EA Achievement Unlocked: Two years of Poo

[Kyanbu The Legend]

They'll die out/change eventually. Nothing is forever, everything/everyone dies out over time.

[Locke cole]

But at the same time, they won't necessarily die off soon. EA and the rest of the industry could very well longer for years to come before fading out or crashing and burning.

[Bells]

Yeah and that's the problem. We as consumers would rather wait another 10 years for this shit to "die off" instead of changing our own habits and breaking EA's legs this Christmas season by simply buying all their October-to-december games on February at a discount.

[Kyanbu The Legend]

Already been doing my part in taking them down for the last decade, I don't by nor play EA crap.

[Bells]

that´s a drop in a bucket. Great for you, less great for the gaming community as a whole.

Remember the whole "Hold the Line" mass effect mess? Look the ripples that caused. And the financial investment there was reduced, because it was an issue related after the game already had been pre-ordered to hell and back and sold hundreds of thousands of copies...


It would actually be almost the same effort to actually make a dent to EA's pocket. And that's something that benefits us all... because other companies see EA's model, and if they are profiting? If it WORKS? They will start doing it too... Capcom already pushes the enveloppe pretty hard with some of the shit they do... mishandling IP's, ignoring customer feedback, seeling already on disc DLC...

here, there is even a catchy call out for this #EADelay . Share it and spread it the EA Delay. Facebook, Twitter, youtube, steam groups... the works... the rules? Very simple.

Every EA title gets an official 30 day purchase delay. After launch, if you are in the EADelay movement, -IF- you choose to buy their titles, it will only happen 30 days after the launch date. Absolutely guarantee to cause harm and some serious trouble in house for the company. No amount of pre-order bonus or discounts can break the delay, from then on, just let it spread to reddit and 4chan and watch the wildfire.

[Loyal]

Except that wouldn't work for the very reason video game boycotts in general don't work - most gamers at the end of the day - especially the loudest complainers of all - just don't have what it takes to keep one up.

Trying it with Electronic Arts of all companies, whose primary target demographic lacks any shits to give whatsoever about this sort of thing, is ridiculous if you're expecting success. Far too many of their customers don't care about the state of the industry, or EA's terrible business practices. They want the biggest, shiniest toys available and they want them now.

It's very true that a massive outburst of "voting with your wallet" would force them to reevaluate their business practices. The problem is that, by all rights, it ought to have happened years ago, and if not then, I see no reason to expect it to happen in the near future.

Relevant article.

[Krylo]

You guys do realize that for the last couple years EA has been earning below projected margins right?

Like it's so bad that their CEO actually quit. http://www.penny-arcade.com/report/a...ould-be-afraid

This is a thing that happened.

They are not doing well financially. This actually is biting them in the wallet. Any other game Dev that looks their way isn't going to see 'this works' unless they are idiots, because it is NOT working.

There's no need to talk about boycotts or be defeatists or claim this or that will never work. Their own actions have already caused people to NOT buy their games in the numbers required to keep up with projected earnings. They will either change or sink.

This is ALREADY happening.

[Sifright]

Originally Posted by Ramary

It is fake, yo.

Ahem.

[Locke cole]

That empty YouTube videro has convinced me.

[Sifright]

Originally Posted by Locke cole

That empty YouTube videro has convinced me.

What'chu talkin bout willis?