TUXs Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 (edited) Oh come on now. Star Wars is the same for EA as it is for Disney. A cash cow which is understandable. Sometimes in video game development things don't go well. It's not like EA wanted to cancel the Visceral game. Right...and EA has absolutely squandered their chance. Name all the Star Wars titles they've released the past 5-years... Disney wants a helluva lot better return on their investment than what EA has given them. Star Wars games should be coming out every 6-months. Edited February 15, 2018 by TUXs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xordevoreaux Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 ubisoft or activision.. really? they can't do any better. how about obsidian or CDPR. Bethesda. I used to be a warrior like you, but then I look a light saber to the knee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wadecounty Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Wow OP ,stop with these clickbait ******** articles. lol u mad? This is the best news I've heard in a long time regarding Star Wars, hahahah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wadecounty Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 ubisoft or activision.. really? they can't do any better. how about obsidian or CDPR. CDPR is a pipedream but that would be incredible, just imagine a game with all the bells and whistles of Witcher 3 but in the Star Wars universe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karmakilla Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 So this thread will be locked soon right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShieldProtection Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 I just woke up from a lovely sleep, grab my phone and Google shows me a link to this article: http://www.cinelinx.com/game-rumors/item/11988-report-disney-lfl-talking-with-2-new-game-developers-for-star-wars.html According to this article, Disney and Lucasfilm are unhappy with what EA has been doing with the franchise in the gaming world and are supposedly looking at ways to take the exclusive right to make Star Wars games away from them. Instead, according to the article, they are considering to give the right to make Star Wars games to Ubisoft or Activision. So this is yet another rumour/article that shows there is a storm going on behind the scenes that we are barely aware of. But the important question I want to ask is what this will mean for SWTOR. If EA loses their right to make Star Wars games does that mean Bioware will have to shut down Star Wars The Old Republic? Or is there a possibility that the SWTOR title will be taken over by Ubisoft or Activision and continue under their care? Activision ..... hehe. Get ready for SUPPLY DROPS in SWTOR people!!! (they completely ruined my beloved FPS game call of duty) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alec_Fortescue Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 I don't think it means too much since it was a pre-disney project by EABioware and Lucasarts with a completely separate licensing agreement, like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screaming_Ziva Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 (edited) I just woke up from a lovely sleep, grab my phone and Google shows me a link to this article: http://www.cinelinx.com/game-rumors/item/11988-report-disney-lfl-talking-with-2-new-game-developers-for-star-wars.html According to this article, Disney and Lucasfilm are unhappy with what EA has been doing with the franchise in the gaming world and are supposedly looking at ways to take the exclusive right to make Star Wars games away from them. Instead, according to the article, they are considering to give the right to make Star Wars games to Ubisoft or Activision. Taking away the exclusive rights doesn't mean they're taking away all rights and SWTOR is going to be shut down. It just means other companies will be allowed to make Star Wars games. Edited February 15, 2018 by Screaming_Ziva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
menofhorror Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Right...and EA has absolutely squandered their chance. Name all the Star Wars titles they've released the past 5-years... Disney wants a helluva lot better return on their investment than what EA has given them. Star Wars games should be coming out every 6-months. And you really think any other company will do better and be totally generous and not try to squeeze out maximum profit? Come on now. They had a single player game in development and the development was a mess. A former dev even called it a "mercy kill". Cancelling it was the only logical choice if nothing pointed towards a successfull production. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthDymond Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 And you really think any other company will do better and be totally generous and not try to squeeze out maximum profit? Come on now. They had a single player game in development and the development was a mess. A former dev even called it a "mercy kill". Cancelling it was the only logical choice if nothing pointed towards a successfull production. Which is why they should probably put this "exclusive rights" experiment out of its misery after the EA deal runs its course in 2023. Let EA make Battlefront 6 or whatever while CD Projekt Red makes a Canon reboot of Force Unleashed while Blizzard makes an all new Star Wars RTS while Obsidian makes . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
menofhorror Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Which is why they should probably put this "exclusive rights" experiment out of its misery after the EA deal runs its course in 2023. Let EA make Battlefront 6 or whatever while CD Projekt Red makes a Canon reboot of Force Unleashed while Blizzard makes an all new Star Wars RTS while Obsidian makes . . . Lmao CD Project Red. The CD Project Red wanking is so ridiculously stupid. Yes I loved the Witcher trilogy and yes I love their consumer friendly-practices and wish them the best but they made three games, 3 games only and Cyberpunk is their first move to online territory. I wish CD Project Red the best but the wanking is getting out of hand. And yes indeed the exclusive rights I think will be best to break. But I doubt many companies want to do Star Wars games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ylliarus Posted February 15, 2018 Author Share Posted February 15, 2018 (edited) 4) Sorry OP.. but you fell for internet click-bait rumor and then came here echoed it. All that does is stir up circular firing squad behavior in the forum because people take rumors and prosecute them as fact, and any attempt to get them to look at it more objectively is attacked and denigrated. That is entirely possible, I do not claim the article to be true or anything. It was just something I stumbled upon and was interested in sharing. I absolutely love Star Wars The Old Republic and want the game to flourish, so it definitely wasn't my intent to have the haters come here and spit on the game. Also, to be clear, I am reading that there was another poster who had been spamming the forums with the same rumour earlier. To be clear, I am not that same poster and I wasn't aware there had been a poster spamming the forums with this rumour. I do apologise however for unknowingly and unwillingly spamming the same rumour they spammed. Had I known that something of the sorts had happened I would not have made this thread! Edited February 15, 2018 by Ylliarus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kodrac Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Right...and