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Vast majority of their games are garbage, not saying all are but a company that willingly shovels out garbage doesn't really care about their work. I doubt poor corporate environment is entirely attributed to this guy.
Nothing will change unless they start losing lots of money.
As long as there are noobs in the gaming market shitty companies like EA will exist.
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Hopefully now they will push out the games that are actually decent and develop those like Kingdoms of Amalur (of which nobody here probably even knows). They need to remove the Origin platform because it simply makes them a clutter fest of junk. I wonder of Riccitiello will return in a few years and get another promotion.
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So he quits again and Larry Probst is still there. Nothing at EA is gonna change. Still gonna make games and still gonna include stupid drm that will hurt sales. Maybe the shareholders will realize this and elect a new board already if they want their investment to go anywhere.
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On March 19 2013 09:02 zoLo wrote:Meh, not surprised. Wall Street put him on the list of CEO's likely to be fired in 2013. Whether or not people hate EA, but he is one of the reasons why we got games like Mirror's Edge, Dead Space and Mass Effect. Still waiting for the removal of Capcom's and Square-Enix's. Oh, and rofl http://kotaku.com/5991198/the-best-john-riccitiello-jokes-twitter-has-to-offer
Wasn't bioware with microsoft when the first mass effect was launch ?
Also, laughed hard at this one.
+ Show Spoiler +"Riccitiello takes a deep breath before continuing. "It was... it was the forums, actually," he says. "Those forum posters helped me realize"
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On March 19 2013 08:26 Taekwon wrote:Show nested quote +On March 19 2013 06:09 blackone wrote:On March 19 2013 05:35 Taekwon wrote:
That's the spirit!
Now start doing better practices - like maybe no DRM?
Hmmmmmm? Always on is not the same as DRM, and as long as people pirate video games, publishers will try to stop them. I don't recall saying it was. And I don't think that will or should be the case. This isn't directed at you because I don't think anyone supports DRM but I do disagree with the idea that publishers will continue this practice. Anyone who bought a piece of property should be entitled to play it at any time, anywhere. Piracy is a widespread issue that will never, ever be stop or be stopped - it's an issue that along with security, needs to be dealt on the company's end without affecting the average consumer. It's fascinating how forgetful some gaming companies are becoming of grade school level public-business relations.
When you're buying a game, you're not buying a piece of property (other than the actual DVD and the packaging). And I think SC2 and Diablo 3 have shown that always-on can be a great anti-piracy measure, even if you have to live with reddit shitstorms.
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This is the best EA release in a long, long, long, long time.
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On March 19 2013 22:02 blackone wrote:Show nested quote +On March 19 2013 08:26 Taekwon wrote:On March 19 2013 06:09 blackone wrote:On March 19 2013 05:35 Taekwon wrote:
That's the spirit!
Now start doing better practices - like maybe no DRM?
Hmmmmmm? Always on is not the same as DRM, and as long as people pirate video games, publishers will try to stop them. I don't recall saying it was. And I don't think that will or should be the case. This isn't directed at you because I don't think anyone supports DRM but I do disagree with the idea that publishers will continue this practice. Anyone who bought a piece of property should be entitled to play it at any time, anywhere. Piracy is a widespread issue that will never, ever be stop or be stopped - it's an issue that along with security, needs to be dealt on the company's end without affecting the average consumer. It's fascinating how forgetful some gaming companies are becoming of grade school level public-business relations. When you're buying a game, you're not buying a piece of property (other than the actual DVD and the packaging). And I think SC2 and Diablo 3 have shown that always-on can be a great anti-piracy measure, even if you have to live with reddit shitstorms.
You earnestly think that purchasing a product doesn't entitle you to playing it whenever or wherever you want it? Wings and D3 are laughable in comparison to their predecessors - their perception far precedes just reddit.
If I buy a gameboy and pokemon red for 50 dollars, there should NOT be a stupid message popping up on the gameboy screen to say "Uh...you can't play", even if I'm on the fricking moon.
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On March 20 2013 01:12 Taekwon wrote:Show nested quote +On March 19 2013 22:02 blackone wrote:On March 19 2013 08:26 Taekwon wrote:On March 19 2013 06:09 blackone wrote:On March 19 2013 05:35 Taekwon wrote:
That's the spirit!
Now start doing better practices - like maybe no DRM?
