Imagine a world where big video game corporations actually listened to the players who’ve been with them since the ‘80s.
Imagine a world where Electronic Arts (EA) didn’t just squat on a ludicrously luxurious pile of classic video game IPs, letting them rot slowly in the Californian sunshine outside their Redwood City HQ.
Now, EA might argue that they don't need to touch those old IPs. After all, FIFA and Madden rake in the mega spondoolies through microtransactions in Ultimate Team modes with every minor iteration. So why take a gamble on reviving something that might not hit their golden profit margins? But if that’s their guiding logic, then maybe—just maybe—EA has forgotten what it means to be a video games company. One that creates games for fun, not just as an exercise in marginal gains and digital IP hoarding.
