Dead Space 4 canned, series in trouble following poor sales of Dead Space 3

EA has ceased development on Dead Space 4 and effectively axed the series following lower than anticipated sales of Dead Space 3, VideoGamer.com has learned.

[CustardTrout]

Take that you micro transitioning poo faces!

[ironfist92]

Im glad Dead Space is done. The first game was amazing, the last two lack luster, and lost what the original had.

TBH, as much as I wanted it, Im glad we dont have a Sequel to Mirror's Edge. God knows how EA wouldve fucked that franchise up aswell.

[aCasualGamer]

Not necessarily only micro-transactions fault. It's the game itself.

Every publisher out there is thinking that more action and online is better, well there you go just look at the sales for Dead Space 3.

[Ares84HU]

Dead Space 2 was great. What are you talking about?? Only the 3rd one was bad. But they could easily revive the series by going back to it's roots abd forgetting about this shooter oriented co-op tacked on abismal that DS3 is. Crafting weapons was one of the worst part of DS3 and they just threw tons of enemies at you at every turn making it clear that it's all about the shooting now.

[schlanz]

Dead Space 2 was far from lackluster. 3 also.. it may not be the same level of "wow" as DS1 or 2 but it's far from being mediocre. I'm quite enjoying it.

Still I'm not sad to see the series end.

[Lvl_up_gamer]

Dead Space 3's lack of sales is a perfect example of changing a formula of a AAA Franchise. This is why so many games like CoD,Uncharted, Gears, Halo, Mario, Metroid Prime and God of War will ALWAYS seem familiar from their predecessors because you NEVER change your formula to a great franchise. If it's not broken, then don't try and fix it.

Dead Space 1 was awesome. It redefined the horror genre.

Dead Space 2 built on Dead Space 1 giving more action but retaining that horror element.

Dead Space 3 removed all horror from a survival horror franchise and all you had left was just mindless action that became stagnant and redundant quickly.

I would welcome a Dead Space 4 but only if they went back to their roots and focused on the Horror aspect of the franchise and took the action down a notch to be between Dead Space 1 and 2.

[wagnus]

There is a place in gamers' hearts for survival horror. And we would further know this if RE6 and DS3 stuck to it. Instead, they overloaded with action and I'm glad to see where they are now.

[Bimkoblerutso]

The devs should really be the ones that are ashamed. Any idiot could have told them that they would never reach the ridiculous goals set by EA. If they were going down either way, they should have just made the game they and everybody else wanted.

Instead they just look like so many other devs these days: corporate puppets.

[RE_L_MAYER]

I hope we dont see mirrors edge sequel as well....they will likely ff it up than make it better

[Mounce]

Hey now....

I preferred Dead Space 2 over 1. I won't mention 3 because I've not played it yet.

Dead Space 2 had Feels for the main character, something at least EA games can have in a way, like for every Mass Effect character that you don't want to die. The ending of Dead Space 2 with Isaac sitting there waiting for his death and just considering it all over and fine was epic. ;o

[Army_of_Darkness]

"While we have not announced sales for Dead Space 3, we are proud of the game and the franchise remains an important IP to EA."

I just hope they learn from this and go back to what made dead space so awesome in the first place.

[RAVEN81]

mirror's edge was a bad game, dead space 1,2,3 are one o the best this gen.

[MysticStrummer]

DS2>DS1. DS3's step back had nothing to do with microtransactions or co-op in my opinion. It had to do with inordinate amounts of backtracking, the clunky resource gathering/weapons creation system, meaningless optional "missions", and setting too much of the game on a planet instead of in space where it belongs. I enjoyed it all the same, in fact my friend and I had a blast playing it co-op on Hard difficulty level for our first run through. We played without mics which helped to not kill the atmosphere. We both just thought what I listed above made the game not as good as the others. The Dead Space series is still one of the best this generation.

Edit - I will also say a negative was the amount of action, but I still enjoyed the game and didn't feel like anything I listed "ruined" the game. It just wasn't as good as the first two.

[Megaton]

Same, I'm glad to see it go. It's a mercy kill. EA can't ruin you anymore if you're canned.

A lot of people think Activision is the worst offender in the industry today, but I think it's most definitely EA. Activision sells a copy/paste shooter every year with a couple of overpriced map packs. EA ruins good franchises I actually care about.

[Derekvinyard13]

Il wait for a trilogy bundle

[JD_Shadow]

"Dead Space 3's lack of sales is a perfect example of changing a formula of a AAA Franchise. This is why so many games like CoD,Uncharted, Gears, Halo, Mario, Metroid Prime and God of War will ALWAYS seem familiar from their predecessors because you NEVER change your formula to a great franchise. If it's not broken, then don't try and fix it."

The problem with this thinking, though, is that if you change too little about a second or third, fourth, whatever, game, then you run into the issue of it always being the same old same old and playing it too safe. You want there to be SOMETHING different or improved about a game's sequel because it keeps the series fresh. It can stick to a familiar formula that has worked for it, but if you fall into a pattern of what game series like Madden has done where you don't add anything or improve the quality in any way, then it's not worth it.

[Seraphim]

The first was Classic. Second was great. The Third is... well I've yet to crack open the 3rd but I do have it. The Micro Transactions couldn't have helped this game. You only see people who refuse to deal with that crap not only not deal with it but not a game because of it. Sad. imo they definitely need to get back to the roots. 1 & 2 were great games. Use that formula and make a 4th. Also take a year or two off this time. Maybe late 2015-early 2016.

[BattleAxe]

I own Dead Space 1 & 2 on Steam, but haven't played them yet. But isn't it funny how EA in particular is trying to make every game they have into a "Call of Duty" game in the sales department.

This shows that the fundamentally do not understand their customer base. Medal of Honor was another disaster that didn't need to happen. Ubisoft, Sony, Take-Two and Activision all seem to blaze their own trails, but for some reason EA is run by a bunch of nincompoops.

[knowyourstuff]

EA got greedy and thought they could dilute the franchise to make money off of the lucrative action shooter market. They didn't implement it properly, made a crappy action shooter with no challenge, no survival aspects, and not a single person from the action shooter had a clue what Dead Space was all about.

EA alienated their original fanbase more and more with each installment, however they did nothing to market the game to a new fanbase. They marketed the game like a horror game every time, so the action fans weren't interested, and the horror fans saw that it was just a crappy action game, so no one bought the game. This is exactly how you do marketing wrong. This is also exactly how you destroy a franchise and alienate the fanbase that would've kept buying your games had you improved on the original formula, instead of diluting it into a pile of unfocused garbage.

[joab777]

I am not. Its very sad. Its obviously a cash grab that all these devlopers pushed out sequels, reboots, and prequels like water leading up to next gen. Problem is that only a few will make money and not as much as they would have. If u told me that at the beginning of 2013 i would see a DMC, Dead Space, Meatal Gear, Crysis, God of War, Gears of War, Tomb Raider, and Bioshock, i woulda lost my mind. But its exactly what we have and its fairly underwhelming. Now DmC was quality but pissed ppl off. Metal Gear is different and legit. God of War and Sony Santa Monica, while most likely not their main project will release a great game, Tomb Raider looks awesome and Bioshock is from a different reality where all games shatter ur every expectation. Not sure about Gears but it seems to be a Microsoft necessity this year. Crysis 3 is a quick release very similar to 2 but more polished. Dead Space is a shame.

Why didnt a few of these wait til next gen? Why did dead space go inthe entirely wrong direction. Wait til next gen and release the scariest,most insane and beautiful horror ahooter we have ever seen. Bam, IP resurrected and it would sell like hotcakes as a next gen launch title. But nope and Crysis could have done the same thing. Release the most beautiful conaole game we have ever seen. Spend alot of time and market well and take a shot at being the first legitimate fps mp and ppl would go crazy for it.

Its a sad day to see publishers kill ips. Dont they understand that changing genrea to appeal to a wider audience doesnt work. Even if it sells OK, u destroy games that coulda been legendary. Its as if they cant see the future and the impact that quality has over saturation.

[saladthieves]

...I fracking told you so EA!

Hate me, bubble me down all you want, but I'd rather see a good series like Dead Space (one of my favorites this gen) take a hiatus however long, rather than go down the (bad) milking road.

I've always loved the Dead Space franchise, especially the first one. It brought something unique, fresh and special onto the table. You've got an engineer, Isaac, who knows shit about fighting, just happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time.

EA tried to take this into an action packed game rather than what it is - a horror game - and I'm glad it backfired on them in terms of sales. This shows that there are lots of fans out there who just didn't give into EA's bull tactics. It's been only 4 games (counting Dead Space Extraction) and I'm not surprised EA has already fracked this up.

I hope this is a wake-up call to EA (probably not) that turning everything into an action packed jamfest for the sake of pleasing investors, does not always work on the other end - consumers, fans and gamers alike.

[jimbobwahey]

Yup, EA got greedy and decided to give fans of Dead Space the finger by making the franchise more action-oriented and less of a survival horror game, because they wanted to chase down more sales rather than cater to the fans that they had.

What happened? Surprise surprise the game has been a total flop because it's not what people wanted.

It's depressing how many great franchises are being killed by publisher greed.

[shutUpAndTakeMyMoney]

lol Dead Space Series is cancelled do to poor sales!!! That's what you get ea!! Take your micro transactions and non horror action game and shove it!!! Bitch!!!

