Analysts Divided on Tiberium Cancellation

by Nick Breckon, Oct 07, 2008 5:15pm PDT

Related Topics – Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars, xbox 360, PC

Following the cancellation of Electronic Arts' Command & Conquer-themed first person shooter Tiberium, industry analysts have offered differing opinions on what it means for the publisher.

Janco Partners analyst Mick Hickey says that since the game was canceled so far into development, the late decision raises questions about EA's management.

"Continued lack of management execution and/or product quality, damages new management's credibility and dampens our excitement for the company's shares," said Hickey.

Meanwhile, Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter believes that either way, weeding out the bad apples is a good thing.

"Canceling a bad game goes a long way toward preserving the quality of the overall lineup," said Pachter, according to Gamasutra.

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By: abovedefault x Show Full Post

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All wrong. It was the rampant piracy of C&C3 that prevented them from funding it correctly.

Oct 07, 2008 5:39pm PDT

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All wrong. It was the rampant piracy of C&C3 that prevented them from funding it correctly. : abovedefault
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- Yo ho yo ho! : rjklevels
- And that led to its cancellation? Well done, pirates! : MamiyaOtaru
- who says pirates don't have a voice? AVAST! : DewFuel

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By: ease one x Show Full Post

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If you want to know what happened just read about it in the comments here.

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=20462

There is actually a pretty good story there if a game web site chose to follow it.

Oct 07, 2008 5:59pm PDT

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If you want to know what happened just read about it in the comments here. http://www.gamasutra.com/ph... : ease one
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  Christ on crutches, that is some dirty goddamned laundry. What a bedshitting. : Mad Jack McMad
  - No kidding. Haven't seen something like that in while. : gooblerampling
- Dam, it looks like a cool game :( : askedrelic

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By: zooolander x Show Full Post

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The thing is they forgot to buy boxes of success to inject into the game from the start :(

Oct 08, 2008 5:13am PDT

The thing is they forgot to buy boxes of success to inject into the game from the start :( : zooolander

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I am not surprised at what happened at EALA. 2/3 management, 1/3 game devs. When do people finally learn that the path you are walking on is the goal, not the finish line?

Oct 07, 2008 11:04pm PDT

I am not surprised at what happened at EALA. 2/3 management, 1/3 game devs. When do people finally learn ... : Lukiopimp

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the reason the game was crappy because of bad ea management, the game was known to be a clusterfuck of bad staff and decisions (comments http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=20462 )

the reason the game was cancelled (even if late) was because EA has access to the battlefield games and knows how they compare with renegade2, and they could obviously see that it was a piece of shit compared to the battlefield games.

there was never any point to releasing a battlefield clone that was worse than battlefield itself, as stupid as they are, they know that, and they cut the cord. BOOM baby, BOOM

Oct 07, 2008 5:38pm PDT

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the reason the game was crappy because of bad ea management, the game was known to be a clusterfuck of ba... : Luminair
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Wow this looks kinda decent - didnt even know they were making this -_-

Oct 07, 2008 8:36pm PDT

Wow this looks kinda decent - didnt even know they were making this -_- : aznboysix

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put the fucker on Steam, problems solved.

Oct 07, 2008 5:53pm PDT

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put the fucker on Steam, problems solved. : mansonist2000
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- Agreed. Steam is such an amazing thing. Not only does it hinder piracy (not sure if it stops it completel... : gohan2518

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By: gohan2518 x Show Full Post

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I agree with the second guy. Part of the reason Blizzard is so successful is that they can look at a crappy game and go, "Well damn...gotta stop this one." EA is learning a lesson hear, and I'm glad to see they can make these kind of decisions now.

Oct 07, 2008 5:28pm PDT

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- 100% agree, EA has gotten their shit together, it didn't take more than 10years :) They had the balls to ... : droveri
- I am also in on this. EA did the right thing. From the footage that was released thus far this game was w... : Dr_Cube

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By: Flynn x Show Full Post

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I really enjoyed Command & Conquer: Renegade (finished the single player campaign), and the multiplayer demo was a ton of fun

Oct 07, 2008 5:29pm PDT

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I really enjoyed Command & Conquer: Renegade (finished the single player campaign), and the multiplayer d... : Flynn
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- I really enjoyed the multi player of C&C Renegade as well. : mojorisen1117

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