Tech Times: "EA went ahead and announced its "EA Access" subscription service for the Xbox One. It's exclusive to that console because Sony doesn't view it as a good deal for PlayStation 4 owners. We're going to look at whether or not this service is worth its weight in gold, can it be successful, and should Sony reconsider its decision to give it the cold shoulder."
Today Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson provided a look into his ideas for the use of generative AI in the company's development processes.
EA is still a shady shitty company even with or without the help of Skynet. All they will use AI for is new ways to milk loot boxes and come up with the same sports title with a different year on the label. They are one company I truly do hate with a passion. They single handedly ruined some great franchise with their death touch. ME, Dead Space, Alice Returns, Dante's Inferno.
EA layoffs followed by 'Generative AI to Drive Monetization'
I knew it. Wonder what AI salary looks like? Nothing.
And take away creativity, and people's jobs as we've been seeing. Got it.
No thanks. I want my games created by people, not AI.
EA doesn't want to lose their title of worst gaming company ever, always trying their best to remain the champs!
What's sad is that they have so much potential to be a decent publisher.
SSX Tricky / SSX 3
Def Jam Vendetta / Fight for New York
NBA Street
NFL Steet
Mirror's Edge
Bad Company
Burnout 3 / 4 / 5
Remember when EA used to be awesome? It's all over with now. Unpolished, if not out-right broken games these days. Endless monetization and gambling in their sports games, and let's not forget wasting hours of your life trying to unlock characters or equipment using "surprise boxes!"
Gareth, Justin, and JoeyZ look at Layoff news for EA and Sony and reasons behind the downturn in the industry and more.
EA CEO Andrew Wilson writes: "In this time of change, we expect these decisions to impact approximately 5 percent of our workforce. I understand this will create uncertainty and be challenging for many who have worked with such dedication and passion and have made important contributions to our company. While not every team will be impacted, this is the hardest part of these changes, and we have deeply considered every option to try and limit impacts to our teams. Our primary goal is to provide team members with opportunities to find new roles and paths to transition onto other projects. Where that’s not possible, we will support and work with each colleague with the utmost attention, care, and respect. Communicating these impacts has already begun and will be largely completed by early next quarter."
All the big ones doing the same stuff. Terrible. I just hope that all these people are able to get a new job as soon as possible, God know that it is horrible to be left jobless when you have your kids or your parents depending on your financial help
The point I feel is problematic about all of this is that focusing on Owned Ip means more sequels, remasters and more of what was selling last year.
Worth what trouble? It took like 3 minutes to apply to the beta and try it ...
"Is it worth it's weight in gold?" Well, I think it is. As of right now the back log is a bit underwhelming, but in a year or two it will be an insanely good deal, even now the price seems extremely fair and the presentation is pretty nice as well. Just download the full game as if you own it and play it, simple as that. Obviously not everyone will be akin to this though, that's just the nature of any market.
Not to knock anyone. But if Sony would have been down with this it would have been the best thing since sliced bread. If you look at past articles and comments the PS fan want a subscription service as well (PS Now) . This is just the start PS+ did not start out with four games, early trials. It took time for + and now GWG to get started. I really don't understand the hate, if your a gamer the $30 subscription pays for itself with more to come. Rome was not build in a day neither will this but in time this may be a thing of the past. This is something publishers and developers want, especially since this gen is supposed to be more expensive than what it was in the past. When others get down with this (and believe me there will be more) us as gamers need to show our support and stop crying for EVERYTHING to be FREE.
Do you have the games offered? Do you want the early access and discounts?
Is it worth it to you?
PS...there is no wrong answer
Sorry but what exactly is the trouble? lol, it literally takes seconds to sign up and your downloading the games.
I don't see what's bad about it so far I'll be giving it a go but I do have a sneaky suspicion that EA will raise the price once the library starts to get bigger.