Vapourware LOL ELECTRONIC ARTS: The EA Thread

[Infinitron]

You must have done that on purpose.

 

[Angthoron]

Am I supposed to click a Kotaku link?

 

[Infinitron]

Am I supposed to click a Kotaku link?

It's a link from 2009.

 

[Angthoron]

Am I supposed to click a Kotaku link?

It's a link from 2009.

It's still a Kotaku link.

 

[Smejki]

Still better than IGN or Polygon

 

[Wilian]

Still better than IGN or Polygon

So shit is fine since you once tasted diarrhea?

 

[Mother Russia]

Am I supposed to click a Kotaku link?

It's a link from 2009.

So why don't we see EA logo on Facebook apps?

 

[Infinitron]

Am I supposed to click a Kotaku link?

It's a link from 2009.

So why don't we see EA logo on Facebook apps?

https://apps.facebook.com/simcitysocial/welcome?&redirect_addr

Not for long though: http://www.businessinsider.com/ea-kills-simcity-social-and-several-other-facebook-games-2013-4

 

[Micmu]

A good blast from the past!
So their doomed social experiment lasted for almost 4 years. That's commendable.

 

[DragoFireheart]

Fuck EA.

 

[Gurkog]

Its no wonder why their social apps like the Dragon Age one died. Players could only do about 5 minutes worth of stuff a day unless they paid $5 for some in game currency. So $5 a day to play a shitty social app..... ya, no one could have foresaw that kind of price structure crumbling.

 

[Smejki]

Still better than IGN or Polygon

So shit is fine since you once tasted diarrhea?

I rememeber reading some fine articles on Kotaku. Pile of crap + few gems lying next to it is still better than pure pile of crap. Just don't step aside or you might get dirty.

 

[Angthoron]

Still better than IGN or Polygon

So shit is fine since you once tasted diarrhea?

I rememeber reading some fine articles on Kotaku. Pile of crap + few gems lying next to it is still better than pure pile of crap. Just don't step aside or you might get dirty.

Which is exactly why bros don't link bros Kotaku articles. Bros copypaste 'em. True bros emphasize the best parts, too.

 

[Wilian]

You never should inflict unwanted "necessities" on anyone. You can copypaste the text, that will be enough.

 

[Smejki]

Still better than IGN or Polygon

So shit is fine since you once tasted diarrhea?

I rememeber reading some fine articles on Kotaku. Pile of crap + few gems lying next to it is still better than pure pile of crap. Just don't step aside or you might get dirty.

Which is exactly why bros don't link bros Kotaku articles. Bros copypaste 'em. True bros emphasize the best parts, too.

Hand-holding? Casual surfing? Here on 'dex? Pussies!

 

[Angthoron]

Yeah, this is why everyone should lick shit to know it's shit, because it's hardcore and non-hand-holding.

 

[Wilian]

Still better than IGN or Polygon

So shit is fine since you once tasted diarrhea?

I rememeber reading some fine articles on Kotaku. Pile of crap + few gems lying next to it is still better than pure pile of crap. Just don't step aside or you might get dirty.

Which is exactly why bros don't link bros Kotaku articles. Bros copypaste 'em. True bros emphasize the best parts, too.

Hand-holding? Casual surfing? Here on 'dex? Pussies!

I'd like to make a joke about 2012 members, but I really can't since I'm 2011 myself.

 

[Clockwork Knight]

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2013-05-03-kabam-exec-calls-ea-layoffs-darwinism-at-work

Kabam exec calls EA layoffs "Darwinism at work"

Andrew Sheppard says publisher caught in disruption, likens it to brick-and-mortar busts like Borders and Blockbuster

Last month, Electronic Arts laid off a reported 1,000 employees in the latest attempt to turn the publisher's fortunes around. In a guest editorial on VentureBeat today, Kabam president Andrew Sheppard called it "industry Darwinism," a sign of a changing business leaving the old ways behind.

An ex-EA employee himself, Sheppard expressed his condolences to those affected.

"But you can't stop evolution," Sheppard said. "Console game companies are standing on the same ground as others that were disrupted before them. Borders was shuttered by Amazon, Blockbuster buried by Netflix, and Encyclopedia Britannica withered by Wikipedia. When consumers get something faster and cheaper via the Internet, disruption occurs, and the companies that don't evolve quickly inevitably decline."

Sheppard said there's a wave of disruption hitting the industry right now, one that favors free-to-play and mobile devices over boxed retail products and consoles.

"Consumers, of course, have the final say," Sheppard said. "They're voting with not only their pocketbooks but their bags as well. Free-to-play has taught consumers they don't need to shell out $60 for a game before they even try it. Free-to-play has changed how we pay for our entertainment. Mobile devices have changed how we play our games. Together, they're an unbeatable foe for the venerable console games industry."

Naturally, those are two areas Kabam focuses on. It operates 20 browser-based free-to-play titles, including Wartune and Kingdoms of Camelot. Additionally, it has more than a dozen offerings on iOS and Android devices, such as the multiplatform efforts Book of Heroes and The Hobbit: Kingdoms of Middle-earth. Last year, the firm brought in revenues of $180 million.

EA - Gaming. Evolved.

 

[Excommunicator]

Yeah, imagine that, a completely new method by which we can demotry a game before spending $60 dollars on it. I'm so glad we have such an innovative industry!

"OH AND BY THE WAY although my opinion is objective and insightful, it just so happens the company I run operates on exactly this strategy with its games! Come give them a try! They're free!"



Great thread btw

 

[DraQ]

Yeah, imagine that, a completely new method by which we can demotry a game before spending $60 dollars on it. I'm so glad we have such an innovative industry!

"OH AND BY THE WAY although my opinion is objective and insightful, it just so happens the company I run operates on exactly this strategy with its games! Come give them a try! They're free!"



Great thread btw

EA is, as usual, way ahead of their competition.
We no longer even need to try their games for free to know that they are shit - customer's time is precious, after all.

 

[Micmu]

More like Dawnism at work am I rite

 

[DragoFireheart]

When the fuck is the gaming ITZ going to come?

 

[Papa Môlé]

When the fuck is the ITZ going to come?

 

[Brinko]

http://www.digitalspy.com/gaming/ne...red-by-ea-announcement-tipped-for-monday.html

Oh christ Sims 4. Can't wait to see all the videos where people's sims continuously take a shit and never stop so they die of starvation or something equally retarded and lulzy.

 

[Hoaxmetal]

So, new sims game with some new gameplay elements sans the tons of content from previous versions' expansions. Great.