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Gibeau丝毫不惧外媒负面评论 称可以合理利用这些报道

发布时间:2011-03-17 10:04:29 Tags:,,,

无论是《子弹风暴》还是《质量效应》,抑或是《荣誉勋章》中的塔利班,EA的游戏总会引发Fox News评论员的不满,但这也许是公司意料之中的事。游戏邦认为,即使是通过负面消息让全国关注到某款视频游戏,也是游戏公司的成功。许多公司均已成功使用这种策略,EA游戏总裁Frank Gibeau在IndustryGamers的采访中表示他很喜欢与他人就公司开发的游戏展开激辩。

Epic Games总裁Mike Capps认为,Fox News提出不同意见似乎对《子弹风暴》的推行有所帮助。当提及媒体对这款游戏的披露时,Gibeau认同EA采用的这种方法。他一开始就说道:“我们很喜欢Fox News,这家媒体很勇敢,我这么说可不是开玩笑。”随后,Gibeau解释为何EA并不介意某款游戏在社会上引起争论,尤其当这款游戏是公众从未听说过的新游戏时。

Frank Gibeau

他说道:“当公司成立新项目制作游戏时,应该注意到游戏玩家会看到许多相关消息。引起争论并非坏事,我个人认为应当积极面对。如果争论的焦点正是游戏中的创意,那么开发商不应对此不予理会。我很高兴Fox News能够报道《质量效应》中的女同性恋、《荣誉勋章》中的塔利班以及《子弹风暴》相关事宜。报道十分贴合游戏,而这些内容正是我们的创意所在。只不过他们的观点与我们存在差异,而或许与我们观点一致的用户会看到这些报道。我认为公司可以勇敢地为设计的内容辩护,为引发此等争论感到自豪。”

Gibeau自然不会同意外界对其旗下游戏的批评,但是他理解Fox的行为并为EA以及游戏社区能够联合与之对抗感到高兴,这毫无疑问会增加游戏在媒体的曝光度。Gibeau说道:“Fox的观点完全符合某些不会玩《子弹风暴》的用户的想法,他们也不过是想吸引更多人关注而已。因此,我理解他们的做法。我并不赞同他们对游戏的评述,并为游戏中的创意和积极的自我辩护感到自豪。”(本文为游戏邦/gamerboom.com编译,转载请注明来源:游戏邦)

EA Games Boss: ‘We Love Fox News’

Whether it’s Bulletstorm, Mass Effect or the Taliban in Medal of Honor, Electronic Arts’ titles have drawn the ire of Fox News commentators, but perhaps that’s actually by design. Getting national attention for a video game, even if negative, is a major win for a gaming company. Stirring the pot is a tactic that’s paid off for many firms, and EA Games label head Frank Gibeau fully acknowledged to IndustryGamers that he likes controversy.

Epic Games President Mike Capps has already told us that the Fox News hubbub likely helped Bulletstorm, and when we chatted with Gibeau about the media exposure for People Can Fly’s game, he was even more candid about EA’s approach.

The first words out of Gibeau’s mouth after we brought up Fox were, “We love Fox News. They’re bold… I’m serious.” Gibeau then proceeded to explain how EA doesn’t mind creating a bit of controversy around a title, especially if that new title is an IP no one’s heard of yet.

“Look, when you’re building new IPs and you’re building games and you’re looking at an entertainment audience, they see a lot of messages. Controversy isn’t a bad thing. I personally believe you should court controversy,” he said. “You should do it in a way that matches the creative integrity of the game. You shouldn’t do it in a gratuitous way, but if it matches the creativity of the game… I loved it when Fox News did the lesbian aliens on Mass Effect. I love when they covered the Taliban; I loved it when they covered the Bulletstorm stuff. In each one of those cases, it was true to the game and we were trying to do something creatively. The fact that their point of view is different than ours and represented an audience out there is fine by me. I felt we could stand up and defend what we did and be aggressive about it and be proud of it.”

Naturally, Gibeau doesn’t agree with the criticisms levied against games and particularly titles under his label, but he understands what Fox is choosing to do and is happy with how EA and the gaming community rallies against Fox (which of course creates still more media exposure). “Fox has an editorial point of view that works for a certain audience demographic that doesn’t necessarily play Bulletstorm. From that perspective, they’re trying to get eyeballs on their channels. I understand what they’re trying to do. I’m not going to respect their point of view as it concerns some of the things that we’ve done. We’re very proud of what we’ve done in each of those cases and have been very aggressive about defending ourselves,” Gibeau said. (Source: Business Insider)


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