I want to say something's before getting into the issue I wish to discuss about. This is very generalize and does not apply to everyone. I am aware that people dislike E.A, The games they publish, or both.
Now then, I think it's safe to say that a lot of people really hate E.A, but seem to really love the products they publish. People despise the business practices they have done, but Love the work that the various companies who work for E.A do. However, I've been noticing a lot in message boards, Comments on Reviews, and in various articles that people hatred is starting to grow beyond that. I've seen people despising a lot of the games because of those business practices and it has been influencing their feeling on a game. I've also really notice that a lot of the hatred towards these games seems less about that game, and more towards E.A.
Now, I can completely understand if someone where to hate E.A because of the business practices and the decisions they have made. Hell, I think it's great and can help the medium; If more people, especially game journalist, slowly mention things like Dead Space 3's Micro transactions, it can help prove to E.A that Micro Transactions are a waste of time. However, when people talk about their dislike towards the company and the game, I don't feel that it's their honest opinion or that they have even played the game. I feel like they can't just say "I hate this game because E.A has done crap business practices," but they're more or less just making up reasons why they dislike the game so they don't have to be called an idiot or something like that; I feel that they didn't even play it, pretend they did, and are just saying it just to say "E.A sucks." I just get this vibe of pretentiousness when ever I read stuff like that.
Now, this could be just be just being insecurity, thinking to hard on this, or focusing too much on the negative side of this. Hell, maybe it's the fact that this is the internet and the real world, and everyone feels like they have to say something even when they don't have to. I want to know what you think? Do you think we've been misjudging E.A's recent games, like Dead Space 3, Need for Speed: Most wanted, and that one Sci-Fi game that has something bad near a certain point of it that I'm sick of hearing about!? Do you think we let the hatred of them get too far in how we discuss something they publish?
Edit 1: I've been seeing a lot of people being upset about the recent Dead Space 3 DLC, since it was made during the time Dead Space 3 was Gold(meaning that the game is done and ready to be shipped out), it's just a way to get more money, work less on the main game so they could sell the rest of the game as DLC and make more money. I can see why people believe that, but I personally think people are over-reacting and becoming peranoid with their hatred towards E.A, to the point where if they promised to give everyone in the world, we'd all say "Well Gold also has radiation and can give us Cancer." Thoughts on that?
Now then, I think it's safe to say that a lot of people really hate E.A, but seem to really love the products they publish. People despise the business practices they have done, but Love the work that the various companies who work for E.A do. However, I've been noticing a lot in message boards, Comments on Reviews, and in various articles that people hatred is starting to grow beyond that. I've seen people despising a lot of the games because of those business practices and it has been influencing their feeling on a game. I've also really notice that a lot of the hatred towards these games seems less about that game, and more towards E.A.
Now, I can completely understand if someone where to hate E.A because of the business practices and the decisions they have made. Hell, I think it's great and can help the medium; If more people, especially game journalist, slowly mention things like Dead Space 3's Micro transactions, it can help prove to E.A that Micro Transactions are a waste of time. However, when people talk about their dislike towards the company and the game, I don't feel that it's their honest opinion or that they have even played the game. I feel like they can't just say "I hate this game because E.A has done crap business practices," but they're more or less just making up reasons why they dislike the game so they don't have to be called an idiot or something like that; I feel that they didn't even play it, pretend they did, and are just saying it just to say "E.A sucks." I just get this vibe of pretentiousness when ever I read stuff like that.
Now, this could be just be just being insecurity, thinking to hard on this, or focusing too much on the negative side of this. Hell, maybe it's the fact that this is the internet and the real world, and everyone feels like they have to say something even when they don't have to. I want to know what you think? Do you think we've been misjudging E.A's recent games, like Dead Space 3, Need for Speed: Most wanted, and that one Sci-Fi game that has something bad near a certain point of it that I'm sick of hearing about!? Do you think we let the hatred of them get too far in how we discuss something they publish?
Edit 1: I've been seeing a lot of people being upset about the recent Dead Space 3 DLC, since it was made during the time Dead Space 3 was Gold(meaning that the game is done and ready to be shipped out), it's just a way to get more money, work less on the main game so they could sell the rest of the game as DLC and make more money. I can see why people believe that, but I personally think people are over-reacting and becoming peranoid with their hatred towards E.A, to the point where if they promised to give everyone in the world, we'd all say "Well Gold also has radiation and can give us Cancer." Thoughts on that?
