Just read about EA's latest DRM and SimCity related PR desaster. There'll be some interesting press relases next year. Mass layoffs instead of Mass Effect. :eek:
These fuckers aren't going down, they have too much capital.
But BOY WILL THESE ASSHOLES SHRINK.
The pope doesn't have the same job description as the High Priest. According to Tradition, the pope is taking over the position of Peter as the rock upon which the rest of the Church resides. It's a first among equals thing, where technically the pope is basically just the bishop of Rome, but since Rome is the most important place, he gets the biggest say. Or at least that's how it started out, and was for a long time. Now with so much media and such, the position is elevated because there's more media attention.
Just read about EA's latest DRM and SimCity related PR desaster. There'll be some interesting press relases next year. Mass layoffs instead of Mass Effect. :eek:
These fuckers aren't going down, they have too much capital.
But BOY WILL THESE ASSHOLES SHRINK.
You never know.
It only takes one stupid mistake to screw a big company like that over.
The funny thing is, I bet a lot of people would have been fine if these companies just make the online/multiplayer functions of the game have DRM, maybe they would have bought multiplayer dlc too, but when people expect a title to be singleplayer based, (and its likely Sim city was advertised that way), they expect that part of the game to be fully featured and accessible locally.
That's is where EA (and UbiSoft) fail dramatically at, and where the backlash is coming from.
(Because once you rely on server side online, it puts the company, not the consumer in the driving seat. Its an uncomfortable position for a customer to be in. To have no control over when the game experience ends. What if they want to play it a couple of years down the line and the company has already pulled the kill switch? A wasted purchase and a ruined experience. That's what it is)
I'm not sure even EA can buy their way out of this one. The PC community is very vocal and unforgetting.
I wouldn't be surprised to see EA pull back their PC strategy a little and refocus on the new console and mobile markets.
( I mean come on! The only reason people have Origin installed AT ALL is because of their own product exclusives. And they know it. But they certainly aren't learning anything from it. They just seem to assume they will be successful in the end.)
The funny thing is, I bet a lot of people would have been fine if these companies just make the online/multiplayer functions of the game have DRM, maybe they would have bought multiplayer dlc too, but when people expect a title to be singleplayer based, (and its likely Sim city was advertised that way), they expect that part of the game to be fully featured and accessible locally.
That's is where EA (and UbiSoft) fail dramatically at, and where the backlash is coming from.
(Because once you rely on server side online, it puts the company, not the consumer in the driving seat. Its an uncomfortable position for a customer to be in. To have no control over when the game experience ends. What if they want to play it a couple of years down the line and the company has already pulled the kill switch? A wasted purchase and a ruined experience. That's what it is)
I'm not sure even EA can buy their way out of this one. The PC community is very vocal and unforgetting.
I wouldn't be surprised to see EA pull back their PC strategy a little and refocus on the new console and mobile markets.
I *still* play SimCity 2000 on occasion. Here's the issue: I liked the upgradable roads and buildings. I liked the idea that cities could specialize and trade. Cities XL does that, from what I understand. But if I want a city area entirely owned and operated by me, with my own cities interacting among themselves, offline, I *can't* do that in the new SimCity. That's like taking away that power in the Sims (where you can own and operate multiple households, swapping between as you like).
"I now pronounce you... NO Patrick!!! Its me you truly want! Marry me! "
*uses the power of magnets to force broad off the platform*
"Search your mind Charles... You know we are meant for each other"
( I mean come on! The only reason people have Origin installed AT ALL is because of their own product exclusives. And they know it. But they certainly aren't learning anything from it. They just seem to assume they will be successful in the end.)
Actually I installed it so the EA Update Manager would stop nagging me about it every time I turned on my computer. I give so little of a damn about this that I just wish it would die so I could just uninstall it. and go back to the old update manager
If it weren't for the always online DRM, and the fact that the servers are ass, I'd probably get the new SimCity. I've never been good at SimCity, but that's because I couldn't be assed to learn how to play. I would just build cities, and send in the disasters. Did I mention I was 7 at the time?
The new SimCity looks lovely and the multiplayer aspect is a real draw for me. It's enough for me to actually learn. It's just the always online DRM. What if I'm at my mother's house and I want to show her the game? She doesn't have internet at all. I wouldn't be able to show it to her. Which is sad because she'd love the game.
What about peoples poor mothers, EA? What about our poor mothers? THINK OF THE MOTHERS WHO PLAY YOUR GAMES!
Actually, aside from the always DRM, there's this issue of the AI of the game actually sucking. No kidding even, reddit is full of big bugs in the game which break the game horrendously, unless you specifically play the game a certain way.
Take, for examples, agents going in circles because they prefer to walk alongside a park, but will never reach their destination because of that, or huge traffic jams because cars always take the shortest path, even though it might not be the most optimal path.
