Is the Garden Warfare series dead?
Since the death of Battle for Neighborville it has been on the quite side with PvZ (with the exception of PvZ 3 of course) and a lot of members behind the Garden Warfare/Battle for Neighborville game...
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@Vinniebread Very true. Here’s hoping that most of the current fans of the series will remain if and when the series is decided to continue. 🤞
The fact that we can still play the original Garden Warfare, despite it now being 7 years old and having 2 sequels (BfN may not exactly be GW3, but it certainly is meant to be a sequel of some form), and get matches even on PC which has the lowest population (mostly TT of course), is actually amazing. It also proves to EA that there is an audience for the games, which translates into purchases if done right.
I haven't seen all the sales figures but this part of the PvZ franchise has definitely done well. Some YouTubers like Wolfy and Zero have built their YouTube channels almost solely on the GW games, and ZachScott certainly has done well in this regard.
There's a long video discussing the games and their future that features a lot of prominent YouTubers:
I watched this awhile ago and I think it outlines the situation very well. This series of game has touched kids, families, young adults, and old farts like me. I still login to at least GW2 and BfN everyday, even if only for a little bit (although last night was in GW2 for a long time as I had to finish the 'Complete 15 games of Gnome Bomb' epic quest and that takes awhile, even with no bots), but let's be honest, we need a new game with more content, new stuff to do and unlock, and lacks the issues that we see in the current games, much as I love them, they aren't perfect.
Considering how many people love PvZ, it makes more sense from the perspective of EA to make a new game, maybe a bit later than we'd like, but someday in the near future, to make a new shooter. I just hope it is sooner rather than later, has crossplay, is well supported, and brings back what we love while also adding some new stuff to do and enjoy as well.
While I am really used to the current features that we currently have in our GW and BFN games, I would like to see some decent new content, along with returning and existing content in a new shooter. How this could happen is the developers and EA take some of the best content from the current shooters, and put most of it into a new shooter, along with adding some content that others will enjoy. Because so many players enjoy (or enjoyed) the PvZ shooter series, adding some decent replayability to the game would keep players going for a decent period of time. They should do it similar to GW2, where they continue to add content for a while, to the point where it would maybe take long grinds to get everything, but EA could still add some microtranscations so that you could advance faster, if you were willing to pay the money. EA can still make some decent profit, but they should not demand it so much that it is going to stop players from wanting to continue to play the game in the first place.
I really do hope that, I know I may have said this before but I mean it, that we get news regarding whether we may get a new shooter sooner rather than later. Not much news has been leaked since BFN stopped getting support. Even if it is what EA plans to do in current regards to a future new shooter! 😇