[Minato-Namikaze]

Dead space was never survival horror. Where do people get this from?

[Hazadess1]

Loved the first two, third had some great bits. The wrecked fleet was just class and the mine shaft towards the end was really well done (short though).

The game itself was to long and so much was copy/pasted. It had a good ending apart from after the credits.

Didn't bother with co-op and traded it in as soon as I finished it. Still have first two upstairs from new. Makes you wonder who is goin to buy the Awakened DLC this month.

[Dirtnapstor]

Yup, yup! Further proof EA had dabbled with Insomniacs Overstrike...the whole "wider audience" is going to kill uniqueness and innovation!
I'm liking DS3, loved the first two, and would have bought a fourth installment on the PS4. Hopefully things will begin to differentiate again!

[Army_of_Darkness]

I got the thought of dead space being survival horror from the first and second game, while also considering that most typical action shooters don't scare me with creatures popping out of walls and ceilings with creepy hallways and gruesome death scenes, I would say yes, it's definitely a horror game.

[Sovereign59]

The microtransactions were not detrimental in any way, they merely provided a way for players to acquire extra resources ASAP, resources which EVERYONE would be able to find a plethora of within the game without paying a penny extra. Microtransactions should not have affected the game's sales at all, it's possible that the many people whom ruthlessly complained about the game having microtransactions without first realizing just what the microtransactions would be providing are responsible for damaging the game's sales.

Also, this article isn't OFFICIAL confirmation of Dead Space 4's cancellation, OR if development of the game was even at conception. Let's not take it as 100% accurate just yet.

[schlanz]

So true.. you don't need to buy any resources to make anything. It's more like a "cheat" option. You need to pay to cheat.

People need to relax about microtransactions. If they are completely optional and don't detract from the experience by ignoring them, then what is the harm?

[rezzah]

I doubt it was the microtransactions that solidified the downfall of the series.

Especially since there were microtransactions in DS1 and DS2.

What made the series fall is the same reason that made the Resident Evil series fall (except RE was more blatant).

[MEsoJD]

Everyone that played the game would know that the microtransactions were not intrusive at all. Messed up that people are jumping on the hate bandwagon because it's a good game.

[Kurt Russell]

I'll buy myself a bargain priced DS3 at some point. But I was totally put off by micro transactions etc... I can't be arsed to support these devs anymore, that also goes for capcom.

[MysticStrummer]

So you avoided the game because it had completely optional microtransactions, which were basically purchased cheats/shortcuts that had no detrimental effect whatsoever on the game for people who didn't buy them? That makes no sense at all.

[ritsuka666]

It's EA for you. Premium subscribers rip-off for BF3,micro transitions BS,more action-oriented approach resulted in a different type of game compared to it's to earlier games...Bad times for gaming enthusiasts in this gen. =/

[FunAndGun]

Bad times for gaming enthusiasts indeed.

There is one thing about all of this that does make me happy however. Lately we have been hearing that "the hardcore forum gamers" don't hold that much power. That we are just a "vocal minority" in the grand scheme of things. Well, this is proof right here, that we have more power then they want us to believe. Voting with our voices AND our dollars for what we think is right does make a difference.

[Abdou23]

I hope with the next-gen around the corner that devs. realize that you shouldn't keep milking your successful games.

[Root]

I am so Happy about this

Look on the bright side guys we now don't have to watch our favourite series being butchered like Resident Evil

Thats what you get EA for ruining Dead Space

[DumpManager]

Very true. Lets also not forget jamming co-op into it.

[stage88]

Lets hope EA have learnt their greedy little lesson.

[C0MPUT3R]

unfortunately they haven't, and they never will.
.
It's the EA way.

[Double_O_Revan]

The fact that they announced that ALL future titles will have some form of microtransactions means they haven't learned their lesson.

[adorie]

Retribution, I say. Against those who didn't think me giving it a 7-7.5 was justified. It was a decent game. But it strayed too much from the original formula.

Dead Space 1 AND 2 are still what the 3rd should have borrowed from. Especially Dead Space 1, it had so much atmosphere, thick enough to cut with a knife!

[morkendo23]

if only CALL OF DUTY, IMFAMOUS,BATTLEFIELD COMPANY,GOD OF WAR,LEFT FOR DEAD,GRAND THEFT AUTO,RESIDENT EVIL matter of fACT all!! first person shooters and all survival horror type games should follow dead space Departure.

REBOOT classic ps1-ps2 games instead.

[Hydralysk]

In what world are Infamous, God of War and GTA FPS or survival horror games? Or did you just pick popular titles because CAPS LOCK HELPS PEOPLE PAY ATTENTION TO ME!

[Haki1112]

The hell wrong with you? Half of that list you said isn't even a FPS

[Gamer1982]

The sad thing is its sold badly because of micro transactions. Yet they are going to bring this to every game in the future. EA have well and truly lost the plot as instead of doing a bit of research to find why the game failed they just shut up shop and thought "lets earn money elsewhere using micro transactions" not realizing THATS THE REASON YOUR NOT MAKING MONEY! It just doesn't work on consoles as console and PC gamers don't want it. We pay enough already for our games. Keep your micro transactions on your ipad games please.

[Philoctetes]

I loved the first two games, but as soon as they announced co-op for the third, I knew they were in Resident Evil territory.

Oh well. Thanks for two awesome games.

[Odoylerules000]

I'm sorry to hear that you didn't enjoy Gears of Dead Space War 3.

[kparks]

Ha that's what they get.. "We wanna appeal to the action shooter guys" karma is a bitch should of stuck with what made dead space so great.. But they went the resident evil route.

[Syntax-Error]

These publishers thinking they know more than the consumer is why games are coming out like this. I loved 1 & 2 and when I played the demo I knew right away that I wasn't buying this game anymore. How do you take out the horror to be more action oriented. Isnt the market saturated with that already? Everyone wants a Gears or Uncharted clone. There's no other IP out there like DS so that's why they should've stuck to their roots. Resident Evil went action and you saw what happened there

[BlackTar187]

RAVEN81 Mirrors Edge was not a bad game it was a pretty damn good game. Needed more length and a couple more action sequences but other then that the game was fantastic and i may just load it up soon.

[Cam977]

MOH and now DS? Man, EA are running franchises into the ground!

[Psn800]

When a franchise starts milking us gamers time to say goodbye to the franchise and the series , they can keep there microtransanctions .

[CalvinKlein]

I bought dead space 3 when it was on sale with my gift cards because I will be able to sell it when Im done for more, but from playing the first 2 chapters it wont be nearly as good as the first 2. Explosions everywhere, lots of falling and fighting enemies with guns.

Also funny is I put it on hard for my first playthrough and it says "resources are very limited." yeah right, buy the middle of the first chapter I had a full stack of stasis, 2 full stacks of lame ass universal ammo, 5 medium health packs and the rest of my inventory was completely full with small health. Scarce my ass, I was just throwing small health on the ground to pick up medium ones. Now that im finding crafting stuff I hope I wont get as much health. Enemies seemed ok tho but mainly only hurt you when they appear right next to you.

Should have focused less on flashy cut scenes, there were more in the first 2 hors than on both other games combined it seems. Just explosions and falls everywhere in DS 3 so far. Also way to many enemies with guns at the beginning shows the crappy gun combat.

I wish they would just learn their lesson and get back and make a survival horror game like the old ones on hard. You had to conserve your ammo/health and couldnt always use the gun you wanted like you can with universal ammo. They keep giving you machine guns in this game trying to make you an army guy.

There are other game modes with vague descriptions claiming to be classic like old dead space games and where resources are limited, but for some reason I have to beat their crappy version first.

[50Terabytespersec]

Good the game was boring and lacked anything revolutionary for a FPS..

[bryam1982]

how much they sold?

[brich233]

Dead Space 3 was a disapointment but it wasnt because of microtransactions.

[Gamer-Z]

EA, where all good games go to die.

[WeAreLegion]

I would agree, but 217 is my area code. Awesome.

[izumo_lee]

A real shame if you ask me. The first game had all the potential to overtake Resident Evil as the premiere series in survival horror.

Too bad they decided to Call of Dutify the game by making it more of an action game than a tense claustrophobic game.

[Oh_Yeah]

When dead space came out it easily became king of horror on consoles, there just isn't much competition. Even with the direction they took in 3 it was still better than anything resident evil has done...I can't call resident evil horror.. not one of their games have made me jump, play with the lights on, or poop with the door open, only dead space has accomplished that.

[izumo_lee]

It's ironic that both series decided to go the route of 'action' and both are in dire need of a rethinking of the direction the series needs to go. With Dead Space it may never get a chance to cause of this news.

Both series have made questionable decisions in game design & it is actually not that surprising that both are in deep trouble of being irrelevant.

[leahcim]

now we really need a new IP for retake the genre´s throne.

NO, I am not looking at you Crapcom!

[Philoctetes]

@izumo

My feelings exactly. I hope this is a lesson for other developers. Turning your successful horror franchise into COD is not a recipe for success -- please stop doing this.

[OmegaSlayer]

Devs should understand that the attempt of getting new audience at the expense of the fanbase does not pay off.
Call Of Duty is more of the same but keeps selling

DeadSpace and ResidentEvil added an unneded co-op and "bombed"
DmC rebooted the character because it was "silly" and in 7 weeks it sold less than Raiden with an even more silly looking character (cyborg in stilettos LOL) in 2 weeks.