Hmmmmmm? Always on is not the same as DRM, and as long as people pirate video games, publishers will try to stop them. I don't recall saying it was. And I don't think that will or should be the case. This isn't directed at you because I don't think anyone supports DRM but I do disagree with the idea that publishers will continue this practice. Anyone who bought a piece of property should be entitled to play it at any time, anywhere. Piracy is a widespread issue that will never, ever be stop or be stopped - it's an issue that along with security, needs to be dealt on the company's end without affecting the average consumer. It's fascinating how forgetful some gaming companies are becoming of grade school level public-business relations. When you're buying a game, you're not buying a piece of property (other than the actual DVD and the packaging). And I think SC2 and Diablo 3 have shown that always-on can be a great anti-piracy measure, even if you have to live with reddit shitstorms. You earnestly think that purchasing a product doesn't entitle you to playing it whenever or wherever you want it? Wings and D3 are laughable in comparison to their predecessors - their perception far precedes just reddit. If I buy a gameboy and pokemon red for 50 dollars, there should NOT be a stupid message popping up on the gameboy screen to say "Uh...you can't play", even if I'm on the fricking moon.
Look on the bright side. When we die, the our noob offsprings will think it's all perfectly reasonable.
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On March 20 2013 01:12 Taekwon wrote:Show nested quote +On March 19 2013 22:02 blackone wrote:On March 19 2013 08:26 Taekwon wrote:On March 19 2013 06:09 blackone wrote:On March 19 2013 05:35 Taekwon wrote:
That's the spirit!
Now start doing better practices - like maybe no DRM?
Hmmmmmm? Always on is not the same as DRM, and as long as people pirate video games, publishers will try to stop them. I don't recall saying it was. And I don't think that will or should be the case. This isn't directed at you because I don't think anyone supports DRM but I do disagree with the idea that publishers will continue this practice. Anyone who bought a piece of property should be entitled to play it at any time, anywhere. Piracy is a widespread issue that will never, ever be stop or be stopped - it's an issue that along with security, needs to be dealt on the company's end without affecting the average consumer. It's fascinating how forgetful some gaming companies are becoming of grade school level public-business relations. When you're buying a game, you're not buying a piece of property (other than the actual DVD and the packaging). And I think SC2 and Diablo 3 have shown that always-on can be a great anti-piracy measure, even if you have to live with reddit shitstorms. You earnestly think that purchasing a product doesn't entitle you to playing it whenever or wherever you want it? Wings and D3 are laughable in comparison to their predecessors - their perception far precedes just reddit.
If a game says "REQUIRES ONLINE CONNECTION TO PLAY" on the box and I still buy it, than no, I am obviously not "entitled" to playing it whenever or wherever I want it. Wings of Liberty was a gigantic success, the only people who think its "laughable" are jaded Brood War veterans. Understandably so, but absolutely irrelevant compared to the masses who loved it.
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On March 20 2013 02:18 blackone wrote:Show nested quote +On March 20 2013 01:12 Taekwon wrote:On March 19 2013 22:02 blackone wrote:On March 19 2013 08:26 Taekwon wrote:On March 19 2013 06:09 blackone wrote:On March 19 2013 05:35 Taekwon wrote:
That's the spirit!
Now start doing better practices - like maybe no DRM?
Hmmmmmm? Always on is not the same as DRM, and as long as people pirate video games, publishers will try to stop them. I don't recall saying it was. And I don't think that will or should be the case. This isn't directed at you because I don't think anyone supports DRM but I do disagree with the idea that publishers will continue this practice. Anyone who bought a piece of property should be entitled to play it at any time, anywhere. Piracy is a widespread issue that will never, ever be stop or be stopped - it's an issue that along with security, needs to be dealt on the company's end without affecting the average consumer. It's fascinating how forgetful some gaming companies are becoming of grade school level public-business relations. When you're buying a game, you're not buying a piece of property (other than the actual DVD and the packaging). And I think SC2 and Diablo 3 have shown that always-on can be a great anti-piracy measure, even if you have to live with reddit shitstorms. You earnestly think that purchasing a product doesn't entitle you to playing it whenever or wherever you want it? Wings and D3 are laughable in comparison to their predecessors - their perception far precedes just reddit. If a game says "REQUIRES ONLINE CONNECTION TO PLAY" on the box and I still buy it, than no, I am obviously not "entitled" to playing it whenever or wherever I want it. Wings of Liberty was a gigantic success, the only people who think its "laughable" are jaded Brood War veterans. Understandably so, but absolutely irrelevant compared to the masses who loved it.
He's talking about the fact you have to be online even to play single player, obviously hiding behind the "REQUIRES ONLINE CONNECTION TO PLAY" clause is total bull shit, especially since Brood War had that on its box yet you could still play offline.
