Ironstar: As a fan of the UFC, I thought it'd be hard for me to come to terms with the fact that the title of this article is 100% percent true. I mean I do love to watch MMA, and though "STRIKEFORCE" is not my choice brand of MMA to view, I still respect what they do. But it's no secret that the UFC is far more entertaining to watch than any other fighting that's out there, hands down.
But on the video game scene, the tides have turned completely as the game with the UFC license is getting ready to start taking some serious L's for times to come if they don't make some HUGE changes. EA Sports' MMA is what a next-gen mixed martial arts fighting game should be. You want to talk about the total package for mixed martial arts fighting, you got it right here. Period.
Today Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson provided a look into his ideas for the use of generative AI in the company's development processes.
EA is still a shady shitty company even with or without the help of Skynet. All they will use AI for is new ways to milk loot boxes and come up with the same sports title with a different year on the label. They are one company I truly do hate with a passion. They single handedly ruined some great franchise with their death touch. ME, Dead Space, Alice Returns, Dante's Inferno.
EA layoffs followed by 'Generative AI to Drive Monetization'
I knew it. Wonder what AI salary looks like? Nothing.
And take away creativity, and people's jobs as we've been seeing. Got it.
No thanks. I want my games created by people, not AI.
EA doesn't want to lose their title of worst gaming company ever, always trying their best to remain the champs!
What's sad is that they have so much potential to be a decent publisher.
SSX Tricky / SSX 3
Def Jam Vendetta / Fight for New York
NBA Street
NFL Steet
Mirror's Edge
Bad Company
Burnout 3 / 4 / 5
Remember when EA used to be awesome? It's all over with now. Unpolished, if not out-right broken games these days. Endless monetization and gambling in their sports games, and let's not forget wasting hours of your life trying to unlock characters or equipment using "surprise boxes!"
Gareth, Justin, and JoeyZ look at Layoff news for EA and Sony and reasons behind the downturn in the industry and more.
EA CEO Andrew Wilson writes: "In this time of change, we expect these decisions to impact approximately 5 percent of our workforce. I understand this will create uncertainty and be challenging for many who have worked with such dedication and passion and have made important contributions to our company. While not every team will be impacted, this is the hardest part of these changes, and we have deeply considered every option to try and limit impacts to our teams. Our primary goal is to provide team members with opportunities to find new roles and paths to transition onto other projects. Where that’s not possible, we will support and work with each colleague with the utmost attention, care, and respect. Communicating these impacts has already begun and will be largely completed by early next quarter."
All the big ones doing the same stuff. Terrible. I just hope that all these people are able to get a new job as soon as possible, God know that it is horrible to be left jobless when you have your kids or your parents depending on your financial help
The point I feel is problematic about all of this is that focusing on Owned Ip means more sequels, remasters and more of what was selling last year.
For me i think UFC is by far better than MMA i cant wait for MMA to fail and iam talking about the games not the actual UFC and MMA
UFC 2010 was pretty much the same game as the last one.....not really a bad thing, but not really a whole lot different.....I'm all about the fight night series, so I gotta feeling this is gonna be great......
I'm not into button-mash fighting, the analog control is where its at....EA has gotten it down to a science with their years of playing with the fight night series....so the MMA game controls will be awesome as well.....
I agree with the author too, it's too bad EA and UFC could'nt have just struck a deal from the get-go...but EA did'nt want anything to do with MMA a couple of years ago, but now they see how popular it is and...etc....etc....
"I think MMA is set to truly take a catastrophic gorilla shit on it's competitor."
OT: MMA is gonna be a whole different beast. i know EA turned down UFC whenever they came to them or whatever, but i dont care.
This really just makes me want to go play Clay Fighter.
Wait a minute? Where's your proof?
I've read what you're typing but from the videos I've seen of MMA, I'm not impressed.
Perhaps you should have reworded your title. MMA currently does not come close to looking as good as UFC does. Will it play better? Guess we'll have to wait until the game comes out to find that out.
BTW...I think you need some glasses and if you already have those, perhaps you should consider retiring from game reviews. Nothing in this article except for the Dana White bit is based on fact!
If you would have done your homework, you would know that Dana White and EA had talks previously but EA did not want to pursue anything. That's why White hates EA and I can't blame him. Now they want a piece of the MMA pie too?
Your "POINT" FAILS!