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      2 months ago

      this will be said every single time a new big game is about to come out and mostly everybody still won’t listen. why?

      …no like i’m genuinely asking, why

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        It will be said to influence the decision of people who are new to the gaming scene and haven’t been repeatedly burned. Not everyone is a doom scroller like us.

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    2 months ago

    “Person who relies on stock price says positive thing about product!”

    Well golly gee I believe em! It’s gonna be the first Superperfect AAAAA™ game!

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    I’m noticing the language used over and over now is “live service” instead of “game”. I’m coming around to the idea that what they’re trying to do is replace the fact that a game used to be a “good” with it being a “service”. That accursed farms video from 5 years ago titled “games as a service is fraud” was spot on. Link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUAX0gnZ3Nw

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    Why does it feel like EA tries really hard to kill off franchises with a loyal fanbase by constantly playing limbo under the lowering bar?

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    In today’s earnings call, EA CEO Andrew Wilson says he has been playing the next Battlefield game with the development team and it will be a “tremendous live service.”

    “a tremendous live service” said Wilson, “…but a fairly terrible gaming experience.” 😁

    Honestly, I think he may be right with his statement in so much as he was using Webster’s second definition for tremendous.

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    “In his first year as CEO, Wilson initiated a “player-first” corporate strategy, and offered more free-to-play games and in-app purchase options.[7] In a move towards a transformation from physical software to digital, he also greatly increased EA’s digital offerings, and launched EA Access, a subscription-based digital service for Xbox One players that allows unlimited play across a selection of EA titles.[7][8] Electronic Arts had a large revenue increase and its stock price doubled in 2014.[7][9]” -wiki

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      2 months ago

      So basically this guy is behind EAs thirst for micro transactions and getting rid of physical copies. Anything he says in cringe.