EA gets a lot of hate, but is it deserved?
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.
I don't think so but I don't take this as seriously as other people do. They make games I like so I like them.
Pre-Battlefield 4 - I would be on the side of wondering where all the hate stems from. I always thought it was a complete over-reaction
Post - Battlefield 4 - I'll never trust EA again. They took one of my favorite games (Battlefield) and completely ruined the experience.
Outside of NHL, i will never buy an EA game on launch. I'm a sucker for Hockey, and EA has a monopoly on the franchise and my love of the sport will not allow me to go without the newest iteration of the franchise.
One thing that they did to NHL that i cannot stand is Ultimate team. It has potential to be a very addictive game-mode, but with the best card being incredibly rare and expensive (in game pucks), it takes all the fun out of it. If they made it to where a Sidney Crosby, Pavel Datsyuk, and other top players of the sport were more obtainable, then it would be more fun.
I always feel like a challenge system would be extremely welcomed for the Ultimate team modes. Challenges like- "Win 10 Games" (rewards a Gold Pack). "1000 life time goals" (rewards an ultimate "rare" pack). Lower level challenges reward bronze packs, but the more you play the bigger the reward.
Though, Ea would never do this because people spend a lot of money on their Ultimate Teams. I was on NHL 14 HUT the other day and they had a $35 pack up for sale. Anyone who spends that kind of money on a virtual card pack is nuts.
No, WORSE!
They tried to charge for a demo...
No more need be said.
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