And we thought UBI was bad!

[gimpy117]

Apparently EA games will be charging 10 dollars to play a used game online! :nope:

here's what the EA sports president has to say:

"This is an important inflection point in our business because it allows us to accelerate our commitment to enhance premium online services to the entire robust EA SPORTS online community," -EA Sports president Peter Moore.

:haha: what a joke!!


http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/plugged-in/how-playing-madden-online-could-cost-you-10/1398633

[Raptor1]

Does anything stupid EA does surprise anyone? Ubi are amateurs compared to EA when it comes to doing stuff like that...

[Lionclaw]

What a bunch of loonies at EA. :nope:

[kiwi_2005]

Die EA die!

[Admiral8Q]

Well, at least ubi does try to create the games we desire. Ever think of that?

EA on the other hand is out for greed I bet ...

[Jimbuna]

Can't remember the last EA game I purchased....thankfully :hmmm:

[papa_smurf]

http://www.lolblog.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/doublefacepalm.jpg

[Dowly]

So, they take $10 for a second hand sale they would otherwise get nothing from? That's actually pretty brilliant plan. :yep:

[Penguin]

This is the same policy Ubi follows with they DRM system, dry out the market for used games.
I would love to see the world where theses execs live in, have they never been young/had little money? Never heard the nice words of "customer loyalty"?
I don't know who said it, but it means something like "it takes years to win a customer, but only seconds to lose one."

[danlisa]

So, they take $10 for a second hand sale they would otherwise get nothing from? That's actually pretty brilliant plan. :yep:

Only if the user wants to play online.

All EA games, with online play, will have a unique and one time use activation code for anyone wanting to play online. Therefore, anyone wanting to buy these titles as used/second hand will have to pay to access EA servers.

EA do get royalties (in the UK at least) for second hand sales, just not as much.

This method is already used in the POS that is Tiger Woods Golf, where the online is pretty much borked anyway.:har:

BTW, this was introduced to combat console second hand sales. I suspect PC version will have, how do you say?.......workarounds.

I suspect this move will actually hurt EA sales. People who usually buy second hand for a cheaper price will just wait for the normal retail copy to plummet in price. Which, in the console world, means 50% reduction in about 20 days. I don't think EA have done their maths. Oh well.

[Weiss Pinguin]

Can't remember the last EA game I purchased....thankfully :hmmm:
I can :shifty: I gave up on EA ever being more than half-decent about games, ever.

[TLAM Strike]

I kinda fee sorry for good ole Jamie Carlson from SCS, he went to go work for EA last year. :yep: I can sense a massive backlash coming his way.

[CaptainHaplo]

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=169296

There is ample reason apparently to still despise UBI. All I can say is 15 pages of general disappointment - again. Really glad I haven't bought this - when is 1.4 due out again?

Mainstream developers have really gone overboard in minimizing the QA - both before release and also in after release support. I really do remember the old days when "patches" for games simply - didn't exist.

[Admiral8Q]

I really do remember the old days when "patches" for games simply - didn't exist.

Yes, me too... :nope:

[Diopos]

... (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=169296)
I really do remember the old days when "patches" for games simply - didn't exist.


And they came with manuals that were actual ... manuals... Really!


:DL

[gimpy117]

the current mind set is get it released as soon as possible to make money (thanks a lot corporate)

I'm sure dev teams would rather release a less buggy game..they just keep working after on patches anyways...

[krashkart]

the current mind set is get it released as soon as possible to make money (thanks a lot corporate)

I'm sure dev teams would rather release a less buggy game..they just keep working after on patches anyways...

Aye. As said in carpentry and woodworking: Measure twice, cut once. As my Dad always hammered into me when I was young: do it right the first time, then you won't have to go back and do it over again. The big software houses haven't a clue to anything beyond what sells fast, and it frustrates me to see the industry spit out one worthless POS after another.

Speaking of EA, anyone remember when C&C was Westwood's baby? I haven't bought a C&C since Generals.

[Raptor1]

EA's purchase and subsequent closure of Westwood is unforgivable, of course...

[HunterICX]

EA's purchase and subsequent closure of Westwood is unforgivable, of course...

http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/5061/mobsmallbigger.gif

I'll never forgive EA for that blasphemy

HunterICX

[Task Force]

EA doing business as normal them...