Poll: So have you sent EA the email yet?

[D_987]

Ditto. That whole "Your mom's gonna hate Dead Space 2" thing was just juvenile and stupid.

And EC's point isn't that games necessarily SHOULD be more, but that they CAN be more, and that EA's reinforcing the message that games AREN'T anything besides insipid and gratuitous

If with this kind of crap, not to mention embarrassing all their customers.

If the game isn't anything more than that [and in the cases of Dante's Inferno, Dead Space 2 and the like you'd be hard pushed to argue those games are anything other than insipid and gratuitous] then why try to appeal to a demographic that doesn't want to play it? Nobody is really addressing the true issue which is why EA is marketing games the way they are; not that they are marketing them like this. They market games like this because the gaming media reports on them, the players ultimately enjoy the commercials and the games generally sell well. Look at Mirrors Edge for an advertising campaign with a bit more "soul" if you will that sold poorly because it didn't find mainstream appeal.

 

[emion]

did a quick search on "EA email address" and found the privacy-policy email to all the magur EA companies in the world :3
http://www.ea.com/2/privacy-contacts

hope it was the right one O.-

Yeah because spamming EA with e-mail about an internet video will show signs that gamers want "mature" advertisement and so forth...

yeah and just sitting on our asses won't help spread the word O.- would it???
just answered on a post where someone didnt know to email address and probably wanted to send it

 

[Aris Khandr]

Yes, and movies CAN be more too. That doesn't stop millions of dollars being made on Transformers.

Could the whole "Your mom's going to hate it" thing have been done better? Probably. But it got the point across. "This game has the stuff you want in shooting games."

 

[Heart of Darkness]

Nope. I don't really have an issue with how EA markets anything. That's actually been my issue with Extra Credits as a whole. They have this grand idea of how games "should be more", and act like anyone who doesn't agree is hurting the industry as a whole. Sometimes a game is just a game. The show in general, and that episode in particular, just comes off as way too preachy for me.

This, more or less. The show seems to really blow things out of proportion, and this week's episode was no exception. I mean, all power to them and all for stating what's on their mind, unless they can provide more evidence as to EA's marketing being "bad for the industry" rather than just their assessment of it. So, OP, no, I haven't sent an email, and I don't plan on it, either. There are better things to do with my time than bother an insanely large corporation with the opinions of the three people who make Extra Credits.

 

[D_987]

yeah and just sitting on our asses won't help spread the word O.- would it???

Spread the word about what? The fact EA are making trailers for the demographics their games appeal to and people are buying the games? What exactly is there to spread?

just answered on a post where someone didnt know to email address and probably wanted to send it

As stated sending e-mail [hopefully] won't do anything, it' about consumer awareness - not company awareness - EA wouldn't continue to produce these adverts if the general public didn't care for them; they clearly do, so they'll happily continue. I see nothing wrong with that.

 

[LunaSocks]

Guys. This isn't what we need to do. We don't need to attack the EA e-mail account, just because of the way they campaign their games. If we don't like how a game is campaigned, or how it's being sold, or certain aspects of it (jiggle physics, the whole "Sin to Win" contest) we don't buy it. We shouldn't buy games just because they're controversial. We need to buy games because we like them. Although, ad campaigns like the "Your mom hates this" was a thinly veiled attempt at marketing to teenagers, and younger kids. Now I read through the comments so far, and it almost seems like some people are trying to force what they think onto us. That's not helping, either. We shouldn't be arguing. We need to figure out how to solve the problem. But solving the problem does not mean sending angry letters to EA. That just shows they're winning, because we're acknowledging some aspect of their games. It shows you CARE. If you want to teach EA that what they're doing isn't right, don't buy the games, don't send them angry letters, don't do ANYTHING. The only way we can teach EA, is by hurting their pockets. This doesn't mean having to give up on all of their games. If you want the game, buy it, by all means. But if you want to buy this game, because of the controversy surrounding it, then that's a problem.

 

[emion]

yeah and just sitting on our asses won't help spread the word O.- would it???

Spread the word about what? The fact EA are making trailers for the demographics their games appeal to and people are buying the games? What exactly is there to spread?

just answered on a post where someone didnt know to email address and probably wanted to send it

As stated sending e-mail [hopefully] won't do anything, it' about consumer awareness - not company awareness - EA wouldn't continue to produce these adverts if the general public didn't care for them; they clearly do, so they'll happily continue. I see nothing wrong with that.

