Comments on: Some sensible stuff from Electronic Arts http://www.bruceongames.com/2009/06/11/some-sensible-stuff-from-electronic-arts/ A veteran's view on marketing games Fri, 23 Sep 2011 19:01:38 +0000 hourly 1 By: vince http://www.bruceongames.com/2009/06/11/some-sensible-stuff-from-electronic-arts/comment-page-1/#comment-4649 vince Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:21:11 +0000 http://www.bruceongames.com/?p=1913#comment-4649 Is EA that confusing? If you watch that video, a lot of those games are in categories that have much better games in them. It's not that the EA ones look bad, they just don't stand out -- why buy Bad Company 2 when I can spend my gaming dollar on Modern Warfare 2? Brutal Legend is probably the exception but like most Tim Schafer games, it looks like they are having a hard time explaining it in 30 seconds. I don't know why they don't call it "Tim Schafer's Brutal Legend" and explain to people why a game from him is something they should buy. Is EA that confusing? If you watch that video, a lot of those games are in categories that have much better games in them. It’s not that the EA ones look bad, they just don’t stand out — why buy Bad Company 2 when I can spend my gaming dollar on Modern Warfare 2?

Brutal Legend is probably the exception but like most Tim Schafer games, it looks like they are having a hard time explaining it in 30 seconds. I don’t know why they don’t call it “Tim Schafer’s Brutal Legend” and explain to people why a game from him is something they should buy.

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