Electronic Arts Executives Believe Single Player Games Are Done
Frank Gibeau, label president for EA Games, has made some very strong remarks about the future of single player games in an interview with develop-online.net! He talks about the publisher’s long term development strategy and it doesn’t look like single player games plays too big of a role in that vision. I think that he is right in some of what he says, but if this is going to happen it is going to take a number of years for the transition away from single player game titles to online multiplayer only titles. Do you think single player game titles are done?
“I volunteer you to speak to EAs studio heads; theyll tell you the same thing. Theyre very comfortable moving the discussion towards how we make connected gameplay be it co-operative or multiplayer or online services as opposed to fire-and-forget, packaged goods only, single-player, 25-hours-and youre out. I think that model is finished. Online is where the innovation, and the action, is at.” – Frank Gibeau
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