Is Electronics Arts Really That Bad?
StormLiong
Join Date: 2002-12-27 Member: 11569Members
Join Date: 2002-12-27 Member: 11569Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">just wondering</div> I've been wondering whats with all the hate with EA? Not that Im a big fan of EA because most of the games that they make Im not that interested like their sports games and the Sim series.
So whats with all the hate?
Just like everyone's reaction when EA is doing a hostile takeover bid on Ubisoft
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So whats with all the hate?
Just like everyone's reaction when EA is doing a hostile takeover bid on Ubisoft
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Also, the whole "we don't have to compete if we OWN THE MARKET" mentality is frowned upon by most people who support a free market.
I think that's it.
They also have the endless supply of sports games which just annoy me. The 2004 and 2005 editions don't differ enough to charge full price again.
Also, they annoy the hell out of me with that retarded "challenge everything" startup movie that you can't ever bypass without a crack of some sort. I challenge them to kill themselves in the most painful way imaginable and then burn hell for eternity.
That's just one example that puts a sour taste in gamers mouth whenever they hear the word EA. (PC gamers atleast). They do, however, have a couple of titles which they actually care about, like LOTR:BFME which, so far, has received <i>very</i> good support for its team.
Occationally, they come out with the odd good game, like Alice, or the Battlefield games. But mostly, games for the masses.
Yes.
mainly because I like an open ended game so long as it has a smooth interface, which is why I'm really looking forward to spore.
And the sims is maxis, a sub of EA but it has at least some autonomy.
mainly because I like an open ended game so long as it has a smooth interface, which is why I'm really looking forward to spore.
And the sims is maxis, a sub of EA but it has at least some autonomy. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
You DO know how much wright (or whatever his name is who created all these sim games) had to fight upper EA to actually make the game, right? It sounded like there all scared to try something new, they just want to stick with what works. Which gets boring TBH.
The Sims (Booooooring + expansion packs cash-in galore!)
Harry Potter (Chamber Of Secrets title etc, = crap)
Lord Of The Rings (Return of The King title = crap)
James Bond (GoldenEye semi-sequel title = crap)
Star Wars (Revenge Of The Sith title = god awful)
Medal Of Honor Series (Most of the recent titles suck and DoD puts the mutli-player to shame.)
FIFA series (pwned by the Pro Evo series. EA "update" their FIFA crap each year by adding 1 lame new feature and moving some names around and then slapping £30 on it.)
Need For Speed series (pwned by Burnout series but they own that too!)
Battlefield (YAY! A good title at last! Roll on Battlefield 2!)
Don't even get me started on the EA "Big" titles such as the 100% average SSX.
And this just in; EA are doing the Batman Begins game! It's gonna sell by the wagon load because it's another film cash-in. And it's gonna suck like all the other film cash-in games that EA make.
And the list goes on. EA.... in my opinion, suck. A couple of good titles in a flood of crappy ones.
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QFT.
Sure, they're gonna make some "crappy" games also, but remember, just because you don't like them, doesnt mean that everyone else feels the same way. I don't think The Sims games are boring. I like my good ol Need For Speed titles. Sure the "Challenge Everything" intro sucks, but o well.
And think about it this way. What if you controlled EA? You had to turn a profit, or you'd be out on the street. There's a time to try something new, and theres a time to stick to what's proven. Perhaps, in this very dangerous market, EA has decide to play it safe, and just stick to what's proven to sell. As I stated before, the big developers don't always have much room to move around in.
mainly because I like an open ended game so long as it has a smooth interface, which is why I'm really looking forward to spore.
And the sims is maxis, a sub of EA but it has at least some autonomy. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
You DO know how much wright (or whatever his name is who created all these sim games) had to fight upper EA to actually make the game, right? It sounded like there all scared to try something new, they just want to stick with what works. Which gets boring TBH. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Yeah. Try to tell me that his original plans for The Sims 2 looked like this:
1. Make The Sims, only in 3d. Add a whole bunch of new stuff.
2. Take out most of the new stuff so it can go in later expansions.
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4. Profit.
Or if they insist on eating them up, at least let those ideas of originality survive, instead of forcing them to work on the next 'proven game' let them be orriginal.
EA takes over other companies inorder to make MORE MONEY (which happens to grease the wheels of commerce)
Once taken over, EA can do whatever the hell they want with em. They own them now. Full stop. Why have a bunch of sub companies make a bunch of small scale games, when you can have everyone work together to make a product that will sell and turn a large profit.
Profit, isnt that waht all big companies are about? Its not the quality of the games. Only small developers can really focus on a certian core fanbase and turn out "specialized" games. take a look around. only indie developers can develop specialized games like that.
EA takes over other companies inorder to make MORE MONEY (which happens to grease the wheels of commerce)
Once taken over, EA can do whatever the hell they want with em. They own them now. Full stop. Why have a bunch of sub companies make a bunch of small scale games, when you can have everyone work together to make a product that will sell and turn a large profit.
Profit, isnt that waht all big companies are about? Its not the quality of the games. Only small developers can really focus on a certian core fanbase and turn out "specialized" games. take a look around. only indie developers can develop specialized games like that. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Right, and everyone hates EA because they are saying "LOL INDIE PUBLISHERS TASTE LIKE PORK" *gobbles up the industry*.
Also monopolies are bad.
just like these devs who are making Guild Wars. they dropped away from some company, and went indie by themselves, and look where they are now.
sure, i'll agree, ea is just a cookiecutter game factory, but its a cookiecutter game factory that knows how to turn a profit, and thats what matters.
plus, there will always be indie devs out there, who wil make great games. look at NS, or any of the bajillion other small time games that are totally original.
EA can't eat them all.
Also, monopolies are illegal. and EA wouldnt be a monopoly unless no one else could make videogames.
while EA gobbles up good game publishers and melts their creative output into the massive boiling pot of the latest "2006" series of crap we the intelligent gamer suffer, as do hundres of bright and talented people crushed by the sodomization EA gives them.
EA is going with what gets them the most profit with the least amount of costs, low wages, high prices, high workloads = crappy game after crappy game consumed by John Q Public.
I vote nay on EA.
then dont buy their products lol
no arguments necessary
tho i must admit, i do like my sims from time to time, tho the exanision buisness does get tiring...but o well
thats why we have ppl who make games HL, and people who make mods like NS.
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and I... I... really really like The Sims 2.
*Dodge the rocks, cabbages, acids, rotten tomatoes*
It's fun, and I don't care what you guys think. But I don't understand how is it EA manage to release the same damn sport games years after years, and people are still buying them though.
will wright i'm sure is simply using EA for their vast, vast, vast, vast, vast, vast, vast, vast, pit of money.
both = wright and EA
Although my Sim Alter Ego gets more action than I do at Uni.
CURSES!
And that's being generous to EA