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EA on Battlefield: Not Just Building a Game but a Platform to Drive Live Services

EA CEO Andrew Wilson shares that they are not just building a game with Battlefield, but a platform to deliver live service content for "decades to come."

-Foxtrot379d ago (Edited 379d ago )

Jesus Christ man

After failure upon failure you’d think they would make sure the next Battlefield game puts other things before all this crap and yet here they are yet again clearly not understanding that this attitude, making a live service game first is what’s killing the franchise

Tacoboto379d ago

Well, Halo Infinite received blame from them for 2042's disappointing launch, and it was marketed as the platform for Halo for the next decade.

In the 18 months they've had to reflect, EA clearly saw that Halo's singular decade was just not ambitious enough.

jznrpg379d ago

I ignore 99% of EA for years now so yeah sounds about right. Star Wars is only thing they have that interests me at all.

ElendilsSorrow379d ago

Good then that they have multiple projects on the way for that franchise, very excited for that

HollowIchigo25379d ago

That man is completely oblivious and he is their CEO.

excaliburps379d ago

Yep. It's like they learned nothing from BFV and BF2042.

JEECE379d ago

Sigh. Battlefield V got criticized for not being an active enough live service. Even though it had a longer tail of support than any prior BF game other than 4, as soon as the last maps came out (almost two years after launch), people started blasting DICE for abandoning the game. You can't say you hate live service/games as a service but then also declare that a multiplayer title is dead as soon as it isn't treated like one.

People say they want a remaster of one of the old BF games, but the reality is that they'd start whining about the lack of support a few weeks after launch if the game wasn't maintained as a live service. The same thing happened to Halo: Infinite. It's commonly accepted now that that game was botched, but when you ask people why it quickly becomes clear that they wanted it to be more of a live service.

MetroidFREAK21379d ago

Great, can't wait to not be there

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The MSI Claw Gaming Handheld Sees Another Game Performance Boost Through New BIOS and MSI Center M

MSI is proud to announce that its gaming handheld, Claw, has achieved a significant performance increase of up to 30% through a new BIOS and MSI Center M update. Furthermore, the new BIOS and MSI Center M enable Claw to smoothly play all of the top 100 po

purple1013h ago(Edited 3h ago)

is this the one with the switch2 chip inside.?

this is Intels first try at the format

probs not though, as it's $799. so not good for switch actually

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Sony CEO says although AI "has been used for creation," it's "not a substitute for human creativity"

"AI is not a substitute for human creativity. We position it as a technology that supports creativity. Creativity resides in people. We will continue to contribute to people's creativity through technology," the CEO said.

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1nsomniac1d 1h ago (Edited 1d 1h ago )

...not yet but 100% within the next 10 years!

..Then Sony will use it like the drop of a hat. They're no different to the others.

isarai23h ago(Edited 23h ago)

They used to be 😞 sure it was always a business, and money's always the priority, but they used to have a very strong stance on supporting artists and creativity. "Dont f#@k with the artist" was a phrase they touted a few times back in the ps1-ps3 era, a philosophy carried over from their music branch PlayStation was created from. It's not COMPLETELY gone, but it's barely there compared to what it was back then, i just want them to return to that.

Eonjay4h ago(Edited 4h ago)

I am highly encouraged by their statement about human creativity. "Dont f#@k with the artist" is exactly what they are saying. But at the same time, I don't think people understand that Sony is a corporation. If they don't realize growth, they don't get to exist. When you say 'Sony', you are talking about a bunch of investors. To speak about them any other way is a illogical and incorrect. They haven't changed. They have been a group of investors since they became a public business.

isarai15h ago

Ugh, i really wish people would stop gambling people's livelihoods by turning a project/game into their political soapbox. Im all for statements and having your own opinion, but there's more people working on this than just druckman, ham fisting your political beliefs onto just seems inconsiderate for everyone elses job security when it can result in a failure due to people avoiding it for that reason.

I play games for escape, im so tired of nearly every AAA game blatantly dragging real world issues to shove in my face when I'm trying to take a break from it all. They don't even bother to be subtle about it, quite the opposite, it's blasted and force fed to you and it's just getting exhausting

Einhander19726h ago

People are taking a whole interview and cutting it down to clips that make him look bad and take what he actually was saying out of context. For example he also said things like this AI has "ethical issues we need to address"

-Foxtrot5h ago

@Einhander

Why defend him at this point?

It’s not taking things out of context, he said what he said.

Old ND would never talk about soulless AI taking over so many creative things they are well known for. The whole “ethical issues” is just a good PR spin people who push this crap fall back on to make their statements not seem as bad. So many AI lovers do this.

AI has no place is so many creative based things.

Einhander19726h ago

Well yeah, because everyone else is using it so they need to stay competitive. It's the same as paid online, they didn't want to go that route but their competition was making so much money they needed to add paid online just to keep up.

RaiderNation3h ago(Edited 3h ago)

AI will never replace humans in game development in terms of conceptualizing new games. Humans still need to come up with the ideas and what they want to implement. However much of the day to day menial coding could be AI driven to reduce production time and team size. I could also see AI being used for bug testing/optimization that could lead to better quality games at launch. I'm actually very optimistic about how AI can positively impact game development.

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XiNatsuDragnel23h ago

Good statement but hopefully this holds up

NotoriousWhiz4h ago

People that aren't software developers just don't understand the benefits of AI. People who's only exposure to A.I is the Terminator movie and other related sci fi films won't understand the benefits it provides.

It's not about replacing human labor. It's about making human labor easier.

Many years ago, I had laser eye surgery done. It was performed by a robot. The doctor took my measurements and calibrated the machine to make sure it would do what needed be done. And then the robot corrected my vision in 10 seconds.

15 years later and I still have 20/20 vision.

Eonjay4h ago

AI in and of itself is not a 'bad'. Money is bad. Money is evil, and corporations will do whatever they can to get more of it. They will find ways to implement AI to replace as may jobs as possible. This isn't even up for debate. It is the charge of the corporation to maximize returns for the investors. They have no choice. I'm a developer and I know that my job will absolutely be replaced. Therefore, I have decided to become an AI dev. AI has a lot of potential to help us solve problem on a scale most can't even imagine. The issue, as ever is that our monetary system only ever allows us to focus on greed and fiscal growth.

But I am a pragmatist. Perhaps an AI model can be built to help protect us from our most dangerous instincts and habits. And perhaps Congress can pass laws to protect us from people who would use AI to manipulate and control us (spoiler: they wont).

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Cronela's Mansion Gets Physical Game Boy & SNES Cartridges

The upcoming Cronela's Mansion will launch on Switch, NES, Game Boy and SNES, with the latter now set to receive physical cartridges.