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Dead Space won’t have microtransactions, say devsMaybe EA likes singleplayer games again?
Maybe EA likes singleplayer games again?
Dead Spacewas announced tonight during EA Play, but its brief teaser trailer offered very little information. Instead, the developers revealed more inan interview with IGN.
The gist: it’s early days, but they’re looking to be faithful to the original game - and no, it won’t have microtransactions.
Dead Space Official Teaser Trailer – EA Play Live 2021Watch on YouTube
Dead Space Official Teaser Trailer – EA Play Live 2021
The confirmation that Dead Space won’t have microtransactions might seem odd. Why would it, when it’s a singleplayer game? But microtransactions were controversially included inDead Space 3, and EA have had a fraught relationship with singleplayer games over the past decade. Original Dead Space developers Visceral Games were shut down in 2017, and the singleplayer-only Star Wars game they were making with Uncharted director Amy Hennig at the helm was cancelled shortly thereafter. The feeling within EA seemed to be that singleplayer games were a waste of time when FIFA Ultimate Team, loot boxes and live services could print money.
The Dead Space remake suggests EA see more of a space for singleplayer games among their roster. “We want to make games that deliver the experiences our players are looking for," EA Chief Studios Officer Laura Miele told iGN. “Sometimes that is a single-player story-focused experience, where players can immerse themselves in another world. Focusing on just one genre or model limits the number of players we can reach.”
That can only be a good thing in my eyes. I’m not wild about the trend for remakes - you should just go play the original Dead Space, it’s still greatand less than £5- but I will take any trend that creates more big budget singleplayer games.
