Racecarlock said:I'd say it's because that ubisoft puts out less condescending rejections of criticism than EA does. Do they still do that? Yeah, but not nearly as much as EA. That's why EA gets more hate.
It's the same thing with console hardware. Both the ps4 and the xbox one have no backwards compatibility, but the Xbox One got way more bad press because not only did it try always online DRM with the console and check ins and forced kinect, but the marketing bosses got all smug and dismissive towards the customers before the company backed out on the policies anyways.
This excuses nobody, however. Executives really need to stop being such morons.
Yeah I was listing one of the reasons why they aren't as hated as EA, they actually have a pretty reasonable pricing model, even if their DRM sucks.Jasper van Heycop said:I'm sure I'm misinterpreting what you said... But how is this a bad thing? It only takes a shorter time to get to a reasonable price, that seems to be all good to me...
On Topic Ubisoft is evil, no doubt. I think they get less flac because EA is just more widely known (apart from the action/AAA crowd they also cater to sport and racing game fans )and a lot of it is just people hating on them because it is the popular thing to do.
I also don't get why Valve remains free from hatred. They do the exact same things as EA.
I think it's because steam both has lots of great value sales, and has been leading the way in a push to make games more affordable, lots of other sites have taken up the sale call, and I think we owe a lot of that to valve and steam.T3nno said:its the same reason people shit on origin but fawn all over steam, one has a legion of fanboys that ignore its issues while making shitty half 3 jokes, the other is the band wagon that every one is supposed to hate for no reason
Steam actually has VERY few issues.Cerebrawl said:I think it's because steam both has lots of great value sales, and has been leading the way in a push to make games more affordable, lots of other sites have taken up the sale call, and I think we owe a lot of that to valve and steam.T3nno said:its the same reason people shit on origin but fawn all over steam, one has a legion of fanboys that ignore its issues while making shitty half 3 jokes, the other is the band wagon that every one is supposed to hate for no reason
Another aspect is that steam is actually convenient and streamlined, it appeals to laziness, so many people overlook the flaws.