FIX'TRibbedHero said:Wow, very happy with those results. Now there should be plenty of money for DICE to make me a Mirror's Edge 2.
FIX'TRibbedHero said:Wow, very happy with those results. Now there should be plenty of money for DICE to make me a Mirror's Edge 2.
RibbedHero said:Wow, very happy with those results. Now there should be plenty of money for DICE to make me some free DLC (in addition to Karkand).
Kyoufu said:That is a lot of disappointed PS3 owners who bought the game for 1943.
Kyoufu said:That is a lot of disappointed PS3 owners who bought the game for 1943.
Kyoufu said:That is a lot of disappointed PS3 owners who bought the game for 1943.
Kaako said:Good stuff. DICE better be pampered or else!
hardcastlemccormick said:I'm really looking forward to the BF3 vs MW3 sales battle now.
I can only agree to this if you mean "statistically meaningful" when you say "significant." It could very well be a closer race than we were expecting.FStop7 said:I would be shocked if MW3 didn't significantly outsell BF3.
rapid32.5 said:it's possibly true they all play FPS games most of the time. I just think EA is overselling copies ahead of time. Can't wait to see the actual number later on.
I would love to know how a developer is rewarded when they sell this crazy amount of copies for the publisher. I know it's different for each contract, but I would like to know the general agreements.Kaako said:Good stuff. DICE better be pampered or else!
Really?Derrick01 said:Definitely. Any shooter can sell this much if you pump a $50 million marketing campaign into it and sell it as a COD clone.
Ugh I hate seeing EA succeed. They deserve to die more than anyone in this industry.
Ask THQ how well that worked for Homefront.Derrick01 said:Definitely. Any shooter can sell this much if you pump a $50 million marketing campaign into it and sell it as a COD clone.
While I'm not disagreeing with your general point, I feel it actually went pretty okay for them.Orayn said:Ask THQ how well that worked for Homefront.
Gomu Gomu said:I would love to know how a developer is rewarded when they sell this crazy amount of copies for the publisher. I know it's different for each contract, but I would like to know the general agreements.
Heavy said:Really?
They've said they intend to do exactly that.Tallshortman said:Bonuses by contract but likely also more resources and creative freedom. Hopefully they get timetable freedom too since there were several reports of furious overtime being put into the game in the last few months. What EA will hopefully do, because we know they'll want a potential big seller FPS every holiday season, is alternate between BF and MoH. MoH had some great potential and I'd rather they let BF3 develop for more than a year before coming out with another entry.
Derrick01 said:Let me guess, you're going to take the stance that EA is great and is great for gamers?
Tallshortman said:Probably more like Activision is far worse. EA has had quite a few great games come out in the last two years. Really can't say the same for Activision.
Derrick01 said:This is probably more suited for another thread, but lol they're not even close to being as anti gamer and anti consumer as EA is.
Metalmurphy said:
I think it is and I think your crazy, Activision is just as bad if not worst than EA is for gamers.Derrick01 said:This is probably more suited for another thread, but lol they're not even close to being as anti gamer and anti consumer as EA is.
Strike said:Competition is good for gamers and the industry.
randomwab said:Congrats DICE, well deserved. The best multiplayer game I've played in a long damn time.
As much as I hate to say it though, I can still see MW3 crushing this.
RandomVince said:Just a shame every other game misses out on publicity due to two functionally identical mega budget shooters. Some diversity would be nice.
The faster things get crowded out, the faster people will work on making new business models to sell their games.RandomVince said:Just a shame every other game misses out on publicity due to two functionally identical mega budget shooters. Some diversity would be nice.
GraveRobberX said:Now to the Dilemma
We've had everyone ape COD into their franchise in some way or form
Resistance, KillZone, Homefront, BFBC, and now the BF series
If BF becomes the new hotness, incoming clones of BF"esque" games next year?, or do they go back/stay with old reliable COD
Wouldn't mind a hybrid of COD + BF game, arcade action shooter + vehicles galore
GraveRobberX said:Now to the Dilemma
We've had everyone ape COD into their franchise in some way or form
Resistance, KillZone, Homefront, BFBC, and now the BF series
If BF becomes the new hotness, incoming clones of BF"esque" games next year?, or do they go back/stay with old reliable COD
Wouldn't mind a hybrid of COD + BF game, arcade action shooter + vehicles galore
Tallshortman said:Actually they are and the fact that you think otherwise is pretty funny. I'll gladly take used game passes over the same 3 franchises every single year. The fact that they put so much of their eggs into one basket is just terrible business on their part and just sets them up to be as much "anti-gamer" as anyone.
H_Prestige said:I guess COD clones can sell really well.
Tallshortman said:Probably more like Activision is far worse. EA has had quite a few great games come out in the last two years. Really can't say the same for Activision.
Nirolak said:The faster things get crowded out, the faster people will work on making new business models to sell their games.
Given that XBLA sales are vastly dying down as well, I suspect we will see some changes rather soon.