Electronic Arts Wants To Be Voted Best Company In America
- Thread starter Andy Chalk
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Really EA? You actually believe that you are "The Best Company In America"
I mean really?
BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
I mean really?
BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Here is the problem EA has. EA is a publicly traded company that is trying to maximize profits per share for its shareholders. So the EA leadership can't make a decision that trades little profitability for customer relations. If the leadership makes such a move it is possible the board may step in and replace them.
So that leaves EA's leadership in a tight spot. If they are not trying to maximize short term profits than they could lose their job. It is a tough balancing act. I am sure that some of the leadership, past and present, would love to take a more Valve-like approach to some subjects but are hindered by the type of company they are.
So that leaves EA's leadership in a tight spot. If they are not trying to maximize short term profits than they could lose their job. It is a tough balancing act. I am sure that some of the leadership, past and present, would love to take a more Valve-like approach to some subjects but are hindered by the type of company they are.
I really want Gwen Stefani and Carmelo Anthony in my bed, but guess what EA? It ain't gonna happen.
I suppose we can all dream.
I suppose we can all dream.
Fun fact, EA.
NOT EVERYONE PLAYS VIDEOGAMES.
Oh, you naive piece of shit, take more of my money.
NOT EVERYONE PLAYS VIDEOGAMES.
Oh, you naive piece of shit, take more of my money.
Holy hell! I must have had enough crack to floor a T-Rex! I am seeing some really strange things on my monitor! The lights are sparkling and everything is so slow! Is this an alternate universe or something!? Where's my dream totem!?
But seriously, EA will need the help of Gods and aliens or whatever almighty entity there is to make this work in any reasonable amount of time! Hell, they all probably need to fire themselves and their board to regain some of that lost faith! And based on their most recent blunder, Need for Speed Rivals for PC, I am sure they have yet to start on this and are are lining up pretty well for three years in a row!
http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/need-for-speed-rivals
I can't wait for Titanfall!
Look on the bright side EA, companies like you help Activision, Bank of America, BP and JP Morgan sleep well at night.
But seriously, EA will need the help of Gods and aliens or whatever almighty entity there is to make this work in any reasonable amount of time! Hell, they all probably need to fire themselves and their board to regain some of that lost faith! And based on their most recent blunder, Need for Speed Rivals for PC, I am sure they have yet to start on this and are are lining up pretty well for three years in a row!
http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/need-for-speed-rivals
I can't wait for Titanfall!
Look on the bright side EA, companies like you help Activision, Bank of America, BP and JP Morgan sleep well at night.
Maybe if you had six improbability drives, a hypnosis ray, and an army of naked cheerleaders who could go out and suck off every pissed off customer you've ever had, that might get you an award.
Shit, I just buy NFS and burnout games from them and even then they massively fucked up NFS by making prostreet, two forza rip offs (with a great sense of motion, I will admit), and a linear cross country racing game full of quicktime events.
Even with just that, I'd have to be dead not to notice the DRM blowback and the studio closings and lots of other crap.
So yeah, you've got a long way to go. Good luck, and by all means I hope you actually do improve enough to get that award. I'd also like an x-wing and a holodeck, but those probably won't happen either.
Shit, I just buy NFS and burnout games from them and even then they massively fucked up NFS by making prostreet, two forza rip offs (with a great sense of motion, I will admit), and a linear cross country racing game full of quicktime events.
Even with just that, I'd have to be dead not to notice the DRM blowback and the studio closings and lots of other crap.
So yeah, you've got a long way to go. Good luck, and by all means I hope you actually do improve enough to get that award. I'd also like an x-wing and a holodeck, but those probably won't happen either.
Ok EA I'll bite, so you don't want to be voted worst company in America again? Here are a few pointers that might help:
1. No more microtransactions.
2. No more Day1 DLC. If you have developmed it as part of the design process for the core game then it isn't DLC, its part of the game that you are just holding back to milk the customer.
3. No more always-online titles like SimCity. It's an awful idea.
4. When an original IP sells well and you decide to produce a sequel, don't try to "broaden it's appeal" by dumbing it down *cough* Dragon Age 2 *cough*. People who liked the original are your primary target consumers for sequels, don't piss them off.