>.< probably formulated it wrong but I REALLY don't want to have an "argument" over some stupid games. Im not like 14 or something O.-
so good luck responding to every post wanting to send EA a mail. see you already good on your way -.-; bye . . .

 

[D_987]

>.< probably formulated it wrong but I REALLY don't want to have an "argument" over some stupid games.

You're on a gaming discussion forum but refuse to hold a discussion about gaming, yet you attempt to influence the end result of the discussion. Nice start.

"Im not like 14 or something O.-'

First of all I find that difficult to beleive based on your previous statements. Secondarily you posted links to a bunch of EA's E-mail addresses - how is that considered in any way mature? It's pretty clear you haven't attempted to evaluate the situation in a logical manner.

so good luck responding to every post wanting to send EA a mail. see you already good on your way -.-; bye . . .

I have no idea what you're trying to say with this sentence.

 

[Marowit]

Nope - I've never really had a problem with their marketing. I don't watch TV, so I don't encounter it there, and boarders like The Escapist has I can easily avoid by resizing my browser window.

If a game's developers feel a game needs to have such crazy marketing that's usually a turns me off to the game, and me not buying the game speaks louder than any knee-jerk email could.

 

[The Wykydtron]

Fuck it. It's not that big a deal, yes it was a shit advertising campaign but noones gonna remember it in the long run anyway, besides think of it as a minigame the "how bad can EA fuck up their next marketing campaign game!"

I like Extra Credits and the whole "games can be art" arguement in general but can they stop acting like it's going to destroy gaming 4EVAR! Cuz y'know, its not

 

[JimmyC99]

Warning the following contains typos spelling errors and a chain of thought that went of on one, for that im sorry

The buying a game for its merits not its media hellfire [badword]storm of media hate, is what i hope most people do, even with games that generate hellstorms, Mass Effect 1 and 2 drummed up its media frenzy with its "porn sim" and "lesbianism", dispite its not lesbian because there are no female Asari...... i wont bring that chestnut up again. ME was a good, hell a fantastic game, well written, like anything Bioware make is going to be poorly written?, set in space in the way Star Trek is not Halo is, the gameplay was.. good not fantastic but good, combat was good with 3 well 4 different attack methods, Shooting the baddies which you WILL do, using jed.. Biotic powers to throw them at the roof, wall, anything liara decided was in the range of singularity, and tech based attacks, making the guns/ shields overload ect. AI good could have been better. it reminded me of the first KOTOR with a similar if reversed ending. this same hate came up about Dragon Age, and that went one step further with homosexuality.

so in 3 soon to be 4 games Bioware has included sex both Hetro and Homosexual and Xenophillic (proboaly not the correct spelling, maby not a real word med sue me) and while justifiable in the narrative of the games, you get the impression its for the press.

as we all know no press is bad press. right?

 

[Sharalon]

Threw in a topic on the EA forums. Atleast some of you went there to support me. xD

 

[Wintermoot]

nope it,ll probaly be deleted in no-time, the only way too make the message clear is too boycott EA

 

[Ace of Spades]

This is an example of "The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity." The negative forces are far more vocal and conspicuous than the positive ones, and EA's 'Your mom will hate it' ad was exhibit A of that passionate intensity.

 

[emion]

>.< probably formulated it wrong but I REALLY don't want to have an "argument" over some stupid games.

You're on a gaming discussion forum but refuse to hold a discussion about gaming, yet you attempt to influence the end result of the discussion. Nice start.

"Im not like 14 or something O.-'

First of all I find that difficult to beleive based on your previous statements. Secondarily you posted links to a bunch of EA's E-mail addresses - how is that considered in any way mature? It's pretty clear you haven't attempted to evaluate the situation in a logical manner.

so good luck responding to every post wanting to send EA a mail. see you already good on your way -.-; bye . . .

I have no idea what you're trying to say with this sentence.

okay... like I said, bye -.-;

 

[migo]

I'm always for mocking zealous christians and controlling mothers.

I didn't get Dead Space 2, but I did get Dead Space for iOS.

 

[GiantRaven]

Nope. I don't really have an issue with how EA markets anything. That's actually been my issue with Extra Credits as a whole. They have this grand idea of how games "should be more", and act like anyone who doesn't agree is hurting the industry as a whole. Sometimes a game is just a game. The show in general, and that episode in particular, just comes off as way too preachy for me.

Do you like the common perception that the average gamer is an immature adolescent manchild? If you do, then sure, there is absolutely nothing wrong with how EA market their games, since that is the perception of gamers that they are putting out there.