Poll: Really though... EA? Why?

ike_luv

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Ok, I have clearly been kept out of the loop for a looong time. As a Game Designer hopeful, I need to understand what it is that makes everyone turn on EA. The more detail the better.

I can't help feeling like we're hating on a developer older than most of us, who have grown from nothing into one of the most affluent and successful gaming companies in the world.

Surely if it was not EA it would be someone else. I enjoy their games, granted they're not groundbreaking (bar Dead Space... Burnout Paradise... The Sims has become pretty popular, and Spore still sold more copies than they'd expected!), but I can't think of another developer who has made or been part of the same number of successful games released ever (naturally the figures would be relative) and can honestly say that EVERY game they have ever made is good, original, well planned and complete.
 

olaffub42

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I completely agree with you, sure they have some bad games, but doesn't every developer?
 

ike_luv

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Knight Templar said:
They think its a good idea to charge us extra for parts of the game that are on the disk on release.
Microsoft, one of THE biggest businesses ever, thinks it's a good idea to charge us for EVERYTHING on the 360... no one complained.
 

black lincon

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I'll give you a hint, Madden. It's not just madden but games like it, EA has the habit of re-releasing the same game for another $60, something they could easily do with DLC. It's not that EA makes no good games but people don't appreciate them releasing the same game 5 years in a row and forcing you to pay full price for a roster update.
 

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olaffub42 said:
I completely agree with you, sure they have some bad games, but doesn't every developer?
They are actually a publisher.

The hate manly comes from their ungodly number of releases for sport franchises sucking people's money away from better titles.
 

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sv93 said:
The mods really frown upon 1 sided poles. So you may want to add some more options before this gets locked. Also, I don't like EA because they have barely released anything good in the past year.
what about spore, dead space and warhammer online (one of the best non-wow mmos i have ever seen)
 

ike_luv

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Random argument man said:
olaffub42 said:
I completely agree with you, sure they have some bad games, but doesn't every developer?
What about Valve...?
Ah Valve the Patron Saint of games. I guess looking into it, it is hard to find one they haven't done well, but... looking back passed Half-Life track record wasn't amazing. And history does in fact tell us, that when Steam was first developed... Gamers bitched hardcore about it! So then ANOTHER question would be, do we need to time to get over EA...?
 

ike_luv

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Actually, I will quote Valve on this one and say... Half-Life...? They're still trying to abuse it today!
 

ike_luv

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Sorry my last comment was at...
black lincon said:
I'll give you a hint, Madden. It's not just madden but games like it, EA has the habit of re-releasing the same game for another $60, something they could easily do with DLC. It's not that EA makes no good games but people don't appreciate them releasing the same game 5 years in a row and forcing you to pay full price for a roster update.
Yeah... Half-Life?
 

ike_luv

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sheic99 said:
olaffub42 said:
I completely agree with you, sure they have some bad games, but doesn't every developer?
They are actually a publisher.

The hate manly comes from their ungodly number of releases for sport franchises sucking people's money away from better titles.
Not to be a smartass, but EA are the kings of Sports games. Fair enough looking at ALL sports games, there is a tight competition, but EA have been doing for 15 years? It's the genre that has kept them alive!
 

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black lincon said:
I'll give you a hint, Madden. It's not just madden but games like it, EA has the habit of re-releasing the same game for another $60, something they could easily do with DLC. It's not that EA makes no good games but people don't appreciate them releasing the same game 5 years in a row and forcing you to pay full price for a roster update.
You are forgetting, EA doesn't force you to buy anything. People buy the games because they are good. If you want them to change the format, convince 5000 people to stop buying it unless they release it in DLC form. Otherwise, stop bitchin'.

And yeah, EA looks like Valve when compared to Activision. They beat EA at their own game.
 

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sv93 said:
I don't like EA because they have barely released anything good in the past year.
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

Within the last year and some-odd months:
Battlefield: Bad Co.
Skate
Skate 2
Mirrors Edge
Dead Space
Mercs 2
Burnout Paradise
Boom Blox

etc, etc....

This is widely considered to be one of EA's strongest release years EVER. Don't begin to claim they haven't released anything good this year.