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On March 20 2013 02:30 FromShouri wrote:Show nested quote +On March 20 2013 02:18 blackone wrote:On March 20 2013 01:12 Taekwon wrote:On March 19 2013 22:02 blackone wrote:On March 19 2013 08:26 Taekwon wrote:On March 19 2013 06:09 blackone wrote:On March 19 2013 05:35 Taekwon wrote:
That's the spirit!
Now start doing better practices - like maybe no DRM?
Hmmmmmm? Always on is not the same as DRM, and as long as people pirate video games, publishers will try to stop them. I don't recall saying it was. And I don't think that will or should be the case. This isn't directed at you because I don't think anyone supports DRM but I do disagree with the idea that publishers will continue this practice. Anyone who bought a piece of property should be entitled to play it at any time, anywhere. Piracy is a widespread issue that will never, ever be stop or be stopped - it's an issue that along with security, needs to be dealt on the company's end without affecting the average consumer. It's fascinating how forgetful some gaming companies are becoming of grade school level public-business relations. When you're buying a game, you're not buying a piece of property (other than the actual DVD and the packaging). And I think SC2 and Diablo 3 have shown that always-on can be a great anti-piracy measure, even if you have to live with reddit shitstorms. You earnestly think that purchasing a product doesn't entitle you to playing it whenever or wherever you want it? Wings and D3 are laughable in comparison to their predecessors - their perception far precedes just reddit. If a game says "REQUIRES ONLINE CONNECTION TO PLAY" on the box and I still buy it, than no, I am obviously not "entitled" to playing it whenever or wherever I want it. Wings of Liberty was a gigantic success, the only people who think its "laughable" are jaded Brood War veterans. Understandably so, but absolutely irrelevant compared to the masses who loved it. He's talking about the fact you have to be online even to play single player, obviously hiding behind the "REQUIRES ONLINE CONNECTION TO PLAY" clause is total bull shit, especially since Brood War had that on its box yet you could still play offline.
you dont need to do that for starcraft 2 thou, you can play it vs ai and campaign without internet (you wont get any achievements, dosnt matter that much tbh)
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If blizz decide to close the servers you just spent 50 bucks for nothig, have fun playing vs ai, basically they just rent the game to us.
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On March 20 2013 02:58 vidium wrote:
If blizz decide to close the servers you just spent 50 bucks for nothig, have fun playing vs ai, basically they just rent the game to us.
considering wc2 battle.net servers are still running. I arnt worried about that at all
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On March 20 2013 02:30 FromShouri wrote:Show nested quote +On March 20 2013 02:18 blackone wrote:On March 20 2013 01:12 Taekwon wrote:On March 19 2013 22:02 blackone wrote:On March 19 2013 08:26 Taekwon wrote:On March 19 2013 06:09 blackone wrote:On March 19 2013 05:35 Taekwon wrote:
That's the spirit!
Now start doing better practices - like maybe no DRM?
Hmmmmmm? Always on is not the same as DRM, and as long as people pirate video games, publishers will try to stop them. I don't recall saying it was. And I don't think that will or should be the case. This isn't directed at you because I don't think anyone supports DRM but I do disagree with the idea that publishers will continue this practice. Anyone who bought a piece of property should be entitled to play it at any time, anywhere. Piracy is a widespread issue that will never, ever be stop or be stopped - it's an issue that along with security, needs to be dealt on the company's end without affecting the average consumer. It's fascinating how forgetful some gaming companies are becoming of grade school level public-business relations. When you're buying a game, you're not buying a piece of property (other than the actual DVD and the packaging). And I think SC2 and Diablo 3 have shown that always-on can be a great anti-piracy measure, even if you have to live with reddit shitstorms. You earnestly think that purchasing a product doesn't entitle you to playing it whenever or wherever you want it? Wings and D3 are laughable in comparison to their predecessors - their perception far precedes just reddit. If a game says "REQUIRES ONLINE CONNECTION TO PLAY" on the box and I still buy it, than no, I am obviously not "entitled" to playing it whenever or wherever I want it. Wings of Liberty was a gigantic success, the only people who think its "laughable" are jaded Brood War veterans. Understandably so, but absolutely irrelevant compared to the masses who loved it. He's talking about the fact you have to be online even to play single player, obviously hiding behind the "REQUIRES ONLINE CONNECTION TO PLAY" clause is total bull shit, especially since Brood War had that on its box yet you could still play offline.
Hiding? WTF? What else are they supposed to do to warn you?
