[project1dev] Re: wtf EA
- From: Chris Riccobono <crysalim@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: project1dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:21:23 -0700
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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