EA: Redemption?

[Frostbite3789]

But in the meantime, I imagine there'd be more damage done to Bioware/EA's image if they released ANY paid DLC in the meantime. Besides, how much would all this free Multiplayer stuff really be worth?

You'd be amazed. This is a publisher that sells you a couple of hats for a dollar in Sims 3, after all. Want a virtual sofa? Better crack out the credit card buddy.

That EA is resisting the urge to monetize the shit out of something is remarkable, if not particularly commendable.

But $2.49 for random rewards in TF2 is downright honorable!

 

[Dryk]

As other people have said, this is because selling DLC that you have to pay to unlock would be ridiculous and probably counter-productive.

Also... Redemption starts with "R"... and it hasn't even been used by CoD yet... third DLC pack title?

But $2.49 for random rewards in TF2 is downright honorable!

They're all cosmetic, so most people just shrug and move on

 

[Mathak]

EA redeemed? Let's see...*checks games collection*.. Nope, C&C4 is still there. EA can redeem themselves the day they invent a time machine, travel back to 2010 and prevent that abomination from ever coming out.

 

[Paularius]

Ofcourse they had to give it away for free. I'd be more shocked if people would actually pay for the multiplay dlc stuff. Hell i'd be shocked if people still play the multiplayer.

 

[Thandran]

EA redeemed? Let's see...*checks games collection*.. Nope, C&C4 is still there. EA can redeem themselves the day they invent a time machine, travel back to 2010 and prevent that abomination from ever coming out.

DO NOT MENTION THAT GAME, PLEASE!

Please ... *shivers*

I think they've cornered themselves. It will be fun to watch what happens when they release the EC. I'm truly looking forward to it how they will try to explain the ending, only for it to be shredded, again, by the fans.

That reminds me... need to check my stash of popcorn if it is in need of refilling.

 

[Epidemiix]

EA redeemed? Let's see...*checks games collection*.. Nope, C&C4 is still there. EA can redeem themselves the day they invent a time machine, travel back to 2010 and prevent that abomination from ever coming out.

YES! They ruined it so much that going back in time in the only way that it could be fixed!

(Its weird its almost like they wanted to kill the whole series.....)

 

[porpoise hork]

How many really good development company's got swallowed up and shit out by them? How many paying customers have they screwed over with their horrid customer service skills? How many different ways have they limited gaming innovation by refusing to publish anything new and untested or even remotely risky opting for familiar safe crappy copy paste sequals over and over and over again in order to satiate their never ending corporate greed. A few small meaningless DLC's do absolutely nothing to make up for all the damage EA has done to the gaming industry during their tenure.

EA has to really and honestly change their ways over a sustained period of time (years) before I will even begin to feel that they can redeem themselves in my eyes.

 

[Madkipz]

So apparently the second free DLC pack for the Mass Effect 3 multiplayer is coming out on tuesday. This means that since the game has been released, EA will have put out, free of charge, a dozen new character, four new maps, some six or seven new guns, new equipment, apparently some new objectives. I still feel like they're definitely far from the best company in terms of respect for the consumer, but in this regard at least, they're light-years ahead of, for example, Activision (here's looking at you MW3 map pack). This doesn't necessarily excuse their previous behavior, but I at least am willing to thank them for it.




inb4 "it's just so people will spend money on points to buy the new content"

Captcha: nice job. In this case, yes, nice job EA

Who the shit plays that boring horde mode crap anyhow?

 

[Vrach]

(here's looking at you MW3 map pack

As opposed to BF3's Close Quarters, Armored Kill and End Game upcoming map packs? (B2K aside so you don't make a "but you could've had it free with the pre-order")

 

[guitarsniper]

(here's looking at you MW3 map pack

As opposed to BF3's Close Quarters, Armored Kill and End Game upcoming map packs? (B2K aside so you don't make a "but you could've had it free with the pre-order")

I don't play BF3, so I have no idea bout their map packs.

 

[Jitters Caffeine]

I'm still glad it looks like they're at least taking the Multiplayer portion of Mass Effect 3 seriously. It wasn't the "just shove it in somewhere" game mode everyone THOUGHT it was going to be when it was first announced.

