Don't Complain To DICE, No One's Listening
By: Florian Eckhardt
Electronics Arts buys DICE, makers of the Battlefied series. Then Computer And Video Games comes along and conducts this interview with Marcus Nilsson, senior producer of Battlefield: 2142, and he says this:
" It's not that we are necessarily very bad, we're not, but there is a very vocal minority on the forums who say 'EA is crap' and 'DICE are lazy', but they're all probably playing the game every day already anyway. We have minor problems, sometimes we have big problems, but minor problems are not what people should write about. Maybe they should write about why they're playing Battlefield every day. But that's human nature, I guess - you have a vocal minority and a silent majority. "
Lovely attitude. If you are complaining about something the devs qualify as "minor", they suggest you would be better off spending your time writing about, say, your own sexual dysfunctions. After all, you are part of the minority that speaks... the majority loves the game and has no problem with it, as evidenced by the fact that they aren't talking.
Man, Marcus, shut up. That vocal minority? Those are the true fans of your game. The guys who aren't talking? They are the guys who ponied up the money, got bored a week later and aren't likely to come up. Silence in gaming forums, as in death, does not indicate satisfaction.
http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/dice/dont- … 204607.php
My Response:
Although Marcus Nilsson does present an understanding defense it does not support the good of the company.
Basically what he said was: "We will only listen to you if you are important and make a reasonable claim."
Electronic Arts has not been exactly the most favored of gaming/producing company out there...
False advertising really makes the company look very unprofessional. Whether it was a "Minor" patch release or not. Same goes for making a fake/"dubbed up" product at gaming conventions. Laws have been passed for that and it will eventually come to America.
All I have to say is when the time comes compare the community of BF2 to BF2142 down the road.
If BF2142 does not exceed the popularity that BF2 presented then I believe you failed at producing your game. The ignored minorities can end up collecting into a majority...
What do you guys think about this?
By: Florian Eckhardt
Electronics Arts buys DICE, makers of the Battlefied series. Then Computer And Video Games comes along and conducts this interview with Marcus Nilsson, senior producer of Battlefield: 2142, and he says this:
" It's not that we are necessarily very bad, we're not, but there is a very vocal minority on the forums who say 'EA is crap' and 'DICE are lazy', but they're all probably playing the game every day already anyway. We have minor problems, sometimes we have big problems, but minor problems are not what people should write about. Maybe they should write about why they're playing Battlefield every day. But that's human nature, I guess - you have a vocal minority and a silent majority. "
Lovely attitude. If you are complaining about something the devs qualify as "minor", they suggest you would be better off spending your time writing about, say, your own sexual dysfunctions. After all, you are part of the minority that speaks... the majority loves the game and has no problem with it, as evidenced by the fact that they aren't talking.
Man, Marcus, shut up. That vocal minority? Those are the true fans of your game. The guys who aren't talking? They are the guys who ponied up the money, got bored a week later and aren't likely to come up. Silence in gaming forums, as in death, does not indicate satisfaction.
http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/dice/dont- … 204607.php
My Response:
Although Marcus Nilsson does present an understanding defense it does not support the good of the company.
Basically what he said was: "We will only listen to you if you are important and make a reasonable claim."
Electronic Arts has not been exactly the most favored of gaming/producing company out there...
False advertising really makes the company look very unprofessional. Whether it was a "Minor" patch release or not. Same goes for making a fake/"dubbed up" product at gaming conventions. Laws have been passed for that and it will eventually come to America.
All I have to say is when the time comes compare the community of BF2 to BF2142 down the road.
If BF2142 does not exceed the popularity that BF2 presented then I believe you failed at producing your game. The ignored minorities can end up collecting into a majority...
What do you guys think about this?
Last edited by Icleos (2006-10-03 11:14:18)