Devs must add content and features, not change them.
Change is for new IPs.

[abzdine]

i never considered this game as a survival horror. It's an excellent action game but has nothing of a survival horror i am never in short of ammo i just have to shoot everything that moves.
survival horror should include lots of stress moments where you spend a long time with no ammo and you need to avoid eevrybody.

The king of SH this gen is Silent: Blood Curse. I felt so bad everytime i played that game. it stressed me like never before :D

[Hydralysk]

If you mean Siren: Blood Curse, don't say any more, that was the most infuriating game I played this gen.

You can barely tell what's scenery or whats an actual path. You have dumb child escort missions where the child dies if a monster brushes past her. You can pretty much kill any zombie easy once you pick up a farming tool or something. There like 6-7 character you switch between after episodes making the plot so convoluted I needed to look up an explanation on the story after I'd finished the game, and the explanation was also incredibly stupid in addition to being poorly explained. Then there's the god damn mission structure where you have a "last time" "next time" scene in every one of the 14 or so episodes and becomes extremely annoying if you're trying to play them back to back.

Siren Blood Curse can takes it's giant technicolor wasp and go jump of a cliff. Sorry about the rant, but have I mentioned I hate that game?

[monkey nuts]

Clearly you played through the game on normal. If you had done it on hardcore or impossible you would know that it is in fact survival horror. I jumped like a girl at times on DS1 and the shortage of ammo on the harder difficulties used to make me sweat, especially if you was on a 2nd or 3rd playthrough and you knew what ws coming.
For me anyway this filled and then surpassed what had got me hooked on resident evOl. Heres hoping they' ve learned their lesson and go back to the formula that made the first 2 so appealing.

[Hydralysk]

I don't think saying the game is harder on harder difficulties really justifies much, if a game wants it's enemies to be threatening, they need to be threatening on normal difficulty. I played DS2 on hardcore mode to get the platinum and that was a terrifying experience, but it wasn't that I was scared by the setting or feared for Isaac as a character, but rather because I was scared of losing all that progress to a stupid mistake.

Though my problems with Siren's gameplay weren't as pronounced as my issues with it's story. I could've forgiven them if the story at least had a payoff, but it never did.

Siren was definitely a survival horror game with some neat ideas, but for me it's not something that should be held up as a model for the genre.

[hennessey86]

To own the survival horror genre, instead they chose to go Hollywood.

[first1NFANTRY]

lol it's the American way. F up a franchise with explosions and what not. Quite pathetic how most popular games revolve around guns.

[roshi1987]

American game to start with. It's "Michael Bay" way, jackass.

[Plagasx]

They chose to make more money, unfortunately..

[kma2k]

& how did that work out for them!

[Alos88]

That's because some collosal idiot at EA decided the series would be axed if DS3 didn't sell 5 million copies, which is more than almost any game makes and is a totally unrealistic goal by any standards.

[falcon79]

It's all about investment,sales have to claw bk your investment or it bombs simple,nothing to do with unrealistic targets.

[DigitalAnalog]

5 million copies is 350 million plus in revenue (minus distribution costs). You mean to tell me that this game needs 3 times more money than the actual production of GTA4 then you are definitely overrating their production values. This is a definition of UNREALISTIC targets, you don't use the "investment" excuse to demand such ridiculous return otherwise the gaming industry will crash with such apathetic attitude.

[Baka-akaB]

But it was preciesly failing because they were too adamant at expanding and meeting those unrealistic figures .

Basically they lost their fans in the process while failing to attract new ones , like 80% of the times publishers try that this gen .

[sway_z]

To be fair, there a few games that remain relevant beyond their successive sequels. New writers and designers should be brought in for future releases to keep things fresh...

Otherwise games become nothing more than a new coat of paint on the outside of a very old house.....

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@aiBreeze

Dead Space should have ended on 2. It seemed very action based (Gears) and not as scary as DS1. Hardly a fresh change of direction when you mimic other developers tired games. I guess it's difficult to come up with radical new stuff without betraying the series roots and upsetting the core fans.

[pompombrum]

Isn't that why this game failed? They tried to freshen things up but instead just alienated the series fans?

[DARK WITNESS]

I have to agree. Dead Space 1 was my favorite new iP this gen, I could not sing it's praises enough.

I was very disappointed with DS2 because I could already see the direction it was going and it really was not needed.

I didn't even by DS3 because I point blank hated what it had become.

There is a very, very fine line between when you take a game in a new direction to try and keep it fresh and when trying to keep it fresh destroys what made it great in the first place.

We are at a point in gaming where there are very few ideas that are fresh and new. 99% of anything you can think of has been done before. It's now more about how you do those things, thats where the good games shine. DS1 didn't do anything new. it took a lot of elements from games we all know, but it threw them into a setting that had not been done in a while so it felt fresh and they got all those elements working just right.

[pompombrum]

Hopefully, money hungry companies like EA will start to realize the trend of giving your core fanbase the middle finger just isn't going to pay off. Dead Space 3, DmC, RE6 (dunno how well it done sales wise however it went from £40 to under £20 damn fast) to name a few. Hopefully the new Gears of War will also fail to meet expectations.

[NightStalker33]

Never played Gears. How does it give its fans the middle finger?

[majiebeast]

Frank Gibeau is 1 of the worst things at ea right now. He is the one pushing for them to implement social media into every game and microtransactions, probably was his idea to make simcity online only.

[vyralx]

Dead Space got dismembered by EA.
They ruin the franchise,force MT,eliminate everything that made the first game sell and then kill of the ip because of low sales.
Strong logic,EA!

[pompombrum]

$$$$$$ <--- EA's only logic.

[byeGollum]

^_^ ehehe "dismembered"

[sway_z]

I seriously believe there will be a lot of 'Gamer Fatigue' (as mentioned Crysis 3 Producer) on next gen. We really need some new fresh IP's...

Halo
COD
GOW
GEARS

A few examples that all need fresh ideas and new direction or putting to sleep for awhile.

It's all getting very predictable.

[BigBoss1964]

Difference is that those games are staying true to their roots and not alienating their fanbases

[RTheRebel]

once the kiddies see the unreal engine 4 in COD
series will sell alot, will be like a new game for them

[catch]

A surprising demonstration of people voting with their wallets. Hopefully publishers take notice that trying to appeal to larger audiences can backfire if you go too generic to stand out.

[first1NFANTRY]

"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"

I swear Fifa is the only reason i tolerate the scumbags at EA.

Yep let's keep sending these foul corporations a nice F U message.

Repeat after me: WE WILL NOT BE NICKLE AND DIMED!

Sad to say but i'm glad i skipped DS3. Any mature gamer will vote with their wallet.

Only benefit to this news is a new created IP or loss of jobs. Frankly if u want me to buy your game then you'd better meet my gaming requirements or go the way of the whale.

[MasterCornholio]

Im going to wait a while and see if it comes to plus. If not then i will pick it up at the same price as my copy of Dead Space 2 which was 20€.

Im dying for a great survival horror experience but lately franchises famous for that have concentrated more on action than anything else.

What ever happened to the great old silent hill and resident evils?

Gears of war and casuals is what happened to them.

Does anyone find it funny that the closest thing that we will have to a survival horror game is a port of revelations and Naughty Dogs The Last of US?

[Hazadess1]

Well if they wanted a game to fail in my opinion then making it like ME3 was the way to go.

Mass Effect 3's problem was not the ending, it was the fact that Drew Kaspyin (spelt wrong) didn't write it. Two other talentless twats did.

ME1&2 plus the companion novels (all excellent) were written by him. That is why I put ME3 as my single biggest let down ever.

[tigertron]

Jesus, EA are a bunch of retards. The reason why DS3 underperformed was that EA introduced more action to make it appeal to the COD kids.

They gave it a ridiculous sales target of 5 million. A company should be over the moon if it even makes half of that.

As a Dead Space fan...screw you EA!

[DeadSpaced]

Actually, I don't think they introduced more action. I think they just advertised specifically action. As for gameplay? They perfected the action and only subject you to small doses of humans/hi-action environments.

I think they gameplay speaks for itself.

[m2stech]

As long as MMOs exist, forced Multiplayer/Coop destroys core games!

[r21]

Freaking microtransactions took away my weapon-specific ammo! Damn you, EA!

[ApolloTheBoss]

Should have sticked to what made Dead Space great in the first place. Survival horror. These publishers are idiots. Why fix something that's not even broken?

[megamanX2]

another game killed off by releasing it every year.

[hankmoody]

Three games released over five years.

[trouble_bubble]

Dead Space
Dead Space Extraction
Dead Space Ignition
Dead Space 2
Dead Space Extraction HD
Dead Space 3

That's more than three games.

Throw in story DLC, comic books, a couple BluRay animated movies. EA picked the corpse clean for every micro-transactioned penny. Not surprised DS3 burned up attempting re-entry. Writing was on the wall when Schofield left.

[MartinB105]

EA obviously doesn't understand the fundamentals. You don't make a successful product by imitating the ideas of your competitors.

Dead Space had the potential to offer something unique that would allow it to stand out from the crowd, but EA foolishly squandered the opportunity.

