EA's best release of the year!

[Duper]

ex-CEO John Riccitiello!

And here's why....

http://youtu.be/ZR6-u8OIJTE


As you may have heard, Riccitiello "resigned" a week or so ago. Let's hope something less money hungry fills the void.

**Side note** how do you embed a youtube vid like a thumbnail here?

[Foil]

**Side note** how do you embed a youtube vid like a thumbnail here?

Instead of [ url ][ /url ], do [ youtube ]ZR6-u8OIJTE[ /youtube ] :

[youtube]ZR6-u8OIJTE[/youtube]

[Krom]

That reminds me of something I hate, if it comes with the game but you have to pay to unlock it, how can they really call it "downloadable content"? And this guy spent $5000 on ammo clips in a game? If I was going to spend that much on ammo, I'd want the real thing! That is like 100 times my annual gaming budget.

I hope this means less BS like the current popular "pay to win" system, or how they double(or more) the already absurd sticker price of a game with DLC.

[Isaac]

I like the Angry Birds business model, where they give the game away for free but sell merchandise for revenue. (though it might be different depending on the platform)

There's also humble bundle that lets you buy a pack of games for whatever price you want.

If EA changed to something something less abrasive to the customer they might increase the number of gamers.

[Duper]

Nice point Isaac. The PFF format has had some good tings coming out of it. In those situations, dropping $60 for get stuff isn't bad as you would have done that to buy a traditional game.

What I find loathsome is that this guy is capitalizing on emotional weakness brought on by prolonged gaming; and then justifies it. "duh fuk??!??!"

Seriously, it's people like this that are shining examples of capitalism for the propaganda folks in China to showcase and reinforce their hate.


Thanks Foil! figured it was something simple like that. We should probably update the BBCode FAQ with that little tidbit.

[Krom]

Youtube embedding is kept undocumented deliberately.

[Duper]

Oh! (whoops, my bad)

[Ferno]

After I heard what he said, I had the biggest rage moment/brain explosion in my life.

How someone can be so stupid, so smug and so arrogant at the same time is beyond me.

[Alter-Fox]

That reminds me of something I hate, if it comes with the game but you have to pay to unlock it, how can they really call it "downloadable content"?

I have the same peeve.
I don't have too much of a problem with microtransactions in bought games as long as they're optional. If they're not optional (like paying a dollar every time you need to reload any weapon, wtH?) you get the very picture of corporate dishonesty, where companies charge you more while trying to make you think you're paying less. And I HATE that. I hate being condescended to by... things... that aren't even alive. It's like being condescended to by a tree, except that would be an insult to the tree because it's alive.
If I was a rapper this is what I'd rap about . I am a rapper occasionally. Maybe I should go rap about it.

@Ferno; me too. And I can't read people unless their overtones are incredibly exaggerated so I know, when I can see that someone is arrogant they must be REALLY, ridiculously, way-over-the-top arrogant.

Oh well, there's nothing that takes my mind off the family tragedies that keep piling up this year, like some good, healthy anti-corporate rage.

[flip]

How someone can be so stupid, so smug and so arrogant at the same time is beyond me.

Because there are enough idiots to actually fuel them.

[Sirius]

As you may have heard, Riccitiello "resigned" a week or so ago. Let's hope something less money hungry fills the void.

Reading the details, EA was already most of what it's become by the end of his predecessor's tenure - so I wouldn't count on it. I know a lot of people who avoid the company like the plague, and I can't really blame them - and also don't expect them to change their minds now. The DRM stuff has been going on for 10+ years in particular.