Is EA cutting back on PC titles?

Paratech · June 5th, 2008

I was given the lists of games coming out for the PS2/Wii/DS/PC for the next year, and I've noticed a few titles are coming for the PS2/Wii but not the PC?

Need for Speed 09

NBA 09
Madden NFL 09

I can't imagine the next Need for Speed coming out for the PS2 but not the PC, WTF?

Are there any other titles we might not be seeing on the PC?

Man, no football in 09 for the PC!

Of course all the reviews I've heard of the 08 games were that they sucked or were bad PS2 ports or both.

Still, I can't imagine these games not coming out for the PC...

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Thanakil · June 5th, 2008

Kinda hard to say, on one hand you have them helping port console games to the PC (they helped port Mass Effect to the PC by choosing the studios and probably pushing the idea) and they must have a part in Burnout Paradise coming to PC (as the publishers, I really doubt EA didn't participate in making that decision).

Anyway, if they're releasing those games on almost every damn consoles, they probably think that the number of gamers wanting to play the game but who won't own any of the consoles targeted will be low enough for them to ignore it. I don't approve of that, but I guess they want to cut back in how much money they gotta spend on development.

I kinda still expect them to have NFS on PC tho...

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**Hard core Rikki** · June 5th, 2008

Console = less piracy, plus opportunity for exclusivity $$ from console maker, etc...
PC: rampant piracy, make no bone about it (nocd, nodvd, etc...)

BUT I expect these should still see the day on PC (just the console versions getting readied before)

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Paratech · June 5th, 2008

Look, I might have some nocd/dvd patches, but I own the games with those patches.

If something uses Starforce, it increases the odds I'll look for a patch before I buy the game.

I'm willing to buy games for my PC, in fact I've purchased every Need for Speed from the first one to Pro Street for the PC.

If they don't want me using patches, don't give me crappy protection which will screw up my PC.

From what I've seen every Need for Speed from Most Wanted on sucked for the PS2, yet the next Need for Speed will come out for it? Are PS2 gamers that desperate for racing games?

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runawayprisoner · June 5th, 2008

If they don't like piracy, or like to lose profit, start programming for the PS3, and start making good games. Done.

Why the PS3? It's the only console on the surface of the Earth that has not been pirated yet. Amazing, isn't it?

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Why the PS3? It's the only console on the surface of the Earth that has not been pirated yet. Amazing, isn't it?

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start programming for the PS3

I would like to see you try to synchronize 7 SPEs and get decent performance....

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snickothemule · June 5th, 2008

Some of the theories here are right. I remember reading on Kotaku that Peter Moore didn't want to release Madden 09 on the PC due to the rampant piracy.

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**Cid Highwind** · June 5th, 2008

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Originally Posted by Thanakil

Kinda hard to say, on one hand you have them helping port console games to the PC (they helped port Mass Effect to the PC by choosing the studios and probably pushing the idea) and they must have a part in Burnout Paradise coming to PC (as the publishers, I really doubt EA didn't participate in making that decision).

Anyway, if they're releasing those games on almost every damn consoles, they probably think that the number of gamers wanting to play the game but who won't own any of the consoles targeted will be low enough for them to ignore it. I don't approve of that, but I guess they want to cut back in how much money they gotta spend on development.

I kinda still expect them to have NFS on PC tho...

Mass Effect was already heading for the PC before EA got in charge. Anyway, I'm curious about their strategy, they did want to focus more on originality and quality, rather than pumping out bland ports.

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**cottonvibes** · June 5th, 2008

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the games can be pirated, but it dosn't matter because theres no way to play them on the PS3 currently... well AFAIK.
i did some quick google searches, and it seems thats still the case.
the closest you can get to running backups is showing it's start-up screen in the browser.

but you can't actually play the game.

and since Next-gen consoles like the PS3 are now involved with Online-Play, Sony can just ban your account if they find you playing a backup/pirated game.
And if they ban your account, then that means no Online play for ALL YOU GAMES.
for a PC game, if they ban your account, then its only for that specific game.

also if you factor in the cost of a Blu-Ray Burner, and the Blue-ray discs, you find that its totally non-economical to pirate games...
unless you're just running the ISO off the PS3 harddrive..
which will probably be harder to make a Hack for, than By-passing the CD-copy protection.

