No New SSX Games
Peter Moore takes EA down 'casual' avenue. No more SSX or NBA Street.Published 24/10/2008 at 12:24 by nofi
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Peter Moore, the man with a plan at EA Sports, spoke to ESPN recently. Anyone who’s a big fan of the Street series of games, or the millions of gamers that loved the SSX titles, should look away now. Back? Right, gotcha – we’re still going to make you read this.
“We’ll still do traditional sports, but we’re going to do them a different way,” Moore said. “Street is a good example. We built a new Freestyle brand to do different things, and we also need to build our own intellectual properties. We rely on other people’s IP for everything we do and we need to develop some new things.”
And SSX? “In the old days we had things like SSX that were our own intellectual property, but since then we’ve kind of moved away from that. We need a mixture of experiences that are not only for the hardcore, ‘it’s in the game’ crowd.” Doesn’t sound good, but it gets worse: “If Wii Sports has taught us anything, it’s that people will sit there and play big head tennis all day long.”
People will, yeah, but not us, Peter, we want SSX. “We need to have something for that sports fan who might not necessarily be a sports gamer,” he concludes, “but who wants that 15-minute experience without having to struggle on how to use the controller.” Oh for fuck’s sake.
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nofi | 24/10/2008 12:26
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By the way, anyone that agrees with Moore on this gets banned.
GamerRiley | 24/10/2008 13:54
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Really? Good job I don’t.
Michael | 24/10/2008 12:30
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Aw, come on – you know I agree with him!
stefhutch20 | 24/10/2008 12:30
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Do you actually play games anymore?
Michael | 24/10/2008 12:34
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Erm…
nofi | 24/10/2008 12:31
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I can’t ban you, Michael. I just tried.
Michael | 24/10/2008 12:33
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Hehe. Fair play for trying though!
Jeebers | 24/10/2008 12:51
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Oh, I liked SSX. And even my mum had a go at it. She did scream and drop the controller when it vibrated though. Ah, the early days of dual shock….
Pixl1983 | 24/10/2008 13:23
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I loled
Diver68 | 24/10/2008 12:54
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We want SSX…….!
♫ . . . . let’s rock around, Hay Tricky! tricky! TRICKY! tricky! TRICKY . . . ♫
colossalblue | 24/10/2008 12:56
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“Street” games are crap. SSX Tricky was a high point and for EA to abandon that (and presumably the “BIG” brand?) is mental.
EA are mental.
Does this mean FIFA will now only be 5-a-side and Wayne Rooney will have a massive head like a potato? Oh, hold on…
Michael | 24/10/2008 13:14
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FIFA Street was dreadful – I hated it.
kellyonline | 24/10/2008 13:21
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Bring back SSX and Shox I say.
New for 2009…
Fifa Big Head Street Tennis (Compton Edition) (sponsored by Skittles) for the fucking fuckstick that is the Wii.
Not new for 2009…
Knightlore (oh those were the days…)
Michael | 24/10/2008 13:25
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I’d be all over that tennis game. Mayhap I should publish the video of me playing Wii Tennis. It’s awesome in all fairness.
kellyonline | 24/10/2008 13:40
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And I’ve no doubt that your video would be equal only to Mr. Awesome of Awesome Town, Awesomeshire, Kent.
Tennis is awesome isn’t it?
As is chav baiting, kangaroo bothering and any game released prior to 1985 with Sinclair written on the box.
While were at it, let’s bring back G-Police and hanging!
New for 2009…
“Terror returns to the skies as Konamicom release the utterly awesome (you know, like Michael playing Tennis kinda awesome) and not at all cheap to pre-order…
50 Cent All Star Chopper Attack Zone Chav Beheading Ford Ka Urban Death Stabmageddon(Dale Winton Edition).
Stupid I know, but I bet that get’s released before Home does.
Dafro1989 | 24/10/2008 13:33
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SSX Tricky was an amazing game. The series was pretty damn good (I played the first 3 outings anyway).
If a person struggles to use the controller, then tell them to f*** off as they’re blocking your view of the television.
I’m sick of this namby pamby approach to gamers. You want more people to play your games? Well tell them to buck up and improve their hand-eye coordination. The ‘hardcore’ crowd are the ones at the foundation of the industry that played games when ‘gaming’ was a very ’small scale’ hobby.
Now that it’s hit the masses, it’s being forced to massage the masses ego by letting them complete games by entering button combinations in Quick Time Events.
I might go and buy Mega Man 9. And I’m going to lose. Lots. Just to prove a point.
Pixl1983 | 24/10/2008 13:33
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SSX was Super Skillz.
I wonder if anyone else will pick up the over exagerated ker-azy mantle EA are leaving behind.
NO not you Shaun White with your suspiciously convenient name.
Anyone else? Take2, what are you up to sports wise?
What’s that? ‘Nothin cos EA stole all your licences?’
Fire with fire my friend. Fire with fire.
colossalblue | 24/10/2008 13:56
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“suspiciously convenient name” – very funny.
GamerRiley | 24/10/2008 13:56
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No more SSX. Jeez I think EA have just shot themselves in the foot!
Aitrus | 24/10/2008 14:24
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Dropping he SSX brand made the baby Jesus cry…
turbogeo | 24/10/2008 15:55
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Dropping SSX made Jesus say “Jesus Christ! Finally they gave up!
edgefusion | 24/10/2008 16:39
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Well this sucks, SSX is one of the best franchises out there (except for On Tour which majorly sucked). I was really looking forward to a next-gen SSX.
cc_star | 24/10/2008 18:48
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SSX 3 Is one of my favourite games ever, in fact I’m going to stick it on now!
Oh well EA’s loss I’m going to be be buying Shaun White Snowboarding by Ubisoft
I don’t hink it will as well without EA sports branding, but it certainly looks the business
Go check it out and force EA to bring back SSX
http://shaunwhitegame.us.ubi.com/
cc_star | 25/10/2008 00:23
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I don’t hink it will as well without EA sports branding*
Should be:
I don’t think it will sell as well without EA Sports branding
H3O | 24/10/2008 18:52
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GTFO Moore. Casual gamers and their “demands” are pissing me off.
cc_star | 25/10/2008 00:24
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I don’t here casual gamers demanding anything, they will just buy any old SHIT with the Nintendo badge on, I don’t know a single person who play’s their Wii after the first month