Kao da mi to nismo vec znali...
The New York Times has cast its beady eye at Electronic Arts and their drought of original titles, which may eventually hurt their bottom line despite the increased chance of profitability they typically provide:

Electronic Arts, the world's biggest video game maker, plans to release Madden N.F.L. '06 on Tuesday. It is the 18th annual version of an increasingly lifelike game that lets players be the quarterback of a pro football team, and that sells millions of copies each year.

But Steve Perry, 35, once an avid Madden fan, won't be lining up to buy the game. He said he dropped the habit several years ago, after his daughter was born and he tired of spending $50 to get an update of a title he already owned.

"I'm not willing to jump along and buy a new one each time," said Mr. Perry, who works in sales for a newspaper in San Antonio. "I'm not going to fall prey to that."

His complaint underscores a potential problem for Electronic Arts, which has suffered financial setbacks this year. Increasingly, industry analysts and game reviewers are wondering if the company's dependence on sequels is a sign that it is losing its creative edge.

By year's end, Electronic Arts plans to release 26 new games, all but one of them a sequel, including the 16th version of N.H.L. Hockey, the 11th of the racing game Need for Speed and the 13th of the P.G.A. Tour golf game. The company also relies heavily on creating games based on movies like the James Bond and Lord of the Rings series, rather than developing original brands.

Obratiti paznju na boldovani deo, jezivo, ali i dalje mlate pare kao nenormalni...

izvor:[NyTimes]

EA stalno izbacuje vec vidjeno i igre po filmovima a te uvek ispadnu jako jadne

I svake godine preradjuju svoje sportske fransize, nikako da sednu i odrade posao kako treba.

16-ta verzija NHL-a za ne poverovati a svega dve-tri su bile nesto drugacije bez preterivanja, FIFU necu ni da pominjem...Al' zato imaju marketing, kupuju skupu muziku za svoje igre i uopste nivo produkcije je vrlo visok...

Sto se mene tice i ne treba da izmisljaju nista novo, ali ovo sto vec rade da rade kako treba.

jos jedno misljenje (obavezno pojacati zvucnike)

lepo covek reko

Ma rade monopol nad trziztem

Ma po meni EA je stvarno shit firma sve igre su iste samo je grafika poboljsana ipak da budu utrendu sa novim grafickim karticama,ali uglavnom su sve iste igrice!
Po meni svi undergound-i su sranja sve na isti fazon samo sa malo vise elemenata ali ipak sve isto,ma nemam reci po meni su oni sranje!
Mada necu da kazem imaju oni dobrih igara ali sve je to malo naspram toliko igara koliko su izdali i sve to po meni nisu nesto popularne igre,ali zato ima mase i fanatika koji to kupuju i zato im firma ne propada,sta mislite na cemu se takve firme bogate,pa na fanaticima kao sto su neki u svetu ali zato ima ih dostai to sasvim dovoljno da EA umalti milione i to tako svaki put!