Get Your Game On (September 15, 2013)

ChrisReid

ChrisReid

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As the video game world transitions into a new console cycle, it's time to once again see which format fans would be most excited about. It's a good bet that PC would win if it were an option, but this question asks about all the other systems. EA is known for major AAA titles spanning multiple platforms, but our experience over the last generation shows that some intriguing possibilities exist for niche games. EA Replay was released for the original Sony PSP in 2006, and Wing Commander Arena graced the XBox Live Arcade in 2007. The Playstation 3 even got a downloadable version of Wing Commander 4 in 2009. Where would you like to see Wing Commander pop up next?




We last ran this poll in 2006, and it's fun to see how the choices have changed since then:



Our annual birthday poll results were also interesting this year! (to us, at least!) The 1999 (and combined 2000) option got the most votes. Apparently growing internet availability and the WC Movie brought in a lot of new faces, because that year also won in 2002, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2011. In the mid 2000s, "1 year or less," took the top spot. In the last few years, WCHS in 1996 and the CIC's grand opening in 1998 even each took a turn. The overall profile of the results curve hasn't change too much over time, which is a good thing - we're still bringing in new Wingnuts every year!

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Original update published on September 15, 2013
 
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Given the way EA looks at things, I'm sure if they went next-gen they'd go cross platform.

Which, by the way, the might well be considering. I'm sure someone over there has figured out by now that games like Star Citizen, the new Elite, and Eve: Valkyrie have been making some waves. Someone over there is thinking "hey, we have one of those space shooty things, don't we?".
 
LeoCeballos said:
Given the way EA looks at things, I'm sure if they went next-gen they'd go cross platform.

Which, by the way, the might well be considering. I'm sure someone over there has figured out by now that games like Star Citizen, the new Elite, and Eve: Valkyrie have been making some waves. Someone over there is thinking "hey, we have one of those space shooty things, don't we?".
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That probably only applies if it's a $50 million AAA title, and Electronic Arts has Star Wars and Mass Effect at their disposal if they want to make a mega budget sci fi shooter. EA has been known as multiplatform for years, but you only have to look back at the most recent EA releases to see there's a lot of wiggle room there. I'd probably bet on something like WC Arena being the next WC game (not necessarily an arcade shooter, but rather, a niche title of some sort) and that could very well just be made for one platform like Arena was.
 
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