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As dumb and as sad as this, it very well may happend. Smart business, I guess.
I'm not against all DLC (RDR and GTA IV are examples imo that got it right), but when I buy a book, I don't have to spend more money to get added on chapters at the end.
Too bad that version of video games is dying off.
I'm not against all DLC (RDR and GTA IV are examples imo that got it right), but when I buy a book, I don't have to spend more money to get added on chapters at the end.
Too bad that version of video games is dying off.
All I saw was that header in my RSS Reader, to know that Jim Sterling wrote this article.
Now, time to read the above article.
Now, time to read the above article.
*Looks at dead horse, pulls out beating stick*
Because EA isn't making money on games anymore! I mean, they're certainly not the only one, but EA's bloat has gotten so bad that they're totally giving up on making money off the games themselves, and instead focusing on making their profits on the transformation of every game into a platform for digital services.
They're like movie theaters. They understand they can't make money on the movies anymore, so they're going to build their business around getting you to the concession stand.
It's mind blowing how publishers are so addicted to the AAA model that they'd rather double down on it's few remaining profitable bits rather than admit they're driving the market into the dirt, and changing things for the better. They're doubling down on a losing bet, and they don't seem to give a fuck at all.
Because EA isn't making money on games anymore! I mean, they're certainly not the only one, but EA's bloat has gotten so bad that they're totally giving up on making money off the games themselves, and instead focusing on making their profits on the transformation of every game into a platform for digital services.
They're like movie theaters. They understand they can't make money on the movies anymore, so they're going to build their business around getting you to the concession stand.
It's mind blowing how publishers are so addicted to the AAA model that they'd rather double down on it's few remaining profitable bits rather than admit they're driving the market into the dirt, and changing things for the better. They're doubling down on a losing bet, and they don't seem to give a fuck at all.
EA will probably find themselves in over their heads if everything goes all "freemium." They will have to compete squarely with small studios with 1/100th the employees and advertising budget, who will be selling add-ons for 1/100th of the price. The current $60+DLC price fixing is about all that is keeping them afloat, I think. (And good riddance!)
I can imagine it now. "Welcome to World Of Warcraft Effect Space Age Madden 2018 tap here to make a character. I see you're trying to make a character with blonde hair. Blonde hair is $.50 and brown is $.40. Please select which color hair you want. Red and black will be added down the line for a combined total of $1.50! Be sure to check back in the future for more hair DLCs!"
I've never been motivated to spend money on a free to play game, or even play one seriously. If something is free, chances are I play it because it's free and I have no intention of spending money on it. I don't want to have to have to constantly buy credits to buy some new thing just to be on a equal level with stupid people that throw hundreds of dollars into this crap, and I'm 100% sure that's how EA will handle it.
Who the fuck walks into a Gap to listen to music? Also, I'm guessing those "microtransactions" at The Gap are like $60 dress pants. Look, dude, I know you're rich, but for some people paying over $100 on clothing is not a "microtransaction."
Also, WHO WALKS INTO A GAP TO LISTEN TO MUSIC? What a batshit analogy.
Also, WHO WALKS INTO A GAP TO LISTEN TO MUSIC? What a batshit analogy.
my problem with this is that once everything is free to play the industry won't be saved it'll only die faster.
how are you gonna get people to pay your "micro"transactions when there are a billion games that ask the same?
i'm sure they think everyone is sitting on a heap of cash but sadly that's not true.
i mean if you've gotta choose 1 time 60$ dollars or over 500$ hidden in microtransactions per game which will work out the best?
and yes you don't have to buy anything in a f2p game but many of them kind of force you to.
how are you gonna get people to pay your "micro"transactions when there are a billion games that ask the same?
i'm sure they think everyone is sitting on a heap of cash but sadly that's not true.
i mean if you've gotta choose 1 time 60$ dollars or over 500$ hidden in microtransactions per game which will work out the best?
and yes you don't have to buy anything in a f2p game but many of them kind of force you to.
