Electronic Arts mocks single-player games on Twitter, responses from gamers and creators are merciless

This is probably the most relayed and commented tweet in recent hours in the world of video games, and this attempt at humor on the part of Electronic Arts ended in bitter failure. Indeed, just a few hours ago, EA's Community Manager wanted to do a little humor on social networks. It's Friday, the weekend is approaching, our minds are a little lighter, so we dare and try things. It is in this context that Electronic Arts tweeted this little sentence which simply set fire to the powder. "They're a 10 but they only like playing single-player games", which means in good French: "They are worth a 10, but they only like playing single-player games". This little joke is actually inspired by the meme "The Rating Game", which circulates a lot on Tik-Tok, and which consists of highlighting the excellence of a person, but which nevertheless has a single flaw capable of ruining everything. Basically, Electronic Arts wanted to say that gamers are great people, but they have one flaw: they like single-player games. With this humorous message, the American giant wanted to show once again all its love for multiplayer games, which are today the common thread of their editorial line, while denigrating in passing single-player games, which are less and less present. in today's video game. 

They're a 10 but they only like playing single-player games

— Electronic Arts (@EA) 30 juin 2022
This little troll, this little valve was unfortunately not received in the same way by the players, but also by some game creators and journalists who did not hesitate to respond to Electronic Arts. While people like Cory Barlog kindly defended single-player games by replying to the tweet, others like Vince Zampella (who develops games for Electronic Arts), however, was appalled by such a message. At Bioware, another studio that works for EA, we remember through Patrick Weekes, the hours spent working on the development of Mass Effect 2 to finish the game on time, a time when the publisher produced more single player games. Less critical, the Obsidian Entertainment studio preferred to say that the games are all great, single player and multiplayer, so you don't get too wet. Geoff Keighley, a former journalist and now a host and producer of big events like The Game Awards and Summer Game Fest, just posted a photo from an old article that read, "Can computers make us cry ?" That's a cute answer.

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— Vince Zampella (@VinceZampella) July 1, 2022

Thinking about working until midnight for the better part of a year to help ship Mass Effect 2. https://t.co/POtZrFX0Fi

— Patrick Weekes (@PatrickWeekes) July 1, 2022

pic.twitter.com/KCzuLAJ4Kz

— Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley) 1 juillet 2022
We will rather remember the response of Zach Mumback, a former developer of Visceral Games at the time of Dead Space and Dante Inferno, who took the opportunity to settle his accounts in public, recalling that Electronic Arts is none other than the company that made close his studio, recalling in passing that the games stamped EA all have scores between 6 and 7 (out of 10), not because the developers do not have talent, but because Electronic Arts forces the studios to release the games urgently. On the side of the players, the answers are also merciless, some recalling that the multiplayer games of Electronic Arts have been getting dismal ratings for several years in the press and at the "user score" level as well. Some Internet users even wonder how it is possible to make tweets even worse than their games, that is to say the level of salt / hatred generated by this catastrophic tweet. One thing is certain, the weekend for EA's CM is likely to be chaotic. A thought for him...

Also, if you break game rating scores down to a 10 point scale most @ea games are a solid 6 or 7. Not because the developers are bad but because ea the corporation forces them to rush games out. EA corporate leadership wouldn’t know what a “10” looks like in terms of video games.

— Zach Mumbach (@zachulon) July 1, 2022

Ah yes EA, the foremost expert on 10s. pic.twitter.com/0GPOnmUEGj

— YongYea (@YongYea) 1 juillet 2022

How are your tweets worse than your games?

— dunkey (@vgdunkey) July 1, 2022