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I would like to see you try to synchronize 7 SPEs and get decent performance....

most PS3 games don't even use all the SPEs.

the engine Final Fantasy XIII is being built with, only takes advantage of 4 of the SPE's i believe. (it might have been 3, but i don't remember...)

edit:
it was 4
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Tools

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Squall-Leonhart · June 5th, 2008

PS mod chips took about 2 years to surface in decent quality.... give it time.

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**cottonvibes** · June 5th, 2008

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PS mod chips took about 2 years to surface in decent quality.... give it time.

i'm not saying its not possible, i'm just saying its not out yet.
and that supports what RAP was saying, that games for the PS3 won't suffer from Piracy as you can't currently run pirated games on the PS3.

and also my other point is still valid, about Blu-Ray burners being ridiculously expensive, as well as the blank writable Discs.
i don't expect Reasonable prices with the equipment until about 3~5 years, when the technology becomes standard.

if I was a Developer Concerned about Piracy, Making a PS3 game is a smart option... (although you might loose alot of sales due to not many people owning a PS3; And its also true that Pirating DOES promote game-awareness, so it could be a bad thing if no-one pirates the game

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**SCHUMI_4EVER** · June 5th, 2008

frankly I don't care if there's no NFS...eventhough I love ProStreet I hate the idea of a new NFS every year....it would much prefer we hear nothing from them for 3 years or so and then they blow us away with a stunning title...instead of working up to it with a mediocre title every year...

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Squall-Leonhart · June 5th, 2008

NF4 was the last good one..... Porsche Unleashed wasn't bad either.

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**SCHUMI_4EVER** · June 5th, 2008

Neither was NFS-UG2 or ProStreet...the others however lack the magic...

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there148 · June 5th, 2008

hi i think right now pc gaming will diminish in volume but evenually there will be more titles. i read an article where several big pc companies are forming a pc gaming alliance to sort out the current mess with pc gaming. its not a good business practice to ignore pc games given console ports are cheap to produce and there is too large a pc audience to ignore. in business, you can still make a profit even if you only sell 5 percent from a sample of 10million. the trick is finding a particular genre that is best suited on the pc. blizzard isnt worried about profit margins since the attraction and sales of their games come from online communities. i also dont think monopolies like intel, nvidia/ati, and especially microsoft want pc gaming to die, so perhaps they might even subsidize publishers with hopes of recouping on hardware sales. ive seen plenty of free game offers with vidcards and laptops lately.

Squall-Leonhart · June 5th, 2008

we don't want PC Ports, PC Ports are crappily unoptimised and usually suffer from a load of bugs. Halo 1 was the first example.. and it hasn't improved at all with further releases.

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StergioS · June 5th, 2008

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Originally Posted by cottonvibes

i'm not saying its not possible, i'm just saying
and also my other point is still valid, about Blu-Ray burners being ridiculously expensive, as well as the blank writable Discs.
i don't expect Reasonable prices with the equipment until about 3~5 years, when the technology becomes standard.

blu-ray burner and discs aren't that expensive. its like 200e for the burner and 9e per disc. If you consider that ps3 games price is over 50e (at least here)...

Paratech · June 6th, 2008

Yeah, as I mentioned, the EA sports games in 2008 apparently sucked and weren't much better than PS2 ports. I dunno as I haven't installed Tiger Woods 2008 yet, which is the only '08 title I own, all the rest are 2007 titles. NFL, NBA, and NHL.

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StergioS · June 6th, 2008

EA is making crappy pc games lately anyway. Fifa 08 on pc used an older graphic engine than the one used in xbox360/ps3...

**Cid Highwind** · June 6th, 2008

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Originally Posted by StergioS

EA is making crappy pc games lately anyway. Fifa 08 on pc used an older graphic engine than the one used in xbox360/ps3...

Yeah I read about it, it's pathetic. Seeing the PC screenshots the money they ask for the roster update is completely unwarranted for. Is it that hard to port the engine to PC, the 360 got released in 2005 and we're still playing PS2 quality games on the most powerful platform out there.

