EA isn't evil, just fucking stupid...

Frank Gibeau, EA's current boss has said in an interview that he's "proud" of not publishing any single-player only titles, and basically that as long as he's in charge, there won't be any single-player only titles. Now, EA has every right to make money how they see fit in terms of what kind of games they make. If they no longer want to do single-player titles or at least nothing without some kind of multi-player component that's fine. But to say you are "proud" of that strategy like it's being innovative or risky or going against current trends is just fucking ignorant and stupid. It's already proven to diminish strong single-player franchises. Mass Effect 3's multi-player was good, but inexplicably tied to single-player for no real reason. People are already pretty annoyed about Dead Space 3 having multi-player when part of the experience is supposed to be just how alone you are.

It's even now heavily rumored that Dragon Age 3, which has never been officially announced but we are fairly sure has been in the works for awhile, will have multi-player. I don't even know how that would possibly work. At least with Mass Effect and Dead Space the frame work is there even if it dilutes the experience. I guess it could work a little like The Last Story's multi-player where you can test your team against another team. I just recently finished The Last Story, spent nearly 25 hours on it. I didn't even touch the multi-player. It just held no interest for me.

Again, I have no problem with the general mission statement here; that multi-player is the best bet for mass appeal, so we are including it in everything. That is fine, just don't say you are proud of the fact that you aren't taking risks or treat single-player like it's some necessary evil that you are doing us some big favor by even bothering to include. That's nothing to be remotely proud of...

That's it for today, I'll try and get another post up by Friday. Until then, here's your TRAILER OF THE WEEK: Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters