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"It's a niche genre that requires a specialized physics engine" That will be a big problem as EA tends to push all its companies to use the Frostbite engine.
by louhike 6y ago
"It's a niche genre that requires a specialized physics engine"
That will be a big problem as EA tends to push all its companies to use the Frostbite engine.
- maeln 6y agoThe engine is not really the issue. They could develop the Frosbite Engine to handle proper Dirt racing physics. I think the main show stopper here is that EA doesn't make niche game. They make games that will sell millions of units. So I highly doubt that they will develop a accurate Dirt racing game, they will do what they did with every franchise: Make the gameplay incredibly "accessible" but dumbing it down a lot. You will end up with another generic racing game with a slightly more slippery physics.
- Hamuko 6y agoThey are at least publishing some nicher titles with EA Originals. I'm also not entirely convinced that DiRT is more niche than for example Madden, which is a series of sports games about a sport that is really only popular in one country.
- dagw 6y agoI'm also not entirely convinced that DiRT is more niche than for example Madden Madden is one of the better selling game franchise of all time with over 130 million copies sold. Despite this years Madden game being by far the worst reviewed Madden game in ages, it's still the 3rd highest selling game this year.
- Hamuko 6y ago>it's still the 3rd highest selling game this year Globally or in the US?
- dagw 6y agoSorry, you're right. Globally It appears to be the 8th best selling console game this year. But more importantly it consistently sells those sort of numbers every single year without fail. Far from a niche game (or at least its a very popular and extremely profitable niche).
- Throwaway1771 6y agoIn the total global videogame market. So, yes, mostly in the US.
- exDM69 6y ago> DiRT is more niche than for example Madden, Dirt Rally, the rally sim, definitely is a smaller niche and the only one of its genre still under active development. The rest of the Dirt series, which don't AFAIK share the physics engine with Dirt Rally, is much more mainstream. Although I can't guess what the market size is for a racing game these days.
- munificent 6y ago> I'm also not entirely convinced that DiRT is more niche than for example Madden I used to work on Madden. Maybe this is non-obvious if you're not in the US, but it is hard to understate what a monumental cash cow that product is. It is like Excel is to Microsoft. It's a veritable firehose of money. > really only popular in one country. Sure, but that country has the third largest population in the world, and a greater GDP than the next two countries combined.
- Thaxll 6y ago"That will be a big problem as EA tends to push all its companies to use the Frostbite engine." It's actually changing since Patrick Söderlund left and Respawn has been succesful at releasing games not on Frostbite ( Apex Legend, SW Jedi Fallen Order ).