Every EA Game Will Have "Online Component" in 2011
- Thread starter Andy Chalk
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Instead of ranting on here for half an hour I'll just put the articles that summarize my opinion:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/experienced-points/7134-Experienced-Points-Activation-Bomb
and
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/experienced-points/7058-Experienced-Points-I-Have-Seen-The-Future-And-it-is-Annoying
DLC is also bullshit. They need to stop stuffing online everywhere. Tech is prone to changes, and companies are prone to sinking. EA's been sinking pretty good lately and now it seems they're trying to tie a rope around all of our necks. Also, the rope is tied to an anchor.
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/experienced-points/7134-Experienced-Points-Activation-Bomb
and
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/experienced-points/7058-Experienced-Points-I-Have-Seen-The-Future-And-it-is-Annoying
DLC is also bullshit. They need to stop stuffing online everywhere. Tech is prone to changes, and companies are prone to sinking. EA's been sinking pretty good lately and now it seems they're trying to tie a rope around all of our necks. Also, the rope is tied to an anchor.
This generally leads to more piracy, which is why they have all the securom, DLC and online horseshit in the first place.Andy Chalk said:
Something clearly needs to be done to turn things around, but is this really it?
Not sure, EA's stock is still going down in value even after ME2's success.
Also, EA (or at least just John Ricc.) thinks that this Day 0 DLC stops piracy, when it in fact promotes it even more.
Example:
I pre-ordered the collectors edition, and bought dragon age. I got Blood Dragon Armor, Inferno Armor, Collector weapons and armor, Zaeed Missani, the Ship Crash Site, and a nice box.
A friend of mine who will not be named, torrented Mass Effect 2, all DLC weapons and armor (and he also didn't buy dragon age), and even the fucking Dr. Pepper DLC code items, along with all pre-order bonuses.
I payed 60 dollars, and got about 1/3rd of what the pirate got.
This practice is fucked up, and I supported it by buying a game new. FML
Not sure, EA's stock is still going down in value even after ME2's success.
Also, EA (or at least just John Ricc.) thinks that this Day 0 DLC stops piracy, when it in fact promotes it even more.
Example:
I pre-ordered the collectors edition, and bought dragon age. I got Blood Dragon Armor, Inferno Armor, Collector weapons and armor, Zaeed Missani, the Ship Crash Site, and a nice box.
A friend of mine who will not be named, torrented Mass Effect 2, all DLC weapons and armor (and he also didn't buy dragon age), and even the fucking Dr. Pepper DLC code items, along with all pre-order bonuses.
I payed 60 dollars, and got about 1/3rd of what the pirate got.
This practice is fucked up, and I supported it by buying a game new. FML
As an added bonus, Bring Down the Sky was good. Pinnacle Station was not.DarkSaber said:
I'm particularly getting sick of there being 18 different versions of the games available at release, between normal and collector's and digital deluxe and what-the-hell-ever editions, all of which have multiple variations depending on where you bought them from, with various combinations downloadable crap just for a single-player game. (It pisses me off to no end when music albums are released that way, too, for that matter, with different bonus tracks at each store.) Really, guys, if I'm not going to be playing online, I don't need to sign up for an account with you and have your update/authentication tool trying its hardest to stay running in my taskbar all the time (which I can pop up into a handy little disaster of clusterfuckery that lets me interact with your store/my account in a way that's an embarrassment next to something like Steam).
If anyone needs me, I'll be over here waiting a year or two for complete versions of DA:O and ME2 to come out with the full games included in one package so I don't have to deal with all that crap and can get it for a third the price.
If EA plans to make MMOs exclusively in 2011, okay, I have no problem with these "online components". As a stalwart matter of principle, though, not a one of my single-player games has been or will be allowed access to the internet, ever. If I have to start paying for cracks, I will. Forcing a single-player game to be played online defeats its purpose. And if a game has too much content allocated to DLC-only availability, I simply won't buy the title.
I also hate digital distribution. I'm a physical materials collector. Games offered only as downloads might as well be platform-specific for some arcane console I'll never own.
I also hate digital distribution. I'm a physical materials collector. Games offered only as downloads might as well be platform-specific for some arcane console I'll never own.
Im really just getting sick of having to connect to the internet to verify I bought the game in general. I dont always have an internet connection and making me verify that Im an honest paying customer just makes me want to go get a crack to stop that crap (sometimes by going to a wifi hotspot). Making all their games have online components doesnt really seem like its gonna increase sales at all.
4 player story mode with drop in drop out capabilities would be cool though. I would enjoy that a lot.Onyx Oblivion said: