GameSpot has posted up a new interview today with DICE executive producer Ben Cousins talking about Battlefield Heroes. Take a look:
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GS: Is there anything to be gleaned from the fact that none of those successful microtransaction games you mentioned were action-oriented?
BC: There's little precedent for action-oriented microtransaction games in the West, you're right, but the predominant microtransactions genres in Korea and the Asian markets are action games like Special Force and Sudden Attack. Having studied the way they do it in Asia--we're also developing a specific Battlefield game for the Korean market which is separate for Heroes--we've learned quite a lot about what you can do and can't do with item sales in an action game.
GS: I know first thing's first, but how seriously have you considered console versions of Battlefield Heroes?
BC: We've looked into it and it's been brought up lots of times. Looking at the game videos and the style of the game itself, it looks like it would lend itself very well to consoles. But knowing what we know about the product, this is a very Web-focused game. You really need the Internet and access to a Web site to really enjoy the game, click through links, and browse the item store. Imagine trying to access Facebook on a gamepad; it's hard to do.
BC: There's little precedent for action-oriented microtransaction games in the West, you're right, but the predominant microtransactions genres in Korea and the Asian markets are action games like Special Force and Sudden Attack. Having studied the way they do it in Asia--we're also developing a specific Battlefield game for the Korean market which is separate for Heroes--we've learned quite a lot about what you can do and can't do with item sales in an action game.
GS: I know first thing's first, but how seriously have you considered console versions of Battlefield Heroes?
BC: We've looked into it and it's been brought up lots of times. Looking at the game videos and the style of the game itself, it looks like it would lend itself very well to consoles. But knowing what we know about the product, this is a very Web-focused game. You really need the Internet and access to a Web site to really enjoy the game, click through links, and browse the item store. Imagine trying to access Facebook on a gamepad; it's hard to do.
To check out the rest of this new interview be sure to visit here.