New studio for f1 license?
As cm/ea doesn't bother to give us a functioning game, which studio would you love to see as the new holders of f1 license? I remember seeing rumors a few years ago that the makers of assetto corsa ...
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@mariohomoh It is not really the driving model that is bothering me the most. It is manageable. It is the buggy mess that are the games they are releasing, with no progress at all in any aspects of the game. It has been stagnant for years. And i went through steam sales numbers of the games. The series spiked notably for f1 2020, likely a combination of dts and especially covid. In just a few years the numbers have been plummeting. And that is what the corporates care about.
And ea has been in talks of causing pr damage before, and launching bad products is excactly that. Remember when ea had exclusive rights to star wars? Disney openly threatened to sue ea for foor poor handling of their trademark from the backlash of their star wars games.
If the games keep getting buggy releases with no improvement, alienating the customers, something sure will be done.
I have also read how ross brawn wants a proper f1 sim racing title next to the simcade title. But if the sim title is actually done and done well, would there really be enough customers for the codemasters games? Sims with proper settings and assists can be made accessible to anyone. And especially the driving model of f1 22 sure ain't accessible.
And ea has been in talks of causing pr damage before, and launching bad products is excactly that. Remember when ea had exclusive rights to star wars? Disney openly threatened to sue ea for foor poor handling of their trademark from the backlash of their star wars games.
If the games keep getting buggy releases with no improvement, alienating the customers, something sure will be done.
I have also read how ross brawn wants a proper f1 sim racing title next to the simcade title. But if the sim title is actually done and done well, would there really be enough customers for the codemasters games? Sims with proper settings and assists can be made accessible to anyone. And especially the driving model of f1 22 sure ain't accessible.
@DechriDisney only jumped in after all hell broke loose about loot boxes when governments started to take notice. If Disney was that concerned they would have never signed off on allowing use off aggressive monetisation added to the game. EA changed Battlefront due to pressure from various countries governments… UK, Belgium, Netherlands to name a few. Not Disney
To paraphrase Axl Rose
“Ripping off the kids, while they bang their hard earned money to play the characters they read about” 😆
- @ScarDuck14 Ea did remove microtransactions from the game after the backlash. They still have lootboxes in their games, so they syre did not do them because of government involvement, despite lootboxes already being illegal in some places.
And i forgot to mention, fom already stepped in to say that ea should focus in f1 cars, not road cars, in the series. And if the sales keep plummeting, fom sure will take some action somehow.- @Dechri It was directly due to government involvement. They didnt have to remove loot boxes because they removed the monetisation.
EA were not accused of releasing a buggy unfinished game. It’s was solely down to aggressive monetisation mechanics in the game.
Disney only care about their public image as it affects their bottom line. Like the games industry they care nothing about you and me- @ScarDuck14 Ea got into a pr nightmare and then disbey stepped in. But as mentioned, ea still has paid lootboxes in their games, fifa the notable one.
- @McLarenF1Papaya only one of those that could be a possibility is Playground, but i would see that as far fetched as well.
Honestly, without huge funding from fom, which i would see as unlikely, i can get to others than turn 10 and polyphony digital from the top of my head. But as both of those do just exclusive content for either console, it sure comes with some issues. Hmm, maybe some big studio could hire industry vets and start their own sim racing portfolio? Maybe codies/ea know that there ain't many studios that would be able/want to take the f1 license for yearly releases so they take no pressure whatsoever in delivering properly done, designed and polished games.
Or my wildest thought: these racent games have been awful, because cm has a proper amount of recourses working on a game for the next gen consoles with a new/heavily updated engine.
