It's not bad it's HORRIBLE! Now it's a question of how much longer they got to live?

Some people are getting a big check. good for them. but for the people who actually do the work to make the games, directly and indirectly, I'm sure they're not going to see any of that big EA purchase check, just their regular paychecks will come from EA now. and for those people, Yes. it's a very big deal. Those people have families, bills to pay, and they just got signed up with a company that's known for shutting down studios.
Then for gamers it's a big deal because now it's guaranteed over intrusion of loot boxes, MT, dlc that should have been part of the main game, just basically nickel and diming us.
EA... I am, from now on, buying their games used and never touching anything in the digital store.

Yup

With visceral down maybe respawn can do a battlefield.

Oh dear. Bye bye respawn.
Get ready for MicroFall 3 the battle of the wallets.

I bet Respawn can't wait to drop their FPS pedigree and start working on the next Sims or Need for Speed gane

yes very bad

EA's track record with their acquisitions tells a lot. I my memory serves me well, when Respawn was created they wanted to be independent and own their own IP. They already had their differences with EA back in the MoH:AA days, which prompted them to create Infinity Ward with Activision, and following the fallout with Activision, they created Respawn. To go back to being just another internal developer at EA simply seems like a bad move on the long term.

It's a bad thing. No other way to look at this. Just one more studio they will destroy. Getting owned by EA is the same exat thing when you go to your doctor and they tell you that you have cancer and it's in the final stages.

Honestly, I thought they already owned them back then. So this news doesn't really surprise me in the way of, omg Respawn is Screwed and blah blah blah. They got screwed over when EA decided to put Titanfall 2 between Battlefield 1 and Call of Duty. Now its just a slow painful death for Respawn at this point. Sooner or later everyone will leave Respawn because EA wants to control them and own their IP. Big mistake for being bought out by them in my opinion.

Yes it is, EA is purely a money machine who buy potential companies to make good games and funded by millennials who don't care about gaming, just as long as they get that crate or season pass.

I give it five years and that company will be dismissed.

Given that as a franchise idea the series began with compromises in regards to story if not gameplay, not seeing how things will only get worse as EA likely puts money making over constructive use of content to build quality.

Yes and you would be an idiot not to think so.

there fucked

I thought when Andrew Wilson took over things would change, which the did for a few years but now it seems EA is going back to its old self again. How sad.

Respawn are the new Visceral. Whether you like it or not, EA bought out Respawn so they CAN'T now make a sequel to the sales flop Titanfall 2. They bought them, so they can STOP a game from being made that goes up against their Frostbite engine 1st person shooters.

And now just like Visceral, Respawn will be put to work on some garbage like a spinoff game to Battlefield.

Ask Visceral.

Yes

Yes because microtransactions suck! starwars battlefront 2 will sucks because of that! Force unleashed if you want a real star wars game without micro crappy transactions!

Respawn shut down after their next game guaranteed!

I think of all the studios that have gone just because of EA and the answer is extremely easy.

It keeps their studio alive and with good funding. I think it's good for them.

Guess we'll see.

Have you seen EA’s track record with developers?

Probably.

Considering EA's past wih other companies they have bought yes its a bad thing for Respawn just ask Bullfrog another one bought by EA oh wait you can't. They were bought up closed and swept under the rug to be forgotten about.

Tell me again how the multiplatform strategy was supposed to fix everything. Look at your results and compare them to Nintendo, which keeps thriving with exclusives. Your loyal fans are gone. And let’s not forget the pile of IPs you purchased only to let them rot.

The worst thing is this is down from last years numbers/expectations which was down from the previous years numbers/expectations. You think about how long “down” has been a consistent part of the communication and you realize those subscriptions are what’s holding that boat together. The price cut of gamespass is still a price raise in a string of price raises. They are trying to use players to offset the missing revenue. Now call of duty is out of gamespass, which is literally WHY they bought the company. To draw people to the subscription. They realized they missed a boatload of money and that wasn’t sustainable. Now you pay for it like you would have if they never bought the company… so why buy the company? Mind you those billions still need to be paid back. Yeah it gives you a chance to say we make the biggest FPS… but the internal conversations must be brutal at high level on topics that really matter. Like revenue. Profitability. And ROI for the shopping spree.

Is this like the 10th quarter in a row they're down 33% on hardware how is that even mathematically possible. You would think their mediocrity would Plateau