So Nice
One of the trailers for Medal of Honor: Warfighter was the single most reprehensible piece of advertising I've ever seen in the gaming industry. Here, watch it yourself.The assholes who approved that should have been fired. It is a horrific, incredibly offensive attempt to explicitly market human tragedy as a selling point for a game.
Where have the grown-ups gone at Electronic Arts? Why did no one stop this?
Because of that, it was such a happy moment to see this news:
Electronic Arts posted a net loss of $381 million for the second fiscal quarter ending September 30, a year-on-year increase of 12.1 percent. Net revenue also suffered a slight decline, down to $711 million from $715 million for the same period last year...
Software-wise, FIFA 13 scored 7.4 million sales (excluding mobile downloads) in its first four weeks, while Battlefield 3 Premium subscriptions are now over the 2 million mark. EA is, however, bracing itself for a "soft" Q3 following the the weak critical reception to Medal of Honor: Warfighter and the cancellation of NBA Live 13.
It wasn't just a soft "critical" reception (although the game got very, very poor reviews): everyone I know who bought the game thinks it's terrible. So the consumer reception has been "weak" as well.
Good. If ever a game deserved to fail miserably, it's this one.
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