{"id":57782,"date":"2013-08-28T12:20:04","date_gmt":"2013-08-28T10:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=57782"},"modified":"2013-08-28T12:24:15","modified_gmt":"2013-08-28T10:24:15","slug":"ea-doesnt-make-offline-only-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/57782-ea-doesnt-make-offline-only-games","title":{"rendered":"EA doesn&#8217;t make offline-only games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Electronic\u00a0Arts has cleaned up the confusion surrounding COO Peter Moore\u2019s comments regarding the company moving away from offline games.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at this year\u2019s Gamescom expo in Germany, Moore created the idea that EA wasn\u2019t catering for offline games, when he said: &#8220;We&#8217;re seeing more and more of the online experience being part-and-parcel of every game. We don&#8217;t ship a game at EA that is offline; just doesn&#8217;t happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Moore has released a blog post that clarifies the \u201cmisinterpretations\u201d about his message.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, most games are &#8216;online&#8217; in some way, shape or form. Many games connect in online multiplayer modes; others include online services which allow for periodic content updates, sharing stats or achievements or connecting with friends; and others are games downloaded through digital delivery methods like Origin or the App Store,\u201d said Moore.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat that does not mean is that every game we ship will require an online connection. Many, if not most, of our games include single-player, offline modes that you can play entirely without an Internet connection, if you so choose.\u00a0 We know that\u2019s something many of our players want, and we will continue to deliver it.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_57783\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Peter-Moore-EA.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57783\" class=\"size-full wp-image-57783\" alt=\"Peter Moore EA\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Peter-Moore-EA.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"344\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-57783\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Peter Moore<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Moore also tidied up the company\u2019s message and actions going forward regarding the free-to-play model that EA is featuring in certain games, such as the Battlefield, FIFA, and Star Wars: The Old Republic games, along with the upcoming Command &amp; Conquer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany of our most popular franchises for PCs and mobile already offer free-to-play experiences,\u201d said Moore.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, not all of EA\u2019s games will offer a free-to-play mode. We will continue to explore new free-to-play experiences for our franchises when we believe there is gamer interest and a cool new game we can build. But of course we will continue to deliver award-winning core gaming experiences on all of these franchises.\u201d<\/p>\n<h6>Source: <a title=\"EA\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ea.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">EA<\/a><\/h6>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More EA news:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/57635-5-great-features-in-need-for-speed-rivals.html\">5 great features in Need for Speed Rivals<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/57627-battlefield-4-hands-on-5-features-worth-fighting-for.html\">Battlefield 4 hands-on: 5 features worth fighting for<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/57501-ea-gamescom-showcase-builds-next-gen-excitement.html\">EA Gamescom showcase builds next-gen excitement<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/56911-next-gen-sales-to-trump-current-systems-riccitiello.html\">Next-gen sales to trump current systems: Riccitiello<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EA COO Peter Moore makes his message clear regarding offline games, and the free-to-play model<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":57513,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[31,813,1994,11088,11089,1807,5170],"class_list":["post-57782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-active","tag-electronic-arts","tag-free-to-play","tag-moore","tag-offline","tag-online","tag-peter-moore"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/196"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57782"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57784,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57782\/revisions\/57784"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}