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EA boss thinks ads in triple-A games would be 'meaningful' growth driver (www.gamedeveloper.com)

submitted 1 month ago by Stopthatgirl7@lemmy.world to c/games@sh.itjust.works

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What could help triple-A games get even bigger right now? According to EA CEO Andrew Wilson, the answer lies in ads.

During a recent earnings call Q&A, Wilson was asked by an analyst about "dynamic ad insertion" in triple-A titles as a means of revenue. While he thinks it's "still early" for that, he noted its potential as a "meaningful driver of growth" for the publisher.

In fact, internal teams at EA are already exploring "very thoughtful [ad] implentations," Wilson revealed. For him, the important thing is to build up communities in games, then figure out how ads are potential growth drivers.

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[–] DaseinPickle@leminal.space 29 points 1 month ago (2 children)

When was the last time EA had an idea that made things better for the customers.. you know like how companies are supposed to work. Customers pay and in exchange they get something that makes their lives a little better. But it’s always just about extracting value and giving as little as possible back.

“Here take the same reskinned soccer game, now a little bit more expensive, with ads and new bugs, and some micro transactions, because you should pay us more, because fuck you”

[–] overload@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 month ago

Sports fans seem pretty happy to be fucked around though. It happens to them hard when seeing sport in real life and have to pay exorbitantly for food at stadiums/sports channel subscriptions, so EA is fucking them quite gently in comparison.

[–] null@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 month ago

What possible motivation would they have to do that when people keep buying the crap?