They ruined many game series, best example is Command and Conquer 4.
I beg to differ best example was Earth and Beyond a very successful space mmo with a strong following that EA aquired and immediately pulled the plug because they were not an mmo company and had no desire to manage an mmo.
10 years later they decided suddenly they are an mmo company and want to run one of the largest projects ever.
Im a fairly experienced pc gamer but cant understand the hatred for EA. Other than nickel and diming Sims expansions(which I dont blame them for), why the hate for EA?
If you're a Pc gamer, then you should know why there's a hate towards EA for many reasons. They've taken many good Pc gaming companies under their wing and killed what made their games loved by their fans.
Go have a google on how many companies with land mark Pc game titles EA has taken over and picked apart ,only for later titles released under the same name to be a shadow of the games they were making before. People seemed to have forgotten about that for a time, Bioware is just one of their later companies they're now ruining the magic touch they had before.
Yeah I agree regarding Bioware, they produced some great games but after EA took it over, everything they produced just feels lacklustre. DAO 2 was dissapointment and so is SW:TOR, we will see how Mass Effect 3 turns out.
I am very worried about ME 3, EA investor call last year clearly stated they were only using Bioware for its name and were outsourcing the coding to India, Honestly I think some of the SWTOR coding was outsourced as well but that hasn't been admitted.
They are a completely immoral predatory corporation which creates nothing of its own and whose business model is based on hostile takeovers of studios that are actually creative and then gutting them for the last penny.
They are the Gordon Geckos of computer game industry.
They are a completely immoral predatory corporation which creates nothing of its own and whose business model is based on hostile takeovers of studios that are actually creative and then gutting them for the last penny.
They are the Gordon Geckos of computer game industry.
What is there not to hate?
I remember when EA was the little guy fighting the evil companies of Activision and Atari.
They the ones that screwed with WestWood Studios and screwed C&C upside down.
But that's forgotten though , since Petroglyph (Ex Westwood members) are on the End of Nations MMO and I CANNOT wait any longer for it especially with Frank Klepacki performing the soundtracks for End Of Nations !!!
Safe to say the MANY reasons that have already been discussed. The last Bioware game I played was DA:O and was abolustely DISGUSED they wanted me to pay to download some freaking content for the game I already bought. this wasnt an extra module of a seperate adventure like NWN did, but was like some extra quest in the game I ALREADY bought. No more EA/bioware for me and its been that way for years.
It seems like these guys have a video for everything. Watching this will explain, at least a little bit, why a lot of people are more than a bit disgruntled with the way EA plays ball.
They are a completely immoral predatory corporation which creates nothing of its own and whose business model is based on hostile takeovers of studios that are actually creative and then gutting them for the last penny.
They are the Gordon Geckos of computer game industry.
What is there not to hate?
I remember when EA was the little guy fighting the evil companies of Activision and Atari.
Im a fairly experienced pc gamer but cant understand the hatred for EA. Other than nickel and diming Sims expansions(which I dont blame them for), why the hate for EA?
EA has buy a lot of game studios, then run these studios into the ground. I think is the base. Then theres old wounds about DRM, but people like Ubisoft with Yet Worse DRM has made these faux steps seems trivial.
Mostly is kiling lots and lots and lots of good game studios.
This pretty much nails it for me. After EA bought Mythic, they have drove that company into the ground harder than any company they have acquired (probably debatable) but still. Mythic had a great title under it's belt DAoC, and kind of flopped on Warhammer Online, but it was a lot of pressure on Mythic (EA bought Mythic right before the release of Warhammer, and put pressure on Mythic to release Warhammer early) from EA.
Im a fairly experienced pc gamer but cant understand the hatred for EA. Other than nickel and diming Sims expansions(which I dont blame them for), why the hate for EA?
Because they have made trash for the past 8 years. Even madden has not been good since 2005.
Im a fairly experienced pc gamer but cant understand the hatred for EA. Other than nickel and diming Sims expansions(which I dont blame them for), why the hate for EA?