[trenso1]

I couldn't help but laugh at that title. Good ridens the series is dead they are the ones to blame. Changing the game into a hollywood game and just sight of what the game was originally about

[hankmoody]

That's a shame because this last game in the series is pretty awesome. Somehow, I think the whole microtransaction thing screwed them, which is silly being that you don't even have to bother with any of that stuff if you don't want to.

[plmkoh]

Classic case of a PR mess, everything they've done to preview the game before launch was a mess from the Necromorphs holding guns, fighting humans and then the micro-transactions.

Despite that, the reality is that the game wasn't stuffed because of that: Necromorphs holding guns were puppet-ed by a separate enemy that did add to the gameplay, the human shootouts were so quick'n easy that you really couldn't say much about it and the microtransactions were so pointless that one could forget they even existed.

However, first impression count, and it looks their audience wasn't able to shake off their preconception bias going into the game.

[hankmoody]

Their marketing strategy has been sketchy after the release of the first game. What was so great about the first Dead Space was that no one saw it coming and it had minimal advertising, setting the stage for a bonafide sleeper hit. The second one's advertising campaign however was way too revealing to the point that I felt like I saw nearly the entire game before I even got to play it. They didn't help themselves the third time around with the stuff they showed out of context. The demo helped matters by proving that the game was still scary but by then the damage was done.

[Truthandreason]

Sorry EA, but at the rate your killing your brands your going to have to create new ones that will do even worse. Dead Space seams to sell okay, so if your not making money off of it sounds like you have a problem with overpaid management and corporate types that have nothing to do with making the games.

If you don't care for Dead Space anymore since its not a money maker auction off the IP.

[koehler83]

EA's a business. They exist to make money...

People vote with their wallets...

The vote is in.

[Locksus]

That's what you get for ruining yet another one of your studios.
Bastards.

[abzdine]

i haven't even finished the demo it suched so bad.

Next stop: FUSE!

[shivvy24]

Im Sure fuse will be great game

[AKS]

Many executives always seem to think that they know more about what the audience wants than the audience themselves. They think everyone wants a mainstream action game that revolves around constant shooting and explosions, and if they get a hit that is doing well because it has something unique going for it, they think "Well, just think how much better it would sell if we make it more of a mainstream action game and released a sequel every other year!!!"

The development times between sequels gets shorter and quality goes down over time. The budget may go up, so often sequels are more technically impressive, but that's usually not what attracted people to a franchise in the first place.

Every time a new "niche" franchise (not saying Dead Space was that exactly; just speaking of my fear of executives interfering) that is a surprise success comes out, I'm frightened that you're going to get some jackhole executive trying to dumb it down and add multiplayer deathmatches. I was very thankful Dark Souls was a very worthy sequel to Demon's Souls, but there is still chatter about making futre Souls games easier and doing things to make it more mainstream. These games were such a surprise success precisely because they weren't exactly like every other game, but some executives will NEVER get that.

[DeadSpaced]

So let me get this straight. It's a good thing a franchise is experiencing trouble because EA funded it and EA is the root of all evil?

[GusBricker]

I didn't mind DS3's combat, the story on the other hand, just awful.

If you're going spend a shitload of cash developing a game, at least make an attempt to write a good story or hire someone who can.

[DARK WITNESS]

In a nutshell.... YES.

I loved Dead space 1. When that game came out and Mirrors edge, for the first time they made me situp and think maybe all the EA hating was wrong. But no, they proved they are the same old EA.

They had a good thing going, sure it was not a billion dolla series like cod, but it filled a gap in the market that had potential to grow big because it had been left open my Res Evil. What do EA go and do... lets make DS more like Res Evil, more generic !!

I am thankful that EA funded it, but if there only reason for doing so was so they can switch it into this generic turd like all the other games are trying to be, then thats just another game we could do without and for once gamers really showed that.

[Hydralysk]

Not really, people wouldn't be happy DS was gone if Dead Space 3 gameplay wasn't emblematic of EA's new direction of 'add more action, add multiplayer, add microtransactions, throw huge marketing budget at it' to all of it's games.

It's more that Dead Space 3 is a poster child of EA's marketing strategy, so people take DS3's 'failure' as an example of publishers harming good IPs and getting burned by it.

[EditorAtGNG]

Wait, who didn't see this one coming? Seriously people, it's EA. This is their job - to ruin studios and franchises. Westwood (Red Alert), Bioware (Dragon Age), Visceral (Dead Space)...

[RedSoakedSponge]

maybe if you kept to the games roots (true survival horror) and didnt do microtransactions, you wouldnt be having this issue.
sometimes i find it ironic how these incredibly intelligent people who make these games can seem so thick as shit when it comes to what would make a good experience for the consumer.

[Locksus]

Guys, hey guys! Think about the bright side: EA decided to kill the series off before it could get any worse.

*sadface*

[PS4isKing_82]

Sorry to sound old, but news like this is why gaming is going down the tubes. Most devs these days think all games should have guns, large amounts of swearing, big muscled up dudes, and lots of explosions and more swearing. If this is the best that gaming today has to offer, ill pass. Give me a dreamcast, ps2, GameCube, ps1, n64 any day.

[Eyesoftheraven]

Well that's what happens when you ignore one of the most important life skills: Integrity!

[rammstein91]

ds1 was fresh and quality made survival horror game, imo ds2 is the peak point of the series great harmony of horror,animation,story,action( eye operitaion scene and school levels are unforgettable),ds3 is become medicore action game to me

[Draco]

Its time for an emo reboot!

[Run_bare]

If those comments were true, it's EA fault not visceral, I own dead space 3, having difficulties playing it for second time and it's not scary at all.

EA has ruin a good franchise again after Mass Effect 3, they should just leave them alone to develop the game Visceral wanted to make.

[sjaakiejj]

Visceral IS EA, and has always been. They were formerly known as EA Redwood Shores.

Mass Effect was headed into ME3's direction ever since the first game. If you couldn't see that then you're probably blinded by hatred against EA.

[Run_bare]

If what you say about Mass Effect 3 were true, then Bioware is at fault? for making such a mess of an ending.

I don't really believe they are that incompetent, logic suggest that it's most probably EA not Bioware since EA fork out the money for development.

I don't hate EA, I feel sorry for them for some of the decision they make lately, but they are better than Activision, or maybe I should just squarely put the blame to Frank Gibeau.

[sjaakiejj]

"then Bioware is at fault? for making such a mess of an ending. "

You talk about logic, yet when the ending of a game is crap even after the developer had been granted a delay in order to finish it, with very clear explanations of Bioware following that Casey Hudson had written the ending together with two other people, you blame EA?

Of course Bioware was at fault, they're the ones that wrote the ending. EA never even touched it. Regardless of that, I wasn't even talking about the ending, but if that's what you meant by "ruining the franchise", then I feel really sorry for you.

[Run_bare]

Yes, the ending is mediocre - it's like having a nice time with someone and she left without explanation WTF.

If you satisfy with it, then maybe my taste is different than you.

Nothing it what it seems, but I still Believe EA is to blame as they held the power over money.

[BLAKHOODe]

Very disappointing. I'm still playing Dead Space 3 and after seeing Sony's PS4 reveal, I thought Dead Space 4 had a ton of potential with the new tech to be something special that would put the series back on the right track.

[MilkMan]

The losers here are gamers.
Less IP's being made, studios out of business and COD reins supreme.
It const nothing to whine on the boards, takes effort to lay down money to support our industry.
Cliffy B was right, we ARE headed to another scenario like the 1980's when the game industry crashed.

[kevnb]

Only the console market, unless Microsoft gets the f out.

[Convas]

Would be hilarious to see MS leave the console market.

Just for it to bomb harder than it would've had they stayed.

You people think with your console allegiances first, and your brains second.

The economic implications of what you're suggesting are horrifying. But continue to live in your fantasy world.

[MadLad]

EA planned to can the thing anyway, it appeared.

They basically stated, and is total bullshit, that they needed to sell five million copies of the game for the series to stay viable.

Dead Space 3 was just their cash-in final chapter. EA has done it before. They didn't care that the third was going to sour some people on the series. They were ending it either way. Unless, of course, it had sales that it simply was never going to see.

Still. I like Visceral. And even Dead Space 3 is a pretty good game in my books. Hoping to see something cool in this secret game they have in the works.

[LAWSON72]

Well i think we all know why pc at least did not sell, because ds3 devs said the pc version was not going to be superior to console version because they wanted everyone to experience the game the same way. I hope people pirated the game because they were upset by the dev's laziness.

[Angainor7]

That's what happen when you turn a successful horror game, to a casual and action s**t.. You aimed for better sales with more accessible and action elements and you get this... You managed to ruin a beautiful franchise. That's the way to go EA, hopefully more companies will follow your way...

[fsfsxii]

And thats what happens when you try to appeal the game to the people who "only play games on their phones" and add Micro-transactions.
Great logic EA
I thank god that they are not focusing on SSX because its the best game they have now

[FunAndGun]

They DID change SSX A LOT! Do you remember the original Deadly Decent reveal? People hated it because they attempted to make it more mature. Shortly after that, they even got rid of the Deadly Decent sub title and steered focus away from that.

Didn't they even add firework and neon DLC to try and bring that FUN festival vibe into their more realistic and gritty game?

I was hyped for SSX when I first heard about a next-gen version, but it seemed all the silly crazy fun got sucked out of it.

