New Command & Conquer Cancelled

Outkast_IRE · 02-11-2013 4:49pm #1

Read this article earlier.

Basically new command and conquer is cancelled, I think EA got the message that you cant let people purchase units etc that mess up the balance of the game, and hence the entire premise of this FTP game went down the toilet.

http://ie.ign.com/articles/2013/10/29/command-conquer-and-the-curse-of-the-free-to-play-rts

Sephiroth_dude · 02-11-2013 10:15pm

Bring back westwood studio's

Generic Dreadhead · 06-11-2013 10:55am

F**K YOU EA AAARRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHH, so much annoyance at this announcement.

Skerries · 06-11-2013 11:03am

and just as I get into my first alpha

syklops · 06-11-2013 11:15am

They're mad into "In-game purchasing" nowadays. What happened to "in-gameshop purchasing", where you bought the game in a shop and you went home, updated it and played it.

Outkast_IRE · 06-11-2013 7:57pm

syklops wrote: »

They're mad into "In-game purchasing" nowadays. What happened to "in-gameshop purchasing", where you bought the game in a shop and you went home, updated it and played it.

I blame the accountants

, there are far too many accountants getting jobs high up the corporate ladder in these companies. Accountants should be there to crunch numbers and never have a say or comment with regards to game development or design.

Sure it started with the sims and selling the constant **** micro expansion packs. Then they started encroaching into the game, I for one have never done a micro-transaction for a game and never will.

nesf · 07-11-2013 8:55pm

syklops wrote: »

They're mad into "In-game purchasing" nowadays. What happened to "in-gameshop purchasing", where you bought the game in a shop and you went home, updated it and played it.

That option stopped turning a profit.

Nabber · 11-11-2013 9:42pm

nesf wrote: »

That option stopped turning a profit.

Nah that option didn't make them more profit

nesf · 12-11-2013 12:28am

Nabber wrote: »

Nah that option didn't make them more profit

Heh. Nah, the issue was ever inflating budgets for AAA titles and a stagnant market that was sensitive to price increases. Games were being developed at a cost which made a reasonable profit only if it was the next CoD, the thing is that doesn't happen very often so we were seeing a small handful of titles subsidising stupidly expensive failures. This seems to be slowly changing back, we're no longer seeing "how much this game cost" being trumpeted as much in the gaming press whereas before it was a form of e-peen measuring contest.

Logical Fallacy · 24-11-2013 8:44pm

Skerries wrote: »

and just as I get into my first alpha

It was ****. Basically a reskinned Starcraft that lacked any of the charm of Starcraft.

cherryghost · 25-11-2013 8:15am

Apparently they're assigning a new studio to redevelop the game.

Generic Dreadhead · 26-11-2013 6:25pm

Link?

cherryghost · 02-12-2013 8:24pm

Sorry, here's one

Generic Dreadhead · 03-12-2013 12:31pm

Man, EA really know how to F**K a game/genre/series.
When are they get involved in Elder Scrolls 6?
I hear Ubisoft have been doing some great things? They must be due for an EA takeover soon

mojojojoprime · 17-01-2014 11:23pm

This is a sad state of affairs from EA really.

User45701 · 22-01-2014 1:36pm

I'm a massive cnc fan but the last few years - since red alert 3 and the awful recent Tiberium games ugh

Shame on you EA - shame on you.

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/11/19/ea-looking-to-resume-command-conquer-at-new-studio/
i read that yesterday actually!

CnC main focus should be base building resource expansion and single player.
Multi player DLC ****e can be added in the years after its initial release

New Command & Conquer Cancelled

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