EA vows not to make 'crappy licensed games'

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EA vows not to make 'crappy licensed games'

Posted Aug 4th 2008 7:30PM by James Murff
Filed under: Biz, Culture

It's sort of a fact of life that the gaming business has a huge flood of licensed games that nobody ever really plays seriously. Most gamers live with it. EA, however, is stamping their foot down on this cultural phenomenon of bad licensed games. In a recent interview with MTV Multiplayer, it was revealed that EA is moving away from licenses and more to intellectual properties. Here's what their always vocal CEO John Riccitello had to say:

"I don't actually believe EA is in the business of exploiting other people's licenses with bad quality games. We've been there. Most of our competitors are there or have been there. That's not what we do. We're not really after that market. Now Metacritic isn't always the best quality measure for some licensed games, but I know a good game when I see it. My team and our developers know a good game when we see it."

If true, this bodes well for EA. They have never had the best of licensed games. For the full interview, as well as more thoughts on EA in general, head on over to MTV Multiplayer.

Tags: business, EA, electronic-arts, interviews, john-riccitiello, licensed-games

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

may I saw something? HAW!Posted at 11:40PM on Aug 4th 2008 by dragodracini

If this is true, I will stop hating EA. The fact that licensed games exist is stupid and sad.Posted at 3:48AM on Aug 5th 2008 by Veko

Sorry to keep championing EA like this but they really have impressed the hell out of me in the last month or two. Just look over their holiday line-up. Nearly all are original IPs, lots are innovative, nearly all are coming to the PC, and note the distinct lack of lazy cash-ins and filler. Now we have this new story which rightly seems to be EA making a direct jab at Activision.

As gamers, we really need to look at the direction Ricatello is taking EA here and be grateful. EA is taking a HUGE risk with this path, much to the chagrin of their stock holders, and either we show our support or they'll go right back to making the quick buck w/ shitty software.

...bysmittyPosted at 7:38AM on Aug 5th 2008 by bysmitty