FROM GAME REVOLUTION: How Everyone Forgot About Plants Vs. Zombies:
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When faced with criticism about this months after this announcement, PopCap expressed their sincerest desire to make Plants vs. Zombies 2 even more accessible than the original. That was almost four years ago, and the only platform it has come to since then is Android.
This alienated the core Plants vs. Zombies audience by not even giving them a reasonable chance to play it. Sure, after it came out on Android, it surely was able to reach its core audience, but, as we’ve learned, mobile games don’t have wide appeal when it comes to traditional console/PC gamers. PopCap essentially traded in its core audience for one more willing to shill out money over time rather than one-and-done purchases. Whether or not that worked, necessarily, is a secret hidden in EAs financials, but it certainly didn’t help traditional gamers get on board.
Interesting article.
I personally love the PVZ games.. love Garden Warfare.. and despite the uncontrollable and often annoying problems and glitches that occur on the EA online environments, I play. So does my son.
Here’s for PVZ! Long live the plants.
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