Sequels on the way for Dead Space, Army of Two, BF: Bad Company
Kotaku recently reported that evil game corporation EA plans to develop sequels for Dead Space (already?), Army of Two and Battlefield: Bad Company.
According to EA Games president Frank Gibeau and EA Redwood Shores general manager Glenn Schofield, EA is planning on producing sequels to recent hits Army of Two, Battlefield: Bad Company and Dead Space. We’ll agree that it’s about as shocking as finding one’s nose still attached to one’s face, but it illustrates just how important original intellectual property is to the company. That’s why they’ve been doing all that brand building recently, y’know. Via Kotaku
Now of course, EA is going to garner some criticism for this. Everyone loves to pick on EA, the money-hungry games giant. But they’re a business; they’ve released some successful IPs this year, so why not develop sequels?
The real issue, in my opinion is the fact that these are three games that left out alternate controls, and sold pretty damn well. Likelihood of the sequels including your control style of choice: slim to none.
That is of course, unless you make your voices heard now. Why not take a few minutes of your time to get in touch with EA and DICE?
If nothing else, it at least gives you the right to bitch and moan if your controls are left out. Kind of like voting - you can’t really complain about who’s in office if you didn’t head to the polls on Election Day to voice your opinion.
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One Response to “Sequels on the way for Dead Space, Army of Two, BF: Bad Company”
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soulwarrior says:
October 25th, 2008 at 1:02 amIt might also be interesting to send requests for alternate controls by postal letter. Personally I consider that a classical letter has more weight than an email, which might get buried in the spam folder, or a post in a forum, which will most probably not be read by the person deciding about what will get in the game or not.
I am considering this for the PS3 firmware petition I started. Once we have enough signatures I will see where I could send it by post.
What do others think how we might get our voices better heard by the game developers?