I thought it was because Take Two refused to sell out to them.LivemeLifefree post=9.75027.854695 said:
Is the hatred for EA really justified?
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I had herd because of 2k sports, which the Govt was ready to go in with. The US Govt likes going after monopolies because everytime they break up a monopoly they get money.
Well, I'm positive the government would've saw that as an issue they could get more money out of.
What a great day, when Take Two defied EA. No means no *****, don't make me blow my Date Rape whistle.axia777 post=9.75027.854739 said:
So was everyone else and their stock plummeted when they declined. The Mad Money guy named Take2 his boneheads of the week, or something.LivemeLifefree post=9.75027.854766 said:
Personally I stand by Take2. The EA reps huffy bitching afterwards was hilarious, the news room has a thread on this.
Here: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/7.74095
If I ran a videogame company, which I plan to do, I would rather go out of buisness then sellout to EA.
EA is to the gaming industry what the Soviet Union was to the world.
They stole entire nations and milked them for all they were worth.
Maybe Im not being fair here ... to the Soviet Union that is. After all they did do some good in a few contrys. Maybe I should say EA is to the gaming industry what the NSAP was to german politics. Sure they built the autobahns and made the trains run on scheduel but everyone knew someone who was sent to their "work camps"!
They stole entire nations and milked them for all they were worth.
Maybe Im not being fair here ... to the Soviet Union that is. After all they did do some good in a few contrys. Maybe I should say EA is to the gaming industry what the NSAP was to german politics. Sure they built the autobahns and made the trains run on scheduel but everyone knew someone who was sent to their "work camps"!
It's easy to see the problem with EA, in that when they snap up a company and put out a sequel to a franchise or a sequel to a great game, that game will invariably not be as good. here are some examples.
1. Command & Conquer Series: EA Wrecks the canon of the whole thing (as in Red Alert being a prequel to the Tiberium "saga") and then wastes our time with Generals. Ok yes, I liked Generals for the most part, but it wasn't the "Command & Conquer" I knew and loved. I wanted a resolution to TS, damnit.
2. Mercenaries 1 was great. Mercenaries 2 felt like it went by too fast and despite having an awesome level of destruction, it was marred by the really thick AI amongst other issues.
3. System Shock series. Probably isn't even being made anymore despite the rumors put forth over 2 years ago, but Ken Levine put it best that EA didn't give a shit when he came up with the plot concept for it, and also theorizes that an EA-helmed System Shock game would be a generic FPS with a boss at the end.
Granted EA seems to be making some changes and giving studios more autonomy in what they create, but the damage has already been rendered.
And as said before, EA used to be a company that did crazy innovative things that were awesome, like General Chaos for the Genesis. Now it's feels more like they just spit out sports sequels and acquire additional studios, and any game released that has EA's hooks in it rarely gets massive universal acclaim, making me feel like something just ends up missing from it.
That and the SecuROM bullpuckey
1. Command & Conquer Series: EA Wrecks the canon of the whole thing (as in Red Alert being a prequel to the Tiberium "saga") and then wastes our time with Generals. Ok yes, I liked Generals for the most part, but it wasn't the "Command & Conquer" I knew and loved. I wanted a resolution to TS, damnit.
2. Mercenaries 1 was great. Mercenaries 2 felt like it went by too fast and despite having an awesome level of destruction, it was marred by the really thick AI amongst other issues.
3. System Shock series. Probably isn't even being made anymore despite the rumors put forth over 2 years ago, but Ken Levine put it best that EA didn't give a shit when he came up with the plot concept for it, and also theorizes that an EA-helmed System Shock game would be a generic FPS with a boss at the end.
Granted EA seems to be making some changes and giving studios more autonomy in what they create, but the damage has already been rendered.
And as said before, EA used to be a company that did crazy innovative things that were awesome, like General Chaos for the Genesis. Now it's feels more like they just spit out sports sequels and acquire additional studios, and any game released that has EA's hooks in it rarely gets massive universal acclaim, making me feel like something just ends up missing from it.
That and the SecuROM bullpuckey
EA is your typical faceless evil corporation. Remember Rupture Farms in Oddworld? EA's like that, just replace (questionable) meat with games.
For the most part, but I am pissed at the people who aren't willing to give Mirror's Edge a chance just because EA is making it.
If a game is made or published by EA most people say they wont get it 'till people start talking about it, through my personal experiences.
EA just pushes re-releasing the same sports game very year with slight changes. They buy out and have sometimes liquidated smaller company's :O.
And now the few games they publish which are good will have limited installations! why would i not hate a company which will only let me install a game 5 times? I've installed HL2 at least 8 times since i bought it.
And yes, EA just spams games.
And now the few games they publish which are good will have limited installations! why would i not hate a company which will only let me install a game 5 times? I've installed HL2 at least 8 times since i bought it.
And yes, EA just spams games.