I want to wipe EA of the face of this planet. I want to crumble them into little pieces and throw them into the wind. I want to take EA, turn her around and rape her bum, whilst calling her scum. I wouldn't stop till she gets prolapse.
"It's free to me to walk into The Gap in my local shopping mall. They don't charge me to walk in there. I can walk into The Gap, enjoy the music, look at the jeans and what have you, but if I want to buy something I have to pay for it."
What the fuck does this have to do with games?!?! This is the most asinine analogy I've ever heard, I'm not even exaggerating.
It's like if I were to illustrate EAs complete disconnect from the real world by saying that it's kinda like when my cat licks his asshole after pooping.
And if you're scratching your head at that - that is exactly my point!
What the fuck does this have to do with games?!?! This is the most asinine analogy I've ever heard, I'm not even exaggerating.
It's like if I were to illustrate EAs complete disconnect from the real world by saying that it's kinda like when my cat licks his asshole after pooping.
And if you're scratching your head at that - that is exactly my point!
Hey Jim, what's up with this header image?
I might be wrong, but it sure seems like you're trying to use homoeroticism as a way to evoke fear. If not, I'd really like to hear what exactly it is that you're trying to evoke with this image. Because, if I'm right, I think that's quite bigoted and offensive, and since I generally respect your views I'd like to give you an opportunity to explain yourself before I write you off as a homophobe.
I might be wrong, but it sure seems like you're trying to use homoeroticism as a way to evoke fear. If not, I'd really like to hear what exactly it is that you're trying to evoke with this image. Because, if I'm right, I think that's quite bigoted and offensive, and since I generally respect your views I'd like to give you an opportunity to explain yourself before I write you off as a homophobe.
I actually left gaming because of EA fuck face and the like. Those company are simply disgusting. I know, they are here to make money, but they really have to be ass about it? I'm playing Free to play game (blacklight, tribe, LoL and waiting on planetside ahd hawken) and I'm having lots of fun...
Fuck EA, and Fuck EA again. I hope they NEVER tackle the free to play market, because if they do..prepare for some major failure.
Fuck EA, and Fuck EA again. I hope they NEVER tackle the free to play market, because if they do..prepare for some major failure.
Now I can't argue that the idea of a bunch of free high quality games isn't cool. It is, it reminds me of Tribes, LoL, perhaps if Diablo 3 was free, stuff like that. MMO's. But really, if the whole industry moved in that direction and singleplayer games died I would probably stop being a gamer. Good thing Kickstarter and Indie games are emerging.
Buying EA dlc is like passing that prostitute and her two daughters, standing outside of the 7/11.
They tell me each blowjob is $5, but they say I can bundle them for $14.90 and save.
But I decline, because of the obvious herp around their lips and I walk away. As I leave they knock me out with a cloth soaked in chloroform and give me only one blowjob and a handjob.
When I wake up in the 7/11 restroom floor, I realize they took the $50 in my wallet, my debit card, and my liscense.
They tell me each blowjob is $5, but they say I can bundle them for $14.90 and save.
But I decline, because of the obvious herp around their lips and I walk away. As I leave they knock me out with a cloth soaked in chloroform and give me only one blowjob and a handjob.
When I wake up in the 7/11 restroom floor, I realize they took the $50 in my wallet, my debit card, and my liscense.
Gee, I wonder how anyone could possibly hate EA?
I mean, its like being the disgusting filth based avatars of greed and consumer spite doesnt qualify you to be so despised that the public actively seeks to destroy you and see you broken and starving anymore in some folks eyes.
Really, defend this shit, its just capitalism. Thats how we make a better world right? We just shut up and not complain, that has historically fixed every problem ever right?
If we showed even a semblance of community we could shut shit like this right down forever inside of just 1 big release.
I mean, its like being the disgusting filth based avatars of greed and consumer spite doesnt qualify you to be so despised that the public actively seeks to destroy you and see you broken and starving anymore in some folks eyes.
Really, defend this shit, its just capitalism. Thats how we make a better world right? We just shut up and not complain, that has historically fixed every problem ever right?
