A reader is upset to hear that EA is mothballing the Dead Space franchise and fears that the whole horror genre is doomed to the same fate.
Dead Space – part of a dying breed I can’t say I’m surprised to hear that EA are putting Dead Space ‘on ice’. The developers did a fantastic job with the remake, but it was pretty obvious that it hadn’t sold well, just from the lack of buzz around it, from anyone other than existing fans. I think in hindsight that EA did overestimate its popularity and now both they, and any other publishers looking on, will be convinced that big budget horror doesn’t sell.
If it’s authentic to the originals it’s far too scary for mass market appeal and it’s combat was never very good, or even the point of the game. The initial wave of survival horror games, led by Resident Evil and Silent Hill, might not have necessarily been cheap in comparison to other games but they were made at a time when all games were much less expensive to make.
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