Battlefield 5 sales down3/16/2024 Now that this earth-shattering revelation is upon us, what is this job? The job of a Historian is to act as this sort of translator, bridging the gaps between what is and what was, based on their knowledge of the past, and should strive to always base this knowledge of History on serious and solid historical sources (as to what those are might vary from time period to time period, and from different locations and cultures). You see, despite what Twitter blue checkmarks and poorly educated videogame journalists might tell, the job of a Historian is NOT to preach some message they – or their sycophants- consider to be the right one, for they’re neither the owners of history nor the paragon of virtue. Now, allow me to illuminate some Battlefield executives as to what is the role of a historian. It’s just high-octane action, poorly contextualized, and if we’re to judge a game solely on that, then a lot of great games wouldn’t have had their opportunities, due to them having terrible trailers too. I’m not here to discuss the trailer, I don’t really think it’s all that bad or egregious. This, however, was but a mere introduction. Videogaming journalists, whose profession is almost synonymous with that of a clown these days, jumped at the opportunity to defend a multibillion-dollar company from the hordes of “uneducated gamers” by debunking Twitter posts and insulting people, instead of rubbing two brain cells together and realizing that few corporations have their moral compass set straight, and if decisions like these are made, it’s because they believe there was money to be had. Prior to the game’s release, Patrick decided to “voluntarily” leave the company, after defending it tooth and nail and after a 20 year-long-stay in EA and was totally not fired for the comments he made prior to the game’s release. After Battlefield V failed to perform and sold fewer than half of the copies Battlefield 1 managed to in the same period, EA CEO Andrew Wilson acknowledged that BF5 bombed and failed to meet sales expectations, laying the blame on the marketing team and its subpar single-player campaign. I’m fine with either.” The community clearly wasn’t fine with that answer, same with the rest of the EA board, with the reasons soon to become apparent. The gentleman went on to make an ultimatum to the player base of “either accept it or don’t buy the game. If it is just a game, then why does every mission end with a historically accurate message about the events of the war, you dummy? Oh, more on that later, believe that. But don’t put lipstick on the pig and when you don’t like the criticism just deflect it to “it’s a game, dude”. If it’s about telling less-known stories, then please, go ahead and do it, I’m sure people would appreciate and love it. So, which is it, Patrick? A game about the untold stories of those who fought and died in the war? Or is this “just a game, bro”? You can’t have and eat both cakes. EA’s Chief Design Officer, Patrick Soderlund, and in one of the most tone-dead responses I have a memory of, decided to call players “uneducated” and go on a tirade, saying that “Battlefield 5 is a lot about the unseen, the untold, the unplayed”, and then defending its product with the typical “this is a game”. The player’s dislike soon reached EA executives. If you’ve never watched that clown fiesta of a trailer, you should really enjoy it while you can, because things are about to go from bad to worst.
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