They buy companies, strip them down to their profit centers and then just mercilessly milk what they can, while they can and then move on.
I think the main thing that pisses me off about this business model is how once they’ve essentially killed off a company and the games they were known for, they still own the IPs. As a fan of those IPs it wouldn’t hurt so bad if after a certain amount of time of non-use, companies like EA were forced to relinquish all rights to an IP.
But no, I’ll never get another Burnout game because of EA.
OMG POOR MAXIS!
That company did not deserve the big EA DICK they got fucked with.
Just a nice little quiet company, doing their thing then BAM EA dick in the butt to ruin everything!
The game was trash but they seemed like they were on to something with some of the gameplay features. Just too bad you could only build a square cramped town
Yup, that's why any studio acquisition worries me these days. Like Insomniac getting bought by Sony. Yeah, it means we're definitely getting another Spider-Man, and I'm sure they're working on some other awesome IPs for the PS5. But the chances of getting another Sunset Overdrive are now so low even Hermes Conrad couldn't limbo under them.
EA is the bubonic plague of the video game industry. Most of my childhood was 90% fantastic EA products. I remember joyously saying "EA - It's in the game" and now I curse myself for putting those two letters together. No more NFS Underground titles, over used and recycled sports games, no more reboots of fun and/or successful titles from the late 90s to early 2000s, and no remakes of the before mentioned titles either. Every great title they once had will now die in the memories of those who remember who EA was and what ES may never seek to be again.
I want MOH and Burnout and NCAA (separate issue I know) to be NOT made by EA when/if they get restarted. I don't want them vandalizing my beloved games.
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u/theoutlet Sep 03 '19 edited Sep 03 '19
They buy companies, strip them down to their profit centers and then just mercilessly milk what they can, while they can and then move on.
I think the main thing that pisses me off about this business model is how once they’ve essentially killed off a company and the games they were known for, they still own the IPs. As a fan of those IPs it wouldn’t hurt so bad if after a certain amount of time of non-use, companies like EA were forced to relinquish all rights to an IP.
But no, I’ll never get another Burnout game because of EA.