Bad news for everyone. EA must have paid a pretty penny for the license and hasn't done much with it, canceling projects and leaving money on the table... oof. Battlefront wasn't as successful as they'd like too... those 10 years will come knocking eventually and their output has been bad (with a new gen coming I don't see the development of other projects getting any faster). Shit deal.
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Kotaku (sources): EA has canceled its open-world Star Wars game
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And I can't even enjoy Battlefront that much as it feels too much like an inferior Battlefield game with a new skin. I'm glad I only spent like $7 on Battlefront 2015. I feel sorry for anyone that paid full price on that and/or its sequel.We'll get a Star Wars game that isn't Battlefront any day now... yep... anyyyyy day now...
I don't really care care for Star Wars, but fuck EA. Every single license they seem to have they bungle it so hard...either releasing a terrible copy and paste formula or just cancel anything and everything outright.
It was a glorious day whenever they lost the rights to Porsche. Hopefully next up is Star Wars. And maybe one day, the professional sports leagues that are so tightly wrapped around EAs pinky that gets shoved not into bungholes to make any deal *that* much sweeter.
It was a glorious day whenever they lost the rights to Porsche. Hopefully next up is Star Wars. And maybe one day, the professional sports leagues that are so tightly wrapped around EAs pinky that gets shoved not into bungholes to make any deal *that* much sweeter.
And people keep arguing Disney was happy with EA because Battlefront made shit tons of money...
It's not all about money but especially about brand's aura/goodwill
Something like Spider-Man which restored brightness to Marvel AAA games and hype for sequels and future Marvel games
Something EA can't do for Star Wars licence
It's not all about money but especially about brand's aura/goodwill
Something like Spider-Man which restored brightness to Marvel AAA games and hype for sequels and future Marvel games
Something EA can't do for Star Wars licence
Glad I'm not a Star Wars fan. I'd be seriously pissed off at this point if I was. The fans deserve better than this.
So I wonder if Disney didn't include a opt out clause because at this point I don't think the mouse can be happy.
I'm not even a Star Wars fan but I'm praying they go the Marvel route and just license the IP to different publishers for single games, trilogies etc.
I have to wonder if there is a clause in the contract that Disney can make use of at this point to pull the deal with EA, they were likely expecting big annual releases from EA and have instead seen 2 titles in 6 years - one which put them and the brand in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons - and a bunch of cancellations. They've got 4 years left on the deal, what more can realistically be squeezed into that timeframe? Maybe 1 big project, a couple more Battlefronts and some cheap phone games.
Yeah I'm not familiar with how long the contract runs or what protections there are for EA / Disney to exit it
But considering how EA has failed to deliver on their end I'd be shocked if Disney doesn't exit the deal as soon as possible
There were after all rumors floating around after BF2 that Disney already were very upset
This article published in 2013 quotes the EA CFO as saying their partnership will last at least ten years: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/ea-disney-star-wars-deal-658636
I'm not sure how literally to take that, but it might the closest thing out there to an official statement of the length of their deal.
I'm not sure how literally to take that, but it might the closest thing out there to an official statement of the length of their deal.
So basically Lucasarts in the mid-2000s? I'd kill for a new, Raven-developed Star Wars FPS.
You could easily put out a Star Wars game because gaming has so many opportunities that allow you to make a game third person, open word etc.
Not defending EA in any right, but as with any huge mega IP, it's been talked about that Lucas/Disney may be a hard partner to please.
Yeesh they better get their shit together down there. Star Wars basically prints money and we have yet to see much from EA. What a fucking train wreck...
Kotaku previously ran a big article on Visceral's dead Star Wars game that seemed to confirm this. Absolutely every detail needed direct approval from Lucasfilm, who were often unreachable and slow to reply. As a result, teams would just work on assets hoping they'd be approved - and tossing the work when it wasn't.
EA absolutely deserves the lion's share of the blame for this disaster of a deal. But it really doesn't seem like Lucasfilm has been a partner worth working with.
I honestly can't remember another time that there was a licensing deal this badly botched. Disney has to be fuming with how much EA has thoroughly bungled their project management.
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It's pretty impressive, in a way, how EA has managed to fuck this whole thing up at nearly every step of the way. That takes some special kind of talent, surely.
So you're saying they were pleased with the state of Battlefront and Battlefront 2?
There is no way Disney didnt give themself room to renegotiate or back out if they didn't deliver on some aspect
if this was warhammer 40k all these games would have been made! and forgotten!
"It has become clear that to deliver an experience that players will want to come back to and enjoy for a long time to come, we needed to pivot the design again and just give it to someone else, because we just lack a fucking clue."
Not really. We understand It must be hard handling this huge franchise ... But There is a major difference here.
Is the problem EA not being able to create the product that sells What It wants to project
Or is the problem the rulebook by Disney on What can be made?
My assumption is that even if Disney did manage to cancel the deal, they'd just end up killing Star Wars games altogether, since they've shown no appetite for making the games themselves.
