much damage than good

AAACE54877d ago (Edited 4877d ago )

Now that the newness of Black ops has worn off, I have accepted the fact that I really don't like it!

I beat the story and it was good. Played the zombie mode and it's ok. Played the multiplayer a bit and just don't like it as much. I keep bouncing back to MW 2 and like it more! Yeah it's got it's problems but it's still fun to me and thousands of others who still play it!

You can hate on MW 2 all you want, but it doesn't change the fact that over 800,000 people at any given time played it up until the first dlc came out. People have already started to abandon Black ops!

Bnet3434877d ago

Panda, they basically took MW2 and fixed it. The only thing they can get credit for is Zombies if you ask me.

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RedDead4877d ago (Edited 4877d ago )

Spiderman 2? Best spiderman game out imo. And imo Black ops is the second best cod out.

BlmThug4877d ago

CoD 4 Is The Best CoD Title

RedDead4877d ago

That's why black ops is second best

ChristianGamer4877d ago

Do you mean the 14 million consumers? Keep talking EA

beavis4play4877d ago

i hate the CoD series in general.

however - i bought a 15$ copy of WaW for zombie mode and then the maps - and i'm addicted to it.

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BigKev454877d ago

This EA CEO is blowing smoke.

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gamingdroid4877d ago (Edited 4877d ago )

Yup, I agree. When EAs own game is rated in the mid 70's I don't think they should be pointing fingers at a competitor with a mid 80's game.

Personal experience, I bought Bad Company 2 and I was very disappointed in the game. I beat the game, because I paid top dollars for the game and regretted not trading it in.

I find it interesting with the sudden newfound EA Love!

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SnakeMustDie4877d ago

EA are making great games as of now. They really wiped that horrible reputation they had back then. They have the WRPG genre(courtesy of BioWare), lets see if they can take the FPS genre from Activision.

BigKev454876d ago

I agree for the most part with what you said. However, their big military FPS with Medal of Honor sucked. I thought Dice rushed the multiplayer. Maybe because they had so much going on with BC 2.

Neckbear4877d ago (Edited 4877d ago )

The main Call of Duty customers will buy said series only because it has "Call of Duty" in the name- they don't care about the developer.

Hell, if it was a turd in a shiny box with "Call of Duty", people would buy these games- oh wait, they already do.

cyguration4877d ago

EA is on the road to redemption, they shouldn't stoop to company bashing....leave that to the gamers.

They just need to focus on making good games and keeping their mouths from getting themselves into hot water...speaking of which...

Burn Activision...burn...

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Remembering Medal Of Honor: The Forgotten Master Of WW2 Games

Ibrahim from eXputer: "The Medal of Honor franchise was once the crown jewel of FPS war games, later defeated by the tides of time and poor development."

banger883d ago

They tried to turn it into Call of Duty and it killed it off. They should reboot it and go back to it's roots. But they'd ruin it with online-only/multiplayer style bullshit so why bother? I have very fond memories of these games, but this series can stay dead as far as I'm concerned.

FPS_D3TH2d ago

Was literally just thinking of this game the other week with the secret nut cracker mission and the shooting Bismarck dog lmao. Loved these games as a kid

PrecursorOrb2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

I wish they’d remake warfighter

Strictly for the campaign

The_Hooligan2d ago

I have fond memories of playing the Medal of Honor Breakthrough MP Demo. It had two maps and custom servers. Living on campus, I had it downloaded on one of the PC Lab servers so I could access it on any computer at the university. Joined a clan and made friends that I still keep in touch with today.

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EA Hopes to Use Generative AI to Drive Monetization and Make Development 30% More Efficient

Today Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson provided a look into his ideas for the use of generative AI in the company's development processes.

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thorstein49d ago

I wonder what the next buzz word they'll slap in front of AI to make it sound exciting next? "Generative" as if it's creating its own content. Lol.

Cacabunga48d ago

EA is already dying a painful death..

peppeaccardo48d ago

i have a better idea .. why the whole exec team doesn't get replaced by chat bots ?

just_looken48d ago

Though i agree the ai thing is already in other forms of media there have been ai translations/scripts/voice over and even full ai commercials aired on tv. Ubisoft has created a ai game creator story/vo/music except the building of the game

The new unreal engine has auto terrain creation tools

In the world of greed in which it is winning without any major blow back ai is our future.

everyone want's biden dead on the mic or a criminal instead of a woman and now we are getting ai everything because no one will stop watching/playing ai created media.

GamerRN48d ago

Maybe they should just focus on making good games?

Just a thought...

Kiryu199247d ago

Exactly EA are just pure evil. When they are beating Bank of America to be voted the worst company to work for that’s saying a lot

Good thing I don’t buy their games day one and wait for deep deep sale years after launch (the select few games I am actually interested in)

Gaming is making so much money yet the greed of these companies is never ending

CEO’s and people on board making millions yet cutting jobs to those who are actually making the products

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Knightofelemia48d ago (Edited 48d ago )

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.

Stuart575648d ago

EA layoffs followed by 'Generative AI to Drive Monetization'

I knew it. Wonder what AI salary looks like? Nothing.

ChasterMies48d ago

I having a feeling that most of the layoffs in the industry are based on the idea that AI will do the same job for less.

DarXyde47d ago

Very likely, yes.

Made worse by the fact that the execs aren't changing their compensations.

My deepest fear at this point is that we are now in the capitalism endgame.

At this point, we really should just burn AI to the ground. Executives cannot be trusted to do the right thing.
How are those people expected to support families if everything gets automated?

Barlos48d ago (Edited 48d ago )

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.

CobraKai48d ago

Exactly. If or when games start becoming more AI than people, im done with gaming. AI and companies like EA can suck donkey d***k.

just_looken48d ago

Though i agree remember this is no ps3/360 era were we got up to 3 games in one generation from on developer like gears/halo/bioware/sony/ms

The people today are pro esg/sweet baby for the most part AAA gaming is imploding right now.

We should be stepping back re evaluate everything as a whole this year xmen 97 written/directed by a woman that is nuts and its also being made by a group reshaping bodies to be less sexual like wtf. A dam famous cartoon from the 90's is being rebuilt with millions spent to be worse in everyway.

Gaming/movies/tv shows made today are worse than what we had 7years ago ai won't change this but that ai is also being made by these groups so either way we are screwed.
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Eonjay47d ago

Don't be of afraid of women. Sexy characters in games and movies still exist. Got my Stellar Blade on preorder!!! Everything all the time doesn't need to be sexual...that's stupid, childish and dull.

Chocoburger48d ago (Edited 48d ago )

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!"

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EA And Sony Layoffs, Entertainment News And More Skewedcast

Gareth, Justin, and JoeyZ look at Layoff news for EA and Sony and reasons behind the downturn in the industry and more.