[project1dev] Re: wtf EA
- From: eric drewes <figarus@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: project1dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:35:50 -0400
yeah but a basketball is 20 dollars and maybe a robot pal to play it w/ you
would cost 150 with maybe 30 dollars to charge him over the year haha
i was just thinking of the hypothetical world where technology veered in a
different path entirely from the one we're on now... like i bet we'd have
hoverboards ha
On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 9:30 PM, Matthew Freeland <mattthefiend@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> I'm glad it was invented... $200 a year buying video games keeps me
> entertained for the entire 365 days. :P That's a damn cheap habit.
>
> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 6:29 PM, eric drewes <figarus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> hey, i wonder what the world would be like if technology like
>> monitors/tv's/etc. were never invented, like all displays were analogue like
>> watches, etc. how crazy shit would be, like instead of videogames all the
>> creativity and tech research went into robots and the like - i bet the world
>> would be a really weird place! i kinda wish it happened although i guess i
>> like movies and videogames :P
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 9:21 PM, Chris Riccobono <crysalim@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>
>>> Yeah, EA is the devil for what they did to Will Wright. They made him
>>> hate video games so much by what they did to his game that he now
>>> makes toy robots
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 6:19 PM, eric drewes<figarus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> > hey have you played the tecmo bowl remake for the DS that came out
>>> recently?
>>> > i read about the DRM stuff from EA, pretty ridiculous... wasn't there a
>>> huge
>>> > fiasco w/ spore over this?
>>> > i love the Valve approach w/ steam... its so nice to never worry about
>>> disks
>>> > and codes again. I noticed blizzard is doing the same thing but
>>> > unfortunately i cannot find my starcraft code...
>>> >
>>> > On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 9:16 PM, Matthew Freeland <
>>> mattthefiend@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Yeah I pretty much said Fuck EA for life about 5 years ago. Not only
>>> do
>>> >> the abuse the shit out of their developers they produce crappy games
>>> and the
>>> >> only lifeline they have these days is their sports games. Don't get me
>>> >> started on that, I'd rather whip out my nintendo and play Tecmo Bowl
>>> than
>>> >> play most of the new football games. :P
>>> >>
>>> >> Also EA games pisses me off hard because they were probably the
>>> biggest
>>> >> adapter of really oppressive and vicious DRM.. They have since backed
>>> down
>>> >> but when I got Sim City 4 I think it was a few years ago I went to
>>> install
>>> >> it and It wouldn't let me install it unless I had an EA Games Passport
>>> and
>>> >> went to sign me up for one and I was like 'Well fuck that shit!'.
>>> Ultimately
>>> >> I went and set up one of the stupid accounts and then I couldn't
>>> install the
>>> >> game because their authentication server was down and assumed I was
>>> pirating
>>> >> it. Fuck EA.
>>> >>
>>> >> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 5:32 PM, Alan Wolfe <alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> im not sure who DOES like ea cause they are crappy to their dev's
>>> too.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> maybe retailers like them? :P
>>> >>>
>>> >>> i heard EA was origionally started cause so many game companies
>>> treated
>>> >>> their employees like crap and required long hours.... now they are by
>>> far
>>> >>> the worst offenders.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> damn man fuck those guys :P
>>> >>> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 5:20 PM, eric drewes <figarus@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> wow, ok so for NCAA football this year they stripped a bunch of
>>> features
>>> >>>> THAT ALREADY EXISTED IN THE GAME and then re-added them as
>>> microtransactions
>>> >>>> you have to pay real $ for... wow, that is fucking ridiculous.
>>> seriously,
>>> >>>> people already pay 60 dollars for a game, then they have to pay
>>> extra for
>>> >>>> content that was already in the game for free last year? You know,
>>> for
>>> >>>> games like fallout 3, etc. i am cool w/ downloadable content but the
>>> thing
>>> >>>> about sports games is they basically just sell you a roster update
>>> every
>>> >>>> year, and the 360/ps3 versions are STILL catching up on features
>>> that
>>> >>>> existed in ps2/xbox... what else makes it FUCKING TERRIBLE is that
>>> EA paid a
>>> >>>> ton of money to buy exclusive rights to all major football
>>> associations,
>>> >>>> college, pro, even canadian league and arena league, so if you want
>>> to play
>>> >>>> a football game on a console, you are forced to pay for an EA
>>> product.
>>> >>>> i buy maybe 3-4 games a year tops (this year i have purchased Zero,
>>> >>>> unless you count orange box for pc for 10 bucks) -- EA may have just
>>> earned
>>> >>>> a special place on my "never give these assholes my money no matter
>>> how good
>>> >>>> their game might be" list.
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>
>
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