5. Don't write cheques you can't cash. Contrary to the outcry at the time, the ending to Mass Effect 3 wasn't bad, it was just a massive dissapointment. We had been promised storylines that would "diverge" and endings that would reflect the choices we had made thoughout the series. When it actually boiled down to a few variants on what were essentially a "Good ending" and a "Band ending" people were pissed, and understandably so. Imagine you were promissed a steak dinner with a the trimmings, and you were really looking forward to it, then you were served up a pizza. Pizza is great, but it's still dissapointing because it isnt what you were promissed.
6. Stop trying to push multiplayer and online features into RPGs, they don't mix well.
7. When you put out a press release, try to avoid telling people what they should be liking, it pisses them off.
8. Ensure products are fit for release prior to actually releasing them. For 6 months after release Dragon Age 2 was buggy as hell, and even with the latest update there are still broken quests.
9. Stop reusing the same half dozen environments over and over again in RPGs.
10. Go back to the drawing board and come up with some new IP
1. No more microtransactions.
2. No more Day1 DLC. If you have developmed it as part of the design process for the core game then it isn't DLC, its part of the game that you are just holding back to milk the customer.
3. No more always-online titles like SimCity. It's an awful idea.
4. When an original IP sells well and you decide to produce a sequel, don't try to "broaden it's appeal" by dumbing it down *cough* Dragon Age 2 *cough*. People who liked the original are your primary target consumers for sequels, don't piss them off.
5. Don't write cheques you can't cash. Contrary to the outcry at the time, the ending to Mass Effect 3 wasn't bad, it was just a massive dissapointment. We had been promised storylines that would "diverge" and endings that would reflect the choices we had made thoughout the series. When it actually boiled down to a few variants on what were essentially a "Good ending" and a "Band ending" people were pissed, and understandably so. Imagine you were promissed a steak dinner with a the trimmings, and you were really looking forward to it, then you were served up a pizza. Pizza is great, but it's still dissapointing because it isnt what you were promissed.
6. Stop trying to push multiplayer and online features into RPGs, they don't mix well.
7. When you put out a press release, try to avoid telling people what they should be liking, it pisses them off.
8. Ensure products are fit for release prior to actually releasing them. For 6 months after release Dragon Age 2 was buggy as hell, and even with the latest update there are still broken quests.
9. Stop reusing the same half dozen environments over and over again in RPGs.
10. Go back to the drawing board and come up with some new IP
It's really not that hard for them to become much more liked if they actually want to. Short term it will cost but it could help them in the long run. Some simple ideas:
1) Don't force Origin use. There's already an established market leader here and it's not a space where people want to have two services to deal with. Try just making it good enough that new players will just want to use it instead.
2) Cap the number of entries in a series at 3 and give the developers free reign to make them how they want.
3) Allow refunds if a game is not functional.
4) Unless the game is an MMO, don't force an online mode.
5) Get rid of the excessive capitalistic marketing. No more microtransactions, no more releasing 5 different "Editions" of the same game, no tie-in sponsorships that give exclusive content for buying merchandise, no more DLC that adds up to be more expensive than the original game. Just give us a good, complete game and we'll like you.
1) Don't force Origin use. There's already an established market leader here and it's not a space where people want to have two services to deal with. Try just making it good enough that new players will just want to use it instead.
2) Cap the number of entries in a series at 3 and give the developers free reign to make them how they want.
3) Allow refunds if a game is not functional.
4) Unless the game is an MMO, don't force an online mode.
5) Get rid of the excessive capitalistic marketing. No more microtransactions, no more releasing 5 different "Editions" of the same game, no tie-in sponsorships that give exclusive content for buying merchandise, no more DLC that adds up to be more expensive than the original game. Just give us a good, complete game and we'll like you.
Well I wish them the best of luck. EA does put out some solid games its really their shitty policies that drive me away. If they can change that I will be happy. Just stop putting things out before they are ready, never let peter moore speak publicly (or anyone else at ea who can't seem to say anything without coming off as an anti-consumer tool), drop the day-1 dlc and most importantly when you fuck up admit it. When you do something bad don't make excuses or blame the consumer just own up to it and you will get the respect you want from gamers.
