The churning out of yearly sequels. EA seem fine to me now, it's just the sports games that are 'exploited' and sports games make me laugh anyway.
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Why do people hate EA so much?
Topic started by leky1 on Oct. 3, 2009.
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Post by me3639 (44 posts) See mini bio
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Because of their licensing agreements with all the major sports, and college franchises it eliminates competition, which has been apparent for the last couple of years.
I still dont understand why MS doesnt go back and open up their sports division, i would buy a new Links game in a heartbeat, but Oh No we have to play Eldrick every year.
I still dont understand why MS doesnt go back and open up their sports division, i would buy a new Links game in a heartbeat, but Oh No we have to play Eldrick every year.
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Post by ninjakiller (1,029 posts) See mini bio
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@Hitchenson said:
" The churning out of yearly sequels. EA seem fine to me now, it's just the sports games that are 'exploited' and sports games make me laugh anyway. "If they simply offered the option of paying $30 every year for updated rosters and features instead of charging $60 every year people would be fine with them.
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Post by CowMuffins (772 posts) See mini bio
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EA used to basically churn out terrible games constantly with no new IP's just existing ones or ones based off other media franchises. They said after the terrible Superman Returns game, or whatever, that they were going to change their ways; they totally did.
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Post by PenguinDust (3,545 posts) See mini bio
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Welcome to 2003! I think you are a tad behind the times. Most gamers don't hate EA anymore. When John Ricatello took over as "head honcho" for Electronic Arts, he promised big changes for the company. He said they would encourage quality over any release schedule and expand their new IP catalog. And, they've done that although, regrettably this change occurred during an economic downturn so consumers seemed to be less willing to take chances. Mirror's Edge and Dead Space under preformed at the register and EA's stock suffered under his direction. This may mean he will have to take a few steps back on his original plans. However, with the EA partnership program, great development studios like Valve and Id can create free of restraint and still benefit from EA's massive marketing machineworks. Good games that can sell very well are likely to persist. So, EA is no longer the "devil". That title now belongs to Activision/Blizzard and with comments like the ones from their CEO Bobby Kotick only serve to reinforce that perception.
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Post by Monkeygb21 (103 posts) See mini bio
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People hate EA because they are one of the biggest publishers out there. It is very common for people to hate the most successful version of something (Wal-Mart, McDonald’s, New York Yankees) and go out of their way to exploit its faults while forgiving the same offensives in their competitiors.
I Actually like EA, their sports games get a little better each year, (compre them to 2K) and look at how well they work with the EA Partners program. They are not perfect, but they are better than a lot of other publishers (namely Eidos and Activision)
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@Monkeygb21 said:
@PenguinDust said:
Totally.
"Nobody hates EA anymore, except for losers. Everyone hates Activision now.People hate EA because they are one of the biggest publishers out there. It is very common for people to hate the most successful version of something (Wal-Mart, McDonald’s, New York Yankees) and go out of their way to exploit its faults while forgiving the same offensives in their competitiors.
I Actually like EA, their sports games get a little better each year, (compre them to 2K) and look at how well they work with the EA Partners program. They are not perfect, but they are better than a lot of other publishers (namely Eidos and Activision)
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@PenguinDust said:
" Welcome to 2003! I think you are a tad behind the times. Most gamers don't hate EA anymore. When John Ricatello took over as "head honcho" for Electronic Arts, he promised big changes for the company. He said they would encourage quality over any release schedule and expand their new IP catalog. And, they've done that although, regrettably this change occurred during an economic downturn so consumers seemed to be less willing to take chances. Mirror's Edge and Dead Space under preformed at the register and EA's stock suffered under his direction. This may mean he will have to take a few steps back on his original plans. However, with the EA partnership program, great development studios like Valve and Id can create free of restraint and still benefit from EA's massive marketing machineworks. Good games that can sell very well are likely to persist. So, EA is no longer the "devil". That title now belongs to Activision/Blizzard and with comments like the ones from their CEO Bobby Kotick only serve to reinforce that perception. "
Totally.
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Post by eroticfishcake (2,931 posts) See mini bio
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@ArchScabby said:
As for EA, although I can't fully forgive them for the atrocious games they've made, they have gotton their head out of their ass. Have to give them some credit for that.
" I don't hate EA, they're just a big heartless company.EVEEL GRIN!
Activision on the other hand..... that's pure evil."The Face of Evil
As for EA, although I can't fully forgive them for the atrocious games they've made, they have gotton their head out of their ass. Have to give them some credit for that.
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Post by ArbitraryWater (1,580 posts) See mini bio
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Everyone used to hate EA because of the way that they exploited their franchises and treated the companies that they bought (Westwood, Bullfrog, etc.). Now that Bobby Kotick is talking about squeezing franchises dry and taking the fun out of making video games, people have found a far more suitable target for "The Evil Empire"
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