290°

EA says no one can match them in quality

During a conference call, John Schappert of EA detailed how much the quality of their games has improved over the past two years.
SpaceSquirrel - contributor
Published: 51 days 15 hours ago | News | Gaming
 
 

Showing: 1 - 37 of 37 Comments
Shut this user up Let user speak
Pandamobile - 51 days 16 hours ago
1 -
When EA came under new management in 2006-2007, the new guy really turned this company around. EA used to be the cancer of the gaming industry but now they have their hands in just about every major multiplatform game out there.
Shut this user up Let user speak
MoreCakePlease - 51 days 16 hours ago
1.1 -
Do you mean Peter Moore? EA has been far better with him around.
Shut this user up Let user speak
Pandamobile - 51 days 16 hours ago
1.2 -
I dunno, but there was a major shift in the management at one point in the last couple years when everything started to turn around.
Shut this user up Let user speak
Saaking - 51 days 16 hours ago
1.3 -
Sony matches them and FAR surpasses them.
Shut this user up Let user speak
Tony P - 51 days 15 hours ago
1.4 -
That's what they all say. Everyone pretends they're top dog.

I don't really care as long as they pump out good stuff and EA has been doing that.
Shut this user up Let user speak
BRG9000 - 51 days 15 hours ago
1.5 -
Indeed, their turnaround has been impressive. Everything people say about Activision now, they were saying about EA 2 years ago. It used to be the bad guy.

I don't know if I'd agree that they can't be matched in quality, but I can't deny that they have shown huge improvement lately.
Shut this user up Let user speak
kaveti6616 - 51 days 15 hours ago
1.6 -
Saaking, I think EA is referring to themselves as the best multiplatform publishers. They have to concentrate on multiple consoles and PC. I think they're doing well, considering. Sony only has to focus on its own tech with its own devs. Of course, with that kind of advantage, Sony teams won't be beaten in quality. But games like Bad Company 2 and Dead Space exhibit EAs shift in the kinds of games they're making. They still retained the old habits of making yearly sports titles, but they have to make money somehow. We as gamers didn't do a very good job of supporting EA when they made their new IPs. Neither Dead Space nor Mirror's Edge did very well.
Shut this user up Let user speak
Maddens Raiders - 51 days 14 hours ago
1.7 - "EA says no one can match them in quality" -
hey John, ever heard of this little company called Sony? >_>
Shut this user up Let user speak
mal_tez92 - 51 days 14 hours ago
1.8 - Well, EA also says dogs can't look up
Sorry, couldn't resist

Come to think of it, only a couple games I've bought in the last few years had the EA logo on them. There must be a lot of good ones but I don't seem to get many of them
Shut this user up Let user speak
ReservoirDog316 - 51 days 14 hours ago
1.9 -
Yeah, they're pretty good now. Let's just hope the same happens with activision huh?

Oh, and the only EA game I'm looking forward to off the top of my head is Mass Effect 2. It's really looking good.

Still haven't bought mw2 by the way. Sticking to my word.
Shut this user up Let user speak
Pandamobile - 51 days 13 hours ago
1.10 -
I wouldn't include companies like Sony, Nintendo or MS his statement. He's probably talking about Activision, and THQ and other publishers that aren't associated with a certain piece of hardware.
Shut this user up Let user speak
badz149 - 51 days 13 hours ago
1.11 - I don't know about overall
but EA did come out with Battlefield, Burnout, FIFA, Dead Space, NFS Shift etc. I love all those games!
Shut this user up Let user speak
duplissi - 51 days 13 hours ago
1.12 -
ReservoirDog316-

i said the same thing.... i didnt want to support activision and didnt like the opening scene... but if iw is willing to got "that" far with their opening scene then imagine what the rest of the game is like???

at first i was appalled at what the airport scene contained but now i cant wait to see how they are going to get to you.

i have already bought the game, but since im at my yearly A.T. (annual training- national guard) i dont have my ps3 or xbox with me.... :(
Shut this user up Let user speak
Butt Shingles - 51 days 12 hours ago
1.13 -
Well, um, that's because they OWN every game company. But in all seriousness, they have made some tremendous strides over the years. I applaud them for it.

@Saaking: You need to seriously get your lips off Sony's butthole dude. Every single post you make is praising Sony, while every other company is just garbage. Believe it or not, there is other developers out there that make great games beside Sony. So please, try to use a little variety every once in awhile and quit being such a stereotypical fanboy.
Shut this user up Let user speak
ikkokucrisis - 51 days 10 hours ago
1.14 - Good one
I almost died laughing after reading the title!
Shut this user up Let user speak
AKNAA - 51 days 8 hours ago
1.15 - EA is good, but...
Capcom to me is still the best and most consistent(360,ps3 games look, play identical) multiplatform developer so far in terms of quality and fun factor.

-RE5
-SFIV
-devil may cry 4
-lost planet 2
-dead rising 2
-Dark void
Shut this user up Let user speak
Syronicus - 51 days 4 hours ago
1.16 - "EA says no one can match them in quality"
Yeah, that would explain why all of their games get scores like Uncharted 2...

