Vapourware LOL ELECTRONIC ARTS: The EA Thread

[DraQ]

You modern fag. Back in the days we were used to call a year old things new.

Pff.
I call up to 7 year old things "new" and up to 14 year old ones "not old".

 

[Angthoron]

You modern fag. Back in the days we were used to call a year old things new.

I expect modern solutions from a modern company like EA.

 

[Smejki]

 

[Dexter]

Looks like EA even fails to deliver lulz these days

http://www.polygon.com/2013/4/16/42...ss-action-suit-will-pay-out-triple-as-part-of
http://www.washingtonpost.com/busin...a366f0-a5f6-11e2-8302-3c7e0ea97057_story.html
http://www.gamepolitics.com/2013/04/15/ea-lays-some-staff-ireland-customer-service-center
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/new...-Cuts-Staff-at-Playfish-and-Hyderabad-Studios
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2417695,00.asp
http://www.idigitaltimes.com/articl...dlc-attractions-set-free-crest-toothpaste.htm

The SimCity DLC known as the Attractions Set unlocks five new buildings for your SimCity building pleasure. Each one does two things: they improve the happiness of poorer citizens of your city and bring tourists rich and poor from other cities in the region. The five buildings are the Giant Garden Gnome, Dolly the Dinosaur, Llary the Llama [sic], MaxisMan, and the World's Largest Ball of Twine. Truly great sideshows for your burgeoning metropolis.

 

[Commissar Draco]

Thanks for trying to lighten the mood Comrade Dexter but new Sim City is too and pathetic to amuse me Now I shed manly tears how this once great series got ed. for effort and good intentions though.

 

[DraQ]

Looks like EA even fails to deliver lulz these days

http://www.polygon.com/2013/4/16/42...ss-action-suit-will-pay-out-triple-as-part-of
http://www.washingtonpost.com/busin...a366f0-a5f6-11e2-8302-3c7e0ea97057_story.html
http://www.gamepolitics.com/2013/04/15/ea-lays-some-staff-ireland-customer-service-center
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/new...-Cuts-Staff-at-Playfish-and-Hyderabad-Studios
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2417695,00.asp
http://www.idigitaltimes.com/articl...dlc-attractions-set-free-crest-toothpaste.htm

The SimCity DLC known as the Attractions Set unlocks five new buildings for your SimCity building pleasure. Each one does two things: they improve the happiness of poorer citizens of your city and bring tourists rich and poor from other cities in the region. The five buildings are the Giant Garden Gnome, Dolly the Dinosaur, Llary the Llama [sic], MaxisMan, and the World's Largest Ball of Twine. Truly great sideshows for your burgeoning metropolis.

What EA is doing to it's customers is more along the lines of Anal-B, actually.

 

[msxyz]

Oh God, where do I sign up for one of those Neo-Luddism groups?

 

[tadhg]

Plus redeem cool content for SimCity PC or The Sims Social, and get discounts off EA games.

Today we are informing players of the difficult decision to retire some of our Facebook games: The Sims Social, SimCity Social and Pet Society.

 

[evdk]

Plus redeem cool content for SimCity PC or The Sims Social, and get discounts off EA games.

Today we are informing players of the difficult decision to retire some of our Facebook games: The Sims Social, SimCity Social and Pet Society.

Cancellation is the coolest content upgrade social games can get.

 

[FeelTheRads]

DLCs already. Can the game be played yet? Did they fix the mechanics? I would guess not, but just get DLCs, they need your money to fix the game.

 

[GarfunkeL]

You can't fix the game when it's designed to be a turd.

 

[Brinko]

https://twitter.com/derricks/status/324523902422364160

SimCity Lead leaves EA.

 

[Infinitron]

https://twitter.com/derricks/status/324523902422364160

SimCity Lead leaves EA.

He's the "Online Engineering Lead". Makes sense.

 

[Jashiin]

https://twitter.com/derricks/status/324523902422364160

SimCity Lead leaves EA.

His desk:

 

[Spectacle]

The black box to the right of his monitor is probably the "cloud server" hosting SimCity.

 

[DraQ]

You can't fix the game when it's designed to be a turd.

This.

Some things are broken in their essence.

 

[Cyberarmy]

DLCs already. Can the game be played yet? Did they fix the mechanics? I would guess not, but just get DLCs, they need your money to fix the game.

Sick fucks and their DLCs...They seem to going for the award for third time.

"The five buildings are the Giant Garden Gnome, Dolly the Dinosaur, Llary the Llama [sic], MaxisMan, and the World's Largest Ball of Twine."

At least use some imagination...

 

[Zewp]

In the first place, who wants giant fucking statues of Gnomes, Dinosaurs or Llama's in their neighborhood? That should actually drive happiness down.

Oh, and for anyone who doesn't know, if someone abandons a city you cannot move into it unless you owned all the DLC he did. That means if someone in your region buys toothpaste and gets this shit, and you don't, if he abandons his plot you've got an unusable empty plot.

 

[Jashiin]

EA's perception of inhabitants' reactions to Commercial abominations littering the neighbourhood:

 

[Smejki]

DLCs already. Can the game be played yet? Did they fix the mechanics?

It needs complete redesign. Non functioning always-on is the smallest problem of this shit.

 

[Turjan]

That EA DLC is an abomination.

In other news, Mass Effect 2 made it into an indie bundle:

The Indie Gala - Mass Effect

Comes with an extra portion of Origin :D. After THQ, also Bioware now qualifies as "indie".

 

[Gord]

That means if someone in your region buys toothpaste and gets this shit, and you don't, if he abandons his plot you've got an unusable empty plot.

Fucking dental hygiene...

 

[Kitako]

Sadly, I have the feeling EA will never die.

 

[Lorica]

This Consumerist site... I could learn to like them.

 

[Major_Blackhart]

So, will actvision win this latest lawsuit?