EA's plans for E3 2019 have always been a bit confusing, but the bottom line is that the publisher wanted to host two full days of livestreams from its EA Play event. However, that's not happening anymore. Instead of official streams taking place on the 8th and 9th June, EA is now set to host just one day of in-depth developer sessions and live gameplay on the 8th June.
The change isn't a huge deal since, quite frankly, we don't expect much from EA's event to begin with, but it does suggest that the publisher is against stretching things out over a full weekend of streaming. Whether that's because of a lack of content, we wouldn't like to say, but besides Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and the inevitable FIFA 20, we're not really sure what else the company will be spotlighting.
It's worth mentioning that content creators will still be streaming from the venue on the second day, but again, don't expect any official stuff beyond the 8th June.
Will you be tuning into EA Play next month? Or will you just be looking out for the headlines? Give us an honest opinion in the comments section below.
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@kyleforrester87 The obvious one would be "live streams and content planned for the 9th June has now been made exclusive to EA Access subscribers, or will be available as a separate purchase for £5.99" but you're right, it's almost not worth typing out at this point; everybody was already thinking it anyway.
That just about sums up EA's output in the PS4 era for me: no worthwhile output. Just FIFA and... not much else.
EA were once one of my favourite publishers, and I've bought many of their games over the years, all the way back to the C64. In the five-and-a-half years PS4 has been with us, I've bought 3 EA games: Battlefield 4, FIFA 18, and FIFA 19. And that's not even because of the micro-transactions, loot boxes, and associated bad press... it's just because they've made nothing which interests me.
@Paranoimia Yeah, I actually kinda agree with that, even without being a fan of sports games.
I've got tons of EA games on PS2 and PS3 but relatively few on PS4, and those I do have are mostly sequels to last-gen tentpole releases. Mass Effect Andromeda and Mirror's Edge Catalyst were disappointing; only Dragon Age Inquisition proved a worthy successor, and that also released on PS3. And here we are, at the end of this console era, and there's not much else going on beyond FIFA and Star Wars (the latter of which has had more cancelled or delayed projects than completed ones).
It's a shame, really, because when they throw their weight behind something and properly support it, without getting all EA about it, the results can be amazing.
Strange to change less than a month out but no biggie. Looking forward to seeing Star Wars, Need for Speed and the new PVZ game!
@Paranoimia EA's behavior has been disgusting, but they've ironically published some of my favorite games from this gen: A Way Out, PVZ Garden Warfare 2, and the masterpiece that is Titanfall 2. Unravel was pretty good too.
EA never have a LOT of games - certainly not in the last few years anyway. Outside of the inevitable annual sports releases, EA only have a handful of games - some 1st person shooter - Battlefield, Battlefront, Titanfall and maybe games like Need for Speed, Mass Effect, Anthem, PvZ or some mobile game(s) like C&C. Nothing that can really be spread out over 2 days....
I unfortunately made the mistake of watching their presentation last year. Fool me once EA.
@Paranoimia I bought FIFA 18 having gotten bored with PES 2018. I then bought PES 2019 and, after a few months, thought I'd try FIFA again out of curiosity. I played a match for, literally, about a minute and turned it off and haven't loaded it again since.
Do yourself a favour and go for PES next time, it's so much better gameplay wise.
I think about the only way I'd get a ps4 EA game would be if they had bothered releasing their old ps2 catalog on that now (sadly seemingly dead), "ps2 classics" range on ps4! (Need for Speed Underground's 1 & 2,SSX Tricky). Like @Paranoimia ,I remember their C64/Amiga days,good times!!
@RogerRoger Yeah, for me they've stagnated a lot. They used to put out a huge variety of stuff. These days, despite having all the money in the world, they seem scared to invest in anything major which is new. They have their successful franchises like FIFA, Madden, Battlefield, and they just roll out annual iterations with minimal changes. The clusterf*ck that is Anthem certainly won't encourage them either.
They're pushing towards "games as a service", but they completely overlook the obvious candidates - the sports games. I'd probably be willing to pay £30 or £40 a year for FIFA as a 'service' game.
They basically add a few new features each year, update the squads, and add new stadiums for the newly promoted teams. That could all be done throughout the year with some engine updates, rather than a completely new £55 game every year. But of course they won't do it, because despite being an obvious 'fit' for the whole GaaS idea, £30 or £40 is not £55, and heaven forbid they make slightly less money!
@tomassi I used to buy PES, but switched to FIFA when I felt it had caught up in gameplay. To be honest, the official licensing also makes a massive difference to me.
I know you can get the option files for PES, but it doesn't change the often lousy commentary, and the presentation etc. make the whole experience far more authentic and enjoyable. For me, at least. There's no way I'd go back to PES now.
@Paranoimia I get what you're saying, and agree, about the commentary and match day presentation etc. But the gameplay itself is miles better than FIFA so that, coupled with option files, means it's a no brainer, personally.
Fifa players don't feel real. They have no weight to them, neither does the ball itself. You only notice after playing PES for a while (which isn't without fault of course).
Well Anthems E3 showing really bit them in the arse. Maybe they had a few more of those artificial demos and realized that's not a good idea anymore.
EA where great during the Mega Drive era Desert/Jungle/Urban strikes and some others. PS2 with NFS Underground Dead Space 1 and 2 for PS3 but PS4 they have sucked nuts big time
Might see NFS2019, but if Ghost fails to deliver on try #4 then that's two entire system generations that EA hasn't capitalized on with BlackBox, SMS and Criterion and now Ghost all underperforming. How does EA still have $$ at this point?
Just remaster the first Mercenaries. Its better then all the GTA games.
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