/sarcasm

As for the Peter Moore comment, let's not forget, he only took over the sports portion, not the entire studio house so no, it is not Moores glory for the rise of EA from it's demon self two years ago.
2 Kevin Pereira | 51 days 16 hours ago - deleted by mod -
Shut this user up Let user speak
edwineverready - 51 days 15 hours ago
3 - New ip's
I am happy that ea took a chance on new ip's. Soon they will go back to being the old ea with a sequel every year, because not enough people bought the new ip's. i think it's a shame. i take new ip's over cod 4.1 anytime.
Shut this user up Let user speak
cronaldo7 - 51 days 15 hours ago
4 -
Quality glitches.
Shut this user up Let user speak
Theoneneo81 - 51 days 15 hours ago
5 -
umm Really? Played madden any of the last madden games since 06 pretty much the same game NBA Live Crap. Harry Potter games Crap. NFS crap. Mass effect Good but they have BioWare to thank for that. Spore let down. Comon get with it EA. the Only games EA makes that are good are done by some one else aka Bio Ware. try again EA. Ok i give EA mirros edge to. that was great but majority of there games are CRAP.
Shut this user up Let user speak
Gago - 51 days 15 hours ago
6 -
ROFL!!!

EA is sh!t, and will always be sh!t
Shut this user up Let user speak
Imalwaysright - 51 days 9 hours ago
6.1 -
Bioware!!!!!
Shut this user up Let user speak
karan8624 - 51 days 15 hours ago
7 - Right...
Im not saying they are a bad company, they do make good games. But nobody can match them in quaility? Please, soooo many companies and developers are so much better than EA.
Shut this user up Let user speak
xabmol - 51 days 14 hours ago
8 - I definitely appreciate the "New EA"
I like new games that are actually new!!
Shut this user up Let user speak
sabestar - 51 days 14 hours ago
9 -
I find it a bit funny that Schappert says that when only a few months ago, I heard him say the same thing about Microsoft when he used to work there (At E3 I think it was)
Shut this user up Let user speak
NiteX - 51 days 14 hours ago
10 -
I'm pretty pissed what they did with Dragon Age. I'm more than positive it wasn't BioWare's idea to do that DLC sh*t. I'm still not an EA fan.
Shut this user up Let user speak
NMC2007 - 51 days 14 hours ago
11 -
Company says they are the best at what they do, more news on this strange phenomenon as it develops.
Shut this user up Let user speak
zerocrossing - 51 days 14 hours ago
12 -
EA saying EA's great WOW yet another company leting us all know they love themselves, wish theyd just shut up and make some decent games then they mite be able to jusify these ridicules statements.
Shut this user up Let user speak
infamous-butcher - 51 days 13 hours ago
13 -
He's right. No one can match them in quality. Everyone else is either above them in quality or below them. Still EA is pritty cool guy, he puts multiple games out a year and doesnt afraid of anything. :P
Shut this user up Let user speak
MC_KOOL_K - 51 days 13 hours ago
14 - The only game i have from ea is fifa 09
tiger woods, not this generation
madden, lost interest in amercian football
need for speed, theres so many, i dont know what the hell it is anymore

the only game i have interest in from ea is roadrash, or a remake of desert strike
Shut this user up Let user speak
GiantEnemyCrab - 51 days 13 hours ago
15 -
Sorry EA but Sony's first party have you beat in quality. Currently, they have everyone beat in quality..
Shut this user up Let user speak
DigitalAnalog - 51 days 12 hours ago
16 - Misleading title......... again.....
This is what John Schappert said:

“No other game company can match our track record for quality.”

I agree with him. Almost every EA game I bought is really up-to-snuff. They've got the quality AND "quantity to back them up."

The title insinuates that the company has the "best" quality games instead what EA really meant is that the mass library of games they've published are all high quality (it doesn't mean they're NOT unmatchable).

*Sigh, with titles like these, I WILL START MY OWN GAMING BLOG SOON.

-End Statement.
Shut this user up Let user speak
aaron5829 - 51 days 12 hours ago
17 - Hmm...
EA , you are a big company and all... but erm..

Naughty Gods say Hi.
Shut this user up Let user speak
zoks310 - 51 days 11 hours ago
18 - John Schappert
Hey this guy used to work for Microsoft as their Corporate VP.
http://www.n4g.com/events_e...
Shut this user up Let user speak
dchalfont - 51 days 10 hours ago
19 -
EA would have to be my favourite publisher at the moment, i have bought a lot of great EA published games recently, i hope they keep it up with Dead Space 2
Shut this user up Let user speak
Picnic - 50 days 20 hours ago
20 -
I thought that the renaissance of EA started in 2004 with James Bond: Everything or nothing, Burnout 3 and then, in 2005, Need for speed: most wanted. You might say that the first game was very linear but the production values were still pretty good.
Add Comment (Gamer Zone)
Gamer Zone Posting Guidelines
The Gamer Zone is for members who want a more friendly and civilized discussion. This section is heavily moderated by the N4G staff, so leave your fanboyism at the door please. Members who are unable to behave in a mature and respectful manner will be temporarily or permanently restricted from posting in the Gamer Zone. Using words such as Xbots and Sony droids, or other words from the console war vocabulary, is strictly prohibited in this Zone.
Read More...
 
 
You must log in to post comments.
Username:  
Password:  
 
 
About N4G
N4G is a social game news site that covers the game industry 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
More Info... | Submit News