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"John Lewis" <john.dsl@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> Vote now.

Eh, I may wait on the reviews for Madden and see if they've improved it.
Maybe NHL, too. But I'm getting tired of paying full price for graphical
and roster updates. Gameplay has been stagnant or worse over the last few
years. Besides, I'm still pissed Madden took out the league functions,
wonky as they were, a few years back.

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John Lewis wrote:
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> John Lewis

Hands down. When I buy games I dont look at who publishes them - just
whether I want to play them.

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On Wed, 01 Jun 2005 07:03:42 GMT, john.dsl@verizon.net (John Lewis) wrote:

>Vote now.

Based on their past reputation across TS, RA2 than Generals, I feel that
they probably aren't good game developers.

Honestly, how hard is it to write an AI that's actually a threat? If RoN
can do it (and still have two additional difficulty levels), why couldn't
RA2/Generals?

Might as well stick to engine games. They might not be the best, but at
least you can create your own from scratch.

 

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Thusly john.dsl@verizon.net (John Lewis) Spake Unto All:

>Vote now.

The suits at EA are obnoxious fruitcakes, but I'm not a very moral
guy. If EA publishes a good game* I'll buy it.






* that'll be the day.

 

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"John Lewis" <john.dsl@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> John Lewis


Although people have every right to be mad at EA for their "exclusive deals"
and such and the resulting fallout, I can't say I will be boycotting them.
I do, however, make an effort now not to buy their games when they first
come out. For example, I waited until a couple of months ago to buy NHL
2005 and got it for $10 Canadian. When it was first released, it was $50.

 

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"John Lewis" <john.dsl@verizon.net> wrote in message
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As they publish the Battlefield series - the best multiplayer experience bar
none IMO - then they have at least one guaranteed sale to me within the next
month.

Beyond that, I don't like EA - who would? - but games aren't really like
many other commodities, there is only one of the top of genre games that I
would buy. If this happens to be published by EA, then they get my money.

 

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I regard MS as a lot more of an evil empire, but I still use its
products.

EA would have to do something pretty damn nasty to stop me buying BF2,
Madden 2XXX and any other future games they publish that coincide with
my gaming tastes.
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John Lewis wrote:
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> John Lewis

Why not? Aren't some of their sports sims the absolute best in the field?

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Thusly Andrew <spamtrap@localhost.> Spake Unto All:

>I regard MS as a lot more of an evil empire, but I still use its
>products.

AFAIK Microsoft has quite decent conditions for their employees. I
believe that's the main beef people have with EA, they treat their
workforce as expendable, like McDonalds does.

 

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On Wed, 01 Jun 2005 17:39:50 +0200, Mean_Chlorine
<mike_noren2002@NOSPAMyahoo.co.uk> wrote:

>AFAIK Microsoft has quite decent conditions for their employees. I
>believe that's the main beef people have with EA, they treat their
>workforce as expendable, like McDonalds does.

That is pretty much a global concept these days, people are no longer
employees, they are resources that can be hired or fired at the whim
of a suit with a spreadsheet and a profit margin to chase.
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John Lewis wrote:
> Vote now.

If they release a game that looks good, I'll buy it. I couldn't care less
who publishes it.

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On Wed, 1 Jun 2005 12:07:52 -0600, "NightSky 421"
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>Although people have every right to be mad at EA for their "exclusive deals"
>and such and the resulting fallout, I can't say I will be boycotting them.

Why do people blame EA for securing "exclusive deals" and not the
people who sell them the exclusive licenses?
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"Andrew" <spamtrap@localhost.> wrote in message
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> Why do people blame EA for securing "exclusive deals" and not the
> people who sell them the exclusive licenses?


I can't speak for other people, but for me, it's the fact that EA was a
willing participant. It's come to my attention as well now that EA cannot
make Major League Baseball games now because someone else got an exclusive
deal. It's unfortunate in the first place that such offers were made to
companies by sports leagues because the end result is that there is less (or
no) competition in the marketplace, but the trend has reared it's ugly head.
I don't play the Madden NFL games, but there's no doubt that EA was coming
up against some heavy competition for their NFL games. I don't know what
the status of the NBA is in this regard, but I doubt the NHL will ever see
such an exclusive deal since hockey is not a big thing in the United States.

 

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"John Lewis" <john.dsl@verizon.net> wrote in message
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I vote yes but I will very likely buy Battlefield 2 assuming it lives up to
the hype (BFV did not) and they release a demo. That's the only EA game I
will buy in the foreseeable future.

 

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"John Lewis" <john.dsl@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> John Lewis

What's the issue with EA?

 

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On Thu, 02 Jun 2005 19:25:36 GMT, "OldDog" <OldDog@city.pound> wrote:

>What's the issue with EA?

They want to make money, apparently that makes them the root of all
evil.
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On Wed, 01 Jun 2005 22:27:03 GMT, Andrew <spamtrap@localhost.> wrote:

>On Wed, 1 Jun 2005 12:07:52 -0600, "NightSky 421"
><nightsky421@yahoo.ca> wrote:
>
>>Although people have every right to be mad at EA for their "exclusive deals"
>>and such and the resulting fallout, I can't say I will be boycotting them.
>
>Why do people blame EA for securing "exclusive deals" and not the
>people who sell them the exclusive licenses?

EA has a reputation of releasing low-quality games, or games lacking
polish. When I've been peeking in the BF:V forums, there have been many
complaints about some user coming onto the server, walking in front of a
plane about to take off and using PTK to kill the pilot (and thus be able
to fly the plane on next respawn.)

Even if EA isn't didn't do anything wrong, they get blamed. That's a sign
of bad PR.

