Rumor: EA has shelved the "Need for Speed" franchise
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Magic Carpet
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Take it off the shelf and put it on my Cellphone.
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
How can a company screw something up so badly?
jmiller180
Member
Agreed. Always found these games fun. The story mode lately has been riddled with cringe though.
Represent.
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They are so FUCKING dumb.
NBA Street, SSX, Need For Speed. Burnout. 4 All-time arcade franchises.
All 4 dead. How is it possible to be this incompetent? Holy shit.
NBA Street, SSX, Need For Speed. Burnout. 4 All-time arcade franchises.
All 4 dead. How is it possible to be this incompetent? Holy shit.
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EverydayBeast
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Need for speed was celebrated in the early 2000s, 2010s they tried, today's generation is either Mario kart or sim racing.
Shubh_C63
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Yup. Holding it off might actually reignite some hype around it. Gamers like addicts wants what they can't have.
diffusionx
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What was the last NFS game that anyone gave a shit about?
Artistic
Member
I think open world Most Wanted by Criterion. That was the last one for me.
diffusionx
Gold Member
that game sucked
Skifi28
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They were running out of studios to close so naturally they had to buy some.
Killer8
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They should ditch NFS completely and make a new open world Burnout.
Take inspiration from Mario Kart World so you can have tracks within the open world, and look to Forza Horizon for ideas of how to fill the space in between.
Have cars, bikes, boats and planes. Multi-discipline races ala Motor Storm (which had some of the same gameplay concepts as Burnout). Bring back crash mode, including for the planes.
Developed by Criterion, Codemasters and what's left of the NFS team.
Thank me later when that prints money.
Take inspiration from Mario Kart World so you can have tracks within the open world, and look to Forza Horizon for ideas of how to fill the space in between.
Have cars, bikes, boats and planes. Multi-discipline races ala Motor Storm (which had some of the same gameplay concepts as Burnout). Bring back crash mode, including for the planes.
Developed by Criterion, Codemasters and what's left of the NFS team.
Thank me later when that prints money.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Punished Miku
Gaslighter Pro: 16.7 Fireflops
Its tough to even convince myself to buy them for $3. They are regularly that cheap.
Buggy Loop
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'member decent to good EA?
poppabk
Cheeks Spread for Digital Only Future
I really enjoyed Payback. I know people say its the shitiest NFS ever but I enjoyed it. Me and my son alternated playing it and even gathered all the abandoned cars.
Parazels
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The Need for Speed initially was one of the most premium racing franchises in the world. The game about luxury supercars, breaking rules on roads!
But for the past 20 years it has degraded into a generic AA racing with zero personality.
They need to shelve the game and reboot it in 10 years, if fresh ideas come to their heads.
But for the past 20 years it has degraded into a generic AA racing with zero personality.
They need to shelve the game and reboot it in 10 years, if fresh ideas come to their heads.
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SILKYSMOOTH30FPS
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Remember how EA had a conference every year, showing a bunch of AA and AAA games coming out. Look at them now. Outside of their yearly sports scam and the Top Scars banger, i don't hear shit from these rats. If the next BF fails, they'll be shook to the core.
diffusionx
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they were like, top 5 game sellers during the 360 generation, every year. Then it just evaporated.
I was asking seriously. The last one I played was that MW game that I really did not like. The one before that was really good. Hot Pursuit I think.
Parazels
Member
The Need for Speed Shift was my very first game on the Xbox 360. I enjoyed the game but it was not a typical NFS, if I'm not mistaken.
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Dr.Morris79
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That's why I never bought it
Last great NFS was 2015. Guess what? It's always online even the single player parts. Guess what's going to happen now to this game?
Can smell this shit coming a mile off these days
Starbuck2907
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They tried to pull a Madden and released the same game with minor tweaks and a new coat of paint every year or two and ran the franchise into the ground.
MrJangles
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Hot Pursuit
R6Rider
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Correct. It was more sim than previously titles and track based.
March Climber
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Set the bait on the hook...
wait for the fish...
then pull
Funny thing is that is still EAs best selling game that isn't Fifa afaik. Either way best selling NFS by some margin - they've been chasing that ever since.
GametimeUK
Member
I shelved the franchise years ago.
March Climber
Member
I remember people here not long ago applauding Andrew Wilson in another thread for a job well done as the head of the company.
It is funny to witness this as, year after year, the brand slowly closes that battle royal circle until only Fifa and Madden remain. I wonder what will reach the chopping block next
Regardless, I hope this is just a rumor.
Dr.Morris79
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Senua
Member
That's a shit NFS. Graphics are stellar though
Last great NFS was 2015. Guess what? It's always online even the single player parts. Guess what's going to happen now to this game?
Gamer79
Predicts the worst decade for Sony starting 2022
They keep releasing shitty games with cringe CGI and wonders why it doesn't sell, Take me back to NFL Most Wanted and Underground.
Insane Metal
Member
Hopefully this is true. 
They shit the franchise so better leave it alone.
They shit the franchise so better leave it alone.