Gabriel Cavalcanti writes: "Though they've made dubious decisions, shut down a number of promising studios, and perpetuated unlikable business trends, the company isn't inherently evil. It's not as if EA is funneling its money towards the creation of a new Death Star—no pun intended."
The new Escape from Tarkov Unheard Edition has the community in an outrage after promising exclusive access to the new PvE mode for $250 USD.
$250? Do they not know all the other games that already exist or will be made in the future that can do similar?
This is for the hardcore people that have 2500 h in the game. They basically play that one game the whole year.
Oh and those same people are mad as hell at this... what a way to reward fans of your game and annihilate newcomers.
Microsoft just posted the third quarter of its 2024 fiscal financial results. The software maker made $61.9 billion in revenue and a net income of $21.9 billion during Q3. Revenue is up 17 percent, and net income has increased by 20 percent.
Xbox content + services up 62% while hardware down 31%... seems about right with the way they tout you don't need the hardware to play. People can play on their phones or smart tv or other means. I don't hardly play on my consoles directly since getting devices like the logitech g-cloud and ps portal. Which is to also say I have been playing more digital than physical because of these devices.
you should apply in MS PR team buddy, I think you will do a great job in my humble opinion :)
Too expensive hardware when others offer the same or more for less? Good work, Green Team.
"Despite some early successes for Xbox games on rival platforms, Xbox hardware is down by a massive 31 percent this quarter."
"Without Activision Blizzard, Microsoft’s overall gaming revenue would have actually declined this quarter."
"Xbox content and services would have only been up a single percent without Activision Blizzard..."
"It looks like next quarter is going to be a similar story for gaming at Microsoft, too."
That is crazy... so A/B/K is carrying the whole Xbox gaming.
Oh and Microsoft will be fine. Windows, Office and Cloud are growing with each pc purchase.
Activision: "we gonna need a bigger rucksack/backpack please"
Microsoft: "why's that"
Activision: "to carry yo' weak ass'
Top brass have also wanted to start seeing returns on the 100 billion they have put into various Xbox related moves so seeing more multiplatform games is highly likely especially from abk
It's basically saying that PlayStation is the reason Xbox is afloat right now thinks to Ps5 versions of COD
Blizzard writes: "After careful consideration over the last year, we at Blizzard have made the decision not to hold BlizzCon in 2024. This decision was not made lightly as BlizzCon remains a very special event for all of us, and we know many of you look forward to it. While we’re approaching this year differently and as we have explored different event formats in the past, rest assured that we are just as excited as ever to bring BlizzCon back in future years."
How about you not hold Blizzcon anymore period. You fucking POS company. I really hope Blizzard would just die.
I've had issues with EA for years. I don't really buy their games and if I do it's pre owned. Mostly sports titles for one of my sons.
I loved Mass Effect and if you had asked me in 2007 if the series would turn into what Andromeda was I would've said you are crazy but that's exactly what happened.
When Deadspace hit I was blown away and shocked EA was involved but I didn't question it I just enjoyed this rare gem from an otherwise by the numbers company. Fast forward to part 3 and again they destroyed another game that had so much potential.
They love to force multi player modes into games that don't need them. They buy up companies and then gut them.
The amount of money they waste is astonishing. It's like they are in a contest to see how bloated a budget can get. The waste blows my mind and then they try to guilt customers by saying games are so expensive to make and that's why there's season passes, day one DLC, loot crates/boxes etc.
I say if they can't make fun engaging games and make a profit like so many others do then maybe they should try something else.
I've been done with them for years but it seems now with all the fallout from the disaster Battlefront 2 was many more are starting to see them for what they are!
What if Konami isn’t evil? What if Konami & EA just needed a hug? 😂
Sympathy for the Devil? EA make even the devil look good in comparison.
What if websites started writing real articles that weren't clickbait?
EA confused their ways. They forgot that such industry is about fun and client satisfaction. Their intention to monetize and get quick gains got them out of touch with the gaming community.
EA politics will ruin them on the long run of they don't change their politics and their policies. EA continues to destroy great ideas such as Battlefront 2. They abandoned Mass Effect franchise and now they probably will do the same with Anthem.
What sympathy could anyone have for a company that devours great talent, wastes a lot of money on the wrong direction and exploits the player with gambling through loot boxes?
EA directive must be changed and reevaluated from the ground up. Their greed and ambition are murdering great projects and development teams. The attitude they have is not redeemable at all. They try to weasel out the exploitation of their customers who pays them their salary. Each year they harvest gripe, hate and disdain with their decisions.
Instead of delivering fun they try to force profits through a process that hurts the game, developers and the gaming community. Their toxic business strategies must change or these will end up destroying the whole company. I'm glad that many is calling them out for their fiasco.
The gaming community is starting to be aware of these companies adopting one voice against gambling, pay to win, pay walls, grinding, fractured DLCs and unfair prices of incomplete unpolished products. EA took the first beating and if they don't stop the gaming community will boycott them. Take 2, Activision and Ubisoft got away with that long time ago, if these companies doesn't soften up with their policies, the gaming community will continue getting stronger with their boycotts.
We don't sympathize with the devil, with EA's greed, with these companies' ploys, scams, racketeering and their frauds. Many of us are not going to sympathize with companies who takes advantages of kids, enthusiasts and fans. EA must understand that.
As an example to be mentioned Guerrilla Games proved to be the exact opposite providing a great game at a fair price, endless support and a satisfying DLC. Companies who cares for the player, provides a fair treatment and delivers quility must be the ones staying in the business. They earned their place unlike those other companies who tries to grab money in a desperate manner without a fair amount of delivery.
SImple.