(Of course, ESPN was said to be shooting itself in the foot by permanently
associating itself with a shoddy product. In a way, that's still blaming
EA...)

 

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Andrew wrote:

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wrong demo man as always!
ea is a failed publisher
no innovation! no creativity! nothing! except redoing the same
titles over and over again, and that's why last quarter they
had profits dropping to record levels cause they simply don't
have what it takes to be a great publisher... but that's not
the problem
the problem is cause they are totally INCAPABLE of becoming
a successful publisher they BUY other companies that are and
the last victim is ubisoft a historical independent company
that has given us many innovative titles and with ea HOSTILE,
let me repeat HOSTILE TAKE OVER will be a big loss for us
all pc gamers
ea trying to monopolize the market by buying other publisher
in a HOSTILE take over shows their true colors
ea is incapable of growing by their own, they can only do it
by buying innovative companies but after being bought those
companies stop being innovative and become just like mother ea
why did dice needed to be bought by ea?
why didn't dice remain independent like id software and others?
why does ea need to SWALLOW everything they see!!!!! why????
ea is a monopolistic company! ea is the microsoft of games!
fight against ea monopolistic intentions!
we want a free independent ubisoft!
no to ubisoft hostile take over by ea!

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On Thu, 02 Jun 2005 21:27:36 -0400, bk039@ncf.ca (Raymond Martineau)
wrote:

>EA has a reputation of releasing low-quality games, or games lacking
>polish.

I have been buying their products for years and that isn't a
description I recognise. My buying decisions are done on a per game
basis, I couldn't give a hoot who the publisher is. I am not an EA
fanboy, but I have always been pretty satisfied with their products.
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On Fri, 03 Jun 2005 05:42:21 GMT, Andrew <spamtrap@localhost.> wrote:

>On Thu, 02 Jun 2005 21:27:36 -0400, bk039@ncf.ca (Raymond Martineau)
>wrote:
>
>>EA has a reputation of releasing low-quality games, or games lacking
>>polish.
>
>I have been buying their products for years and that isn't a
>description I recognise. My buying decisions are done on a per game
>basis, I couldn't give a hoot who the publisher is. I am not an EA
>fanboy, but I have always been pretty satisfied with their products.

I wouldn't recognise that descriptiuon either years ago. But for some
reason, there's a large chunk of haters that didn't like a few of the
recent offerings.

For example, the PlanetCNC community was stating months ago that EA has
abandoned Zero Hour, at a state were cheaters would constantly mess up the
game with the Scud Storm glitch. They eventually released a patch to 1.04,
but the damage was already done.

(Of course, this doesn't mean that all EA games are bad... IIRC, Need For
Speed Underground seems to be on the good side. However, the RA2/Generals
combo seemed to do the most damage.)

 

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3 words for ya.... NEED FOR SPEED.

Thanks, have a nice day.
JMoney


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>
> Andrew wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> wrong demo man as always!
> ea is a failed publisher
> no innovation! no creativity! nothing! except redoing the same
> titles over and over again, and that's why last quarter they
> had profits dropping to record levels cause they simply don't
> have what it takes to be a great publisher... but that's not
> the problem
> the problem is cause they are totally INCAPABLE of becoming
> a successful publisher they BUY other companies that are and
> the last victim is ubisoft a historical independent company
> that has given us many innovative titles and with ea HOSTILE,
> let me repeat HOSTILE TAKE OVER will be a big loss for us
> all pc gamers
> ea trying to monopolize the market by buying other publisher
> in a HOSTILE take over shows their true colors
> ea is incapable of growing by their own, they can only do it
> by buying innovative companies but after being bought those
> companies stop being innovative and become just like mother ea
> why did dice needed to be bought by ea?
> why didn't dice remain independent like id software and others?
> why does ea need to SWALLOW everything they see!!!!! why????
> ea is a monopolistic company! ea is the microsoft of games!
> fight against ea monopolistic intentions!
> we want a free independent ubisoft!
> no to ubisoft hostile take over by ea!
>
> --
> post made in a steam-free computer
> i said "NO" to valve and steam
>
> to check authenticity of the real "steamKILLER" reassure that
> the post came from a google server and that the email address
> is the now legendary sayNO2steam@yahoo.com
>

 

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Hi,

In article <3clr91td1u6mp4q5tcpcbc60u8605ssetp@4ax.com>,
Mean_Chlorine <mike_noren2002@NOSPAMyahoo.co.uk> wrote:
#AFAIK Microsoft has quite decent conditions for their employees. I
#believe that's the main beef people have with EA, they treat their
#workforce as expendable, like McDonalds does.

Yup. But most of their workers are now contractors, who have filed some
lawsuits as to how THEY have been treated.

Ken.
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> some user coming onto the server, walking in front of a
> plane about to take off and using PTK to kill the pilot

I've never seen that or even heard of it happening. It's never happened
to me. People team kill to get planes, but a well admin'd server will
have the person kicked and/or banned pretty soonish.

> Even if EA isn't didn't do anything wrong, they get blamed. That's a sign
> of bad PR.

EA didn't do anything wrong. It's a waste of time a company like EA
rebutting every single posting any idiot can be bothered to type. BFV
was developed by Dice in Sweden, and only published by EA. Let's be
honst - EA's sales, share price etc is unlikely to be affected by
unfounded criticism on some fanboy forum site.

 

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>> Why do people blame EA for securing "exclusive deals" and not the
>> people who sell them the exclusive licenses?

>I can't speak for other people, but for me, it's the fact that EA was a
>willing participant.

Both parties were willing participants. So, the question again:

Why do people blame EA for securing "exclusive deals" and not the
people who sell them the exclusive licenses?