Because they have made trash for the past 8 years. Even madden has not been good since 2005.
Not only that, they also buy up good companies (Westwood is a good example) and force them to make crappy copies of their older games slowly ruining them.
I find it funny how many people here "hate" E.A. . Oh No they love money ...no they are horrible because they make all these Movie games and they are greedy with all the DLC's and SIms Expans. Look They are a business and as a business with employees to pay and stock holders to keep happy they are doing what they need too ..MAKE MONEY. Believe me they dont care how you feel about them as long as they sell millions millions of games like they do. Stop hating so much and learn how capitialism works.
I find it funny how many people here "hate" E.A. . Oh No they love money ...no they are horrible because they make all these Movie games and they are greedy with all the DLC's and SIms Expans. Look They are a business and as a business with employees to pay and stock holders to keep happy they are doing what they need too ..MAKE MONEY. Believe me they dont care how you feel about them as long as they sell millions millions of games like they do. Stop hating so much and learn how capitialism works.
Nice useless troll post. He asked the reasons and people are giving them. If you do not agree thats your opinion but it does not go along with the topic. Have a nice day.
I find it funny how many people here "hate" E.A. . Oh No they love money ...no they are horrible because they make all these Movie games and they are greedy with all the DLC's and SIms Expans. Look They are a business and as a business with employees to pay and stock holders to keep happy they are doing what they need too ..MAKE MONEY. Believe me they dont care how you feel about them as long as they sell millions millions of games like they do. Stop hating so much and learn how capitialism works.
People don't hate capitalism. They hate the lack of care for the products that resulted from the worst form of capitalism.
If EA were trying to be loved by all, they would ensure no game gets released with major bugs, stop buying out their competitors, and allow free DLC at launch. Unfortunately, EA has shown they only care about the money part of their bottom-line. They don't show care for the customers, or care for the society they are a part of. There is nothing wrong with making money, but when your company's only goal is to make money, people will hate you.
Im a fairly experienced pc gamer but cant understand the hatred for EA. Other than nickel and diming Sims expansions(which I dont blame them for), why the hate for EA?
I think the question is why EA hates gamers so much ?
I find it funny how many people here "hate" E.A. . Oh No they love money ...no they are horrible because they make all these Movie games and they are greedy with all the DLC's and SIms Expans. Look They are a business and as a business with employees to pay and stock holders to keep happy they are doing what they need too ..MAKE MONEY. Believe me they dont care how you feel about them as long as they sell millions millions of games like they do. Stop hating so much and learn how capitialism works.
Remember when MMOs were made by gamers for gamers?
Free markets were better before they were turned into an "-ism" word.
I would also like to point out that EVE Online has more subs than any wow-clone that these stockholders are pushing upon us.
I find it funny how many people here "hate" E.A. . Oh No they love money ...no they are horrible because they make all these Movie games and they are greedy with all the DLC's and SIms Expans. Look They are a business and as a business with employees to pay and stock holders to keep happy they are doing what they need too ..MAKE MONEY. Believe me they dont care how you feel about them as long as they sell millions millions of games like they do. Stop hating so much and learn how capitialism works.
Capitalism is simply an economic system. Its when its mixed with something else, that the problems we've seen result. In the case of the US thats fascism and socialism (in different parts of the markets). Crony capitalism is another distortion thats seen a LOT of around the world.
I have no problem at all with EA making a profit (which of course is the objective of business). I have a BIG problem with how they go about doing that. I stated in several of my posts their past history, which is why so many people loath and despise them.
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You forgot about SOE, another distributer that gets their greedly little hands on a good game and destroys it
I beg to differ best example was Earth and Beyond a very successful space mmo with a strong following that EA aquired and immediately pulled the plug because they were not an mmo company and had no desire to manage an mmo.
10 years later they decided suddenly they are an mmo company and want to run one of the largest projects ever.
cough cough.. fail
I am very worried about ME 3, EA investor call last year clearly stated they were only using Bioware for its name and were outsourcing the coding to India, Honestly I think some of the SWTOR coding was outsourced as well but that hasn't been admitted.
