EA secures exclusive rights to make future Star Wars games.

http://kotaku.com/ea-snags-exclusive-deal-to-make-star-wars-games-493178983?utm_campaign=Socialflow_Kotaku_Facebook&utm_source=Kotaku_Facebook&utm_medium=Socialflow

So what does everyone think about this? SWTOR isn't horrible but it could be better but there had to be a huge payoff to LucasFilm to get those rights considering EA's less than stellar year. I guess money talks and will always drown out the shouts, cries, sobs and wails of a disenfranchised fan base.

Having said that, EA has released some amazing titles in the not to distant past and their stewardship of the IP is going to be under the heaviest scrutiny so it would behoove them to make some Epic games soon.

The reaction divide on my social media feeds has been telling. Supporters of EA (mostly current and past employees of EA and its subsidiary studios) are cheering this, while Star Wars fans are about talking about putting their mouths around shotguns.

The only thing people seem to be hopeful about is that DICE will make a new Battlefront game.

Personally, I'm 'meh' about the whole thing. Haven't been a Star Wars fan since I was a kid and I'm refusing to buy EA products (including Mass Effect games) after how they handled SimCity.

I am not necessarily against this, EA makes mistakes for sure but they do actually get it right plenty to.
When it comes to star wars we want to see "AAA" titles i suppose, and there are only so many companies out there that might be able to deliver this.

So until EA make a mess of things im going to have a wait and see attitude.

SWTOR could have been an amazing game, I'm extremely disappointed with it, and it's not like EA didn't have other games to use as a baseline and example. That does not in my eyes bode well for any future SW games.

I disagree on SWTOR i think it turned out pretty damm good, they provided the best levelling experience of any MMO yet.
When it was released the end game wasnt amazing but the release schedule for end game content has been good compared to alot of MMOs.

The levelling experience for SWTOR is good, the PvP is better than more and and the endgame content is fairly decent with a good selection of hard mode instances and operations.

What is there to be disappointed about?

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I disagree on SWTOR i think it turned out pretty damm good, they provided the best levelling experience of any MMO yet.
When it was released the end game wasnt amazing but the release schedule for end game content has been good compared to alot of MMOs.

The levelling experience for SWTOR is good, the PvP is better than more and and the endgame content is fairly decent with a good selection of hard mode instances and operations.

What is there to be disappointed about?

For starters, the F2P model. It's just crap.
I got to play during the free trial last November and absolutely loved the class stories. I'd love to continue to level my toons but I won't pay a sub. I feel I get more bang for my buck if I put $15-$20 in a month.

On the Star Wars matter - Like you said, "I'm going to have a "wait and see" attitude". Hoping for the best but expecting the worst.

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I disagree on SWTOR i think it turned out pretty damm good, they provided the best levelling experience of any MMO yet.
What is there to be disappointed about?

The social experience, that would provide the tru MM sensation for mmo's."friending" should be based by player not character, private chat channels should be able to be made cross faction. Bottom line they made an awesome rpg and put a lackluster mmo social system on it.

The lack of server support in the beginning, the lack of anyway to queue with others who would be interested in doing a flashpoint, etc... The game is getting better but it could have been amazing at launch and it wasn't. Like I said they had a baseline from which to draw by looking at the experiences of other MMO's and determining what a player base would like. Just because someone is disappointed with something doesn't mean they don't enjoy it.

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I disagree on SWTOR i think it turned out pretty damm good, they provided the best levelling experience of any MMO yet.
When it was released the end game wasnt amazing but the release schedule for end game content has been good compared to alot of MMOs.

The levelling experience for SWTOR is good, the PvP is better than more and and the endgame content is fairly decent with a good selection of hard mode instances and operations.

What is there to be disappointed about?

EA have destroyed so many great franchises, like Simcity. I'd have some serious worries as a star wars fan.

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The social experience, that would provide the tru MM sensation for mmo's."friending" should be based by player not character, private chat channels should be able to be made cross faction. Bottom line they made an awesome rpg and put a lackluster mmo social system on it.

Wait, hold up. I haven't played SWTOR, so this comes as a complete surprise to me. Friends are character-bound, not account-bound? You can't send private chats to someone in another faction?

That is some noob dev MMO mistakes right there. I thought those were all lessons learned this time last decade.

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The social experience, that would provide the tru MM sensation for mmo's."friending" should be based by player not character, private chat channels should be able to be made cross faction. Bottom line they made an awesome rpg and put a lackluster mmo social system on it.

Wait, hold up. I haven't played SWTOR, so this comes as a complete surprise to me. Friends are character-bound, not account-bound? You can't send private chats to someone in another faction?

That is some noob dev MMO mistakes right there. I thought those were all lessons learned this time last decade.

There are some that like to play without necessarily interacting with their friends. There are dozens of reasons why someone would want to do this.

This was actually the kind of system that was implement in games like Everquest and Everquest 2 and it worked extremely well.

For me, it's not really disappointing(or surprising), to be honest. Yes, EA is responsible for some massive fuck-ups... But they have also published many of my favorite games in the last decade. I would rather they have the rights than say... Activision.

Plus, it hopefully means that Bioware will make another single player Star Wars RPG.

I think this is really awesome. They have that treasonous traitor JJ Abrams to make really awesome movies for them, but as far as video games, Star Wars fans are going to find out the kind of awful games Trek fans have been getting forever.

I hope they get some horrid junk like that Borg video choose your own adventure. LOL.

(ps I am also impacted by this, as I am a Star Wars fan)

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They have just killed SW and that is kinda sad, as the next generation will not know SW like we all do now.

Cj

To be fair, Lucas did a pretty damn good job of that one with the last trilogy. At the rate the series is going, three separate generations will likely have three very different expectations for Star Wars.

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To be fair, Lucas did a pretty damn good job of that one with the last trilogy. At the rate the series is going, three separate generations will likely have three very different expectations for Star Wars.

I couldn't agree more! I have more confidence in Abrams/Disney than I do in Lucas.