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Need For Speed Series Might Die Soon
Techtree News Staff, Dec 15, 2008 1600 hrs ISTNFS series might end soon due to low holiday sales in West and global recession
Electric Playground has reported that Electronic Arts has cancelled development of future titles of Need for Speed series. In response, EA spokesperson gave a generic response of not commenting on market rumors.
The comment received on this news was "We're working through a process on people, products, and facilities at EA and don't have any announcements today."
Electronics Arts has also reportedly shelved its plans of opening a new game development studio at Vancouver due to poor holiday sales and global economic recession.
The company recently scaled down their revenue and earning expectations for the fiscal year 2009.
EA spokesman Colin Macrae told The Globe and Mail, "These are challenging times, uncertain times for our industry and across the board. We continue to be firmly rooted in Vancouver."
John Riccitiello, CEO of EA, mentioned earlier this year that like others he too was disappointed with Need For Speed ProStreet. And announced their plans to split the development team, allow 24-month development cycle, and confessed for 'torturing' a very talented group of people.
EA's latest NFS installment - Need for Speed UnderCover - has received mixed and mostly cold response from the gamer community and audience. It won't be surprising if EA adopts Rockstar Games' strategy and introduce their titles at more affordable rates. Actually, that might just work in terms of sales.
EA is yet to come out with an official statement on Vancouver Studio franchisee lay-off.
A popular gaming series, NFS has reached sort of cult proportion amongst adolescents. Not to forget even casual or fresh gamers, mostly like racing games. If this news is true, many gamers who love to race in their own time might be disheartened. A major blow would be to Black Box Studios, the developers of NFS series. We're yet to hear official word from EA and we'll update as soon as we hear from them.
Related Links:
Need for Speed Undercover [GCA 2008]
Need for Speed Undercover Trailer
Need For Speed - Undercover Out This November
NFS Undercover HD-Patch
The comment received on this news was "We're working through a process on people, products, and facilities at EA and don't have any announcements today."
Electronics Arts has also reportedly shelved its plans of opening a new game development studio at Vancouver due to poor holiday sales and global economic recession.
The company recently scaled down their revenue and earning expectations for the fiscal year 2009.
EA spokesman Colin Macrae told The Globe and Mail, "These are challenging times, uncertain times for our industry and across the board. We continue to be firmly rooted in Vancouver."
John Riccitiello, CEO of EA, mentioned earlier this year that like others he too was disappointed with Need For Speed ProStreet. And announced their plans to split the development team, allow 24-month development cycle, and confessed for 'torturing' a very talented group of people.
EA's latest NFS installment - Need for Speed UnderCover - has received mixed and mostly cold response from the gamer community and audience. It won't be surprising if EA adopts Rockstar Games' strategy and introduce their titles at more affordable rates. Actually, that might just work in terms of sales.
EA is yet to come out with an official statement on Vancouver Studio franchisee lay-off.
A popular gaming series, NFS has reached sort of cult proportion amongst adolescents. Not to forget even casual or fresh gamers, mostly like racing games. If this news is true, many gamers who love to race in their own time might be disheartened. A major blow would be to Black Box Studios, the developers of NFS series. We're yet to hear official word from EA and we'll update as soon as we hear from them.
Related Links:
Need for Speed Undercover [GCA 2008]
Need for Speed Undercover Trailer
Need For Speed - Undercover Out This November
NFS Undercover HD-Patch
Related Links
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