EA responds to Battlefield V backlash with common sense

EA has addressed the backlash, from some gamers, around Battlefield V, centering on women being playable in the game.

In an interview Gamasutra, EA’s chief creative officer, Patrick Soderlund, offered a simple solution: “You have two choices: either accept it, or don’t buy the game. I’m fine with either/or.”

Soderlund then went on:

“Battlefield V is a lot about the unseen, the untold, the unplayed. The common perception is that there were no women in World War II. There were a ton of women who both fought in World War II and partook in the war.”

He also addressed the group of players who have a problem with the presence of women in the game:

“These are people who are uneducated—they don’t understand that this is a plausible scenario, and listen: this is a game. And today gaming is gender-diverse, like it hasn’t been before. There are a lot of female people who want to play, and male players who want to play as a badass [woman].”

Battlefield V is due out on PlayStation 4, PC, and Xbox One on October 19.

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