Nothing to see here folks just EA being EA. In summary, a publishing giant decided to compromise the quality of one of their biggest games in a bid to increase sales. Is that something we’re going to cure going forward? Absolutely.” So from that perspective, it’s a success. I would say the game has done very well for us and reached a very different demographic than a traditional EA game.

Still the best game in 2019 and still updating the program this year. “I think the team created a really good game based on the premise that we had. STAR WARS BATTLEFRONT II XBOX ONE : Electronic Arts: : Video Games. Star Wars Battlefront received mixed reviews, attaining a 75 score average on review aggregator Metacritic, which indicates “mixed or average reviews.” Söderlund admitted that EA was disappointed by the game’s Metacritic score, something that he says they will try to improve with the next game.

So as we look at why that was, we have to go back and course-correct that for another version if we were ever to build one.” Embark on an all-new Battlefront experience from the bestselling Star Wars HD game franchise of all time. “ Star Wars Battlefront came out we got criticized for the depth and breadth of it. Söderlund admits that not including a traditional campaign was an error in judgement and seemed to indicate that next year’s sequel will include a more substantial single-player offering. “It was a conscious decision we made due to time and being able to launch the game side-by-side with the movie that came out to get the strongest possible impact. “The one thing that we got criticized for was the lack of a single player campaign,” he said. Yes, that means Battlefront will finally offer periodic sales to its customers On the development side of things Battlefront remains fully independent as it has for the past 20+ years. According to the publisher, they were forced to cut the campaign in order to have the game out in time to coincide with the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens.Īt EA’s Investor Day briefing this week, EA Studio’s boss Patrick Söderlund addressed the issue directly: Battlefront’s online store will remain unchanged, except that pricing will stay in synch with a coordinated sales strategy. Electronic Arts caught a lot of heat from disgruntled fans last November when they launched the long-awaited Star Wars Battlefront without a single-player campaign.

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