If we showed even a semblance of community we could shut shit like this right down forever inside of just 1 big release.
i walk into the gap and just look at stuff and chill out all the time. not.
the gap is a SHOP you fucking moron. are free to play games the equivalent of a shop? what the fuck is that supposed to mean? i can't believe anyone would be stupid enough to make that analogy, because if it's an accurate one, Peter Moore has fundamentally lost the plot, although it doesn't surprise me that the COO of a major videogame publisher looks for inspiration in a shopping mall.
and really, fuck the gap.
the gap is a SHOP you fucking moron. are free to play games the equivalent of a shop? what the fuck is that supposed to mean? i can't believe anyone would be stupid enough to make that analogy, because if it's an accurate one, Peter Moore has fundamentally lost the plot, although it doesn't surprise me that the COO of a major videogame publisher looks for inspiration in a shopping mall.
and really, fuck the gap.
On one side, I get to try out the games I am not sure if I hate.
Another, I don't get to enjoy them until I throw some money at them...which is why I don't play F2P games normally.
Oh well, I get a sick satisfaction out of the idea or roaming around a game world made by EA and laughing as I purchase nothing and give them no money for their work, simply because they are complete shit heads.
Another, I don't get to enjoy them until I throw some money at them...which is why I don't play F2P games normally.
Oh well, I get a sick satisfaction out of the idea or roaming around a game world made by EA and laughing as I purchase nothing and give them no money for their work, simply because they are complete shit heads.
Its-kinda-like-when-you-eat-pizza-thats-too-hot-and-you-burn-the-back-of-your-gums-in-between-your-two-front-teeth,and-the-little-flap-of-skin-just-kinda-hangs-thereso-you-prod-it-with-your-tongue-for-awhile-thinking-"damn-this-hurts"before-you-have-another-slice...thats-just-like-microtransactions
The problem is that with EA they wont make games free to try, theyre going to keep doing micros on top of the $60 game.
EA is out of its damned mind
F2P works for online shooters and games with little to no story/
But like what was asked, he said it wouldnt work for a game like mass effect so basically its a niche
microtransactions......go game industry go.......
F2P works for online shooters and games with little to no story/
But like what was asked, he said it wouldnt work for a game like mass effect so basically its a niche
microtransactions......go game industry go.......
Yeah, I agree with the sentiment that Mr. Moore missed the boat somewhat with the analogy. It's less walking into the Gap and listening to music and shopping for jeans, and more walking into the Gap and being sexually assaulted in the dressing room as you try on a pair of capris.
... It's ElectronicArts. I would expect any less when it comes to the epic amount of trolling they've displayed in recent years. As I always point out, it is only going to get worse still. Trust me, this is not the lowest that ElectronicArts, or any other major publisher/corporation can (and will) go.
Brace yourselves.. I see a prison rape scene abound!
Brace yourselves.. I see a prison rape scene abound!
Jim, please don't respond to MRR, he doesn't understand what homophobia is and we don't need him being embarrassed further on the front page.
also, I'm going to start referring to onered as nostradomus
also, I'm going to start referring to onered as nostradomus
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2012-06-21-stock-ticker-why-eas-market-valuation-has-crashed?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=european-daily
what future does EA have i wonder? They wont be around in 10 years
what future does EA have i wonder? They wont be around in 10 years
The Gap analogy is terrible. It implies that the future of free-to-play are games in which none of the actual content you care about is available until you pay. That's not free-to-play, that's just charging afterward instead of up front!
I think F2P is going to be a lot bigger than it is but I think there will always be a place for games you can just buy with a one-off payment. I also don't see microtransactions being that viable for anything other than MP - how would a F2P horror game work with microtransactions, for instance?
This is already basically true. Pretty much every PS3 and 360 game offers least one piece of DLC these days. If you disregard the ones with free DLC its prominence drops a little bit but all the major and mid-tier releases are swinging strongly in this direction. It'd be nice if it meant even a small reduction in initial price point though.
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