As much hate as EA gets for all of the decisions that they make within the electronic entertainment sphere that many deem are anti-consumer and completely uncalled for, I think it’s safe to say that what Peter Moore is saying here is 100% correct. “We’re a company that just likes to push forward”.
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To be fair, HD remakes aren’t a great form of historical preservation either-they tend to only be highly priced and only given to already-canonized games. However, EA has yet to jump on the HD remake bandwagon and according to COO Peter Moore, it has no interest in doing so either. “I don’t think that’s ever been in our culture”.
So that’s that. It’s very likely we won’t be seeing any remakes from EA in the near future. It’s bad news for anyone expecting an updated version of recent EA classics, like the Mass Effect Trilogy, Mirror’s Edge, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, or Burnout 3: Takedown.
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If there’s one thing that blatantly obvious with the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One’s generation thus far, it’s that plenty of game developers are prepared to remake older games for current consoles. He responded, “It feels like pushing stuff out because you’ve run out of ideas”. The EA Exec also shared his thoughts on backwards compatibility. One problem is that they come from EA, a company that is well known for yearly releases with little variation. With regards to backwards compatibility, Moore just about dismissed the idea outright: “In the old days, backward compatibility was to convince your mom to buy the new console – not that you were ever going to use it”, he said.