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On March 19 2013 12:17 sluggaslamoo wrote:Gotta say, absolute comedy gold in the reddit thread. + Show Spoiler +[–]Jedwards6228 369 points 2 hours ago John Riccitiello is the best EA release of the year. permalink load more comments (6 replies) [–]ReggieM83 1209 points 6 hours ago Pretend you're the next CEO, the board of directors gives you a three-year window to increase revenues substantially. What do you do? permalink [–]gsadamb 1803 points 6 hours ago New version of Madden every month! permalinkparent [–]Fooshbeard 1972 points 5 hours ago Lego Madden Xtreme: Star Wars vs Dinosaurs permalinkparent [–]xcerj61 297 points 5 hours ago What is this? 2005? Throw in some zombies permalinkparent [–]Eustis 253 points 5 hours ago What is this, 2010? Throw in some washed out colors. permalinkparent [–]TheMadHaberdasher 164 points 5 hours ago Who cares about blue, it's time for some ultraviolet filters... permalinkparent [–]Eustis 186 points 5 hours ago i weep for the day our games come with instagram filters permalinkparent [–]N4N4KI 66 points 3 hours ago SimCity already has them. http://www.ea.com/uk/news/simcity-image-filters-colours[–]BakedGood 533 points 5 hours ago* Step 1) Negotiate absolutely absurd contract for myself. Massive salary, perks up the ass (I want my fucking groceries paid for out of the company accounts), stock options but still huge cash bonuses barely tied to performance, and a massive golden parachute. In addition, my first order of business will be to eviscerate the executive group and hire mostly yes-men loyal only to me. Step 2) Slash development budgets right off. Find all the highest paid guys you can and fire them immediately for people right out of college and hire them on a contingent basis with no benefits. Step 3) Slash testing budgets. Waste of time. That's what patches are for. Step 4) Increase marketing budgets. Gonna need more slicksters to sell our even stinkier shit. Step 5) Buy more studios. Especially ones with thriving indie brands that we can suck the life in addition to profit out of. Step 6) Focus on franchises and proven IP, nearly never approve anything experimental or original. Step 7) Reduce game life-cycle times. Shut down servers nearly as soon as the sequel comes out. Step 8) Start selling tiered server access for online games. "Gold" and "Platinum" Origin accounts that give you higher priority in game servers. Step 9) Reduce the number of game servers to encourage tiered access sales. Step 10) $$$$$$$$ permalinkparent [–]Trent_Alkaline 293 points 5 hours ago Hi, I work for EA HR. We'd like a copy of your CV please. No need for a cover letter, this post will suffice. permalinkparent
hahaha + Show Spoiler + great complilation man!
"John Riccitiello: 'Can I at least keep my EA pen?' 'Well technically John, it's not YOUR pen. It's a service we provided, so... no.'"
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http://www.marketwatch.com/story/ea-chief-riccitiello-resigns-warning-issued-2013-03-18
http://www.cnbc.com/id/100565713
Seems like SimCity (and PC games in general) are a pretty small part of EA's revenue, so I doubt this has anything to do with DRM. The only PC-related thing I see here is that EA got a ton of bad press from people not being able to play SimCity on release due to full servers.
To sum the articles up, EA is doing well in the mobile phone game market but is failing in the console market, and the PC market doesn't really seem to matter. Medal of Honor can't compete with Call of Duty and Halo, Dead Space 3 and Crysis 3 were failures, and NBA Live 13 was flat-out cancelled.
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On March 20 2013 02:54 DODswe4 wrote:Show nested quote +On March 20 2013 02:30 FromShouri wrote:On March 20 2013 02:18 blackone wrote:On March 20 2013 01:12 Taekwon wrote:On March 19 2013 22:02 blackone wrote:On March 19 2013 08:26 Taekwon wrote:On March 19 2013 06:09 blackone wrote:On March 19 2013 05:35 Taekwon wrote:
That's the spirit!
Now start doing better practices - like maybe no DRM?
Hmmmmmm? Always on is not the same as DRM, and as long as people pirate video games, publishers will try to stop them. I don't recall saying it was. And I don't think that will or should be the case. This isn't directed at you because I don't think anyone supports DRM but I do disagree with the idea that publishers will continue this practice. Anyone who bought a piece of property should be entitled to play it at any time, anywhere. Piracy is a widespread issue that will never, ever be stop or be stopped - it's an issue that along with security, needs to be dealt on the company's end without affecting the average consumer. It's fascinating how forgetful some gaming companies are becoming of grade school level public-business relations. When you're buying a game, you're not buying a piece of property (other than the actual DVD and the packaging). And I think SC2 and Diablo 3 have shown that always-on can be a great anti-piracy measure, even if you have to live with reddit shitstorms. You earnestly think that purchasing a product doesn't entitle you to playing it whenever or wherever you want it? Wings and D3 are laughable in comparison to their predecessors - their perception far precedes just reddit. If a game says "REQUIRES ONLINE CONNECTION TO PLAY" on the box and I still buy it, than no, I am obviously not "entitled" to playing it whenever or wherever I want it. Wings of Liberty was a gigantic success, the only people who think its "laughable" are jaded Brood War veterans. Understandably so, but absolutely irrelevant compared to the masses who loved it. He's talking about the fact you have to be online even to play single player, obviously hiding behind the "REQUIRES ONLINE CONNECTION TO PLAY" clause is total bull shit, especially since Brood War had that on its box yet you could still play offline. you dont need to do that for starcraft 2 thou, you can play it vs ai and campaign without internet (you wont get any achievements, dosnt matter that much tbh)
Incorrect, you must activate your account online by successfully logging in once, if you never do that you can never actually login to your account for offline play.
