Comments on: Exclusive: Introducing EA's Micro-Studio, 8lb Gorilla and 'Zombies & Me'

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:41:37 +0000

I like the concept of the game, I think it is awesome!

By: TouchArcadeLover

TouchArcadeLover — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:17:01 +0000

I'd personally prefer TapStar over this lol and it's free http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=318909524&mt=8

By: Mishelle

Mishelle — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:24:18 +0000

The soundtrack is gorgeous.

By: POOPYEAGAMES

POOPYEAGAMES — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 09:02:02 +0000

poop on the face EA>>>>>>

By: spiffyone

spiffyone — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:28:08 +0000

And, again, people:

EA is EXPANDING their base, not abandoning the "higher budget, higher priced" part of the iTouch/Phone game market. They're now targeting BOTH ends of the market. And, tbqh, this isn't all that different than EA developing a game for, say, 360 to be sold full priced at retail and then developing a smaller budget game to be sold for $10 or so on 360's XBLA service. Doing the latter doesn't mean that they stop doing the former. They're still gonna release NfS because it sells well a the current price (and sold well at $9.99 as well). Same deal with Tiger Woods Golf. Same deal with Madden whenever they release that one (and they will be eventually doing so).

BTW…EA may refer to themselves as the "800 lb. gorilla", but, honestly, in terms of the App Store market, there's only one REAL 800 lb. gorilla, and that's SEGA. Why? IPs and backcatalog of past games. SEGA has that, EA doesn't. Sadly, SEGA hasn't recognized this fact.

By: spiffyone

spiffyone — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:22:11 +0000

Actually, Yog…I would argue the opposite. Firms like EA, Capcom, Gameloft, Sega, etc. (the larger companies) all have an inherent advantage in that they can develop those bigger budget games and set price higher and not many consumers think twice. Those consumers think "of course I'll have to pay more for EA, Sega, etc. games…they're bigger budget".

And in such a "higher budget, larger MSRP" submarket of the overall iTouch/Phone game market, these publishers stand alone. There's a lot more competition in the lower price range (dollar apps) than in the higher price range. What EA is doing here isn't "joining them", as they'll continue to develop larger budget, higher MSRP games. No, what EA is doing here is EXPANDING their base, and allowing them to attempt to corner both ends of the market (low and high priced games).

By: spiffyone

spiffyone — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:17:11 +0000

Where in the announcement does it state that EA will cease to stop making "in depth" games for the iTouch/Phone platform?

Oh…right…nowhere is such a thing stated.

Instead this is a side studio. EA bankrolling this does not mean that they won't make another Need for Speed (as reported here, they are already well underway with another NfS game for iTouch/Phone), Tiger Woods game, Madden, or whatever else they've got cooked up. They're hitting two submarkets within the overall iTouch/Phone game market: "big budget" higher priced games and "low budget indie" low priced games. Again, they're doing the latter in ADDITION to the former.

So, please…rethink your stance on this.

By: rob s

rob s — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:22:53 +0000

I wouldn't call them half baked ports, doesnt this make the psp and ds half baked saying there basically the same as the iphone version

By: Thor

Thor — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:43:42 +0000

Cannot understand those programmers. You could do so much to make this a cool game. Give the guy a weapon. Incoming missles is so boring stupid. I was getting excited, when I saw the article. We all love the zombie stuff. But then I realised, it is only one more boring game concept for the app store. Sad, that is.

By: Yog Shoggoth

Yog Shoggoth — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:12:41 +0000

You must be familiar with the term, "polish a turd".

Looks Good != Is Good, sadly.

Of course I'm getting ahead of myself. The zombie game doesn't look very polished to me – bog standard, I'd say.