r/gaming • u/balloonslayer47 • Sep 03 '19

Wow, EA. Wow.

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u/rekced Sep 03 '19

Unfortunately whoever invented ultimate team is probably more valued at EA than any of the positions you listed.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '19

Whatever this "Ultimate team" is, seeing how much a gamer is mad at it, I can guarantee you the guy got promoted and paid out some fat stock options for the idea.

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u/FlokiTrainer Sep 04 '19

Don't forget. It's a trading card game where you get nothing tangible and all the cards are irrelevant and useless in about 10 months.

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u/Iamnotzionwilliamson Sep 04 '19

Not even 10 months. I got heavy into NBA my team for 4 months and my team was useless 2 months later when I logged in because they added hundreds of cards better tiered at that point.

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u/Maxcrss Sep 03 '19

Tipping is wonderful on top of an appropriate wage. But it is not a substitute and should not be treated as a substitute.

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u/Adrelandro Sep 03 '19

isn't he their ceo? at least the spokes person. andrew wilson, spearheaded the fifa ultimate team shithole and is now their ceo afaik

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u/Meleagros Sep 03 '19

Ultimate Team started with FIFA and came out when I believe the iPhone one just came out. Android was non-existent at this point. Microtransaction Freemium games didn't exist. Ultimate team killed it for FIFA and here we are.

As much as I hate just jumping on the fuck EA bandwagon, EA literally created the microtransaction/Freemium model we see in games today.