[GS] No single-player-only games - EA Labels boss

Electronic Arts has no plans for any single-player-only games from its studios, according to EA Labels president Frank Gibeau. A promotional pamphlet for upcoming conference Cloud Gaming USA had several comments from him and other gaming figures.

"I have not green lit one game to be developed as a single-player experience," Gibeau said. "Today, all of our games include online applications and digital services that make them live 24/7/365." The statement does not exclude games that are mainly single player, but makes it clear that at the very least efforts like Mass Effect 3, which had a campaign as well as online multiplayer and other social elements, are now the standard for EA.GS

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Thoughts, SW?

Do you think the inclusion of MP in all games is a good direction, or do you think this will result in watered down games with shoehorned MP modes?

BOOO

BOOOB

inb4uall

EA has been doing this for awhile now

Some of my favorite multiplayer games have been from previously single player only franchises. ME3 and AC both have outstanding multiplayer. I had a lot of fun with both, and I still play ME3's to this day. I say bring it on! If the dev is talented enough, and the publisher is big enough to provide the support, I don't see why not.

F EA

I'm buying every CoD from now on.

This is terrible. Some games are solely developed for theexperience. I'm thinking of Bioshock. If we believe that multiplayer is necessary for a game then we reduce games to just...games. When i think of the "video games aren't art" argument I am drawn to disagree when I think of Bioshock. You know, some movies, music, and paintings are considered art because they have meanings beyond just what we see/hear and Bioshock had meanings beyond just fun gameplay. When you force multiplayer on games, or don't develop games because they won't have multiplayer then you are losing alot of the meaning a game might have beyond just the gameplay and graphics.

As long as it doesn't sacrifice content for the SP experience, sure whatever.

i dont have a problem with is as long as the multiplayer is goodmems_1224

So all of thier games have tacked on multiplayers now? lol EA is such a joke.

Hate it. Single player games are one of the few ways where you can really have an immersive story, and multiplayer just isn't compatible with several genres.

[QUOTE="mems_1224"]i dont have a problem with is as long as the multiplayer is goodStevo_the_gamer

I wouldn't say either are necessarily tacked on. Tacked on would be if Bioware made ME a competitive multiplayer shooter or something else that wouldn't fit it's styIe. Co-Op horde mode works really well with the gameplay and fits right into the core mechanics with little to no change needed. A game with tacked on multiplayer would be something like Dead Space which, IMO, doesn't lend itself well to what Viceral did.

No, it depends on what kind of games. And it's ok as long as the SP is not watered down and last only 6 hours.

No, it depends on what kind of games. And it's ok as long as the SP is not watered down and last only 6 hours.

jackfruitchips

With EA's DLC policy a 6 hour game will be 4 hours, but it has a really crappy multiplayer to make up for it.

Shoving Multi-player onto every EA game is a bad decision no matter which way you look at it. Good multi-player comes from developers that truly want to develop it.

Last time I checked, consumers want goodmulti-player. Obviously, EA does not care about quality experiences, given what they are doing.

Disappointing, but they gotta go where the money is.lowe0

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JUST DIE EA!!!

I rarely play MP any more... all of them feel the same (DM, TDM, CTF, etc) so I don't see the point of including MP in all of the games.

But I guess it doesn't affect me as long as SP is good.

This is EA we are talking about. The same comapny who made the online pass and does on Disc DLC and not to mention the worst company in America.

Mirror's Edge 2...with deathmatch? D:

[spoiler] hopefully leaderboards are enough to pass for a MP component [/spoiler]

Slashkice

Oh heck maybe a race or something like that. As long as it doesn't focus on the shooting.>_>

So DA3 will be multiplayer confirmed?

Multiplayer should only be included if the studio has a vision for how it should be done in their project. When you shove it down the developer's throat, you wind up with half baked efforts like Mass Effect 3's horde mode, which feel like tack-ons rather than something that should be there.

So DA3 will be multiplayer confirmed?

RavenLoud

Not bad aslong as the games that have a SP focus dont suffer.

I have to wonder if they're doing this just so they can implement online passes in all of their games from now on. Either way, their permanent status on my "Do not buy" list just got a little more permanent. 1PMrFister

I bet that's the main (and probably only) reason.

Hate it. Single player games are one of the few ways where you can really have an immersive story, and multiplayer just isn't compatible with several genres.

nintendofreak_2

I do not like this. Not all games need MP, in fact the MP in most games is forgettable and just feels tacked on. Look at the FPS genre, I play COD, now why would I bother playing another FPS online? Why would I bother learing how to play it, not playing it with my friends, having to level up all over again etc.....

Most devs don't make MP good. It's just an excuse to exploit consumers with online pass crap and stupid day 1 DLC. I hope other devs don't do this.

*Looks at Dead Space 2* nobody gives a rat's ass if it's bad.

Why does EVERYTHING have to have some kind of "social" experience put into it? When I play a singleplayer, no, I don't care what achievements my friends have in it or whatever the hell else they've done, I just play it to enjoy the singleplayer aspect. I DON'T WANT social interaction, that's what multiplayer games are for. How is this difficult to understand? I'm sick of all these Facebook-style social features that do absolutely nothing for me besides detract from the rest of the experience.

New idea: let people turn off all the social stuff should they chose to.

[QUOTE="RavenLoud"]

So DA3 will be multiplayer confirmed?

Bigboi500

Actually they pretty much already have.

I guess EA took this picture a little too literally.

[QUOTE="RavenLoud"]

So DA3 will be multiplayer confirmed?

Bigboi500

We're headed to an industry wide crash very soon. shooting other people online is going to get old fast. Gaming isn't as impressive as it was two generations ago.

Even more tacked on single/multiplayer games, oh boy!