Last week, EA madecontroversial commentsabout their upcoming free-to-play RTS title, Command and Conquer: Generals 2, indicating that they had chosen not to include a single-player mode in this iteration.
EA CEO Frank Gibeau responded today to Polygon, saying, "Our intention with Command & Conquer is to create a triple-A experience, and by that I mean we're using Frostbite tech, we're using very high-end graphics. Does that mean it's not going to have single-player? No, that's something we've obviously heard loud and clear that is important to people. The beauty of free-to-play, is that we can adjust and adapt to what we're hearing as opposed to, 'I'm sorry, it's two months from ship and it is what it is.' It's a very different model because you don't have to build as much. You build in response to your audience."
There's no word yet on what form that single-player experience will take, or how it will be sold. Perhaps as an in-game purchase in the F2P game? Or as a standalone product? Who knows, but we'll be curious to see how EA adapts to this one.
