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Also, BF2 was one of the best games because it was ahead of it's time and moddable. Sure, EA/Dice can pump out great graphics but they've forgotten about the modding community. Frostbite should allow games to use engine upgrades and allow 3rd party content creation. Of course there's a balance for releasing too many tools but hackers get in one way or another.

They would do so much better to create a series of games (classic (2/3/4), hardline, vintage (vietnam/1942/1943), bad company) and constantly upgrade them then offer a subscription-based marketing strategy. Don't redesign the wheel with BF4, turn BF3 into BF4. Add new features and maps into a game people love. Upgrade the engine and allow 3rd party content kind of like ARMA but better.

I sure as shit won't pay $60-80 for a new game but I'd be pretty content paying $20/year for a subscription. EA would make more money as more people would try the game at $20 rather than $80. They would also make more by keeping games up to date and letting players play the same game for 5+ years.

Also, BF2 was one of the best games because it was ahead of it's time and moddable. Sure, EA/Dice can pump out great graphics but they've forgotten about the modding community. Frostbite should allow games to use engine upgrades and allow 3rd party content creation. Of course there's a balance for releasing too many tools but hackers get in one way or another.

They would do so much better to create a series of games (classic (2/3/4), hardline, vintage (vietnam/1942/1943), bad company) and constantly upgrade them then offer a subscription-based marketing strategy. Don't redesign the wheel with BF4, turn BF3 into BF4. Add new features and maps into a game people love. Upgrade the engine and allow 3rd party content kind of like ARMA but better.

I sure as shit won't pay $60-80 for a new game but I'd be pretty content paying $20/year for a subscription. EA would make more money as more people would try the game at $20 rather than $80. They would also make more by keeping games up to date and letting players play the same game for 5+ years.

Why would you pay a subscription for a product like a game from a company like Electronic Arts? They could (and surely) would use the money for nearly everything except developing games in a proper manner. Besides, by now many games are getting sold as "early access" at lower prices.

I would pay for a subscription for a quality product if they spent as much time re-thinking their marketing strategy as they do re-building everything in each release of Battlefield.

I think Valve (maybe even Blizzard) and Tripwire with Killing Floor got a similar idea working, updating the game with new content and trying to improve the game itself within time instead of releasing a new game every year. And for that matter (quality) DLC work quite well. As you said, you can't really re-invent the wheel every time while pretending to get the game perfect.

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