It's going to be such a hack job with this takeover.

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[–] 53 points 8 months ago (3 children)

They might as well. I can't avoid buying EA games any harder than I already do.

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  • [–] 37 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    "So we're like, evil evil now" EA, probably.

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  • [–] 28 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Journalists are about to become a playable faction in battlefield

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  • [–] 25 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    Its shockingly sad how what EA was back in the early 90s to what it is now.

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  • [–] 11 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    They always butchered games. What you're remembering are the games made by studios that EA purchased, made before they were gutted for IP.

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    I could have sworn this one early mech game was made by EA (early/ mid 90s) Ultrabots in NA. Nope they just published it. I had a ton of fun with it but guess they mostly produced even if they owned the studio. Unsure in that case but we know how EA works. So appreciate you making me check that cause in my head they made some grear games I played not just published them. I'm sure their earlier days they must have but didn't look.

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)
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    early 2000s EA was also on the horse. It used to be that when you hear "EA Games, challenge everything" upon opening a game, you knew that you are up for a good time. By the end of 00s that would drastically change

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  • [–] 18 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    EA:

    We can go lower

    Like, everyone knows that EA is a terrible company, but it's insane how they continually lower the bar. It's honestly impressive how EA keeps innovating new ways to piss off consumers.

    If they ever lose their sports exclusivity contracts, they're cooked.

    Madden and FIFA is why they'll never stop being profitable

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    That’s a bit extreme. Everything from Hazelight (It Takes Two, Split Fiction) is sublime, they still have Respawn making Star Wars games. They have Sims. And (outside sports games) they’ve dialed down the “MTX meme” they were a decade ago.

    …I’m not saying they're good. But they’re nowhere near Activision-Blizzard enshittified, nor hurling towards it as fast as Xbox Studios and some other AAAs.

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  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago

    they still have Respawn making Star Wars games.

    I mean, that's an exclusivity thing again...

    From 2013 to 2023 only EA could work on Star Wars games. It was supposed to be a bunch of high quality epic games...

    We got a couple that were decent because there's no alternatives. And most of the time was wasted on battlefront and it's terrible micro transactions.

    Like...

    "The intent is to provide players with a sense of pride and accomplishment for unlocking different heroes.

    Literally came from the beginning of that exclusivity deal...

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  • [–] 18 points 8 months ago

    You can sell it all you want, you're not going to make me hate EA any more than I already do.

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  • [–] 14 points 8 months ago

    Don't ever buy EA products again. No problem really.

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  • [–] 14 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    If EA, having been purchased, is milked for cash, strip-mined for IP, and then unceremoniously abandoned, it will be very funny.

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    [–] 11 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    If it's over 51% it's all of it for all practical reasons.

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  • [–] 11 points 8 months ago

    Man, they must really like soccer. I mean holy shit.

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  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    SA has a soon to be deady economy, because OIL doesnt last forever so they buy into whatever to keep thier country alive. SPORTSWASHIng , gamewashing.

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    [–] 8 points 8 months ago (7 children)

    I wonder what they'll do with IPs like The Sims. I can't imagine they'll allow same-sex relationships, naturally, but I don't think they'll allow divorce, either. :S

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago

    I suspect that they'd be more hands off than you may expect (if they chose to keep that IP at all). The sovereign wealth fund is first and foremost interested in growing their investment value. And this has only been further cemented as MBS has continued to stripped wahabists of power to the point that they have almost no state involvement anymore.

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    [–] 7 points 8 months ago

    If meeting sales projections fails, heads roll. Literally.

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago

    I just figured out yesterday that you can ignore publishers on Steam, never again will I have to see an EA game in my recommendations.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago

    Will there be bone saws in any future games or le censeur?

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago

    Well, at least Mass Effect LE came out first, I guess. I wonder if playing a new one owned by the Saudis and Kushner would cause some kind of tear in reality.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    Man, I'm going to buy their games even less from now on. I have no clue when I bought the last electronic arts game, but it has to be at least a decade.

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