[fsfsxii]

To be honest, the latest SSX is my first in the series, and still play it since release day

[ApexHell]

the series has potential after the first game the forcing multiplayer and co op down our throats with dlc on top and some microtransaction sprinkles on top murdered this franchise in piss poor sales and this trend will continue across all major EA titles until change from this draconian mongering occurs prepare for piss poor sales of dragon age 3 and the next mass effect.

[PooEgg]

@ApexHell

I agree, and it actually makes me a little sad, because even though ME3 and DA2 are seriously flawed I still found things to enjoy about both games, and I had hoped that lessons would be learned and DA3 would turn out to be a great game. However as I watch from the sidelines to see how EA/BioWare proceed I can't help but think they are going to screw DA3 up too. EA is obsessed with online and microtransactions, and BioWare seems to be taking an approach that screams "We hate our fans, you confuse and frighten us, so we are going to hide over here and pretend we don't need you." I hope I am wrong, but I don't see thing going well.

[triplev16]

I was a fan of the first two but you could kind of see where the series headed. Part 3 had a few good moments but I thought it was a little too long for this type of game. Not to mention the amount of elevator sequences, backtracking, cheap rappelling deaths and hard to follow storyline. Put this one to bed for awhile and bring it back next gen.

[bronxsta]

I usually don't blame publishers but I can't believe EA forced Visceral to ruin one of my favorite game series!
Budgets cuts, forcing them to make it more "accessible", changing the ammo system for micro-transactions....

RIP Dead Space :(

[Realplaya]

Wow it's going to be a rough next gen for EA. The companies recent move feels like there basically scrambling. Here's how I feel about micro transactions and DLC. On a PC I think it's perfectly fine since that type of platform can always be upgraded. I think on a home console these developers and publishers need to go back to what made home consoles must have buys. That is a complete game and if you want to do DLC it should be free. We already spend almost 70 dollars on a game and I have to spend damn near a hundred bucks to get a complete experience?

Hate or love Nintendos moves at least there not telling gamers hey we will release a 60 percent game and in order for you to get the whole experience expect to pay 40 more bucks. I think Ea has lost there minds and I am going to play analyst. With next gen it's pretty safe to say all consoles will see the same games at some point because no one is going to sales millions like they have the last Gen so if I am a publisher/ slash developer I can't afford to leave money on the table.

My prediction is in order for the next console to take the lead who ever releases a slew of original IP's will take the lead.

[voltron2010]

And you wonder why sales are 'lackluster"

3 different ps3 consoles, 3 different user names , 2 different DS3 discs. Optional missions, elevator rides, walking through doors as an autosave is happening. 4 times on the mission where you put on the snowsuit so you can go out side. Can't walk through the door without a freeze point and wiped save file. I have saved and quit the game and copied what should have been a "clean" save started at the last "uninterrupted part of the story' and made it through that door but now my game is pretty much ended on the optional "armory" mission. can't take the elevator back to the surface. The sad thing is that EA will not even admit there is a problem with the game. There WAS a 6 page thread on the PSN forums on this topic a few days ago but that seems to have dissapeared. A new one started up - wasa bout 3 pages long with complaints but now that one has mysteriously vanished also. Do you think that thats because PSN has the game for sale on the store?? Do you think the $15 add-ons sales might suffer if people thought there was a problem with the game

[Bumpmapping]

DS3 is trash last chapters where awful face wave after wave of the same enemies wasn't even challenging really boring,repetitive and tedious.I'm glad this game sold bad we won't see another sequel for a long time I hope.

[kevnb]

This is what happens when you make games by stat numbers. You can't just survey people on what they like and shoehorn it into everything.

[JGaLaXY815]

These comments are disgusting...lol...the game isn't even that bad honestly...if you didn't play it, shut the hell up. I agree EA killed this game for being too greedy,especially trying to have 5 million sales, but this is a really good game, it's not an amazing game. And enough about the micro-transactions, you don't even see them, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO USE THEM, it's just there for people that wanna spend more money lol...anyway, it's funny you guys are happy for another series being killed off...

[PooEgg]

Glad you liked Dead Space 3, hope you enjoy Dead Space 4... oh right, never mind.

And there you have the problem, gamers are unhappy about a good series dying due to bad decisions from a company that specializes in bad decisions. If we are being vocal it is because we hope the fools at EA might actually open their ears and listen, and maybe it will save some of the other series under their very leaky umbrella.

[kenshiro100]

...I'm not even surprised this happened.

[sjaakiejj]

Article should be marked as a rumor. "An anonymous inside source"? The number of times I've heard that phrase to make bullshit sound reasonable

[josh14399]

Dead space 3 might not be a horror game but it is one of the best third person action games I've played. I hope more games have weapon customization like in Dead space 3.

[SnakeCQC]

the high origin price probably had something to do with it plus it being on origin seriously ea need to can origin and put their games on steam and transfer our games there

[etownone]

Shame, one of my favorite new franchises this gen.

I think Dead Space 3 and Crysis 3 should have just held off and released them for next gen consoles. Especially Crysis 3.

[GABRIEL1030]

This is the result for over exploit the series, the programmers must take their time to develop incredible complete games that deserve 60 bucks, not replete games of microtransactions and DLC's. EA is pressing hard the programmers to launch incomplete products and with low quality, full of tramps to extract the money of the users. The same happens with Crysis 3, a nice game ruined for a short campaign, a bland multiplayer and ending forced, It's a incomplete game. For example in the other side Tomb Raider is great, amazing, stuning, we wait almost two years for an incredible game

[Roccetarius]

Good to see people voted with their wallets. Two great games, the first one more so, but the last was a nail in the coffin.

[KontryBoy706]

It was your own fault EA. Now eat crow just like CRAPcom had to after the nonsense they pulled with street fighter x tekken.

[Wingsfan24]

Doubt this is true. The game only released two months ago, way too early to say it sold horribly.

[SDF Repellent]

This is not good news. Even when people are hating on EA, I feel sorry for the studio that is responsible for Dead Space. They might be out of a job soon. Hopefully they will be working on a new IP soon.

[NYC_Gamer]

I'd rather see Dead Space canned instead of being ruined

[Amsterdamsters]

Wow, and they can't even blame Nintendo for this one....

[NicSage]

I liked Dead Space 3, and i'll take the disagrees but I'd say 75% of you who are complaining about the " action " have not even played the game, this is a very Dead Space game I really enjoy it.
Yet 95% of you probably purchased Call of Duty: Black Ops II

You really have missed out on an awesome Dead Space experience because of what micro-transactions? Seriously? Just don't buy the micro crap, I could see if it was taking away chapters from the game, but it's loot, loot you could earn on your own.
I do not condone Micro-transactions in a 60.00 game, but that means I just do not partake of the MT, not that I pass on a great game.

People need to stop being bitches, it's a good game.

Games can only be horror for so long, this Is/Was Issac's third game, he is a bad ass by now & everyone knows it. Why would he be acting like a scared baby when he is a necrohardened bad ass of badassery?

You people make no sense.

[PooEgg]

We first off, not everyone plays Call of Duty, so stop with your stereotyping.

And if gamers are against microtransations, why should we support games that include them? It is our right to boycott any game that includes them if we so chose to. It's our wallets, and our right to use them as we please.

I think it is good that gamers didn't get suckered into buying this game. I bought 1 and 2, but didn't care enough to buy 3, because I felt 2 was too short and so boring that I couldn't really get into it anyway. The microtransactions just gave me one more reason to avoid 3.

[NicSage]

The only suckers are the ones that think Micro-Transactions took from the DS experience.

You have missed out of a fleshed out story & great gameplay.

[PooEgg]

@nikrel

In my opinion, the real suckers are the ones buying into the 'poor game developers need more money' and 'mircotransactions won't hurt gaming' nonsense.

Perhaps microtransactions have a small effect on DS3, but by purchasing the game you are opening the door for microtransactions to take a larger and more expensive role in future games. If you are okay with that, cool, but I much prefer gamers to bitch in order to try and keep gaming integrity intact then to fall in line and be EA's bitch.

[fsfsxii]

Why can't EA not ruin their franchises???
Are they really that greedy??
Isn't FIFA making big money for them with the UT stuff??
Why can't they make new IPs and not eff em up by the third sequel???

[Garethvk]

For me the marketing was a mess. the p.r. firm handling it took all the postings, magazine covers, and radio segments we offered but would not do any interviews and only after we did all the stories and coverage in advance, they did not send out review copies citing high demand, and low number of review units available. Well when the price drops $20.00 a month after release that is all you need to know about how well it is doing.

[arbitor365]

this goes to prove that watering down your franchise to appeal to a wider audience makes it appeal to no one. you alienated true fans of survival horror and your game flopped. and your attempt to rake in money through micro transactions backfired horribly. you got what you deserved.

[Dms2012]

I am making through the game just fine without the microtransactions, why is everyone bitching about something you don't have to buy? Hey, lets all go to a movie theater and complain that they sell popcorn. You don't HAVE to buy them if you do not want them. Suddenly everyone becomes an occupy activist at the slightest thing anymore.

[DevilishSix]

ahem brother. Most of these young turds on here don't understand how much a game like this costs, because they lead sheltered lives. A game like this costs probably 50 - 75 million to make not counting marketing and distribution. EA tries to offset the cost with optional forms of revenue on a franchise that does not sell much and the "occupy gamer movement" says get that crap out of my game. Well guess what, it is out of the game now with the end of the franchise.

