EA Says Goodbye to Paper Manuals

joshuaboy

It's the end of the world as we know it.


Electronic Arts today announced it is all eliminating paper game manuals and reducing printed materials in its packaged products by 40 percent. The publisher says this initiative will apply to all PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC games worldwide going forward.

The paper game manuals will be replaced with "easily-accessible" on-disc manuals available through the options menu. "This will allow players to conveniently view instructional information on the fly as they play," EA says. Digital manuals can also be viewed online and downloaded at http://support.ea.com/app/manuals.

"EA is committed to a healthy and sustainable environment," said John Schappert, Chief Operating Officer at Electronic Arts. "We are reducing packaging materials, eliminating printed manuals and increasing the availability of digital content at EA.com."

EA is also implementing new Reduced Material DVD Style Cases (RMCs) for PS3, Wii, Xbox 360, and PC-DVD retail products. IGN asked EA how much money this initiative would save the company. A representative has not responded to requests for comment at this time.

Publisher Ubisoft began removing paper manuals from its games last April.

Stew

I never look at them ? anyway.

Learning how to play on your own FTW!

grumpy_new_yorker

joshuaboy wrote: »

"EA is committed to a healthy and sustainable environment,"

EA is committed to stacking as much paper in their pockets as they can.

but yeah i don't read them ? either.