Games Thirst – Amazing Life
Look around and you’ll hardly see a new game on store shelves, and when I say new, I’m not referring to sequels, but rather new IPs. It seems as if the industry has abandoned the idea of creativity to an extent, choosing to stay in “tested” waters instead of taking risks, churning out Call of Duty, Battlefield, Final Fantasy and Mario games year-after-year.
EA Games boss Patrick Soderlund has a different outlook, however, making known to MCV that if his company decided to neglect creating new IPs, it would be on life support, and that’s not a situation they want to put themselves in. Said Soderlund:
To me, the day we stop doing new IP is the day we put ourselves on life support and then we’re slowly going to die. It’s not only needed for the industry and for the consumers but it’s also needed for the creatives. They need something different to think about. They have a lot of creativity built into them that they need to get out. The day that we stop thinking about new things that are not Need for Speed is the day that I’ll probably leave the games industry.
That’s all good talk, but where’s the evidence from EA? All we’ve seen is more Battlefield, more FIFA and more Medal of Honor – not that it’s a bad thing, but don’t toot a horn that’s imaginary; if you’re going to speak like Soderlund’s speaking, then at least show off one new game.
That’s my take on this. Yours?
