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ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness
07/01/09

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I will say this only once: Boobie-doobie
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phinehas
07/01/09

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I'm sure lots of people only own a Wii. And it's unfortunate they won't get a chance to play this game on it.
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JahB
07/01/09

@phnhs: thy wldn't hv pckd t p nywy, s ppl tht nly wn ws hv bsltly n cl s t wht gd gms s, jst chck th sls chrts.

/rns nd hds
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ClockOut
07/01/09

@phinehas: I'm pretty sure Luke was talking to Kotaku readers when he made that comment. Surely there can't be many Kotaku reader without a PC, PS3 or 360.
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Luke Plunkett
07/01/09

@ClockOut: Exactly. "You" being, well, anyone reading this. Like Kotaku readers.
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phinehas
07/01/09

@ClockOut: I was one for a long time. When I made the move to Japan, I got a PS3 for Littlebigplanet, but now that I'm moving, it's getting sold back.

All I really want is a Wii and my DS, but if I had to choose, I'd stick with my DS.

Anyway, I bet there are more [Kotaku readers who only own Wiis] than any of us would probably think.
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phinehas
07/01/09

@JahB: I really wish Kotaku represented more of a mature bracket of readership - while sometimes it does, and while there are some amazingly insightful commenters, comments like this are starting to wear me down. They're everywhere, ungrounded from reality, and usually posted to get a rise out of the populous.

Welp, awesome for you.
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LllusionX Mailed the Fission
07/01/09

@JahB: not fast enough, eh?
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Tenshigure
06/30/09

In reply to EA "Launched Too Many New IPs" In 2008
Though it's been said, I'll say it again: the headline is misleading the quote they made. It's not that they released too many new IPs in '08, it's that they released too many new IPs IN THE SAME QUARTER. Pointing out that the popularity of these new IPs spread in the 6 months following their release proves that EA was correct in this sentiment that they should have spread out their releases.

If they held off on Mirror's Edge to Q1 '09, they could've tweaked the hand-to-hand combat better & polished a lot of the AI issues. Same can be said for Dead Space or any other game they released. The problem is, EA still has the mindset of trying to make a profit as quickly as possible on an IP, and with those months being saturated as it was, they foolishly added to the problem.

If they want to release new IPs in the future and expect them to succeed beyond their name alone (ie Madden), they need to do what this guy just said: expand their marketing, build a community, and maintain a steady demand of the product itself.
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TheIrishNinja
06/30/09

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aw, that was what made me happiest about EA last year, too. shame to see them regret this, but then again, you cant go releasing everything in the holiday season every year and fuss when shit gets overlooked.

(assuming its ready) why dont we drop more games in late summer/early fall? we go through this dry spell, then bam, too much to buy, for like the last 3 years or more (at least since GTA/halo 2/MGS3 anyway). remember when Bioshock dropped almost by itself in september, and sold awesomely? good times.
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El-Suave
06/30/09

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2008 was EA's finest year in the more recent history as far as me liking them is concerned. Had they stayed away from the holiday release craze, they would have been fine.
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FP_slomo788
06/29/09

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The timing was awful. They shouldn't have launched all these new IPs in the fall/holiday season. Mirror's Edge would have been just perfect during the summer drought, a couple of weeks after MGS4. And Dead Space would have been awesome a couple of weeks after GTA4. Even the critical response probably would have been better.

The end of summer throughout Christmas is Madden, CoD, Halo/Gears of War time. You simply can't fuck with that, unless you're a big gun yourself like Gran Turismo, Final Fantasy or Fable.

LBP suffered from this as well. I pray Uncharted 2 is a big enough IP to stand on its own feet against all those evil sequels right now.
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Takamofo
06/29/09

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Maybe don't release them all in the fall and instead throughout the year?
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sephycloneno15
06/29/09

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Inaccurate headline is inaccurate. Perhaps something like "EA released too many IPs in a very narrow window of time in 2008" would have had me not follow this link ready to explode about the stupidity of that statement in light of everything they did wrong with those releases.
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Testamonium
06/29/09

@sephycloneno15: This. Please change sensationalist headline, cause I came into this thread for the exact same reason as sephy did.
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Str8_Jihadin
06/29/09

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So which new IPs did they come out with in 2008?

I only know of Army of Two, Dead Space, and Mirror's Edge
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Derangel
06/29/09

@Str8_Jihadin: Were Boom Blox and Spore 08 titles?
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Str8_Jihadin
06/29/09

@Derangel:

Oh yeah! Almost forgot about Spore!
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Doeseph
06/29/09

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EA released too many new IPs? Try too many old IPs that are the same freaking thing over and over and over.

I'm looking at you every-sports-game-they've-ever-made....
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Kanji08
06/29/09

@Doeseph: Maybe in the past. However, it seems you didn't play Madden 09 or FIFA 09. Both games were brilliant and brought a much needed breath of fresh air into each franchise. I don't regret either purchase at all. Whether or not the franchises will continue to show that kind of progress and innovation with each future iteration has yet to be seen, but to call either of those 2 games a "the same thing over and over" is simply foolish and makes you seem uninformed.
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MurlocCake
06/29/09

@Kanji08: I played FIFA 09, and 08, because of my friend who's stupid enough to buy every iteration. I saw no difference but some stats etc...

Maybe your foolish for wasting $60 a year on the same thing?
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the7k
06/30/09

@MurlocCake: You don't play Football/Soccer games - thus, you can't tell the difference.

A person who hasn't ever played a FPS before will probably have a difficult time seeing the difference between Killzone 2 and Haze.
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Deaf Mute
06/29/09

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I have dead space, and I have yet to play it. >_>
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Sloopydrew
06/30/09

@Deaf Mute:

I just died a little. Dead Space was my favorite game of 2008. It was everything Resident Evil 5 should have been.
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Sloopydrew
03/04/09

In reply to The Great EA Games Fire Sale
Dead Space = Game of the Year. Game of the Year for $50 = Buy Now.
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jayntampa
03/04/09

In reply to The Great EA Games Fire Sale
I dunno, when I was a game store manager, it wasn't odd to see a group of games by a specific publisher drop at the same time. Usually they sent the retail update to the buyers at the same time. This seems pretty normal ... and a fire sale implies HUGE price drops, these are really modest.
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aw3str1k3r
03/04/09

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That's two days dinner for me! :D
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aw3str1k3r
03/04/09

@aw3str1k3r: Damn it, why do these things keep going in the wrong place?!
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Clark
03/03/09

In reply to The Great EA Games Fire Sale
How is this different from normal price drops on games as they age?
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Luke Plunkett
03/04/09

@ChairmanRAPEAPE: Because it's everything going down at once, including games that are only a few months old
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