They are a completely immoral predatory corporation which creates nothing of its own and whose business model is based on hostile takeovers of studios that are actually creative and then gutting them for the last penny.
They are the Gordon Geckos of computer game industry.
What is there not to hate?
why the EA hate?
Cuz they don't have ninja's, pirates and upcoming Pandas in there game haha
I remember when EA was the little guy fighting the evil companies of Activision and Atari.
Heh , your seriously asking such a question?
They the ones that screwed with WestWood Studios and screwed C&C upside down.
But that's forgotten though , since Petroglyph (Ex Westwood members) are on the End of Nations MMO and I CANNOT wait any longer for it especially with Frank Klepacki performing the soundtracks for End Of Nations !!!
Safe to say the MANY reasons that have already been discussed. The last Bioware game I played was DA:O and was abolustely DISGUSED they wanted me to pay to download some freaking content for the game I already bought. this wasnt an extra module of a seperate adventure like NWN did, but was like some extra quest in the game I ALREADY bought. No more EA/bioware for me and its been that way for years.
I know, like cuz, everyone plays wow, amiright ? dont be so ignorant.
This is insane!! Holy shit EA is the worst example of how corporate America always f****** shit up.
Yes, sad isn't it?
Very clever video. Well done. If at least 50% of that video is true (I assume it is more), man that is sad EA.
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This pretty much nails it for me. After EA bought Mythic, they have drove that company into the ground harder than any company they have acquired (probably debatable) but still. Mythic had a great title under it's belt DAoC, and kind of flopped on Warhammer Online, but it was a lot of pressure on Mythic (EA bought Mythic right before the release of Warhammer, and put pressure on Mythic to release Warhammer early) from EA.
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Because they have made trash for the past 8 years. Even madden has not been good since 2005.
Not only that, they also buy up good companies (Westwood is a good example) and force them to make crappy copies of their older games slowly ruining them.
I started hating EQ when they bought Mythic and UO went to crap shortly after. Carebear land being one cause of the demise.
I find it funny how many people here "hate" E.A. . Oh No they love money ...no they are horrible because they make all these Movie games and they are greedy with all the DLC's and SIms Expans. Look They are a business and as a business with employees to pay and stock holders to keep happy they are doing what they need too ..MAKE MONEY. Believe me they dont care how you feel about them as long as they sell millions millions of games like they do. Stop hating so much and learn how capitialism works.
Nice useless troll post. He asked the reasons and people are giving them. If you do not agree thats your opinion but it does not go along with the topic. Have a nice day.
They killed many well loved IPs and development companies : like Mythic.
People don't hate capitalism. They hate the lack of care for the products that resulted from the worst form of capitalism.
If EA were trying to be loved by all, they would ensure no game gets released with major bugs, stop buying out their competitors, and allow free DLC at launch. Unfortunately, EA has shown they only care about the money part of their bottom-line. They don't show care for the customers, or care for the society they are a part of. There is nothing wrong with making money, but when your company's only goal is to make money, people will hate you.
I think the question is why EA hates gamers so much ?
Let's internet
Remember when MMOs were made by gamers for gamers?
Free markets were better before they were turned into an "-ism" word.
I would also like to point out that EVE Online has more subs than any wow-clone that these stockholders are pushing upon us.
Capitalism is simply an economic system. Its when its mixed with something else, that the problems we've seen result. In the case of the US thats fascism and socialism (in different parts of the markets). Crony capitalism is another distortion thats seen a LOT of around the world.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crony_capitalism
I have no problem at all with EA making a profit (which of course is the objective of business). I have a BIG problem with how they go about doing that. I stated in several of my posts their past history, which is why so many people loath and despise them.
They closed my favorite game:
Earth and Beyond
Scumbag EA.
Claims that fair competition is important for the digital distribution industry.
Makes new releases Origin only.