 

[Vrach]

(here's looking at you MW3 map pack

As opposed to BF3's Close Quarters, Armored Kill and End Game upcoming map packs? (B2K aside so you don't make a "but you could've had it free with the pre-order")

I don't play BF3, so I have no idea bout their map packs.

Yet you state EA is better than ActiVision because ActiVision charges for map packs, when EA does the exact same thing. I'd suggest checking your statements next time, considering that sentence is pretty much what you based your thread on.

Not to mention the fact they're two completely different kinds of games and where map packs are an integral part to MW3/BF3 core gameplay, adding on multiplayer content to ME3 is pretty much like adding single player content to those two games.

 

[porpoise hork]

Publishers that sell you hats for real money are just terrible, aren't they? I mean, just look at Valve, with TF2 and Portal 2. Despicable.

Since there is absolutely zero requirement to spend a penny on them, I wouldn't go so far as to call them despicable. However if players were required to buy certain hats/items in order to play and not buying them limited actual game play then I completely would agree with you. As is stands Valve is capitalizing on certain players desire to have those extra goodies and I don't see anything wrong with it.

 

[Something Amyss]

I got the collector's edition, so i guess all that nonsense just wasn't really a big issue for me.

But you already belittled people who might e skeptical of "free" content they may have already had to pay ten bucks to access.

Captcha: Oh, Lord. Fitting.

 

[Vegosiux]

Oh look, more multiplayer content. I see no reason to change my negative disposition toward EA for it or reconsider my not-buying of ME3. If that's the road they want to take, fine, but sod them, I say.

 

[Xpheyel]

It is nice. Do remember that multiplayer uses a randomized system to unlock and upgrade pretty much everything, which can be bought for points.

It isn't that different from TF2 in that you can randomly get loot by playing or buy it.

 

[porpoise hork]

Publishers that sell you hats for real money are just terrible, aren't they? I mean, just look at Valve, with TF2 and Portal 2. Despicable.

Since there is absolutely zero requirement to spend a penny on them, I wouldn't go so far as to call them despicable. However if players were required to buy certain hats/items in order to play and not buying them limited actual game play then I completely would agree with you. As is stands Valve is capitalizing on certain players desire to have those extra goodies and I don't see anything wrong with it.

Except the post I replied to specifically vilified EA for doing the exact same thing with The Sims.

True and EA did it long before Valve did. Besides unlike TF2 and Portal with the Sims players can load custom content from third party developers and not pay a penny. Plus there is countless times the amount of content available than what EA sells. My wife plays the Sims and she has nearly 2GB of third party items that she has downloaded all for free. I didn't know any of this till I found the massive mods folder in her user account.


Bottom line is like it or not micro-transaction gaming is here and quickly becoming very appetizing to developers and publishers alike. All we as players can hope for is significantly reduced prices for the actual game considering how much money can be spent on add on items. If developers want to continue to charge $60 bucks for a basic game and then expect players to shell out tens or even hundreds for dlc just to make it more playable that's totally unacceptable for me.

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

[HEADING=1]I look down at EA with continued contempt.[/HEADING]



Seems to me like this is EA's attempt at damage control after the nonsense ending, and the largest insanity laden gamer shitstorm the videogame community has ever seen that followed.

Multiplayer stuff is nice, and for free is even better. But, I think most of us are looking forward to how the extended ending DLC.

People are still pretty pissed about it, and they likely will continue to be after the extended cut DLC is released.

But in the meantime, I imagine there'd be more damage done to Bioware/EA's image if they released ANY paid DLC in the meantime. Besides, how much would all this free Multiplayer stuff really be worth?[/QUOTE]

haha love the picture and highly agreed.

plus no offense, but most of the stuff they are releasing is just reskins of stuff or rematched with a different character...not really all that amazing/worth paying for, a basic modder could match some of this stuff up.

not to mention, if they were "listening", they wouldn't be making all this multiplayer stuff, they'd be making single player content to fill in what was promised.

 

[JamesStone]

They are doing this because they have no other choice. They wouldn't dare to make us pay for DLC for the MUltiplayer after the shitstorm they endured, and still do in fact. It's just damage control, and not even good damage control at that. Fixing the endings... That would be one hell of control.

 

[SonOfVoorhees]

See people moan about EA because they are on the receiving end. If you were EA you would be doing the same thing. Seriously, if you could sell something and make a ton of profit, you would. Just that it sucks when you are the consumer.