EA pledges it won't make same mistakes with next-gen

Does this mean EA will support Consoles more? BF is all about PC WELL FUCK YOU EA

Didn't EA have access and used Unreal engine, Dead engine, ego engine- alot of their publishers share engines and toolsets constantly. You can tell just by looking at the credits how much talent and property ea either used or had access to. 

The developers they leaved alone flourished - I think EA is whining about their sports, and movie tie in divisions that cost for game engines were to high and not used or that they did not have a simple, cheap enough, engine to push out cheap crappy games fast enough. 

I am sure all of it is alot more complicated then buying unreal engine and toolsets, paying developers for a good game, then publishing that game.  But EA seems to find ways to spoil the recipe with a group or corporate 'business' executives who know games better then any developer, and wants the gaming community to buy the way EA tells them to. Because all of them seem to wish they were part of the newest hedge fund then having to wallow in the 'kid' gaming industry. 

I just wish EA would realize gamers are not just kids, the gaming industry has continued to grow while others withered,  and billions of dollars are still at stake- though this is one industry that you have to earn those dollars with good games, not gimmicks. Oh you may luck out and make a high profit with a harry potter game - but even mainstream game buyers get sick and wary of crap.  Coke soda is still the best selling while diet coke lime cherry xxxxxxtreme goes away. 

I thought for a minute that EA would talk about an actual mistake, rather than some stupid tech-related "mistake".

Your tech was fine, EA. It's your fear of risk and your greed that are your mistakes...

Serious question: Why does everyone hate EA?  I've never really paid attention to the publisher of a given game, only the developer.  I know EA owns Bioware but aside from that I can't really name too many IPs that EA has a piece of.  Details, anyone?  (i'm not defending EA I'm just wondering why there is such a level of hate towards them.  I'll grab my pitchfork if it makes sense, just don't have enough info currently)

dont care if they make the best game that ever was, doesnt make up for the hundreds and hundreds of dollars ive wasted, and the dozens of times ive said never again, just to turn around and break my old mantra, and end up saying never again again!

I knew there is no labor day for EA company .

Future games with new IP doesn't means fire all the trusted developers and hire a new  team developers .

I prefer to RENDER WARE Team rather than Frostbite .Cause They made the games very well . Cause they know when they announce the release date of a game ,They means a hole game design  from ground up get finished 100% without any crappy unfinished work .

And I still won't give you guys a PENNY.   EA, you are crap mongers.  You make bad games that appeal to the lowest common denominator.  You are sociopaths.

As if there's a real difference between EA and Dice at this point. Same with Bioware. EA has consumed them. They are EA.

Didn't Criterion Entertainment handle Need for Speed Hot Pursuit well enough to? Where the thank to that? Also Need for Speed World is alive and kicking after 2 years. They're going to be releasing Drag races in a few months time. Where's the thank in that? 

Oh right, EA is trolling again, making me post all this good stuff like a good fan!

SO if it wasn't for the work of DICE... EA would be making the same mistake???

WOW... EA claiming credit for DICE's work.... This isn't typically underhanded at all is it EA? 

Shut up. Shut up, EA. Just shut up.

RED/GREEN/BLUE endings? It's because ME3 engine doesn't support more!

I'll believe when I see it. 

Saw title, thought for a second that maybe EA really have learned the error of their ways. Nope, "IT'S THE ENGINE'S FAULT". This is why I don't buy your games EA.

He forgot to mention that Pay-Ton-Win is the future and the sooner we get brainwashed into accepting it the better!

Yeah, NFS Most Wanted and Burnout Revenge were just XBox1 ports with better textures.

All the stuff we're blaming on EA would have happened anyway. They were just the first to do some of it.  They make and/or publish a lot of good games and that's all that matters to me. Until they commit moral atrocities, I am just going to treat them like I do any other business.

In retrospect. I so wish nintendo would have shut down or put a stop to EA when they had the chance. I wo't get into the hows and whys they could have done that. But it concerns the NES. Google time.

Oh noes they found the secret to making more mistakes!!

A game engine is the least of the atrocities you have committed, EA.

Wait a second? EA's problem was a mere game engine? And I thought it was all that ruining of classic franchises, poor customer service, and consumer strong-arming through digital tyranny they involved themselves with. Silly silly me. I'm glad Gibeau has cleared this up for me now.

why LIE. we all hate EA but we love their games.

why is "EA won't make same mistakes" the headline? Isn't his estimate of next gen launch time much more important than his company's game line up?

"Oh no, no, no....we won't be making the same mistakes...We'll be making alll kinds of new ones."

Really? They think their mistake was dealing with an engine? SMH.

Nice, they nailed themselves down with a pledge and we all have it documented!

Can't wait for the next wave of consoles to arrive. 

Aw and here I was thinking based on the title EA was referring to their mistake of releasing the same game every year.  Oh well.  I guess now it will be the same game over and over with the Frostbite engine this time (which will be old news by the time the next gen comes out.)

Everyone always makes mistakes at some point. So much more with new tech. So, what a mouthful.

The problem isnt the game engine the problem is buying a game and needing to type in a online pass to play the game. (u have to buy a pass if u buy the game preowned) And then to have other problems like shit customer service, and servers that are full of bugs and gliches as well as lag even though im on a 100meg Connection. not only that the rent a sever shit is full of people that kick u for owning them and full of bs restrictions, and then on top of all that u have the cheek to ask for a subscription? I have 3 words for u ea, GO FUCK YOURSELF.   

Wait, an announcement by EA and they didn't mention how F2P is the bee's knees? I'm confused.

I don't recall the engine ever being a problem. What I do recall being a problem is the display driver error, account flexability, PUNKBUSTER, and uneccessary subscriptions. How about adressing Those problems for the next generation?

So, they think their problems come from poor game engines? Rather than their terrible terrible business practices?

They truly are oblivious to the outside world aren't they.

They should not make the same mistake with online passes!

I had to laugh at the richer and broader part.

Ahahahahahah! This is hilarious.

Wait. It's not April 1st. He's actually serious?

AHAHAHAHAHAH!

Oh the sarchastic potential... must... resist...... so many... puns...

BS! They will keep forcing devs to make cut down games that are locked down to Origin and loaded with overpriced DLC.

Reminds me of that Robocop 1 line where it says, "I had to kill Bob because he was a mistake. Now it's time to erase that mistake."

Straw man argument/distraction tactics

1. Create a fake problem.

2. Solve it.

3. Act like it's important progress even though it's one step forward, two steps back.