It’s worth noting that when Gibeau said this in 2010, EA had just released Mass Effect 2, Mirror’s Edge, The Sims 3, and Dragon Age: Origins, so it’s frankly hard to believe than even he believed what he was saying. Related: Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Is Too Big, Too Small, Just Right “As opposed to fire-and-forget, packaged goods only, single-player, 25-hours – and you're out. "They're very comfortable moving the discussion towards how we make connected gameplay – be it co-operative or multiplayer or online services,” Gibeau said. It came from an now-deleted interview in 2010 on MCV/DEVELOP with former EA president Frank Gibeau, who said all of its studio heads were going to start focusing exclusively on multiplayer games. I’ve heard that said so many times over the years that I had to go find the quote for myself.
As innocent a mistake as it might seem, it reopened old wounds for people that still remember when EA said single-player games are dead. There’s context to the tweet that explains why everyone overreacted, though.
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