EA can address the problems customers have with value by actually listening to them instead of feeding their inherent need to "steal."
Nice namedrop by the way. Jesus.
Nice namedrop by the way. Jesus.
No, what he's doing is offering the same crap that EA has been offering since they won their second golden poo. It started with Peter Moore's "we can do better," which led into Dungeon Keeper and SimCity, and has led us to places like The Sims (and following their new "player first" mentality).ecoho said:honestly guys it seems like they're actively trying to do better, so I hate to say it but give them a break (or at least this guy) he got in front of a speeding crashing train and has slowed it now hes trying to put it back on the right side of the rails that takes time.
Great story. I need to tell it to tell it to someone else.mechalynx said:This reminds me of a Korean fairy tale I read once - a king is throwing a celebration asks his old teacher to tell him a joke. The teacher, being an old and wise man, initially refuses, knowing that joking with kings can be hazardous for one's health. But the king insists, so the teaches tells him - "Your majesty, you resemble a (high ranking monk)." The king frowned - "That isn't very funny. You look like a pig." The teacher nodded and smiled. The king was drunk and failed to understand his joke - a holy man may see divinity, whereas a pig sees nothing but a pig.
If you see your potential customers as thieving bastards, what does that make you, mr Wilson?
This is only the beginning of the future to come I'm afraid.La Barata said:Today, I decided to reinstall and replay the game. However, in the intervening time, Games for Windows Live had gone down, and no longer exists.
This creates an issue, because without GFWL, the game is literally unplayable. It's impossible to get past the title screen. I spent about two hours surfing the internet for answers and trying every suggestion I could find. I even spent 20 minutes on the phone talking to an EA support rep (Who insisted the error I was getting didn't exist. My screenshot proved otherwise, and he promptly passed the buck to Steam).
Hmm. I think you might be onto something here. It would certainly explain everything that has been reported by EA over the last decade while still allowing me to keep my faith in humanities essential goodness.MrHide-Patten said:Im beginning to think that the EA we hear the news and business decisions from might just be an entirely different business, devoted to cars or kitchen appplainces and all the gaming press gets them mixed up with the one that makes game.
Here's the thing though. Wilson knows EA is the most one of the most hated company in America and he should also know that gamers have a habit of jumping on anything, literally anything, EA spokesmen say, as proof that EA are evil. So it seems strange of him to say "People like to steel" rather than the less controversial "People like good value". If someone like Steve Jobs had said this, most people and especially fans would dismiss it as a piece of (maybe slightly unfortunate) rhetoric. EA can't say these kinds of things at the moment and not expect to be pilloried for it.gamegod25 said:On the one hand the headline is misleading and he was actually saying (in perhaps a awkward way) that people like to get more for less, or at least feel like they are. And yeah people like to get a good deal and feel like they are getting what they paid for.
slow down there, Hoss. Not all of us are crazy enough to accept anything but unlimited as far as internets go.008Zulu said:A subscription fee for their entire catalog seems like a good idea, in theory. The problem I am seeing with it is bandwidth usage. Observe;
You pay your subscription, download and play. Finish playing and the game deletes itself, you are (essentially) renting it remember (most likely after a set period of time, 24-48 hours maybe?). Now while this may seem like a fairly big assumption, keep in mind this is EA here.
Now to circle back to my starting point, bandwidth usage. The average data plan is, what, 300gb? With games clocking in at around 20-30gb installs means you will burn your entire allotment very quickly.