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All time classic MY NEW FAVORITE POST! (Keep laying those bricks)
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All time classic MY NEW FAVORITE POST! (Keep laying those bricks)
"I should point out that no other company has shipped out a beta on a disc before this." - Official Mortal Online Lead Community Moderator
Proudly wearing the Harbinger badge since Dec 23, 2017.
Coined the phrase "Role-Playing a Development Team" January 2018
"Oddly Slap is the main reason I stay in these forums." - Mystichaze April 9th 2018
Is a man not entitled to the herp of his derp?
Remember, I live in a world where juggalos and yugioh players are real things.
Oh wait sorry I forgot this is EA
“Microtransactions? In a single player role-playing game? Are you nuts?”
― CD PROJEKT RED
“Microtransactions? In a single player role-playing game? Are you nuts?”
― CD PROJEKT RED
Oh well, now I know how people gets to Legendary status this days
Reporter: What's behind Blizzard success, and how do you make your gamers happy?
Blizzard Boss: Making gamers happy is not my concern, making money.. yes!
- Albert Einstein
Based on the announcement last October it sounds like it was always their intention to come back to it.
Here’s the most telling section of Söderlund’s announcement:
https://www.polygon.com/2017/10/18/16491188/ea-star-wars-visceral-games-single-player
New SW:BF with an open world single player story lol.
EA's business model is to cater toward people whose primarily choose which games to buy on the basis of nice-looking graphics that licensed some particular IP that they like. Their assumption is that their customers don't care that much about the game being of good quality, nor of whether they get treated poorly or nickle and dimed for every last cent. And they're largely right about that, because the gamers who don't fit that category aren't their customers to begin with.
A lot of game developers or publishers have a reputation to protect, and would consider a lot of the things that EA has done to be mistakes that would harm their reputation and drive away their loyal customers. EA does not have such a positive reputation to protect, so adding one scandal on top of another doesn't harm it.
It was all about that, we know they want the stream of income a live service game brings. Solo offline AAA is dead, how long before solo online is dead? They want you in an online game with other people, which can come in many forms just not solo. That way you have the Jones to keep up with, friends to impress, enemies to outdo.
That's why they create software that teams you up with a big spender to show you what he is buying, or makes a song and dance about the gun that just killed you, or show you loot boxes falling out of the sky and what's in them, or create a "skin economy".
The way we play our games, the gameplay, is being distorted beyond recognition to accommodate revenue streams, gambling in gaming and P2W. It is starkly obvious that we are being taken for a ride...on a no return trip cash train to a casino.
the sad reality is only a small handful make money,the rest live in lala land.
All of these esport games are low budget therefor low risk if they don't sell.So put in a few months work and call it a game.
people seem obsessed with rankings and being put on some pedestal.Devs see this so cater to all those small gimmicks to lure in those gamer's and start rolling in the dough.Then ALL of these games,every last one of them cater a system that relates to play more than anyone else,have no job and you will attain those high rankings.
Know what i play for a fps ..UT99,it is a far more skilled game than OW.I couldn't care less about rankings or trying to make money or about their leagues,i play games as intended..for FUN,i don't need a ranking after i win or a pat on the back.
Never forget 3 mile Island and never trust a government official or company spokesman.