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June 5th, 2008	#1 (permalink)
Paratech Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Franklin, Pa Posts: 4,131	Is EA cutting back on PC titles? I was given the lists of games coming out for the PS2/Wii/DS/PC for the next year, and I've noticed a few titles are coming for the PS2/Wii but not the PC? Need for Speed 09 NBA 09 Madden NFL 09 I can't imagine the next Need for Speed coming out for the PS2 but not the PC, WTF? Are there any other titles we might not be seeing on the PC? Man, no football in 09 for the PC! Of course all the reviews I've heard of the 08 games were that they sucked or were bad PS2 ports or both. Still, I can't imagine these games not coming out for the PC... __________________ -Dreams of getting a new 360 XBOX in 201x. -Current consoles: Playstation 2 and Wii, also has DS/GBA and a PSP 3000 -PC: AMD 5000 2.6 Dual Core, 2GB Ram, 8600 GeForce GT video card, SB Live!, Win XP SP3

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June 5th, 2008	#2 (permalink)
Thanakil Overheating. Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: The internet, ma'am. Posts: 2,198	Kinda hard to say, on one hand you have them helping port console games to the PC (they helped port Mass Effect to the PC by choosing the studios and probably pushing the idea) and they must have a part in Burnout Paradise coming to PC (as the publishers, I really doubt EA didn't participate in making that decision). Anyway, if they're releasing those games on almost every damn consoles, they probably think that the number of gamers wanting to play the game but who won't own any of the consoles targeted will be low enough for them to ignore it. I don't approve of that, but I guess they want to cut back in how much money they gotta spend on development. I kinda still expect them to have NFS on PC tho... __________________ “Wall of Text” (Illusion, Bureaumancy) Upon casting this spell the mage bathes a 10'x10' cube/lvl. area with mindless mutterings, ranting, copious formulaic backstory, or repeated iterations of “Romani ite Domus!” Anyone in the area of effect must make a will save or suffer one of three effects: Confusion, Emotion of Hopelessness, or their head explodes. Blind targets are not affected. Dyslexic targets save at +3. Counterspell: Erase

June 5th, 2008	#3 (permalink)
Hard core Rikki And the science gets done Join Date: May 2004 Location: Perpetual Pompei Posts: 7,219	Console = less piracy, plus opportunity for exclusivity $$ from console maker, etc... PC: rampant piracy, make no bone about it (nocd, nodvd, etc...) BUT I expect these should still see the day on PC (just the console versions getting readied before) __________________ deviantART \| Blog \| Webcomics \| VBA-M \| PCSX2 \| @ES \| Shendo \| GeneralEmu \| XTemu Get the NGemu toolbar

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Paratech Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Franklin, Pa Posts: 4,131	Look, I might have some nocd/dvd patches, but I own the games with those patches. If something uses Starforce, it increases the odds I'll look for a patch before I buy the game. I'm willing to buy games for my PC, in fact I've purchased every Need for Speed from the first one to Pro Street for the PC. If they don't want me using patches, don't give me crappy protection which will screw up my PC. From what I've seen every Need for Speed from Most Wanted on sucked for the PS2, yet the next Need for Speed will come out for it? Are PS2 gamers that desperate for racing games? __________________ -Dreams of getting a new 360 XBOX in 201x. -Current consoles: Playstation 2 and Wii, also has DS/GBA and a PSP 3000 -PC: AMD 5000 2.6 Dual Core, 2GB Ram, 8600 GeForce GT video card, SB Live!, Win XP SP3

June 5th, 2008	#5 (permalink)
runawayprisoner Mobile Fanatic Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Santa Cruz, CA Posts: 6,207	If they don't like piracy, or like to lose profit, start programming for the PS3, and start making good games. Done. Why the PS3? It's the only console on the surface of the Earth that has not been pirated yet. Amazing, isn't it? __________________ cChip interpreter WIP - current status: Release Candidate LRx Filter RC - current performance rating: 9/10

June 5th, 2008	#7 (permalink)
snickothemule Shennanigans since 1987 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Coffs Harbour, Australia Posts: 2,049	Some of the theories here are right. I remember reading on Kotaku that Peter Moore didn't want to release Madden 09 on the PC due to the rampant piracy. __________________ The ngemu Ghetto Art competition 2009 - now with real prizes! Last edited by snickothemule; June 5th, 2008 at 07:36..

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Squall-Leonhart Behind ur girlfriend :D Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 18,909	PS mod chips took about 2 years to surface in decent quality.... give it time. __________________ VBA-M \| Xtemu \| NGOHQ \| Post Impact Productions \| TNHW \| XBCD 0.2.6 \| Satanic666's Emulator Compiles Don't be a NOOB, READ THE NGEmu/EmuForums Rules of Conduct Need Help with ePSXe? This is your first stop!. If you don't post all the required information, you don't get help. Everytime someone posts a romsite, God kills a beautiful woman.

