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I hate EA as much (or more) as the next guy, but let's not pretend here: guns and football sell.
EA is not a company of gamers. They're a company of corpos. They follow the money.
Similar things have been happening in the movie industry. Why is every studio pumping out predictable rehashed trash? Because it sells.
Everyone on this largely esoteric forum is probably already voting with their wallets. We aren't the ones buying these vaccuous games, but the market is clearly there. It's much harder to fix that issue.
Guns and football sells, so does Stardew Valley and Euro Truck Simulator 2.
Lots of stuff sells if you don't undermine and condescend it at every step of the way.
So do lightsabers, Respawn has been kept alive
Mass Effect and DA also sold, until they finished Mass Effect and created a crappy spinoff. Anthem only generated hate for them since they stopped updating it real soon and now have closed the servers altogether. BioWare went from almost a game a year of pure gold to eh maybe you'll get one every 4-5 and you'll be lucky if it's any good.
It's not just that they sell, it's that their audiences aren't as discerning. The guns and football guys will always buy the next guns and football games even if it sucks, even if it's full of ads, even if it's made by child slavery. They just want to shovel shit to the shit-eaters and get paid.
It sells because there’s not any other alternatives. If I go to the movies and the only things are available or some shitty rehashes what’s my alternative?
And then they wonder why not as many people are going to see movies.
because there are good original films? horror's been especially good for it this year, at least in the sense that the original films are making money.
I feel like horror is helped by a large and dedicated fan base that still likes going out to theaters and enjoys original stories. I can't really say the same about action movie fans.
Movies example was just an analogy.