Will EA/DICE Learn From This Failure?
If they truly are taking "lessons learned" from BF2042's failure, they might want to start here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgHTehCBLMg
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Hmmmm, DICE?...EA?...any comment on this video?
@Mackstan71 wrote:Hmmmm, DICE?...EA?...any comment on this video?
I'd say there is a less than 0% chance that anyone from EA/DICE will speak to that video or the majority of others that state the same thing. There's virtually nothing to gain from it from their side.
@Anobixthey just going to go in the direction they want to, and not listen to everyone else trying to tell them otherwise. Battlefield will never be the same again.
Its a shame but probably the most likely situation. BF was always my main FPS, but watching it burn and turn to ash like this hurts, as I dont really have another main FPS. Unless they do a massive u-turn for the next game, then Battlefield will just always be a hollow husk of its former self and continue to fade into history.
I mean what do we know, we only been playing them for 20ish years, apparently EA knows what is best for the franchise- @Spidder81 Yep, sadly, I agree. My first big/multiplayer FPS was TFC [team fortress classic] in the late 90s/early 00s where I played competitively. I got into 1942 and pretty much every subsequent Battlefield release over the years as my "realistic" shooter after moving on from CS1.6/Source/etc.
I can understand not wanting to just release the same things over and over and want to bring in new people and the difficulty of not alienating existing fans while appealing to others. But this was such a LEAP in the wrong direction that I find it hard to believe, honestly.
@Anobix wrote:
I can understand not wanting to just release the same things over and over and want to bring in new people and the difficulty of not alienating existing fans while appealing to others. But this was such a LEAP in the wrong direction that I find it hard to believe, honestly.I feel quite strongly that Dice actually decided to alienate their existing fans with 2042.
It's hard to think otherwise when so many core features are missing from the game, and the entire game mechanism is set up to actively prevent groups larger than four playing together.
With BFV they started to go in this direction, and were roundly criticized for it, with 2042 they've doubled down on those unpopular decisions.
2042 is built purely for drop in and drop out players. It's built to drive away anyone who doesn't want to play like that.
As long as there are managers and investors who decide if a trend goes into a game or not we will never see improvements. I can imagine how frustrating it is for developers to bring stuff in their game they know fans and players wont like. I bet if its in the hands of devs they would deliver on all fronts. And release their game after it works not to patch it for almost a year.
- @Anobix True that, but i had hope. Just like i had hope that they fix this unfinished game...and yet 7 months later...
- @Mackstan71 Don't worry. By the time they get it into a good state they'll end support for it like they did for BFV and Battlefront 2, so they can focus on the next exciting Battlefield title that they can sell us with slick marketing trailers. Only for us to realized it's unfinished, buggy, poorly designed, and for the cycle to repeat once again.
- @edgecrusherO0 It sure looks that it will go that direction. I'ts a shame they fell in to the abbys, maybe to deep to climb back up again.
EA/DICE doesn't even learn from their successes.
Dice have lost 99.9% of any trust they had left before 2042.
No doubt the defenders will buy the mt's when released straight after season one.
For a few quid what could they offer to make up for lost sales?
Bonus damage rounds,reflective armour for 10 minutes this only effects those who did not buy mt's
I know it's over the top but if it happened i just would not be suprised.
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