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On March 20 2013 08:37 FromShouri wrote:Show nested quote +On March 20 2013 02:54 DODswe4 wrote:On March 20 2013 02:30 FromShouri wrote:On March 20 2013 02:18 blackone wrote:On March 20 2013 01:12 Taekwon wrote:On March 19 2013 22:02 blackone wrote:On March 19 2013 08:26 Taekwon wrote:On March 19 2013 06:09 blackone wrote:On March 19 2013 05:35 Taekwon wrote:
That's the spirit!
Now start doing better practices - like maybe no DRM?
Hmmmmmm? Always on is not the same as DRM, and as long as people pirate video games, publishers will try to stop them. I don't recall saying it was. And I don't think that will or should be the case. This isn't directed at you because I don't think anyone supports DRM but I do disagree with the idea that publishers will continue this practice. Anyone who bought a piece of property should be entitled to play it at any time, anywhere. Piracy is a widespread issue that will never, ever be stop or be stopped - it's an issue that along with security, needs to be dealt on the company's end without affecting the average consumer. It's fascinating how forgetful some gaming companies are becoming of grade school level public-business relations. When you're buying a game, you're not buying a piece of property (other than the actual DVD and the packaging). And I think SC2 and Diablo 3 have shown that always-on can be a great anti-piracy measure, even if you have to live with reddit shitstorms. You earnestly think that purchasing a product doesn't entitle you to playing it whenever or wherever you want it? Wings and D3 are laughable in comparison to their predecessors - their perception far precedes just reddit. If a game says "REQUIRES ONLINE CONNECTION TO PLAY" on the box and I still buy it, than no, I am obviously not "entitled" to playing it whenever or wherever I want it. Wings of Liberty was a gigantic success, the only people who think its "laughable" are jaded Brood War veterans. Understandably so, but absolutely irrelevant compared to the masses who loved it. He's talking about the fact you have to be online even to play single player, obviously hiding behind the "REQUIRES ONLINE CONNECTION TO PLAY" clause is total bull shit, especially since Brood War had that on its box yet you could still play offline. you dont need to do that for starcraft 2 thou, you can play it vs ai and campaign without internet (you wont get any achievements, dosnt matter that much tbh) Incorrect, you must activate your account online by successfully logging in once, if you never do that you can never actually login to your account for offline play.
okay you need to connect to the internet once. not really the same as always online...
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On March 20 2013 03:03 DODswe4 wrote:Show nested quote +On March 20 2013 02:58 vidium wrote:
If blizz decide to close the servers you just spent 50 bucks for nothig, have fun playing vs ai, basically they just rent the game to us. considering wc2 battle.net servers are still running. I arnt worried about that at all
I think those WC2 battle.net servers are still up is because people at Blizzard still like to play their games sometimes, they believe in the products they create. They know what quality is, because it is what they want and not only to satisfy some market. This might be true or not, but it is how I experience it and that says enough on itself.
Also, the load on the WC2 server shouldn't be so high, so a small one would suffice. So yeah, the costs aren't very high either. Heck, one of the employees might even be running it from his/her own basement. :p
But about the topic, I think that this CEO is being sacrificed to regain some "trust". They are probably hoping that other people will blame him for EA's lack of quality in PC games. But I am sure John is not sad, he is probably sitting on a huge bag of money.
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On March 19 2013 06:26 KillerSOS wrote:Show nested quote +On March 19 2013 06:11 T0F4sT wrote:On March 19 2013 06:04 KwarK wrote:
The original OP wrote excitedly that it was huge news. This led people to attempt to be funny and shitpost parodying him. Not in my general, not on my watch. He has subsequently edited his OP. congratz on 20k posts :D Not the most exciting post for 20k 
I would say it was perfect actually.
On topic: Good riddance, DRM is just ridiculous.
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