Give it to anyone as long as I get a truly open world Star Wars game out of it.
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Will Star Wars continue being licensed to EA? If not, which publisher should/may have the rights to it?
- Thread starter texhnolyze
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Give it to anyone as long as I get a truly open world Star Wars game out of it.
When the contract expires, Disney will go it alone in a publisher role, outsourcing franchises to the big 3 plus other studios depending on their vetting process. It works with their ingrained policy of complete control of intellectual property.
They wouldn't give it to a company that would make it a console exclusive.
go the marvel route and just contract per game basis.
how does spiderman ps4 exists then? marvel games turned to sony asking them to make a game, knowing full well it'll be an exclusive, no reason why would this be any different.
But they gave Niche-Man to a company who made it a platform exclusive...
One superhero out of tons which isn't even the Marvel License as a whole.
I think there's a lot of hyperbole when it comes to EAs handling of star wars, yes they had a few mishaps but battlefront 1+2 are still very high quality games and so is fallen order.
In ideal world, they should of had some single player focused game from the get go, let Amy hennigs choose her engine and had more faith in her, but even with that said they have done quite a good job.
It could of been a lot worse.
In ideal world, they should of had some single player focused game from the get go, let Amy hennigs choose her engine and had more faith in her, but even with that said they have done quite a good job.
It could of been a lot worse.
I get ya, thats kinda what I meant with the Marvel route; everybody should get a shot at Star Wars, platform exclusive or multiplatform.
Its an ERA joke
Ubisoft
and Microsoft / Obsidian for KOTOR III
People really voted Sony lol. We got enough Star Wars films
and Microsoft / Obsidian for KOTOR III
People really voted Sony lol. We got enough Star Wars films
You still have other Marvel things releasing on other platforms like Ultimate Alliance 3 on Switch, and the upcoming Avengers game that's coming to all current gen systems and PC.
give it to everyone.
indie devs should get a crack at point and click star wars adventure games.
gimme crypt of the necrodancer, star wars edition
gimme a visual novel starring a bounty hunter who isn't boba fett.
gimme 4x strategy set in the star wars universe.
indie devs should get a crack at point and click star wars adventure games.
gimme crypt of the necrodancer, star wars edition
gimme a visual novel starring a bounty hunter who isn't boba fett.
gimme 4x strategy set in the star wars universe.
No need for Disney to let the license be exclusive to EA, no matter how much billions EA throws their way.
Split it up.
1. Continue JFO with EA/Respawn and see if a trilogy can work out.
2. Give one last chance for EA/DICE when it comes to Battlefront III as they've been doing a great job lately with Battlefront II post-launch support.
3. If Ragtag "REALLY ISN'T CANCELLED" and is still in development as a now open world GAAS title at EA Vancouver, let it happen and see how it turns out.
4. Try CDPR, post Cyberpunk and before the next Witcher game, to do KOTOR III. I'd love Obsidian to it as well, but exclusivity for major IP's suck.
5. Scavenge that canned Darth Maul vertical slice that surfaced some years ago, and hire Platinum Games to it, like what Konami did with MGR.
Just like they do with their Marvel IP's.
Split it up.
1. Continue JFO with EA/Respawn and see if a trilogy can work out.
2. Give one last chance for EA/DICE when it comes to Battlefront III as they've been doing a great job lately with Battlefront II post-launch support.
3. If Ragtag "REALLY ISN'T CANCELLED" and is still in development as a now open world GAAS title at EA Vancouver, let it happen and see how it turns out.
4. Try CDPR, post Cyberpunk and before the next Witcher game, to do KOTOR III. I'd love Obsidian to it as well, but exclusivity for major IP's suck.
5. Scavenge that canned Darth Maul vertical slice that surfaced some years ago, and hire Platinum Games to it, like what Konami did with MGR.
Just like they do with their Marvel IP's.
Just to to join in on the tautological pattern; farm it out.
Disney and Lucus wouldn't need to attempt to pump out a bunch of movies if they just held mindshare via video games. Fallen Order, a KOTOR 3, Rogue Squadron, and so on can all be done by different publishers and developers.
Disney and Lucus wouldn't need to attempt to pump out a bunch of movies if they just held mindshare via video games. Fallen Order, a KOTOR 3, Rogue Squadron, and so on can all be done by different publishers and developers.
So why did you say they wouldnt give the license to someone who will make it console exclusive again? I am confused what is your argument here, you just shown another marvel game that is console exclusive.
You are saying they would lock down Star Wars to Sony. That wouldn't happen. As with Marvel they don't have the rights locked down, only Spider-Man.
I meant that they will do it like spiderman, not lock the entire star wars ip only to sony.
Whoever wants to do an RPG. Set it as far away from the 9 movies as possible. There's so much untapped potential.
No one publisher should have exclusive rights. A few at least should just have by contract-basis based on what is pitched, one is just dumb and stagnates the license. The major thing though is no matter what, if it has any kind of story presented (regardless the genre the game is, RTS, RPG, Flight Sim, Adventure, etc.) Disney and the LucasFilm story people have to greenlight whatever is pitched to fit their continuity.
EA is awful. Disney should license Star Wars in games similarly to how they've recently licensed Marvel in games. I think it's better to find and nurture partnerships that make sense for a particular game instead of letting a single publisher handle the entire IP.
In my opinion, the more interesting discussion is about not what Disney should do with the license, but what Disney will likely do with the license. As much as I would like to see Disney make a variety of well-thought partnerships for Star Wars games, I think they are most likely to extend the license with EA due to the financial success of the Battlefront games and Fallen Order.
In my opinion, the more interesting discussion is about not what Disney should do with the license, but what Disney will likely do with the license. As much as I would like to see Disney make a variety of well-thought partnerships for Star Wars games, I think they are most likely to extend the license with EA due to the financial success of the Battlefront games and Fallen Order.
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I would prefer this licensing approach. It would be similar to the Marvel games and we wouldn't depend on one publisher alone.
It shouldn't be licensed exclusively to anyone. EA has shown exactly why -- we only get one game every couple years instead of a ton of different games in various genres. Unfortunately we still have like 5 years left (I believe) before the exclusivity deal runs out.
Agreed. Could easily slap a Star Wars skin over most of their major franchises and it would turn out competent e.g. Assassins Creed, Far Cry, For Honor, the Division.
Huggeee difference between licensing a single IP and an entire brand. Tho obviously if Disney sanctioned Star Wars on a case-by-case basis the way Marvel is, then sure why not.
I mean, just combine Starlink with Assassin's Creed and/or Ghost Recon Wildlands and you've got a great all-rounded Star Wars game right there.
they'll probably stick with EA and/or EA will willingly renew. LA/Disney couldn't give less of two shits about your star wars dream game, they'll take the safe route that best guarantees the 10+ million sellers, games that (in their view) doesn't tarnish the canon or "brand"
not completely dismissing things playing out another way but both sides are probably content with how exclusivity played out even in spite of the BF2 bungle
not completely dismissing things playing out another way but both sides are probably content with how exclusivity played out even in spite of the BF2 bungle