Joel Palermo writes: "No matter how many things there are to love about video games, there will always be certain traits that just plain piss us off as consumers or as fans of a certain franchise. In order to address those issues, I’ve decided to start a new series of articles that analyze some of the things we hate as gamers. Every few weeks, I’ll be taking a closer look at some of the less popular elements of video games and how they affect us as fans and as players. This week, I’ll be talking about DLC or downloadable content for those unfamiliar with the term."
EA is laying off an unknown number of individuals from across its Battlefield teams, including workers at Criterion, Dice, Ripple Effect, and Motive Studios, IGN understands.
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When logic meets EA it generates anti-matter ..... so try not to apply it in any meaningful way. Entropy is what matters in there !!
cue the apologist saying that these are mostly just contractors hired for this specific project bla bla bla
The free-to-play reboot topped 15 million players in under three weeks, but EA now claims it needs to reshape the development team.
The community warned them this would happen but nope they knew better they continued with the live service push the made the art style cartoonish and this is the result
It's always so bizarre when studios announce something super early in development under the suggestion of forming the game to player feedback, and then they push against all feedback heading straight for the cliff while everyone is warning them along the way
The Congressional Labor Caucus sent a letter to the FTC warning the debt-financed, largely PIF-owned deal could be bad news for workers
lol ya think? they're sending all that work to the cheaper labor market as soon as possible. and FYI, that labor market has exploded in the last 5-10 years. They have enough people to replace every single job. But honestly, EA is over filled with useless upper management as it is. You could probably trim 25% of their staff with no real loss in production. They aren't gamers, they're business execs. Just look at how many AI related jobs they're already starting to post. Its also hilarious that PIF owns Battle field 6
Wait,
The same congress that attacked Lina Khan when she fought the Microsoft Activision purchase.
The same congress that allowed Disney to buy 90% of Fox
The same congress that allowed Liv Golf to buy the PGA
The same congress that sits back while Paramount tries a hostile takeover despite losing the bid for Warner Bros.
NOW, the suddenly cares about doing what's "right" for works? Yeah, right.
EA now owned by The Saudis and Ubisoft to inevitably be owned by China. In hindsight, once EA and Ubisoft started having their financial woes, they should have pulled a Koei Tecmo/Bandai Namco by merging their operations into one.
DLC has made me spend less on a game, not more. And sometimes it's even kept me from buying the game completely.
Whenever a game has DLC announced, I choose to wait for a 'complete edition' and/or a price-drop instead.
I rarely by DLC, micro transaction or pay for season pass. I have to thoroughly enjoy a game or a game that i play regularly with friends and want to still be in that world months from initial purchase. something about the gaming industry which really worries me is a great idea comes on a way to help the gamer and the developer but some always find a way to exploit it
DLC
Remakes/ HD remakes/ Definitive edition
I used to think dlc was bad, but now with microtransactions shaping up to be the scurge of this generation, dlc doesn't look so bad anymore in comparison. Though as of late, dlc milking is at an all time high.
I like Dlc. Not every gamer hates it lol.
It can be good and it can be bad. It's all about making a good purchase.