Rumor: EA has shelved the "Need for Speed" franchise

EA didn't kill it.. it was Forza Horizon series that cemented it's demise.

There's nothing NFS could offer apart from some interesting story maybe, but in a racing game is that really that important.
 
EA really is an disassembly line for good IP.

They helped create or bought some of the best selling IP around, only to fuck them up within a decade most of the time.

Need for Speed games were regularly selling 10+ million copies each entry in the early 2000s.
 
EA really is an disassembly line for good IP.

They helped create or bought some of the best selling IP around, only to fuck them up within a decade most of the time.

Need for Speed games were regularly selling 10+ million copies each entry in the early 2000s.
EA and MS are a mirror image of eachother it seems. Both destroy franchises and any fan goodwill related to them.
 
Rumor is the last Fast and Furious movie is going back to its roots in street racing. NFS needs a fresh story so tie it in with that. I'd be down for that with a competent dev team at the helm.
 
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Developers are abandoning racing games in droves and I fucking hate it. Great racing games still sell like gangbusters like Forza Horizon 5 and GT7. It is so shortsighted.
 
This goes along with EA not pursuing Dead Space 4, and we know where that is now.....You have to be REALLY fortunate to have a franchise 30+ years old, (Need for Speed) to stay strong in this "climate" of gaming we are in...as with all the other franchises that have ceased to exist, the only way they will come back is if there is a game made by the "fans".....in reality the last great NFS game was the one released by Criterion in 2011, at the time they said they wanted to go back to the roots of what made the initial entry into the series so great..Most Wanted though.... one commentator on YouTube said, there is no reward in getting the cars you get, you don't have to earn the right to get better performance cars....which sort of defeats the purpose..The first game from 1994/95 will remain legendary as a fabulous game......without doubt...
 
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Unbound is the best entry in a long time, but man, it's best enjoyed by deaf people. Really gives Forza Horizon 5, DAVG and Concord a run for their money when it comes to most obnoxious dialog in a video game.

NFS needs to sleep for a little while. I'll be here if she ever comes back.

Developers are abandoning racing games in droves and I fucking hate it. Great racing games still sell like gangbusters like Forza Horizon 5 and GT7. It is so shortsighted.
In some ways we're entering a racing game golden age. The simulator scene has never had more choices or robustness. Arcade scene has Horizon, which for my money is the best real-car arcade racing franchise of all time. Stuff like Tokyo Xtreme Racer, Night Runners and Rush Rally 3 are crushing it on the indie scene. Assetto Crosa Evo could be cooking up a racer to give Forza players a refuge if T10 ever truly turns the lights off. That game is insane already and it's in the infant stages of early access. By the time it's done I expect it to stand alone in the Gran Turismo - Forza Motorsport accessible sim genre. Gonna be hard for anyone to ever catch up.

It's just the AAA space that doesn't know how to budget and market racers. The genre itself has never been better. What are you playing on? Unless you're chained to a console, there is more quality racing content than any person with a full-time job can even consume.
 
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I liked the NFS games that were on the Playstation 1 but lost interest in later titles. Forza Horizon is basically my replacement for the series.
 
Jesus. There is going to be nothing left in 5 years. These AAA developers used to release so many games and now it takes them 5+ years to release some mediocre crap. I did enjoy many of the NFS games, but after the last one, I think they lost the magic.
 
Of the recent ones, I've only played Heat. Cop chases were fun for a bit, but in all other aspects it's pretty damn mediocre.

Last one I really liked was actually the Most Wanted remake. No cringe-worthy story, just pure car collecting and racing. I wish other open-world racing games would take note.
 
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Jesus. There is going to be nothing left in 5 years. These AAA developers used to release so many games and now it takes them 5+ years to release some mediocre crap. I did enjoy many of the NFS games, but after the last one, I think they lost the magic.

It's just a tough market now. Forza Horizon perfected the simcade racer so well back with like FH3 that even their own releases feel a little derivative now, let alone room for competition. Gran Turismo owns the pure sim racer (outside of the really hardcore stuff) and Mario Kart owns karting.

Their best bet imo would be to lean heavily into the cop thing but doesn't seem like they have much of anything left in the tank.
 
I remember people here not long ago applauding Andrew Wilson in another thread for a job well done as the head of the company.

shocked will ferrell GIF by Anchorman Movie


I must have missed that, insane. I thought it was widely accepted the guy is a fucking corporate ghoul. What has EA done in the past decade that is even worth applauding
 
shocked will ferrell GIF by Anchorman Movie


I must have missed that, insane. I thought it was widely accepted the guy is a fucking corporate ghoul. What has EA done in the past decade that is even worth applauding
Not saying everyone in the thread did, but enough people did to make me do a double take. Some of them simply because of the person who reported the news. Anyway, here's the thread:

 
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