A few months ago, I read an article about Origin or EA.(cannot remember which one)The article said something about the company downsizing and that it was going to focus on the Ultima series of games. I was just wondering how the WC series of games would be affected by this. Does this mean that the company is not going to make any more WC games? Or is it going to be awhile before another WC game comes out?? This did not sit well with me if true , because I am usually the first to buy a WC game whenever it comes to a software store in my city. Also, is Privateer 3 dead and buried? I know it was cancelled, but are there plans to revive it? If anyone knows the latest news on these two series, please post. Thanks.
What is going on with Origin or EA???
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Mad Hatter
Spaceman
Do a little archive research man, you`ll find this topic has been discussed, oh, I don`t know, 10 times in the past month or so.
To put things in short:
a. Yes, EA is downsizing.
b. No, They aren`t planning anymore WC games.
c. Yes, Privateer 3 was cancled,and there aren`t any plans to revive it.
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To put things in short:
a. Yes, EA is downsizing.
b. No, They aren`t planning anymore WC games.
c. Yes, Privateer 3 was cancled,and there aren`t any plans to revive it.
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Downsizin(g)? Come on, man! Origin has made a lot of good products for EA. It is possible that they are moving to the online gaming niche and needed more resources to sustain it. It could be that it is a lot easier to maintain a medieval world than a more complicated future world - Privateer Online. Got the gray-matter in the noggin, needs more green stuff in the pocket though.
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Quarto
Unknown Enemy
Well, they ARE downsizing.
...They've decided that Origin and all their other subsidiaries don't really need separate marketing divisions.
Wait. I thought this whole EA Games thing was supposed to be bad?
Hmm. You know, guys, the more I think about this, the more I see it as a Good Thing(tm). I mean, it's not like they're planning to fire all the people from Origin. And it may well be that in the huge creature to be known as EA Games, the designers will have more cash available for various projects...
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...They've decided that Origin and all their other subsidiaries don't really need separate marketing divisions.
Hmm. You know, guys, the more I think about this, the more I see it as a Good Thing(tm). I mean, it's not like they're planning to fire all the people from Origin. And it may well be that in the huge creature to be known as EA Games, the designers will have more cash available for various projects...
[This message has been edited by Quarto (edited June 26, 2000).]
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Mad Hatter
Spaceman
That may be, but I don`t think they really know which projects to invest in.
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Quarto said:
I know it's un-WC. Multiplayer mode has yet to be done for WC and Armada is not playable in the internet due to its strictly DOS only environment.
EA is going for Ultima Online, because it draws in more money - Pay for Play & Registered Users (discourages piracy too)
Ultima is not as complicated as the WC Universe. Wait a while, they're trying out the 3D Ultima Online2. That's where WC Online could come in.
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