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Tiger Woods golf video game sales plummet compared to a year ago

Tiger's affairs and personal turmoil took a toll on sales of his game.

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Forbidden_Darkness5179d ago (Edited 5179d ago )

Do you know how many guys have done the same thing? Yet just because he's famous, i world acts like he's the only one thats committed that sin. God Damn the media and everything.

nagato4life5179d ago

maybe no one wants to play a golf game with the games that are currently coming out

Forbidden_Darkness5179d ago

Yes, but i am sure it's a great deal of the people thinking he's some kind of unholy sinner. Alot of guys who had that many girls after them, would commit the same sin.

foss35179d ago

maybe people are thinking twice about shelling out $60 a year on a sports title with only little or superficial changes.

i would love to see sports titles go DLC and have regular updates for a small fee. a dev could refine and develop the game and keep rosters and players up to date and make money.

sports titles are different than other games. i wouldn't mind paying for a new game every year IF there was enough to justify a new title. with sports games that is very rarely the case.

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Electronic Arts CEO: AI Is "At the Very Core of Our Business"

Today EA hosted its Investors Day, and Chief Executive Officer Andrew Wilson talked about the company's dedication to generative AI.

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Chocoburger2d ago

He's so excited to layoff more employees for FAKE STUPIDITY computer programing to replace them.

Hopefully EA takes a nosedive just like Ubisoft is currently doing. Lack of money is the only thing that can hurt them and possibly change them.

DarXyde1d 23h ago

Knowing EA, I think they're more likely to sell their games cheaper or make Access the only way to play their titles than change course. They seem committed to destroying their labour force.

And the sad part here is that the proof of concept is there, where games can be made using AI.

I hate to say it, but those working in the gaming industry might be cooked. And unfortunately, I'm doubting most people will care as long as they get games they want. EA would absolutely dangle Dead Space 4 or a new Burnout in front of us, developed with AI. I wouldn't take it, but I think most fans would.

CantThinkOfAUsername1d 17h ago

If AI does a better job then yeah why not? Though, I have massive doubts it will. If developers aren't willing to put effort in their games then they shouldn't be surprised that they're replaceable.

Chocoburger1d 14h ago (Edited 1d 14h ago )

Damn, a new Burnout, don't even bring that up. It hurts just to read those words.

The indie scene is massive theses days, but the big budget scene is mostly trash. I wouldn't mind to see these big publishers suffer or crumble away.

But that can only happen when the casual gamer stops buying yearly roster updates or whatever garbage is marketed to them on TV.

DarXyde1d 13h ago

CantThinkOfAUsername,

I disagree. I don't believe the developers are at fault here. I would think those people don't like what EA is doing, but it's EA and they have tremendous power in the industry. Not everyone has the leadership qualities to peel off and form their own company. Add to the fact that falling out of grace with EA might just be an industry kiss of death. These people don't have any power, so I really don't agree with saying they're not willing to put in the effort.

thorstein1d 17h ago

Now we just need to develop AI CEO and sell it to the board of trustees.

staticall1d 15h ago

Hopefully, the only people who're going to be replaced by an AI are Andrew Wilson and his top management goons.

TheNamelessOne2d ago

And EA games aren't at the core of my purchases.

XiNatsuDragnel2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

Lmfao ea needs to do an ubisoft rn

ApocalypseShadow2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

Of course it is. EA has been lazy for years. Profiting for investors and themselves without putting in the work. Having AI write code or build graphics for them just makes them even more lazy.

I'd laugh if those same investors built "executive code" and got rid of EA's CEO and board of directors and replaced them with AI.

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Next Battlefield Developers Are "Obsessed With Finding the Fun"

Today Electronic Arts hosted its Investors Day and its executives shared what's next for the Battlefield franchise.

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1nsomniac2d ago

ohh god, here we go!

This is exactly why the gaming industry is failing. It's now an industry of suits "trying to find the fun".

...I'll help you out a little, If you're trying to find it, then it's not fun and neither are you. move on!

LucasRuinedChildhood2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

I disagree, tbh. I definitely wouldn't classify Vince Zampella as a soulless suit. It's kind of an acknowledgement that Battlefield fell off which is why they had to bring him in in the first place. He's probably the best shot EA has of making this franchise fun again.

From a software development perspective, what I read in the article of Zampella's approach of being able to easily playtest and iterate from early on in development is a good thing. That's likely a big part of why his COD games and Titanfall were so fun.

PapaBop2d ago

Calling Zampella a suit lol! People like Zampella are the half suits if you will, they bridge the gap between art and business. Suits don't care how fun a game is, they only care about profit margins.

Markdn1d 22h ago

It's people like you that's ruining the gaming platform, negativity already before it's even dropped

Noskypeno1d 10h ago

20 years ago, Bungie used to have the motto "making games we want to play", if the devs are having fun it's a good sign it's going to be an enjoyable experience. If the devs are worried about shareholders, quotas, fitting in with current trends and trying to make a small percentage of the population happy, it's not an encouraging sign.

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gold_drake2d ago

if u need to "find the fun", thats a huge problem lol

Redgrave2d ago

This rings a bit like they might be looking for a good, long while

Relientk772d ago

Do they actually mean fun, or "surprise mechanics" and ways to monetize?

EazyC2d ago

Honestly, get them to sit down and play Bad Company 2 together.

If they can't see why that had the magic, they shouldn't be game developers.

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EA CEO Dubs The Next Battlefield "One Of The Most Ambitious Projects In Our History"

The CEO of EA has iterated his massive ambitions about the next Battlefield entry in the new Q1 2025 financial results.

Inverno48d ago

Clicked to say exactly this. They set themselves up for disappointing failure.

Cacabunga47d ago

When i hear them say this sounds like they keep surpassing themselves… just backwards..

micro transactions, always online, no SP campaign.. everything that makes me🤮

RaidenBlack48d ago

It ain't Bad Company 3 ... so stop false-promising ... but make it current-gen only plz ... it'll be 2025 ffs

blacktiger48d ago

damn! I was about that dream thing

Chocoburger48d ago (Edited 48d ago )

More intentionally released broken games with micro-trash-actions, and of course fake apologies written by ChatGPT instead of doing it yourself because you don't give a crap if you sell people garbage for their hard earned money.

Ass.

Seth_hun48d ago

They are always saying this, with every title. :)

Bebedora48d ago

EA is the superior do not doubt them. They are Canadian,

Snookies1248d ago (Edited 48d ago )

Isn't that the whole point of having a "series" of games? Isn't the follow-up supposed to be inherently better or "more ambitious" than the previous entries? Unfortunately, this has not been the case for Battlefield in quite some time. I've still never even redeemed the free BF 2042 code I got a year and a half ago lol. Such a shame, used to be one of my favorite shooters back in the day.

Bebedora48d ago

You just need colurs and some rainbows. Anything will work. BF was killed once EA got their filthy paws over it, like the monkeys they are.

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