[Gaming Arc 6/6]

The Video Game Industry is going through an… interesting phase. Pre-orders are pushed, games are released unfinished, and even (some) major publishers seem to be dropped the ball left and right- whether it be in game quality or their morality.So, come end this journey with us: to see where the industry (from a consumer perspective) stands.

Sources:

EA Sports Games:

• IGN, 2 September 2021, “Madden NFL 22 Review“
• Forbes, 20 August 2021, “Madden 22 Review: The Good, The Bad, The Bottom Line“
• GameSpot, 17 August 2021, “Madden NFL 22 Review — Momentum Shift“
• IGN, 9 October 2020, “FIFA 21 Legacy Edition (Switch) Review“
• PC Gamer, 9 September 2020, “Madden NFL 21 Review”

EA’s Star Wars Battlefront II:

• EA.com, “Star Wars Battlefront“
• GameSpot, 22 November 2017, “Star Wars Battlefront 2’s Loot Box Controversy Explained“
• GameSpot, 14 November 2017, “Star Wars: Battlefront 2 Reddit Post Receives Over 680,000 Downvotes“
• The Escapist, 18 May 2016, “Battlefront‘s Campaign Was Cut so it Could Launch With Episode VII“

The Sims 4:

• Plumbella @ Youtube.com, 1 October 2021, “A deep dive into the failings of The Sims 4”
• Screen Rant, 21 December 2020, “How Much Sims 4 Costs In 2021 With All Expansion, Game, & Stuff Packs“

Mario 3D All-Stars:

• Nintendo Life, 19 September 2020, “Random: Some 3D All-Stars Players Aren’t Happy About The Visible Debug Cubes In Super Mario Sunshine”
• WIRED UK, 17 September 2020, “Super Mario 3D All-Stars does the unthinkable: it messes up Mario 64“

Cyberpunk 2077:

• The Verge, 29 March 2021, “Cyberpunk 2077’s latest patch fixes hundreds of bugs“
• Windows Central, 23 December 2020, “List of Cyberpunk 2077 known bugs and launch issues“
• TheSixthAxis, 12 October 2020, “Cyberpunk 2077 has serious frame rate issues on PS4 and Xbox One”
• Seizures
  • The Gamer, 8 December 2020, “CDPR Vows To Address Epilepsy Concerns In Cyberpunk 2077“
  • Game Informer, 7 December 2020, “Cyberpunk 2077 Epileptic PSA“

Activision Blizzard:

• Kotaku, 28 July 2021, “Inside Blizzard Developers’ Infamous Bill ‘Cosby Suite’“
• Kotaku, 21 July 2021, “Activision Blizzard Sued By California Over Widespread Harassment Of Women“

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