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SCHUMI_4EVER Hackin 'n Slashin Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Corrupt Rapist run South Africa Posts: 11,344	frankly I don't care if there's no NFS...eventhough I love ProStreet I hate the idea of a new NFS every year....it would much prefer we hear nothing from them for 3 years or so and then they blow us away with a stunning title...instead of working up to it with a mediocre title every year... __________________ Intel Core2Quad Q9550 (2.83Ghz stock) \| ASUS P5Q \| 2x2GB Transcend JetRam DDR2-800 \| ASUS ENGTX260\HDTP\896M \| Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit SP1 The Champ has retired but may his Legacy live on FOREVER !!!! No$GBA DS FAQ 2.0 Get it right fools! The glass is HALF-EMPTY, not half-full!!! !!! WARNING: Emulation requires a brain !!! WARNING: Emulation =/= Piracy !!!

June 5th, 2008	#13 (permalink)
Squall-Leonhart Behind ur girlfriend :D Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 18,909	NF4 was the last good one..... Porsche Unleashed wasn't bad either. __________________ VBA-M \| Xtemu \| NGOHQ \| Post Impact Productions \| TNHW \| XBCD 0.2.6 \| Satanic666's Emulator Compiles Don't be a NOOB, READ THE NGEmu/EmuForums Rules of Conduct Need Help with ePSXe? This is your first stop!. If you don't post all the required information, you don't get help. Everytime someone posts a romsite, God kills a beautiful woman.

June 5th, 2008	#14 (permalink)
SCHUMI_4EVER Hackin 'n Slashin Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Corrupt Rapist run South Africa Posts: 11,344	Neither was NFS-UG2 or ProStreet...the others however lack the magic... __________________ Intel Core2Quad Q9550 (2.83Ghz stock) \| ASUS P5Q \| 2x2GB Transcend JetRam DDR2-800 \| ASUS ENGTX260\HDTP\896M \| Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit SP1 The Champ has retired but may his Legacy live on FOREVER !!!! No$GBA DS FAQ 2.0 Get it right fools! The glass is HALF-EMPTY, not half-full!!! !!! WARNING: Emulation requires a brain !!! WARNING: Emulation =/= Piracy !!!

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there148 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: los angelos Posts: 51	hi i think right now pc gaming will diminish in volume but evenually there will be more titles. i read an article where several big pc companies are forming a pc gaming alliance to sort out the current mess with pc gaming. its not a good business practice to ignore pc games given console ports are cheap to produce and there is too large a pc audience to ignore. in business, you can still make a profit even if you only sell 5 percent from a sample of 10million. the trick is finding a particular genre that is best suited on the pc. blizzard isnt worried about profit margins since the attraction and sales of their games come from online communities. i also dont think monopolies like intel, nvidia/ati, and especially microsoft want pc gaming to die, so perhaps they might even subsidize publishers with hopes of recouping on hardware sales. ive seen plenty of free game offers with vidcards and laptops lately.

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Squall-Leonhart Behind ur girlfriend :D Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 18,909	we don't want PC Ports, PC Ports are crappily unoptimised and usually suffer from a load of bugs. Halo 1 was the first example.. and it hasn't improved at all with further releases. __________________ VBA-M \| Xtemu \| NGOHQ \| Post Impact Productions \| TNHW \| XBCD 0.2.6 \| Satanic666's Emulator Compiles Don't be a NOOB, READ THE NGEmu/EmuForums Rules of Conduct Need Help with ePSXe? This is your first stop!. If you don't post all the required information, you don't get help. Everytime someone posts a romsite, God kills a beautiful woman.

June 6th, 2008	#18 (permalink)
Paratech Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Franklin, Pa Posts: 4,131	Yeah, as I mentioned, the EA sports games in 2008 apparently sucked and weren't much better than PS2 ports. I dunno as I haven't installed Tiger Woods 2008 yet, which is the only '08 title I own, all the rest are 2007 titles. NFL, NBA, and NHL. __________________ -Dreams of getting a new 360 XBOX in 201x. -Current consoles: Playstation 2 and Wii, also has DS/GBA and a PSP 3000 -PC: AMD 5000 2.6 Dual Core, 2GB Ram, 8600 GeForce GT video card, SB Live!, Win XP SP3

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StergioS Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Greece Posts: 124	EA is making crappy pc games lately anyway. Fifa 08 on pc used an older graphic engine than the one used in xbox360/ps3...