EA making more PC games in effort to grow

March 9th, 2011

In 2008, Electronic Arts was surpassed by Activistion as the world's largest independent game publisher. What's the former gonna do to regain the top spot? Among other things, invest more in PC, says EA Games president Frank Gibea. 

 

"From our perspective, it's an extremely healthy platform," Gibea told Gamasutra this week. "The user base is gigantic. It's totally conceivable it will become our biggest platform."

For those in the room who prefer discs to downloads, don't get your hopes up. Gibea says the label will embrace downloads and free-to-play games moving forward. "PC retail may be a big problem, but PC downloads are awesome," he said. "The margins are much better, and we don't have any rules in terms of first-party [console] approvals."
As for growing markets including those found in Asia, "PC is the model," he added. "I think that free to play model is coming to the west in a big way."

 

After unsuccessfully dabbling in console exclusives recently, Gibea's remarks come as a breath of fresh air to PC gaming enthusiasts. Interestingly, Electronic Arts made a name for itself as a PC-only publisher, before entering the console space in the '90s.

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Haha, I look forward to their future games. THEY BETTER BE GOOD.

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definewikipedia
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are they trying to tell us something?

dont make fun of the wayz i type.

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Posted Wednesday, March 9th, 2011    Quote This Post
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Oh we all remember what NAME you made on PC ... Lets all once again rejoice over the fate of Westwood Studios, Bullfrog, Origin Systems, Mythic and list is so large and wound so deep there's just no way you are going to get back to PC market. Your fast brewed eyecandy worth few hours of play might cheer few kidos with consoles, but PC? No sire. I think you did enough damage.

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Posted Wednesday, March 9th, 2011    Quote This Post
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I laugh at this; all that coming from the same people who said PC gaming is dying.

And I love getting myself discs, download is awesome but I always prefer having a collection of my DVD casings, also "free-to-play"... yes EA I think you guys would make great FTP games such as Battlefield Heroes how your so unbiased with the people that buys Battlefunds.

"I have high hopes for EA"

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Posted Thursday, March 10th, 2011    Quote This Post
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Ok then what about Crysis 2, EA ?

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Posted Thursday, March 10th, 2011    Quote This Post
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I am not sure if I like the free to play models. It can be done in so many ways so I guess it is alright.

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my sims OMG I HATE ITTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

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I HATE ITTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Posted Friday, March 11th, 2011    Quote This Post
josieos
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my opinon on sims is meh

@.@

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Posted Friday, March 11th, 2011    Quote This Post
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I've never really bothered with Sims.
But aside from that, I'm surprised they haven't focused more on PC games to begin with.

Sentaul

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Posted Saturday, March 12th, 2011    Quote This Post
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-1 for the sims

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Posted Sunday, March 13th, 2011    Quote This Post
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EA Sims 3 with all the packs cost less than the train simulator pack but more than all the value packs combined

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Posted Sunday, March 13th, 2011    Quote This Post
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I never liked the Sims games so making more of them will only make me dislike EA more, but I'll still play all the good games.

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Ive never been a fan of sims, but i still gotta love EA for fifa.

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Posted Wednesday, March 16th, 2011    Quote This Post
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in my opinion ea should focus on making games less buggy. that should help them more in my opinion.

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Posted Thursday, March 17th, 2011    Quote This Post
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Zarutsgamae said: are they trying to tell us something?
maybe

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I think EA is the best Singlplayer-based games' publisher .But they dont seem to focus on multiplayer games which are the people's choice for a good PC game

Call of Duty MW 3 in November yeah! ^^

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Posted Thursday, March 17th, 2011    Quote This Post
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Thank goodness they're still focusing on PC. I am wary of EA games however, what with their past with DRM. I hate DRM.

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Posted Saturday, March 19th, 2011    Quote This Post
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Crisis 2 will be a beast!!!!!!!!!!!1

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el_pitaya said: -1 for the sims

Haha XD

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Posted Monday, March 21st, 2011    Quote This Post
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My sister plays it all the time and i hate it :o

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go EA

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I really love the pc so i hope more good games come out

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EA rules :D

THX KampfMopZ

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fail

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