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Harker067

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I don't have a boycot list I do have a list of companies I always buy new from. Ubisoft might as well be on a boycott list as their practices tend to kill all my interest in their games (HoM&M 6 was so close...) rather then liking their games but not buying.
 

Drops a Sweet Katana

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While I'm not technically boycotting anything, it's unlikely I'll be buying anything with Halo on it after the letdown that was Halo 4. To me, the series is dead and shall stay as such. Just to clarify, the game itself wasn't a letdown, as that implies there were high expectations in the first, rather its existence in general was a letdown.
 

RaikuFA

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Bocaj2000 said:
Thanatos5150 said:
Bocaj2000 said:
-Wizards of the Coast
This is one I don't see often, and I'm compelled to ask why, exactly.

Oh, also... I used to be boycotting EA, but then I realized that I might let some potentially good games fall by the wayside because I don't like EA, rather than sending EA a message via their sales numbers about what good games actually are.

Oh, and I boycotted Diablo III (I guess). It came outt wo days after my birthday, and one of my brothers let slip he was going to buy it as a birthday gift for me.

He quickly found another gift after I ranted about D3's terrible, horrible, always-online deal.
WotC is more for personal reasons. Specifically the economy around Magic ($200 for a single card is infuriating) and the lack of variety of products. Firstly, Magic: I like playing the game, but I hate the product. It is pay to win in the purest form and makes its money at the expense of the customers. In order to be a regular player, one must subscribe to the game because their cards get outdated. I'm not talking about quality; I'm talking about not being able to participate in tournaments. Magic represents everything I hate about collectable card games, but the hole it puts in its customers' pockets is the worst offender.
Have you seen the Yugioh TCG? I quit that when Dark Armed Dragon came out because it was the only card people used in tournaments. Didn't matter what else you used if you didn't use that damn dragon you were gonna lose. Price for that one went up to the hundreds. Least in Magic uncommon or even common cards at least have a use. Also, I'm just very lucky with Magic packs and that makes me happy. Though if you don't play casual I can see your anger(casual here).

OT: Capcom. The treatment of anything not fighters or zombies(I just want Ace Attorney Investigations 2 and Mega Man Legends 3 you dumbasses) is quite sad. Plus they use sales of other games that have nothing related to another game to excuse them to not localize it(case in point, AAI2 won't come out in English cause its worldwide sales[JP, US] weren't as good as Okamiden's[JP, EU, AUS, US].) Though I'll buy any new AA or MM they make.
 

longboardfan

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Bosque said:
I've finally had enough with EA, and am actively boycotting their products, starting several months ago.
So far only two properties I would have bought have been denied my purchase.


Need For Speed: Most Wanted
Sim City (due for release this spring)


Are there any games you have boycotted?
Only post if you actually WOULD have bought the game(and didn't), if not for ethical considerations.
Hmm, oddly difficult.

Well, I'm staying away from anything xbox (new or current), and I'll avoid the ps3 as long as I can, but I won't be buying the ps4 unless Atlus releases a MUST HAVE game for it in the next few years. I'm probably going to get a Vita to play P4 Golden eventually.

As for publishers, Activision and EA are out for the DRM and online passes for single player games that they sandwiched in super awesome ultra optional mandatory online multiplayer. Pretty much all major publishers in general for "appealing to a wider audience'ing their games to the point where I can't even tell the difference between the franchises.

Bioware for failing to write good stories, coherent plots, and memorable characters. But they pretty much fall under EA.

I say it was hard to figure out, because there's too many companies I'm not buying from ever again. Finding good and fun games is nearly impossible that it takes years of backlog to get enough games to warrant a system purchase. I'm getting about 10 to 15 games on the 3DS and most of them are old DS games that I found at Gamestop. I got about five games for the PSP that I got super cheap from Gamestop last week and I'm not really looking for more. And the only game on the Vita I want to play is Persona 4 Golden and maybe the PSN versions of the games I got for the PSP. But until prices on memory cards go down, the Vita is definitely not worth the purchase price.

Sorry, I missed the last statement. Grr, so many games I would have never bought anyway. I can think of a few though. Dead Space 2 and 3 - 2 for the multiplayer focus, and 3 for the ... well everything (micro-transactions and EA being EA). Mass Effect 3 after the horrible mess that 2 was, and the horrible Dragon Age games reminding me that even after a decade, Neverwinter Nights is still a superior game and somehow has superior AI.
 

Tony2077

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i don't have a list since i find that crap a waste of time and i rather play the games i know I'll enjoy regardless of who makes them