EPTEA CEO John Riccitiello resigns - Page 2
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KillerSOS
United States4207 Posts
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Grovbolle
Denmark3811 Posts
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Grettin
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On March 19 2013 05:36 StarStruck wrote: Still remains to be seen where EA goes from here. Probably nowhere. I bet they'll keep doing the same mistakes over and over again, despite having a new CEO. | ||
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Blackknight232
United States169 Posts
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Qwyn
United States2779 Posts
On March 19 2013 06:02 KillerSOS wrote: I think I'm missing out on a joke here... anyone care to explain? I'll second this. Regardless, I don't think this will change anything. EA will continue to pursue obnoxious DRM... | ||
KwarK
United States43170 Posts
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Galtakar
Sweden374 Posts
Please let this point to the whole collapse of the company. Crash and burn, please. | ||
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Marti
552 Posts
It certainly is a good thing, but that doesn't mean there'll be any improvements. I mean the next CEO could be just as bad for all we know. | ||
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blackone
Germany1314 Posts
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. | ||
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Dfgj
Singapore5922 Posts
On March 19 2013 06:02 Grovbolle wrote: Why do people buy EA games if they hate DRM? Speak with your wallet people, not that hard. Before you get condescending, consider the possibility that there is more than one group of people. | ||
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T0F4sT
Netherlands317 Posts
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 | ||
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Glenn313
United States475 Posts
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unkkz
Norway2196 Posts
On March 19 2013 06:02 Grovbolle wrote: Why do people buy EA games if they hate DRM? Speak with your wallet people, not that hard. People like my 12 year old nephew buy EA games. The "mindless masses" buy EA games. You have to consider that people on TL are a bit more dedicated to gaming then the average player these days hence has a superior taste/criteria or whatever. On topic i do doubt that this will change anything. EA likes money for their shareholders, current practices gets them lots of it so why would anything change. The fact that SW:ToR bombed hard wont change anything, the fact that Sim City was a clusterfuck wont change anything either. EA has been like this forever. And will be forever. | ||
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KaiserJohan
Sweden1808 Posts
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Galtakar
Sweden374 Posts
On March 19 2013 06:20 KaiserJohan wrote: What makes anyone think they will improve? As they are going downhill I wouldnt be suprised if they get more desperate The thing is exactly that. They are getting desperate. VERY desperate. Just think of all the shit they've gone through since Dragon Age 2 (if you know it, at least). They haven't ONCE really reacted to it. Now with the whole Sim City deal, they actually needed a scapegoat. And it became their CEO. | ||
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Shai
Canada806 Posts
EA has been doing everything wrong for a while. Bioware is one of their few shining stars, and only on the games where EA hasn't forced its influence (everything but TOR from them has been good, and EA forced TOR to do several things). Origin is, imho, their biggest folly. Just put your games on Steam already. EDIT: To add, I haven't bought an EA game except Mass Effect 1-3 in 10 years or so. | ||
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KillerSOS
United States4207 Posts
Not the most exciting post for 20k  | ||
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Gorg
Germany261 Posts
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nihlon
Sweden5581 Posts
On March 19 2013 06:19 unkkz wrote: People like my 12 year old nephew buy EA games. The "mindless masses" buy EA games. You have to consider that people on TL are a bit more dedicated to gaming then the average player these days hence has a superior taste/criteria or whatever. On topic i do doubt that this will change anything. EA likes money for their shareholders, current practices gets them lots of it so why would anything change. The fact that SW:ToR bombed hard wont change anything, the fact that Sim City was a clusterfuck wont change anything either. EA has been like this forever. And will be forever. I don't know if that's true. A lot of people, including gamers buy EA published games. And it's not about taste, no one likes DRM and shit like that but few are willing to take a stand on pure principle, especially if it's a game they like. If people actually take a stance it more often than not entails them just pirating the game, which isn't exactly helping the matter. It's an evil circle. If you take out the pirating argument, EA have nothing to justify their terrible business practices. | ||
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reki-
Netherlands327 Posts
On March 19 2013 06:02 Grovbolle wrote: Why do people buy EA games if they hate DRM? Speak with your wallet people, not that hard. Then people will just download anyway and make EA think of them as potential customers and protect their game even more next time.. | ||
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