[FunAndGun]

Well then, most of you old farts don't understand the power of greed.

How was there a Dead Space 3 if Dead Space 1 and 2 didn't make enough revenue because game development costs so much?

They didn't have microtransactions, they sold well, they were obviously successful without them or we wouldn't be on the 3rd sequel. Or did EA put in microtransactions to re-coup all their losses from Dead Space 1 and 2....because everyone knows you continue to make sequels if you are not making enough money on the original game.

This is greed and finding discreet ways to squeeze MORE out of the consumer. If DS3 sold 10mil copies do you REALLY think microtranactions would just stop there? NO, their practices would get more brazen and people like you would be wondering how it got to this point when you need to pay $2.00 to access a door.

Don't be mad because other people have more principles and can foresee the direction this is going.

[FunAndGun]

Didn't they change to universal ammo because of microtransactions?

[PR_FROM_OHIO]

Thank you EA for destroying another great franchise!! SMFH that's why I never buy another EA game unless you guys get your shit together!!

[dennett316]

Yes EA....gamers sure do love those micro-transactions don't they? They also love the homogenization of every single unique title into "Generic Action Game"....nothing signifies unique and different game experiences like doing exactly the same thing that everyone else is doing.

Gamers are starting to tire of being treated like wallets with legs, they're sick and tired of games all gradually becoming the same - lowest common denominator catering to the drooling action junkie crowd.

But EA are stupid, they'll take this as a sign that the game wasn't generic enough, that there weren't enough micro-transactions. I look forward to Dead Space Beige....a military themed FPS with more human enemies, because those mean ole necromorphs were just too darn scary and unique looking...and red dot sights for all!!!!
After all, Call of Duty already exists, so people will be queuing up to play a watered-down version of it....won't they?

Ugh, no wonder indie games are getting so popular.

[DevilishSix]

First EA seems to have failed building up a fanbase for this franchise, for whatever reason.

Second, unrealistic sales goals were probably dropped on this franchises back.

Third, I blame gamers for not supporting a franchise they enjoy because of some silly mission against either mircotransactions or co-op. All a person has to do is see the quality of the production in these Dead Space games to tell they are expensive to make. So what is EA to do to offset such costs when the game is a fringe seller of maybe 2 million copies? They added in microtransactions, which did not have to be purchased, but could bring in additional revenue from those that want it.

If gamers don't support a game in sales and bash its only other revenue streams, this is what you get...a Dead Franchise. Now the Dead Space team won't even have a chance to address your grievences (like more horror and scares or no co-op) it's just done.

Hope your happy, I will miss them because I enjoyed these games even with their faults.

[MuhammadJA]

Well, for starters, they could get rid of the micro-transaction. Also, reduce the price a little and include it in Steam. Finally, if nothing works, make it FPS!

[Glitchysugar]

Make it FPS? nah, that's Activisions department.

[Shacojin]

FUCK U EA!!!

[squallcloud9]

Dead Space 2 was a pre order for me, I got all the trophies minus the dlc ones and even finished hard core mode, which made the game super scary. And I loved Ellie and the fact that Isaac talked. But after playing the demo for ds3 I lost interest in everything dead space. I really wish publishers could learn from mistakes like this. We like unique experiences not for everything to be like call of duty. Jeesh.

[HorrorGod]

You missed out on a good game then. I would recommend at least renting DS3, if you don't want to buy it.

[Rhezin]

god dammit they really f!cked up this time. Really ruined a great franchise... WTF!?

[JCENAdaBest]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA GOOD!!!!! Finally a series that gets in trouble after betraying their fans by making their games more casual and action orientated to suit the bigger market. This has made me very happy and I hope Visceral and EA learn a lesson from this and give us either a new DS with the same attributes and horror elements of which DS1 gave us or a new IP that is a true survival horror - perhaps a good 'Alien' game for once.

[cervantes99]

Well, we still have The Last of Us for survival horror - I think? Not sure if TLOU is survival horror.

[Jek_Porkins]

This is really just rumor, not sure why it is being presented as fact. The game just released and it's a pretty big franchise. Could just mean maybe we'll have to wait for a next gen release.

I know a lot of people critisize the third game, but I think it's fun. How many times could they strand you on a ship? I mean I have made the same argument for Resident Evil games, how many times can they search around the mansion?

I hope we haven't seen the last of the series, but a break wouldn't hurt it.

[Glitchysugar]

Dead Space 3 was a "fairly" enjoyable game, but failed in so many other ways, in the end the good doesnt outweigh the bad. But the developers shoudn't be blamed for it, the people in the EA department should be to blame. The head(s) of the project are the ones who call all the shots on what they want in the game, the developers simply create and program it, i feel sorry for them to be honest. such a great first game with so much hope, now they just sit and watch it get axed.

[jalen247]

Shame...but the fans have spoken with their dollars...hopefully Publishers take notice...cough...Capcom

[MaverickStar7]

It wasn't the micro-transactions...it was continuing to chase after the COD crowd. Carve out your own niche and gamers will come to you. Continue chasing after COD and end up in the scrap pile like Medal of Honor.

[jeromeface]

Same thing happened with resident evil... I loved the first 3, they tried to modernize with 4 and f*ucked it ALL up. Series has been spinning the toilet ever since. Who's idea was it to add coop to survival horror story mode and force you to use it. Don't get me started on las plagas.... they even messed up the silent hill series.. sigh.

[HorrorGod]

RE1 and 2 were great. RE3 was meh. RE4 was a breath of fresh air. RE5 was okay. RE6, I enjoyed more than 5.

That's just in my own opinion though.

[HorrorGod]

Both EA and Visceral have responded to this and said it was false.

[Samuel-Rodrigues]

Looks like we're never going to get the return to form for the series we have craved oh so much ever since the second game released :/
Oh well, i really did enjoy this series while it lasted, at least it won't go out on a bad note for the most part.

[Rageanitus]

I've always found dead space to be a thriller.... not sure why ppl thought it was a survival horror game.

You fight baddies, and there was really not that much problem solving. Shoot, find your path repeat.

Im playing through ds2 right now and find it just as good as the 1st. Not sure how the 3rd one is, but I found all them action orientated.

[breakdancefight]

After losing Glen Scholfield Executive producer/cheerleader (Deadspace 1) and Ian Milham Creative director/Series Art director (Deadspace 1-2) they lost the lifeblood and exciting vision behind DSpace.

[Morgue]

If only I gamed on a PC. I'd make a Dead Space 3 FarmVille Mod.

[Double_O_Revan]

Thanks for destroying one of my favorite series of this gen. I was worried, but figured that 3 would cause so much damage this might happen.

Screw you EA, I really thought you were trying to change when you took a chance at releasing an Original IP with Dead Space.

[Hayabusa 117]

Yes! That'll teach 'em.

Actually this is sht news, but not surprises.

"Oh, this franchise is making us loads of cash, how can we get more more cash from it?"

"I know, make it more mainstream, then it'll appeal to a 'wider' audience."

*Game/film/series sells like crap*

"Oh dear, well, it was a dying anyway, we're not sinking any more money into this dead franchise."

Typical.

[RELIGHT]

Dead Space 3 is an incredible game. Definitely one of my favorite co-op games. Weapon crafting is amazing. This is awful news.

[Xer0_SiN]

im very saddened to hear this, if this is indeed true. i supported every single iteration of dead space that has been released. i agree that three wasnt the greatest but it was still enjoyable, atleast for the story. i really hope they rethink their actions, because this can be a very flourishing franchise if they just go back to the formula that started it all. no extraction, no ignition, no three, no gimmicks. just a good old fashioned survival horror.

[Xtremist]

Too many micro(soft) elements and trans(sexoual) actions in their policies, have already lead Electronic Farts to decline - and eventually to collapse.

[KingKevo]

I'm sorry for the guys that will probably lose theirs jobs, but I'm glad DS3 failed. The franchasie was going in a new more casual direction and thankfully the gamers didn't like that and therefore didn't buy the game. So NOW EA should know that they did something wrong.

[TheOneEyedHound]

EA messed up this series, number one was a good game.

[IK IR Y IP T]

LMAO title is for hits Dead space 3 sold very well and 4 has not been cancelled EA has already confirmed this via twitter but Visceral Montreal did close but that had nothing to do with Dead Space !

[Xenomorph]

Hmm, maybe those "action casuals" weren't worth it in the end? EA needs to stop alienating their original fanbases from gamers like me that loved the sheer horror aspect of the first game. When you take the series to co-op action status, you are doing what resident evil 5 did to its series.

Remove all credibility for a broader audience.

[cyclindk]

Are you challenging me to an avatar duel sir?

[IWentBrokeForGaming]

I bought DS3 and only played it for 30 minutes and traded that garbage in!

