EA isn't interested in putting big money into video games unless they can have a revenue tail
The worst trend is game journo's always picking up corporate non-speak.
I hated it when it started with "SKU" and I hate it now with "Roadmap" and "Revenue tail"
Yeah, much of a "revenue tail" Anthem will have going if everyone hates it at launch.
Also a reminder that journalists have as much a stake in these 'games as a service' thingies as the publishers have.
A game they can keep reporting on as it launches from mediocre to passable is better for clicks than a one-off big hit title.
Not to mention they are 'influencers' that get to test and praise this shit before it launches. But like a bunch of Star Wars fanboys they never warn the developers.
That always comes later when they actually review it. "During the playtest we didn't want to say their game was boring because we got so much nice swag"
They praised Anthem at every preview while we knew it was fucked when EA started throwing out terms like "an unfinished world" and had a 2 minute demo on loop in their "big reveal".
Also EA refusing to fund games that don't have some sort of 'ROADMAP' really shows how much they actually influence these decisions.
At some point everyone acts the way EA wants them to because they don't want to lose their jobs.