EA has absolutely squandered their chance. Name all the Star Wars titles they've released the past 5-years... Disney wants a helluva lot better return on their investment than what EA has given them. Star Wars games should be coming out every 6-months. Well, every six months would over saturate the market, but your point still stands. Two games a decade isn't cutting it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TUXs Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 And you really think any other company will do better and be totally generous and not try to squeeze out maximum profit? Come on now. They had a single player game in development and the development was a mess. A former dev even called it a "mercy kill". Cancelling it was the only logical choice if nothing pointed towards a successfull production. Absolutely they will, I never suggested they shouldn't, they should try to milk us Star Wars fanatics dry...but I doubt anyone else will so reckless and careless with the Star Wars IP as EA has been. They've released 2 freaking games after 5 years and cut our staff down to what I can only assume is about a half a dozen people in total. I don't think you're going to find another company quite as brazen as EA has been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TUXs Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Well, every six months would over saturate the market, but your point still stands. Two games a decade isn't cutting it. I was thinking more along the lines of an adult focused game once a year and a kids game once a year...not all adult focused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kodrac Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 (edited) I was thinking more along the lines of an adult focused game once a year and a kids game once a year...not all adult focused. We're all just big kids. Edited February 15, 2018 by kodrac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cawyden Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Absolutely they will, I never suggested they shouldn't, they should try to milk us Star Wars fanatics dry...but I doubt anyone else will so reckless and careless with the Star Wars IP as EA has been. They've released 2 freaking games after 5 years and cut our staff down to what I can only assume is about a half a dozen people in total. I don't think you're going to find another company quite as brazen as EA has been. And this is something I don't understand. How is it possible that EA with all the money and resources they have at hand can't produce more Star Wars game than that? And for different genres? They don't even have to invent the wheel again - there are some great older Star Wars Games that they could kind of revamp. I would love to see a newer version or sequel of Star Wars Republic Commandos for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TUXs Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 And this is something I don't understand. How is it possible that EA with all the money and resources they have at hand can't produce more Star Wars game than that? And for different genres? They don't even have to invent the wheel again - there are some great older Star Wars Games that they could kind of revamp. I would love to see a newer version or sequel of Star Wars Republic Commandos for example. I think they just have bigger fish to fry with the NFL, NBA, FIFA etc...Star Wars is a small niche to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurj Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 I don't think Disney is looking for alternatives because of gambling, they're looking because EA has absolutely squandered the IP. EA has only managed to release TWO Star Wars games...what the hell lol. Obviously Star Wars means nothing to EA, but it does mean something to Disney. I agree, which is why I think the loot box issue is overblown. It's a great "sound bite" argument for those who have an axe to grind, but I doubt that Disney sees it as a "moral" issue. As far as squandering the IP...I'm pretty sure they've released more than 2 SW games since 2013, but I can't imagine that Disney is happy with the current perception of Star Wars games as being at the center of the loot box controversy. Again, I think any concern Disney has is more related to appearances than anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cawyden Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 (edited) I think they just have bigger fish to fry with the NFL, NBA, FIFA etc...Star Wars is a small niche to them. But then why bother at all with the Star Wars license? I don't know how expensive it was but I don't think it was cheap. Was it just to keep it off from competitors? They had to know that more movies would come and people looking for Star Wars games to play. Are there really more people interested in sports games compared to Star Wars? Edited February 15, 2018 by Cawyden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
menofhorror Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Absolutely they will, I never suggested they shouldn't, they should try to milk us Star Wars fanatics dry...but I doubt anyone else will so reckless and careless with the Star Wars IP as EA has been. They've released 2 freaking games after 5 years and cut our staff down to what I can only assume is about a half a dozen people in total. I don't think you're going to find another company quite as brazen as EA has been. Yes I do agree with your criticism. And like you said in another post. In comparison to their FIFA fandom, star wars is still a small dripple. They could loose the license and it would barely make a difference to their profit. However they tried making a single player game with Visceral and it was a mess. This could happen to every single company out there. Like I said, I do like what's there in the roadmap, I just want more of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TUXs Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 But then why bother at all with the Star Wars license? I don't know how expensive it was but I don't think it was cheap. Was it just to keep it off from competitors? They had to know that more movies would come and people looking for Star Wars games to play. Are there really more people interested in sports games compared to Star Wars? That would be my guess...the more exclusives EA has, the less choice YOU have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanArgent Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 I think EA had grander plans for the license, but things gang aft agley. And having an expensive and promising game (SWTOR) faceplant on launch can't have made the decisionmakers very happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PorsaLindahl Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 So this thread will be locked soon right? Probably not because the OP didn't multi-post rumor-mongering as fact. He's genuinely seeking information / input from other people. In other words, he's not trolling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PorsaLindahl Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 I think EA had grander plans for the license, but things gang aft agley. And having an expensive and promising game (SWTOR) faceplant on launch can't have made the decisionmakers very happy. Please explain. I've played several games during their launch and SWTOR's was probably the smoothest I've experienced. I've seen where others criticized the game's launch. But show me a game that launched with no problems and I'll buy you a tarisian ale in the cantina. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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