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Would be nice if they could get their current services up to par then. Innovation isn't going to happen if what you're offering isn't even half comparable to what else is on the market. It's absolutely pitiful the state Origin was released in, especially from a company with so much money and personnel to throw around. Been months and I still don't consider it even passable.
I can't help but laugh at the desperation seeping from that statement. | |
Competition is always good in a capitalist market. | |
Now go tell that to EA so that they'll let go of the Madden license and let other devs make Football titles again. | |
Making any kind of snide comment now about EA is like making fun of a down syndrome kid in your class who wants to be your friend | |
Madden is not the football genre. | |
That's giving it too much credit. | |
Because Metacritic matters. Well... apparently it does. Which is sad. | |
So you want to be Facebook to Myspace? | |
To be fair if the money's not in your account Valve already gave you the game so they'll just permaban you for it. | |
Steam has that whole "community" thing going on, while GOG has "we're nice", Thief, and no DRM in sight. Long term, GOG looks like winning simply because being nice gets points. The community can switch. Like WoW which dominated the MMO area for years, it's starting to lose out and other games are coming to the fore. It is possible to topple giants, it just takes a bit of effort. | |
Oh wow. EA really needs to learn a little something called humility and take the time to be critically observant. This is just getting them nowhere in the long run and it seems they'll realise too little too late. | |
I'm laughing. I got battlefield 3 for cheap off a friend who didn't even want to open his PC copy. Using Origin proved to me that they have no idea what they're doing. QQ moar, EA. | |
The first rule of tautology club is the first rule of tautology club. | |
Now hang on. Origin made $140 million or the games made $140 million? | |
"A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others." | |
both of which are able to be played while you aren't online. I know because I've done it before with all 3 games, as well as Mass Effect 3. | |
At least they're trying to make it work. I'm not saying it's better than Steam. I'm saying Steam having a monopoly is bad for everyone. It may seem like rainbows and sunshine for the moment, but this isn't good for the consumer. We're already seeing problems with Steam go unanswered for YEARS. Origin isn't really in competition with Steam at this point, but the fact that they are trying to be is good for the consumer, that competitive nature is going to make both Steam and Origin better, and not just price wise either. | |
A game should work when you buy it. I shouldn't have to search the entire internet for a common problem to have it fixed. It should work. This is not something specific to me, it's a broad issue with the game. It directly impacts my ability to play and enjoy the product. It's not that much to ask for things to work when I buy them. | |
"Only people who have no leg to stand on quote Ayn Rand" - Me | |
Not only that but some companies use it as an excuse to not make sequels or release other games in the states. | |
All they have to do is only let Gamesradar judge their games. | |
So they refuse to have sales approaching the kinds of sales Steam has, ban you from some of their games for modding (as opposed to Valve's Steam Workshop), and already have the reputation of the big, evil company? There's simply no way Origin will ever beat Steam if they keep this kind of thing up. | |
I completely forgot the mod thing! yeah completely stupid, and I had really been hoping for a battlefield 2142 mod for battlefield 3. God that would have been sexy... | |
What about the desire to achieve... more than someone else? | |
I could write a lengthy magazine article on how many mistakes Origin makes and how it taking over from Steam or even being a significant challenger to it is laughable. Could it be good if they identified and fixed their many mistakes? Sure, why not. However I think the best Origin can hope for though is being the Google+ to Steam's Facebook, not the Facebook to Steam's MySpace. | |
Steam is actually the worst DD for prices. Other than their sales. That's how they make money like all the regular stores do; get customers in for the sale then rip em off elsewhere. I just don't care for either as they artificially inflate prices for my region so I'll stick to the good guys like GOG and GMG. | |
I kinda just wish that EA would come out one day and say "Yeah, we're jerks. What're you gonna do about it? Now buy new versions of our games that you already own or we're going to burn down your mothers house." | |
*sigh It's like people don't understand anything, and just hate things that don't suck them off. Sorry forum users, but I still can't hate EA for any of the so called 'reasons' you bring up. What company doesn't want the best? Answer me that, and I'll STFU. If you try to say Valve, I'll only respond if I want to be banned... ; P j/k I guess my real problem here, is that I still think EA makes more/better games than any other publisher. I still applaud their tactics for banning trolls/cheats, and I really liked that Dead Space 2 ad with the Moms. I haven't felt betrayed by them, but I have from other companies. I haven't been mislead by them, like I have been by other companies. I am looking forward to their games, just like some other companies. *shrugs I'm {as far as fellow posters from this forum goes} just a troll for saying so, but thanks EA. I appreciate you. | |
The industry seems to put more stress on it than anyone else, really. I find it pretty forgettable. | |
... Fuck that made me laugh. I gotta go hit myself now. EA needs to go die. Nobody want's them anymore. They are just Oblivious to the hate they generate with everything they say they want to be. They wanna be Indie? Hate. They don't wanna do sales cause it "Devalues" IP's? Hate. Have a huge Sale after that? HATE. Now this. | |
Oh? That's kind of funny - we seem to have the same problem, but with opposite services. :D Do you have the "From Ashes" DLC for Mass Effect 3? | |
Origin: But, seriously? | |
This is one of the dumbest things I've ever read. This is why your stock is worth half as much as it was less than a year ago EA. EA doesn't have the necessary resources to put together a better marketplace than Valve. The problem lies in the fact that EA has yet to realize that they have the worst customer service and consumer goodwill of any video game company proportionate to the money they have. I literally groan when I want to buy a game from EA, I don't think that's a unique perspective either, I think many people do that. We don't like you EA. You make some good games but literally EVERYTHING else you do surrounding those games makes me hate you. Buying a game from EA is like going to a movie theater where every ticket is sold with a kick in the groin and a pie in the face. Until you make buying your games something we feel good about doing you will never outpace Steam, never. As for 90+ on Metacritic, you should be focusing way more on making more games for less investment, not every game you make should be AAA, right now your company is doing little to no innovation because all of your games are too expensive to take ANY risks on. The indie market for gaming has never been better and it's gaining steam because large game producers are making fewer and fewer games with different titles and smaller companies and individuals are closing the gaps that you create by innovating. You are slowly losing parts of the market because you are too stiff in how you fund games. | |
Actually, that's not true at all, WoW still has about 50% of the MMO market share even after losing 2 million subscribers in the past two years, nothing even comes close in the MMO market. | |
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He needs to become a bit more familiar with the definition of innovation because he just described iteration. Sure iteration tends to mean some small level of innovation occurs, but when you're starting out 5 years behind the curve, all I can say is good luck with catching up.
Even better though is the fact that he expects innovation on the level of Facebook can come from EA despite plenty of evidence that corporate giants do not make giant leaps forward 90% of the time unless they happen to be complete management outliers like Valve or Google. EA as it exists today will never out-Valve Valve unless Valve stops running the way it does. Large bureaucratic companies like EA which value profit before innovation are too big, slow, and stifling to do anything creative, and those three things have been EA's personal slogan more than ever in the last few years.