There has been a considerable line of brand new IPs coming from Electronic Arts lately. We've had Boom Blox, Spore and Army of Two, with Mirror's Edge coming out soon. Then there's the recently released Dead Space, which Electronic Arts is looking at as a model for the company's future.
"We found a few years ago that we had a set of problems where EA's reputation became one of just doing sports games, sequels, and licenses and the market was reacting to newer properties like Grand Theft Auto and Halo," explained EA Games president Frank Gibeau. "At the same time, movie and sports licensors started jacking up their rates and it was becoming less profitable to chase licenses."
So, the decision to start being original instead of churning out licensed rubbish was because it was cheaper? Only Electronic Arts could acquire artistic integrity because was more profitable to do so.
That said, if it keeps stuff like Dead Space coming, I'm not going to quibble over a little irony.
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4:41 PM on 10.25.2008
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If not, fuck 'em.
" I'm proud that EA finally makes new IPs and if they're going to be as good as Dead Space, keep 'em coming."
The bottom line is that no matter what strategy you choose, you can't just stick with it forever. You need to mix things up in a while. Working exclusively with licenses is pretty much the same as not having any.
EA is the new Activision
Activision is the new EA
Or they could try to keep up the good work and do more things like Dead Space. Now, *that* would be surprising.