Unfinished Game Releases

[smokey]

EA, publishes the games, EA, funds the development, if EA wants to avoid a bad reputation, they can exact thier own quality controll, but they do the exact opposite and force the developers into producing low quality product with impossible deadlines.

You forgot to mention killing all creativity in their dev studios. RIP Westwood.

Though to be fair, they can take a chance once in a while... like they did with their complete revamp of FIFA09 (or was it 08?) that actually competed with PES as opposed to limping slowly behind it and eating it's dust). Competition is goooood.

[OmegaFenix]

EA, publishes the games, EA, funds the development, if EA wants to avoid a bad reputation, they can exact thier own quality controll, but they do the exact opposite and force the developers into producing low quality product with impossible deadlines.

Or alternatively you could just take off you "I hate EA"....

[OmegaFenix]

You forgot to mention killing all creativity in their dev studios. RIP Westwood.

Though to be fair, they can take a chance once in a while... like they did with their complete revamp of FIFA09 (or was it 08?) that actually competed with PES as opposed to limping slowly behind it and eating it's dust). Competition is goooood.

Didn't westwood die because it was only able to make C&C game?

[Lycanking]

Didn't westwood die because it was only able to make C&C game?

I think Westwood got its creative juices sucked out and were left simply going through the motions of C&C, C&C, C&C... Tough break but I think that a whole lot of their devs got moved around to other dev houses by EA.

[Raven Gold]

Here is the reason to hate EA.

In August 1998, Westwood was acquired by Electronic Arts for $122.5 million in cash. At the time, Westwood had 5% to 6% of the PC game market. In response to EA's buyout, many long-time Westwood employees quit and left Westwood Studios. Because of this and EA's newly imposed demands, games being developed by Westwood Studios at the time were rushed and left unfinished upon their release, namely Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun. All the subsequent games developed by Westwood were also heavily subjected to increased control by Electronic Arts, with some of them being cancelled.

[Lycanking]

Such is the nature of corporate vampirism. The death of creativity in favour of output and profits. And EA isn't the only culprit.

[Raven Gold]

EA were just the first ones to seed that evil into gaming.

[Lycanking]

EA were just the first ones to seed that evil into gaming.

True that, the great satan itself

[smokey]

Didn't westwood die because it was only able to make C&C game?

Is Bioware any smaller for only making RPGs? How about Bungee Studios with Halo? Infinity Ward and CoD? Bugger it mate, not everyone can be Blizzard and have 3 top top top IPs sitting around waiting to be polished.

[OmegaFenix]

Is Bioware any smaller for only making RPGs? How about Bungee Studios with Halo? Infinity Ward and CoD? Bugger it mate, not everyone can be Blizzard and have 3 top top top IPs sitting around waiting to be polished.

Also true i guess.