[jerethdagryphon]

the problem is this is a sequal.

once you start sequals they cant be as scary because you know whats coming, in ds1 when the first corpse attacks you from the ground you jump after that you poke them from a distance.

but they dont catch you the same way

in ds 1 they came out of the walls ceiling floor.

we got scared we didnt know where they came from
ds2 you know thats how they mode so you mine the entrence you watch the grates you adapts.

and its not scary
ds3 had to go more action packed (not to the extent it did) but issac knows necromorphs hes probobly the only expert on them

so the i shot off its head is sill coming doesnt work, they went more of a disaster film route this time and it works. ds3 is a fine story bassed action game

ds 4 cant change much but id expect them to go hunting for necromorphs rather then fall into them as its been done.

ds1 usg ishimura finds a marker crap happens

ds2 earthgov is experminting making markers and needs issac to help its goes wrong

ds3 earthgovs failing unitalogy is purging and markers are everywhere

[KillrateOmega]

Good. This is what they get for trying to turn such an original survival-horror concept into another bland shooter in an effort to rake in more money. Fuck you, EA.

[MasterofMagnetism]

RIP Dead Space. You will be missed.

[TXIDarkAvenger]

I felt like Dead Space 3 was alright, not better than the first two games but still good. The only thing I hated was the fact I had to use an Origin account and I was playing on PS3 -.-

[cyclindk]

I liked Deadspace more when it was scary, but INDEPENDENT of the series itself, I liked the weapons and how you could customize them, even though the interface for customization wasn't the most intuitive, I really enjoyed some of the results that came out of it.

Bring horror back to the horror games please and go ahead and throw the weapon creation system into another action game, win - win?

[2pacalypsenow]

well EA I hope your happy with your "Wider audience" im glad i didnt buy this

[ShaunCameron]

I opted for Sly Cooper: Thieves In Time, which also came out the same day.

[ElementX]

EA said this isn't true, it's some lie that videogamer wrote for attention.

[madduey]

Dead space 2 was just awesome! Just leave the game alone!!
Looks like its down to The Last Of Us to fly the flag for survival horror...

EA don't have the sense to go bk to the series roots all they want is another multiplayer success that can rival cods popularity so they can milk the life out of it!!

[kupomogli]

Most of the people bashing the game are the usual EA haters who have never played the game.

For those who actually finish the game, classic mode is unlocked, pure survival, and hardcore, which make the game play atleast a little bit closer to what the first two did, especially classic.

Was Dead Space 3 as good as the first two? No. Was it a good game, though? Absolutely.

One has to ask. What does it matter if a series goes from one genre to another as long as it's good? Halo Wars is a strategy game, Dissidia Final Fantasy is a fighting game, and Prinny Can I Really Be the Hero is a platformer. You know what these three games have in common. They're all good games and are all completely different genres than their predecessors. I've never played Halo Wars, but "supposedly" it's a good game, so I'm using it as a reference.

Video game fans now days are the most entitled pieces of garbage out there. Everything that is thrown back and forth from gamers is nothing but hate. Playstation 4, Dead Space 3, Wii U, literally anything new comes out. Stop being such self entitled fanboys. If you ever own the IP then do whatever you want with it. Until then stfu.

[-MD-]

Loved Dead Space 1, liked Dead Space 2, had almost zero interest in Dead Space 3 being a bro-op shooter.

Coulda been a franchise that ran for decades but they had to make it generic.

[jerethdagryphon]

adding coop into a game as a full option doesnt ruin it

for a starters you dont want to play coop then dont youll only see carver in cutscenes involving him normally

dont want micro trans then dont spend time farming resources in pure survival and the others

nothing they added is forced

even universal ammo makes since to simplify the crafting system, in dead space you wouldnt get ammo for guns you didnt use very often and when you did you sold it , they simplified it a bit doesnt make it easier nor harder

[ATi_Elite]

I really enjoyed Dead Space 1 as it had a good story and was very creepy.

Then EA turned it into Call of Duty!

When will these Moronic publishers understand that Gamers DO Not want Call of Duty clones.

Should of left Dead Space as a solid SP Horror experience.

[ShaunCameron]

I'm not surprised. The series was already on a decline before 3 came out.

[jon1234]

Yay!!!!!! I'm sooooo happy :)

[XIIIWARRIOR41]

EA screwed this one up real bad. I blame the president and the higher ups. I don't blame the designers, writers etc. They got to big for themselves and should of stayed smaller. There is a way to fix this & the franchise however I don't think the people with the money or higher ups won't do it. But, here are my thoughts (good & bad) anyways.

1. Micro transactions was the biggest mistake of them all. Are you kidding me?! People complain as it is paying $65 and you want to charge them more and make the game more difficult but say hey...if you spend 5 bucks you get 100 scrap metal, 50 tranducens etc. You get the point but this was pure greed on EA's part.

2. The fact that Dead Space went action also pissed off fans of the series. Bottom line, I love all 3 games and I'm a huge fan but I'm the minority here. I'm all for change and the story was awesome but all in all don't fix something that ain't broke!

3. I read that promoting the game was expensive. Well shit man, I've seen billboards & commercials up the ying yang. Here's a tip...remember when Dead space first came out? I didn't hear a damn thing about it neither did I see a commercial of it. I maybe missed it but I bought DS from word of mouth & ever since then I've waited patiently if there would be a sequel. If people love the game, trust me, they'll buy it!

4. I don't know anything about acting but I do know that voice acting especially if you hire a popular actor can be expensive. From what I remember, Isaac didn't say a word in the first DS. I've heard mixed reactions from this but the majority preferred Isaac to be silent. Here's a tip. If ever EA releases their ego, let Isaac get severly hurt in a future DS game where for example an necro-morph grabs his throat horribly or something to that effect.

5. You want scare, I'll give you scare. The thought of going through a world of snow wasn't even terrifying to me when I heard and finally saw the finished product. Here's a tip. SPOILER, SPOILER, SPOILER at the end of DS3........................... .......

You hear Ellie....Ellie....and it's freakin dark! What if Issac floated near the moon or that alien planet and it's nothing but DARK! What if there are different kind's of necro-morphs that Issac has never encountered before that have eerie sounds? You get what I'm trying to say.

All in all it's business but I really do feel EA and all other businesses win some and lose some. They just need to go back to what made it great!

[Adolph Fitler]

RedSoaked hit the nail on the head....Bloody following in Capcom's horrid footsteps, by trading the best survival horror series (for there times/gen., respectively), to go the big dumbed down action route (like we don't have enough of them).
Fools went gaga for RE4 when it appeared on GC (then eventually PS2, & now HD on everything like a willing spread eagled, crack, heroin & boozed up whore)......I couldn't believe what the scores & kafuffle that ensued when Capcom butchered one of the best, most original franchises EVER. They created survival horror, then everyone seemed to forget that & raved about a game that did not even come close to fitting in with the series roots. RE4 was THE game that gaming media & gamers relinquished to & gave Capcom the go ahead to totally wreck the series.

All Capcom had to do was use that pretty RE4 engine, to give us a true Resident Evil game, with hordes of shambling, stumbling, bumbling, slow, zombies that are in such numbers that your often overwhelmed & constantly on edge. RE4 did nothing that fits within the RE universe. They changed the T-Virus to some damn evil cult forming garbage & it had no scares or reason to even associate it with the series. Where were the zombie dog jumping through window moments from RE1 & 2 that made you soil your adult diapers, where were the giant zombie croc/gator moments.

And after Capcom butchered there series, & I believe turned off many fans, therefore losing sales & I also believe the potential for HUGE sales if they went all out, & to bring it back on topic, EA goes & does the same damn thing to a series that was crowned the official new survival horror king (although, I believe PS3 exclusive Siren takes that crown).
So, after EA finally shook that stigma of being the worst hacks in gaming by throwing us constant unimproved Maddens, Fifa's & such, by giving us greatly improved sports based games & many awesome original IP's (such as Mirror's Edge, Dead Space, etc, etc), they go ahead & butcher there most successful of these new IP's, instead of turning it up a notch & giving us the most graphically awesome, poo your star trek undies inducing, survival horror game in history.....
They could have really made this series kick butt, by making it like nothing else available. I mean, with the extra technology available over 15 yrs after PS1's RE2.....why the hell can't any of these developers give us something spectacular that brakes all boundaries in survival horror & has us cowering in the corner of our preferred gaming rooms, under piles of dirty soiled jocks, pants & socks.
Capcom haven't even tried to give us another great game in the RE series that sticks to what made it the game it was & that millions absolutely adored. They just totally switched up the formula, & people lapped it up in RE4, then they kept giving us more of that same action based formula, that were no worse that RE4, but everyone came to the realization that our dopey, slow shuffling zombies were replaced with red eyed, running, diseased, colored Africans (racism not intended). Our beloved games are being ruined with me-too action crap.
Whats next EA, green lighting a Mirrors Edge sequel set in Pakistan that follows the Medal Of Honor path?

[kostchtchie_]

exactly man re4 killed resident evil, and everything after was all down hill with capcom

[DOOMZ]

I LOVE the DEAD SPACE series!!!! 8(

[kostchtchie_]

we did vote with our wallets, why d2 & d3 was shit EA played the bluff game with d3 and lost, i could care less if the series dies, they ruined it themselves, gamers told them what they wanted, but oh no ea wanted more action on d2 & d3 so they could attract a broader audience for more money

if you cant just make good games that people like DON'T MAKE THEM, don't cry to gamers when you try to make it for broader audience rather than for the fans that enjoy it and it fails

developer have been right shitty this gen since MS pulled all the PC devs to console, they are ruining the console market along with PC games with there current trend of thinking

[Xtradivarious]

everyone in N4G must be really happy,these bastards wanted this to happen since day 1,congrats assholes! you haters and EA ruined my fave franchise.
i REALLY loved the dead space franchise,every single game,book,movie...hell i even have a small tatoo with the symbol of the marker.
fuck this...