Sure, it can all be fixed with patches, but you generally shouldn't sell an obvious beta game as if it were completed.
I've been wondering what the difference is between "a massive crush" and being in love.
Frankly, I don't know how you can get them mixed up. They're not even remotely related. I mean, really, unless you really like orange soda in which case I've completely ruined this joke.
My mom bought a 12 pack of Lime Crush maybe two years ago, and most of it has sat around our basement ever since because nobody ever wants to bring it up and drink it. I tried one once. It wasn't bad. And I still never bring a can up and put it in the fridge.
Can I punch the person who thought that Evil Dead YouTube ad was a good idea? That thing scares the hell out of me before the Skip button works and I find myself rapidly clicking skip
Frankly, I don't know how you can get them mixed up. They're not even remotely related. I mean, really, unless you really like orange soda in which case I've completely ruined this joke.
Finally SOMEONE answers the question from the first page of this thread, anno 2010.
BTW, this thread might be seen as a monstrosity by some. But the Dreamfall Chapters community has already brought a similar thread to 190 pages in five days. I wonder where they'll be at year's end.
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Photocopy the last 7, see if anyone notices....
Sinn Féin Irishmen? San Francisco Irishmen? Smelly Farting Irishmen?
It's my mutation.
What mathematical equation can be used to approximate a werewolf at the full moon?
A furrier transform.
Ouch.
These fuckers aren't going down, they have too much capital.
But BOY WILL THESE ASSHOLES SHRINK.
You never know.
It only takes one stupid mistake to screw a big company like that over.
I mean THQ killed themselves with Udraw.
That's is where EA (and UbiSoft) fail dramatically at, and where the backlash is coming from.
(Because once you rely on server side online, it puts the company, not the consumer in the driving seat. Its an uncomfortable position for a customer to be in. To have no control over when the game experience ends. What if they want to play it a couple of years down the line and the company has already pulled the kill switch? A wasted purchase and a ruined experience. That's what it is)
I'm not sure even EA can buy their way out of this one. The PC community is very vocal and unforgetting.
I wouldn't be surprised to see EA pull back their PC strategy a little and refocus on the new console and mobile markets.
( I mean come on! The only reason people have Origin installed AT ALL is because of their own product exclusives. And they know it. But they certainly aren't learning anything from it. They just seem to assume they will be successful in the end.)
I *still* play SimCity 2000 on occasion. Here's the issue: I liked the upgradable roads and buildings. I liked the idea that cities could specialize and trade. Cities XL does that, from what I understand. But if I want a city area entirely owned and operated by me, with my own cities interacting among themselves, offline, I *can't* do that in the new SimCity. That's like taking away that power in the Sims (where you can own and operate multiple households, swapping between as you like).
"I now pronounce you... NO Patrick!!! Its me you truly want! Marry me! "
*uses the power of magnets to force broad off the platform*
"Search your mind Charles... You know we are meant for each other"
"...I...I... "
TO BE CONTINUED...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sHcHQI6OtI
Actually I installed it so the EA Update Manager would stop nagging me about it every time I turned on my computer. I give so little of a damn about this that I just wish it would die so I could just uninstall it. and go back to the old update manager
If it weren't for the always online DRM, and the fact that the servers are ass, I'd probably get the new SimCity. I've never been good at SimCity, but that's because I couldn't be assed to learn how to play. I would just build cities, and send in the disasters. Did I mention I was 7 at the time?
The new SimCity looks lovely and the multiplayer aspect is a real draw for me. It's enough for me to actually learn. It's just the always online DRM. What if I'm at my mother's house and I want to show her the game? She doesn't have internet at all. I wouldn't be able to show it to her. Which is sad because she'd love the game.
What about peoples poor mothers, EA? What about our poor mothers? THINK OF THE MOTHERS WHO PLAY YOUR GAMES!
Second one.
Take, for examples, agents going in circles because they prefer to walk alongside a park, but will never reach their destination because of that, or huge traffic jams because cars always take the shortest path, even though it might not be the most optimal path.
Sure, it can all be fixed with patches, but you generally shouldn't sell an obvious beta game as if it were completed.
They'd better have named it ShamCity.
Yes thank you we can read it for ourselves. Magneto is marrying Professor X okay cute whatever.
If that disturbs you you probably won't want to see this then.
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It's from the new Evil Dead movie. It's a possessed character or Deadite.
>_>.... <_<
I need to get round to watching that remake....
Once possessed, they tend to get real ugly.
Frankly, I don't know how you can get them mixed up. They're not even remotely related. I mean, really, unless you really like orange soda in which case I've completely ruined this joke.
Finally SOMEONE answers the question from the first page of this thread, anno 2010.
BTW, this thread might be seen as a monstrosity by some. But the Dreamfall Chapters community has already brought a similar thread to 190 pages in five days. I wonder where they'll be at year's end.