“I think it’s fair to say that we’re looking at that,” said Soderlund when asked if they’ll eventually get to a subscription type of model for future shooters.
“Like all other companies, we’re looking at how we can maximize our investment in this and get the most out of our investment and get more people playing this product.”
“That may take us to different places, but we’re not really talking about where that is yet.”
He also commented on Call of Duty. “Call of Duty is a shooter, but it’s a different shooter,” he said. “And I think they have a market; we have a market.”
“I’m fine with what I’m doing. I’m going to continue innovating and doing as best as I can with my teams. Hopefully that’s going to lead us to more units [sold] and more happy consumers.”
gideon1451
Hopefully they’ll realise the negativity towards a subscription model & purse this case no further. I’m sure they can take CoD as an example, & there’s many more CoD fanboys [& blind loyalty] than BF ones.
jbni
“…and get more people playing this product.” That right there is a problem. It’s not going to happen if a subscription model is brought in.
Forrest_01
Yeah, that’s kinda what i thought to be honest & the comments here kinda reflect that too.
He might be talking about a free to play model with subscription elements i suppose, as i see that as pretty much the only way to increase the fanbase with this sort of thing. People like free stuff.
dude90
Well if that does happens I still won’t buy a Battlefield game or a MoH game.
An-dz
This would put my off playing these games i cant exactly afford a subscription when i only play occasionaly
Scythegpd
Well that’s good. Because I tend to “look at” most EA games then move on and buy something better instead … and if they introduce subscription models then I’ll not even bother with the “look” bit.
Sucks for those on XBox if they did introduce this though. Pay for the game, pay for gold to connect to live, then pay for online to play the game. Recession? What recession?
Death_In_Flamez
My word….the innovation and customer love this company has….
aerobes
Hm. The day this happens, I won’t be buying another EA shooter. Simple as that.
Severn2j
Maybe DICE should ditch EA and try the kickstarter model, they’ll most likely keep their fans and make more money, because you can bet the only ones making money out of a subscription model is going to be EA.