[cheetah]

DS is in my top 5 games this generation, 2 was ok but Titan just wasn't scary. After seeing some of the DS3 videos and hearing the direction they took, I don't even think I will play it. As soon as they decided we all needed RE5 in space, they weren't getting my money. Two of my favourite franchises ruined, all for greed.

[BludoDaSmelly]

EA gave me dead space 2 free on origin, i never bought the other two.

[ufo8mycat]

Dead Space 3 felt was a great game. It may have had more action and less of a Dead Space vibe, but as a game it was brilliant.

People saying Dead Space 1 was better - At the time the experience was awesome because it was kind of new.

Tell you what - After playing DS2 and DS3, go back and play DS1 - DS1 now feels generic and the so called 'scares' in DS1 are no longer effective, because you have already lived that experience, not to mention after playing DS1 again, you can easily see the gameplay improvements made with the sequels. DS1 is still great, but feels generic and average corridor gameplay after playing DS2 and DS3.

And EA 5 million sales required to even bother considering another game? Talk about greed.

[DaGR8JIBRALTAR]

I was so tempted to buy DS3.Judging from all the negative comments,I made the right choice.When are the these developers/publishers gonna learn that the gamer speaks with his/her dollars? Now lets kill off Call of Duty and Assassin's Creed!

[XIIIWARRIOR41]

DaGR8JI . It's a great game. See for yourself.

[Surt]

"lets vote with our dollars!" Give me a break. Haha. DS would never have gotten a sequel if it would have stayed the same. I love horror. Movies, books, and of course games. But horror games fall under the same shelf as the other two. They are not mainstream. never will be. sure your fatal frame's, sirens, silent hills, f.e.a.r., condemned may sell at first. But at first.

You blame them for changing ds. But you really would want it to be like the same paint of coat garbage that is cod, and madden? Damn if you do, damn if you don't. I enjoyed all of those horror games, and it did suck when they changed it from horror to action. But I get it why. so I now wait for the next horror title.

[Npugz7]

I think you people forget to realize that It's a business and in a business you try to make as much money as possible! EA is not here to hand you free stuff!! Why should they? If you don't like it than don't buy it but quit your complaining about EA!!!

[Gigglefist]

I'm glad. Dead Space 1 was amazing. Dead Space 2 was great too. 3 was awful.

A good game should be left how it is. If it doesn't need a sequel, don't give it one.

I adore Dark Souls. It's my favorite game, period... But I'm rather worried about them making a sequel. It could ruin a respectable game universe.

Dead Space has worn out its welcome. Time to move on.

[Adolph Fitler]

@Xtradivarious
No mate, I don't think any gamers wanted EA & Dead Space to fail, as we love our games.....But fact is, we are the consumers, and as the ones with the money to buy these games, we hold the power to determine what should & shouldn't fail, & another horrible fact is that games that are truly awesome, artistically beautiful, games like Okami, BG&E, Ico, SOTC, Godhand, Psychonauts, are the developers that suffer, that truly should be making sequels to there awesome games...I mean, I generate gamer tears thinking how we didn't get a PS3 version of SOTC, I imagine how f%$king unreal the game would look & feel on this hardware.....but, it's failure meant Team Ico had to move onto something else to try generate some interest from dumb a$#e supposed gamers that are happily jumping on the COD casual train 5 & 6 times over (I mean, 2 COD's is really the limit on what we need in our collections.

Gamers need to start expanding there horizons, as all these games I mentioned above, should have sold in droves, as they all cater to the casual & hardcore markets, I mean especially Ico & even moreso SOTC, as these 2 games are probably the highpoint of last gen. And Ico was quite early in PS2's lifecycle, so it should have sold bucketloads.....In retrospect though, I NEVER SAW ONE, ONE SINGLE AD FOR THE GAME....If both Ico & SOTC got the advertising it so needed & deserved, it could have really done wonders (& same goes for other above mentioned & ALL games in general).

So, the sad fact is, that gamers happily bought 50cent: Bulletproof last gen, yet ignored the likes of SOTC, Ico, Okami & such high quality, flawlessly produced gaming masterpieces.
Same goes for Resistance 3, Starhawk, MS: Apocalypse, etc, etc...... Sony's developers give us some of the best games for there genres this gen. & people ignore them for COD10, Fifa 13, or Madden 13...... I mean, these 3 Sony games mentioned just above, are truly awesome games, top of there genre good....& argue as much as you like, but I know a great game franchise, & all three of these are sequels that differentiate & better themselves from there prequels. As an example, I am still playing through Resistance 3 & Blops2 & fact is, R3 is the better, more original game, hands down....Yes, both are FPS's, & COD:Blops2 sold like hotcakes, whereas R3 sold like piss warm beer (in Australia, as we only drink beer cold), but the fact still remains, as a game, without all the hype & BS, Resistance 3 is a far superior, fun game experience to another COD, simple as that.

So, point is, gamers should & have the right to vote with there wallets, & if EA start changing up formulas on already loved games, that gamers aren't demanding anything more from, then EA deserve to be punished (although I do feel sorry for Visceral as I'm sure they suffer most). But, if Visceral are a casualty of EA's interference, then that is not paying consumers faults, as both companies have failed gamers & truly adamant fans get hurt by this too.

And yep, COD & AC have had there day in the sun, move on Hacktivision, as I would rather see IW do a new series, I don't care if it happens to be a fps, but just make it different enough to stand out again, & Treyarch, these poor underated, overworked, poor, poor, bast@rds cop a bum rap, everytime.....They get 6months to develop COD3 & 6months after that to develop a Bond game, then get slammed when the game comes out & is only good, when expected to be as good as Goldeneye64 (which probably took 2-4yrs to develop)....not fair, & WAW was the best in the series, hands down.

[aLiEnViSiToR]

hahaahah greed kills xD ...developer studios should keep away from EA i mean to the other side of universe AWAY !!!

[mrkeith]

Honestly I thought the Dead Space series was boring. The third game was boring as hell. We could totally tell what the ending was going to be (he would call in for help as his girlfriend was leaving.) They wore Dead Space out

[JeepGamer]

Spend less time monkeying it up with DLC out the yin yang and more time making a quality game next time. The fact that they intended to run the series on until it ran in to the ground doesn't help either.

[Platinum_k]

One EA franchise I actually got into... shame.

I hope they will learn their lesson from this and make an amazing come back with Dead Space 4! ... for PS4!

[linkenski]

Good riddance EA.

[Adolph Fitler]

A comeback for Resident Evil would be awesome, but Cashcom would ruin it somehow, by making us pay for what is already on the disk, so we would be charged for dlc that would allow us to move & shoot, & another dlc for $10 would be to allow zombie exploding heads with shotgun, then maybe $5 for new guns, or $6.95 for shoes that make you run faster, or $5.25 for a shoulder holster that allows quicker drawing of your pistol.....these are ridiculous, but highly believable things that Crapcom would do to supporters of there games.....& the saddest part is, that these poor sad fanboys of SF4, SSF4, SSF4: Arcade Edition, etc, etc, WILL PAY for such trash as way overpriced of new items of clothing for the characters... New friggen clothes for gods sake....
And to switch companies, Hacktivision charging over $15 U.S. (& over $22au) for a few stingy maps for ALL the COD games (which, I believe the 1st map pack that releases with each new iteration of COD, are maps that are already on the disk & if not, at best (worst really), are maps that were made with the game & purposely held back, with the sole purpose of getting the far too high extra cash for Hacktivision....and I am being generous to these greedy scum only mentioning the 1st map pack, when in reality, they probably developed the WHOLE LOT, when the game was developed. I mean, these prices are criminal, as in Australia one of these map packs costs $22.95????? $23????? $23 for exactly 4 maps EVERYTIME. So, with 3 map packs a game in most cases, this skyrockets the games overall price to nearly $180 (this is in Australian money, which is just over U.S. money's $1 to $1 rate). So, with our $'s even lets say, for arguments sake, we Aussies get anally raped with near every new release title. As an example, the RRP for many games including new COD's, is $119 (smart gamers obviously never pay near that for a game), so I worked that $176, (give or take) off picking the actual game up for $99.

I may pick up DS3 later in a bargain bin, but I need to finish pt.2 1st, not to mention a zillion other games I have, as my collection is now beyond ridiculous & so outta control that I've probably only finished barely 10% of my current collection. I mean, I will buy GOW: Ascension, yet I haven't finished GOW3 or the HD remakes of the 2 PSP titles..& sadder fact, I will buy it next week at full price, when I should leave it & get it later, when cheap...but, I won't be able to do that, as my impulses will get the better of me & it will join my collection for a substantial more amount of $'s, than of I wait 12months & finish a mass of other games, but, the way I justify my addiction is that I am supporting great developers that work there a$$es off literally, to deliver me steller titles, that's production costs require as many people like me, & anyone & everyone else, to buy these games for the initial asking price. Just as people such as myself, buy consoles on release day, which in turn, ensures the makers do not go belly up & we lose them, just as with Sega. Thanks to poor support from many gamers, the awesome DC was Sega's last hurrah in the console manufacturing business. So, if these guys are doing right by us, then support them, but if EA, or the like, start serving us Tofu, when we asked for a fat juicy steak, then f$#k em'.