EA Devs Mock Battlefield V Hate, Get Political & Pledge To Fight On...?

So if you not have heard Battlefield V has been released and it's not doing very good, physical sales are down to more than half on Battlefield 1, And the game has significantly discounted by 50% which is not a good sign because it technically launched 2 weeks ago.

But the big reason for it not doing so well is because of Electronic Arts (EA) creating divisions, It all started with the debut trailer of Battlefield V which many didn't understand what Dice was going for as it came up as a goofy steampunk game, It was later confirmed that it was a World War 2 historical shooter game but immediately accusations of the game not being historically accurate was thrown EA's way and it was based on the fact that the debut trailer a big focus that likely was on purpose is on prosthetic armed female British soldier on the front line which never happened, And there was another soldier carrying a katana which was out of the place, But many players saw these design decisions as Dice's way of rewrite history, World War 2 was fought mostly by men, Yes there were female soldiers but as far as I understand there weren't any prosthetic armed female British soldiers on the front lines.

The debut trailer of Battlefield V would be bombed by with dislikes and negative comments with a lot of peoples using hashtags, not my battlefield.

Anyway things really escalated when EA's executive and former boss of dice Patrick Soderlund gave an interview at E3 2018 and pretty much took a stance against those who were complaining about the game, Although the issue with his remarks that he made it out to be specifically about women in Battlefield V which I think never been a problem as some women certainly did serve, But the way Dice included them in the game is something many took issue with, Some seeing it as disrespectful, But Patrick Soduland made things much worse when he says the following: "on the women in Battlefield this is something that the development team pushed. Battlefield V is a lot about the unseen, The untold, The unplayed... The common perception is that there was no woman in world war 2, There were a ton of woman who fought in World War 2 and partook in the war. And I felt like in today's world I have a 13 years old daughter that when the trailer came out and she saw all the flak, And she asked me " Daddy, Why is this happening?" and she plays fortnight and says " I can be a girl in fortnite, Why people are so upset about this?" she looked at me and she couldn't understand it. And I'm like ok, As a parent, How the hell am I going to respond to this ? and I just said"you know what, Your right, This is not ok" 
these are people who are uneducated - they don't understand that this is a plausible scenario And listen: This is a game. and today gaming is gender-reversed, Like it hasn't been before, There are a lot of female people who want to play, and male players who want to play as a badass woman, And we don't take any flak, We stand up for the cause, Because I think those people who don't understand it, well you have two choices: either accept it or don't but the game, I'm fine with either or, It's just not ok."

So yeah calling your player uneducated and giving them an ultimatum is bad for business which in my opinion Patrick is twisting players compliments into an issue over women being in the game, also making a comparison between fortnight and a World War 2 historical game seems a bit foolish.

However, no matter what your opinions on those comments or this whole issue, in general, it created divisions and for a while, angry gamers have been using the hashtag not my battlefield and other ones to state their displeasure with battlefield V.

Forbess Eric Kane pointed out " Much of the marketing has been geared toward attracting female players, apparently with a female soldier on the cover and an emphasis on female characters on single-player vignettes, I'm perfectly fine with the woman in the game like this, And have no bone to pick up with that decision, But it is an incredibly an odd marketing choice given that this game A) predominantly played by young men and boys and B) is a historical shooter about a war predominantly fought by young men and boys.
I suggest marketing the game as a traditional WWII entry (similar to Battlefield 1) would have been far more effective."

That is exactly right, it seems that EA really just shot themselves in their foot and in fall 2018 there were many other games releasing which would you think an entertainment company will be trying to persuade their core audience and consumers to buy their game.

But in all honesty, EA gave a lot of reasons to pick up games like black ops 4 and Red Dead Redemption 2 as their cane went on to add "More than anything, It seems like EA and Dice are simply very out-of-touch with their target demographic. By all means, include woman in the game, but don't try to earn brownies points by making it seem like you are championing some social cause. EA wants to make money, Not to change the world.
I just want a good WW2 shooter."

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