EA raises sales expectations for Anthem
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It will have a good strong 4 months, but with out PvP I don't see people sticking around. This needed to come out while Destiny was doing bad.
yea... also, because they have to. because BF5 will underperform, and they need to make up the revenue somewhere.
And Anthem is their last big launch before end of fiscal.
And Anthem is their last big launch before end of fiscal.
Using a conference call about earnings as a "deflection" would be fraud.
People on gaming forums need to understand how businesses work. You can't just lie about shit to shareholders.
When? Before Anthem launches or soon after? Because if it's much later, EA will have their money and player base.
It's also old, and not quite the same genre.
This isn't even close to the same genre. The Division is a slow tactics game, with military themes and art direction. Amthem has the alien thing going on and involves the flight suits heavily.
I'm probably not getting this game (certainly not at launch as I never do that), but it most certainly is a forum bubble game. Put it in the same camp with CoD, League of Legends, and all sports titles.
I fully expect it to be a success, just as I fully expect it to absolutely not be for me. That's fine.
Even Andromeda may have "killed" Mass Effect, but even EA never said it was an outright financial flop.
Wouldn't surprise me at all if it came out and destroyed. The market fucking loves this type of game.
How business works? Because optimistic forecasting never happens.
The structure seems to be closer to MH or Warframe than Destiny. Pick quest from quest board, either post it yourself or join one already posted by other player (afaik this applies to every single quest). There is even SOS flare system afaik.
Edit : Also afaik you only see people in your instance ? So no random encounter with random player while exploring.
Huh, even after this statement people here really ̶w̶a̶n̶t̶ ̶i̶t̶ are expecting it to flop?
Based on data, sure. Based on spinning some low sales elsewhere with nothing to back it up? Fraud. Any shareholder could ask if info supports this claim.
Not me. Shit looks good. It's like a combination of Destiny and some type of mecha suit robot game. The description sells itself. It's probably going to do gangbusters on mtx as well.
What are you talking about? They talk less about the low performing assets and more about the high performing ones. That is any quarterly review within any company.
I know. I wish it was in late November/early December though.
February is kind of empty in terms of AAA games, so it's not surprising. That + co-op shooter rpg loot game + auto-good reviews + EA marketing guarantees it's a hit.
Still isn't a day 1 buy for me, but it's definitely a game I wouldn't mind picking up in the future, hopefully after patches/updates/etc.
Again, sure. With data.
You said they were doing this only as a deflection. If that were true, with no supporting data, then they're just lying.
Let's see how it goes when people get their hands on it for a beta. It's one of those things that can either help them a ton, or cause people to cancel their pre-orders and flat out not buy it.
Speaking of the beta, is there one planned for the game?
Speaking of the beta, is there one planned for the game?
Definitely at the top of my list. Really hoping it turns out well because everything they've shown looks great.
Of course it is going to project more now than before. Other games have dropped from the Feb 22 release date. What would would they be lying about?
This game was high up there for me initially, I was so hyped.
But this is the first time in my life that the more and more I see footage, the less and less I actually see; if that makes sense.
I don't know if you can cancel pre-orders over a certain time frame.
https://www.origin.com/gbr/en-us/store/great-game-guarantee
The wording there makes it sound confusing, I pre-ordered it weeks ago so it's more than 14 days.
However, purchase and pre-order are two seperate and defined terms so I would assume I can refund based on the "or within fourteen days from the game's release date if you pre-ordered".
But this is the first time in my life that the more and more I see footage, the less and less I actually see; if that makes sense.
I don't know if you can cancel pre-orders over a certain time frame.
https://www.origin.com/gbr/en-us/store/great-game-guarantee
The wording there makes it sound confusing, I pre-ordered it weeks ago so it's more than 14 days.
However, purchase and pre-order are two seperate and defined terms so I would assume I can refund based on the "or within fourteen days from the game's release date if you pre-ordered".
Multiplayer focused shooter. Big success wouldn't surprise me.
Probably a floundering mess. Casey Hudson left, after all and I doubt it was easy to be optimistic about making an all-new IP when hot criticism was coming in that you just ruined one. And looking into the seams it was Mac Walters who was making the setting for Anthem and in fact according to his LinkedIn he wrote the IP-guide (rulebook of isms, stylistic choices and lore-direction I think) that it still goes by, as he was Narrative Director before the project changed when Casey departed. I think Mass Effect and Dragon Age benefited from having the old guard of BioWare writers all aboard when they were being drafted like David Gaider and Drew Karpyshyn and especially Chris L'Etoile who is a master at lore-crafting and also appears in the credits of DA:O. I think Anthem marked the first time BioWare realized what they had lost of creative talent whereas their previous 3 games had them running with what had been made, thinking it would all go just fine.
The sort of world building we're likely to see in Anthem will be like the sort of world building we saw in Andromeda, I think. It's alright but it's just not special and doesn't really set it apart as an IP. Never would've but I'm just very pessimistic about the state of BioWare since ME3.
Graphics in the recent gameplay videos looked downgraded as fuck compared to that E3 reveal trailer imo.
Or let's put it this way, the scripted nature of the reveal trailer puts the game it in the best possible light which is not representative of how the game will look. Recent stuff looks very mmo-ish, far less "cinematic" and like a straight Destiny rip-off even in the art-style department.
Or let's put it this way, the scripted nature of the reveal trailer puts the game it in the best possible light which is not representative of how the game will look. Recent stuff looks very mmo-ish, far less "cinematic" and like a straight Destiny rip-off even in the art-style department.
The demo at PGW was on PC and incorrectly set to lower settings.
There is plenty of recent footage showing the game exactly as it looked like last year.
This will be another "Wow didn't know its out - People care about such stuff?lol" Game once Sales Numbers are out like Ghost Recon and other were on here/old place in the recent years.
This game is a shooter from EA and has focus on Multiplayer PvE-Coop - It will sell well to the general public (if they don't do anything totally stupid we don't know about yet)
And so far in its direct release window i see nothing competing with it.
This game is a shooter from EA and has focus on Multiplayer PvE-Coop - It will sell well to the general public (if they don't do anything totally stupid we don't know about yet)
And so far in its direct release window i see nothing competing with it.
