4 years ago

Blame it on Halo...

Freudian psychology discusses why people externalise blame. In a nutshell, they are about self-defence and protecting one's ego.

We have seen this many times and in the last few years in particular, but I won't get into that area....

In the DICE townhall recently, Laura Miele, EA's chief studios officer, said the company "failed to meet the expectations of our players, and also clearly missed our own expectations".

One of the reasons for this failure was stated by Miele as the launch of Halo Infinite. The reason put forward was that Halo was a more polished product than BF2042 and it's MP was free-to-play, while BF2042 was receiving huge negative attention.

OK, sure...

But then Miele goes on to say that [Battlefield] player's expectations had changed and that it wasn't the right choice to retain the company's previous standards.

What?

They have a long running franchise in Battlefield which had sort of proved successful with players.

I think players were expecting something along the lines that they had become accustomed to in Battlefield titles. Nothing more. At least not anything substantially different from the Battlefield series.

I don't believe large numbers of Battlefield players suddenly flocked to Halo at the time of 2042 release 'because it was a more polished product'. Halo is a substantially different game from Battlefield.

To me, this all indicates deeper issues in EA mindsets and one that is becoming more widespread in global thinking.

Just blame it on Halo.

I'm going home to kick the Cat.

discussion

14 Replies

DrunkwoIf
4 years ago
It just goes along the lines with how society is today. " its everybody elses fault "
They cant admit they screwed up and made a terrible game that most of the battlefield player base does not want to play. They went a total different direction and it backfired, so it must be our fault that we dont like it right?
oh and blaming a little arena shooter like halo? that is just funny, two totally different kinds of games. That comment only makes me worried the next BF title will try to copy crap from Halo.
trip1ex
4 years ago
Them blaming Halo is acknowledging Halo released a better product than their's ie more polished and also free.
EdwinSpangler
4 years ago
Lol leave the kitty alone.
ExxInferis
New Vanguard
4 years ago
Well they can't blame it on the sunshine, blame it on the moonlight, blame it on the good times, or blame it on the boogie.
That's been done.
Ai-Fluffy
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
Halo is a different game.
Even if BF players do play it they would still play BF IF it was any good.

The level of ignorance, excuses and complete lack of ANY acceptance of the entire mess been their fault is beyond a joke.
Noodlesocks
4 years ago
It's a pretty dumb thing to say as an excuse or not. Literally just coming out and saying that their competitor released a better product and that's why their product didn't do well.
Twordy
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
@Ai-Fluffy mate, I play many other titles. Comparing BF in particular to Halo doesn`t make sense... any solid game release in the history of gaming with any leisure might be also a valid reason for EA to justify (their or whoever that is) incompetence, and ignorance.

Yes, continue to release a buggy mess for 120 dollars while the entire industry has better free-to-play games on the market. Yes, continue to antagonize a dedicated player base with questionable design choices. Yes, continue to believe that "Legacy Features" don`t have anything in common with game mechanics or vastly underestimated "Social" elements of the product.

@ExxInferis Next time, I anticipate a stellar alignment to be a valid reason for the next catastrophic release... knowing EA that`s a plausible, and perfectly calculated risk also. I started reading even more books recently because of BF2042... thanks EA. I recommend Trocki`s book, which perfectly depicts where we are heading with this show. Jokes aside. This mockery is mainly directed at customers. LMAO

Still. Nobody from EA has explained what makes HALO a more stable, even more, polished game, with free-to-play M U L I P L A Y E R. No mea culpa, no second thoughts, no remorse.
jnmotopro_137
4 years ago
The community has literally explained, in detail, for 3 months why this game would be, and now is, a total failure. Yet, they STILL refuse to listen.
DrunkwoIf
4 years ago
@jnmotopro_137 it was even being explained in beta with hope they would change things......didnt happen
CyberDyme
4 years ago
@DrunkwoIf wrote:
@jnmotopro_137it was even being explained in beta with hope they would change things......didnt happen
Indeed, it was told loud, clear and repeatedly to the entire EA/DICE crew as soon as anybody from the outside got any look at any of the components of what later became the full BF2042 train wreck we have today. So also from the technical playtest and snippets from before that. But they never cared to listen or adjust.
Now after the game release and the hard numbers are coming in its judgement day. We got rid of both the BF GM and also the Lead Game Designer as top dogs responsible for this utter disaster, but obviously more at EA/DICE should get booted as well, when observing how this circus keeps going in circles with eternal denial.
These narcistic sr leaders are obviously severely addicted to their own Kool-Aid and deceit.