EA Planning More Downloadable Games
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In something that won’t come as a surprise, EA Sports president Peter Moore confirmed in his latest blog posting that more downloadable games along the lines of 3 on 3 NHL Arcade will be coming down the line. Considering the positive reception to the idea of downloading off the XBL Marketplace and PSN along with the low price of $10 it fits what EA was hoping to do with some of their off-titles. Doing so would have probably benefited other arcade style titles released in the past year and changed the way in which they were perceived.
Yet in the next three months, we’ll launch 3 on 3 NHL Arcade, a $10 downloadable game that’s already one of ESPN’s most anticipated new games of the year and a blueprint for many more inexpensive, approachable, and downloadable experiences from EA SPORTS in the year ahead; NASCAR KART Racing, the first of at least three EA SPORTS products that will be either exclusive to, or lead with, the Wii in 2009; and the EA SPORTS Complex, launching for free this spring on PlayStation Home. I also know many of you await our plans on PC this year, and I think there are learnings here as well, beyond just downloads for console gamers, for going online to deliver compelling experiences to the PC community as well.
This is still a lot of interest around what EA will do with the PC titles going forward. I continue to believe what you’ll see is more along the lines of what they have done in Asia. I don’t expect them to just be simple console ports. Online centric, possibly free to download and supported by ads and micro-transactions could be the direction they go here in the US too.
January 20, 2009 at 4:00 pm
Good to hear. Hope they do this for an NFL Tour and NBA Street type games too.
January 20, 2009 at 4:31 pm
I think this is EA's way of trying to recoup some of the lost earnings needed to rectify the cost of the exclusive contracts they've paid out over the years. Im not saying its a bad thing, good for them, but the way some of their games have been selling, especially with NBA Live's huge disparity in sales compared to NBA 2k, they have to fnd a way to get people interested in their Brand a little bit more.
Starting off with cheap, inexpensive titles, may get consumer to think, its only 10$, and that way they may not feel that they lost 50-60 on a title that that needs to get patched etc.
That's what Im thinking along these lines, because a lot of people aren't really satisfied with the quality of some of EA's games. Your thoughts PP?
January 20, 2009 at 5:45 pm
I pretty much can agree with that. Games like these can be a bridge too. Someone who may be apprehensive of jumping into a game like NHL 09 because they don't know hockey well or haven't played the series before. They could potentially really enjoy that and then move up to the sim titles. Its somewhat like what they thought All-Play could do on the Wii, but this may prove to be a better way to go at it.
January 20, 2009 at 5:44 pm
I agree with that to an extent. Games like these can be a bridge too. Someone who may be apprehensive of jumping into a game like NHL 09 because they don't know hockey well or haven't played the series before. They could potentially really enjoy that and then move up to the sim titles. Its somewhat like what they thought All-Play could do on the Wii, but this may prove to be a better way to go at it.
January 20, 2009 at 6:30 pm
Yo Pasta do you feel like an A$$ after you were on here suggesting Flacco be an 85 OVR and then he goes in there for the NFC championship game and stinks it up? I told you that guy was a cl;own who was just on a great defensive team look at his numbers and stop believing the media hype. Other than that, great site mayne I love coming here and checking it out.
January 20, 2009 at 7:02 pm
Not at all, I was impressed by his performance. Against arguably the best defense in the league he held in there tough. A ratings boost wasn't suggested based on what he might do in the AFC Championship, it was because he had a good season and never got one, and did something a rookie QB had never been able to accomplish before. Looking at some of the players he was still rated behind made it clear he was deserving of a boost.
January 20, 2009 at 11:01 pm
Yet you still havent stated where he needs boosting at…
January 20, 2009 at 7:29 pm
I like this idea. Of course, with the ole MS points (which is a ridiculous form of currency) what is $10 equal to.
I would like to see EA go old school. Re-release some of its games such as Jordan vs. Bird (w/ dunk contest included), Dr. J vs Larry Bird (all with updated visuals with the classic versions included as an extra mode). I would also like to see Celtics vs. Lakers and release a Mike Tyson Punch Out type game since they can utilize the boxers in FN4's likenesses….
I would also like to see a baseball game even though EA doesn't have the MLB
license.
I would pay $10 for any of these titles….
January 20, 2009 at 8:12 pm
I think thats 800 points.
January 20, 2009 at 10:42 pm
Exactly….Does anyone actually know? I am sure MS has some calculator you can download on XBL that can translate MS points into dollars…And that would probably cost 1,200 MS points….
January 20, 2009 at 7:52 pm
Maybe they should release NBA Live as a downloadable game for $10. I would buy it for $10 but noway would I drop $65 for it.
January 20, 2009 at 11:00 pm
man that guys picture yells QUEER everytime I see it