DICE: we wont do a Battlefield release every year
by BF3 on Thursday, August 4, 2011 at 3:42pm
Unlike some publishers who milk their franchises every year (*cough* Activision/Call of Duty *cough*), DICE is against releasing annual editions of their main Battlefield series, according to DICEs Patrick Bach. Bach recently said in an interview:

The business goals for us are not to release a game every year. If we were to release another big Battlefield title next year, that would mean that wed have less than a year to build it, and that would mean that wed have to have another studio building it for us, which would mean it wouldnt have that DICE seal of approval, which would mean theyd just have to release a copy of the game we just released.


He pretty much takes a swipe here at Activision and the annual Call of Duty franchise, which has been split between two developers. There has been little to no advancement in the series since the original Modern Warfare was released in 2007. To use Bachs term, it has been a copy of a copy, without much originality or any new features.
Bach also said that EA would never force DICE to do annual releases, and that such a thing would dilute the franchise and eventually kill it. Instead of doing annual releases, DICE is more confident in doing expansion packs, like the recently released (and highly successful) Vietnam expansion to Bad Company 2.
We wholeheartedly agree with Bachs statements. Having an annual Battlefield release the main series, not BF1943, BF Heroes or BF Play4Free would dilute the franchise in the same fashion which Activision has diluted Modern Warfare. REF: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]