Dang.
I think they were waiting to settle the licensing agreement before they confirmed or denied.
Exactly. Dan said they've tried to settle it numerous times in tthe last 18 months.
The War isn't over, they could very well come to an agreement down the line with Shift 3 and DLC for FM4.
I doubt it, but let's hope MS is giving EA a bit of hell with the Ferrari license, at least.
I know it is always about money, but if Porsche is rolling in it, why do they need EA's?
I think it's still due to the NFS: Porsche Unleashed licensing deal. I wonder, though: Did EA get some sort of lifetime deal? I mean, it should have to expire somewhen.
2) now the Forza fbs are in the same place as the GT fbs: no Porsche.
See, I could deal with the loss of Porsche perfectly fine, but people like you annoy me to no end with that kind of mischievous attitude. As sad as it may be, that would be reason enough for me to really moan the loss of Porsche.
If people didn't go, "Well, GT sucks 'cause it doesn't have Porsches, but FM does have Porsches so it's better than GT." EVERY TIME a GT game is released, then I wouldn't have to make such a comment. But, it REALLY does get annoying when people make that argument over and over and over and over.
You know, maybe it was brought up because it was true? Just saying. Having Porsche
was a big plus, and I bet not only in my book.
The standard and premium issue is constantly used as an argument against GT5, too, so are you hoping that Forza will do the same and port cars from FM1?
Wasn't Porsche in financial trouble a few years ago?
Porsche tried to buy out the VW AG and failed, resulting in massive financial losses. These, in turn, caused Porsche to be integrated into the VW AG. They're doing mighty fine now.
Well, before I had no plans on getting NFS: The Run. Now I'm actively hoping it's panned by the gaming press and is a sales disaster, though there's a good chance of one or both happening (There are reasons no one's tried putting Quick Time Events in a racing game before, you know...).
I doubt that it's going to fail. NFS is way to popular with the casual crowd and, more importantly, does a decent bit of advertising to make sure it sells well.
GT doesnt suck because it has no Porsches. It did it all on its own. So I can list 100 reasons, without putting the no Porsche argument in there. Your welcome.
To be honest, I would rather have Porsche in the game than Ferrari.
Agreed on both points. Porsche was just another thing FM had over GT, not the primary reason I've enjoyed it more.
If you can't get Porsche then you can get Ruf and while I don't see an immediate problem with that logic, I do kind of have a problem with the precedent. Why not have both? If no one understands Ruf then tough on them is my opinion on the matter...
If I was the CEO of RUF I'd be royally PO'd about this, to be quite honest. Being treated like a substitute brand for Porsche wouldn't exactly be what I'd want for my brand.
EA is a company that delivers bs without breaks. Their big franchise get worse every year and they dont care, because everyone buys their stuff.
That's why I don't need to boycott them, Shift 2 was the last EA game I've bought, and it'll stay that way for a long, long time. Because their games don't appeal to me in the slightest, 99% of the time
IGN is now reporting on this, maybe this will upset EA a little.
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/119/1190348p1.html
I sincerly doubt that EA is going to be unsettled by anything about the matter. Right now, I could imagine EA's CEO is like this:
If Gran Turismo fans went through the years with no Porche cars in the game, and still enjoyed it immensely, so can Forza fans.
It's sad, but not the end of the world. There are other cars on the road.
Agreed, while I hate to see Porsche go, it's not a deal breaker for me, not by a long shot. Now, if BMW or Nissan was out...
It is a difference when it was in all previous FM titles and now got taken out. If GT would have had Porsche inbefore and now taken, there would be the same uproar.
Agreed, too. The FM crowd just isn't used to it, yet.
All in all, it sucks that EA kept the license to themselves, this time around. But, they've tried to break into the sim racing market with Shift 2, so it probably makes sense that they're trying to hurt the competition as much as they can now. It still annoys me quite a bit, and the inly "saving grace" for me (so to speak), is the fact that I've previously used maybe two to three out of the 35 Porsche in FM3, so the loss isn't a big one for me. I'll still miss those cars, though, no questions asked.
At the end of the day, I just have to ask myself: How long can EA's exclusive rights to Porsche last?
