EA All future titles Always-On DRM + Origins

[Marou]

I missed it, because I was doing more important things at the time. I guess all you Blizzivision purchasers showed them the light of acceptance.

http://www.gamingbus.com/2012/04/23/...ne-drm-policy/

Strangely I find myself not giving a fuck. Valve, Bethesda, THQ, and Squeenix can have all my money.

Also, from an interview with EA yesterday at e3 came this gem:

We won't be doing [75 percent off sales]. Obviously they think it's the right thing to do after a certain amount of time. I just think it cheapens your intellectual property. I know both sides of it, I understand it. If you want to sell a whole bunch of units, that is certainly a way to do that, to sell a whole bunch of stuff at a low price.

The gamemakers work incredibly hard to make this intellectual property, and we're not trying to be Target. We're trying to be Nordstrom. When I say that, I mean good value - we're trying to give you a fair price point, and occasionally there will be things that are on sale you could look for a discount, just don't look for 75 percent off going-out-of-business sales.

Excellent article on the issues with DRM via a sandwich shop analogy.

http://www.themarysue.com/server-woe...s-gaming-news/

[Bragi]

Damn fine article.

I for one don't mind the always-online DRM policy for D3. I don't like it; but I don't hate it, either. Only because it allows me to jump right into my friend's game (or vice-versa) when I log-on. Of course, this could also be easily accomplished by signing in to a messenger service that doesn't have an effect on my ability to play the single-player campaign. Also, with battle.net being central to all of their games, I expected that I'd have to log-in to play.

[VKhaun]

At the end of the day when D3 has people hacked left and right, restricts you to four players per game and ups the difficulty when you group, and item design was blatantly lazy on the excuse we could use the AH while it's up, that DRM hurt by taking offline mode from people who liked it, and did not help those of us who play online in the smallest way. It could even be argued it hurt online players as well.

I don't want to give Blizzard my money. I really don't. But no one else is making an ARPG that involves skill. They just make RPG's where you have to click everything. I feel like I woke up and my car was gone, and the only cars available to buy are used Jeep Compass' with 150,000 miles on them. I don't want to buy that shit, but dammit I need to get to work.

[Taolas]

Path of Exile wasn't perfect, but it scratched my itch.

Some times I'm tempted to go for an EA game, but stuff like this makes it so easy to avoid them - even when they go on a big sale.

[Ziel]

ME All future money Always-In my wallet.

Yar har fiddledee dee...

[Boxy Brown]

Good thing I already never buy EA games or else this would probably affect me.

[Bragi]

I'd love to boycott EA. I prefer CoD to Battlefield, I didn't like Mass Effect, some dumb chick I know keeps trying to get me to play the Sims Social on Facebook, and they are the epitome of "corporate greed" in the gaming sector... but then again... NCAA and Madden... NCAA and Madden... NCAA AND MADDEN!!!

Take a deep breath, Bragi.

OK. I'm all better now, other Bragi.

[Valec]

I'd love to boycott EA. I prefer CoD to Battlefield, I didn't like Mass Effect, some dumb chick I know keeps trying to get me to play the Sims Social on Facebook, and they are the epitome of "corporate greed" in the gaming sector... but then again... NCAA and Madden... NCAA and Madden... NCAA AND MADDEN!!!

Take a deep breath, Bragi.

OK. I'm all better now, other Bragi.

NCAA and Madden are great, except for most of the time when the newest iteration is one of two things. A) The same game as last year with a few minor improvements to game modes, or B) the same game as last year with features people enjoy axed from the game. On the bright side, this makes the game after that look even better for improving on the last one so much!

[Bragi]

Yeah, that's why I don't buy them every year. The last NCAA title I have is 09 and the last Madden title is 10. I've pre-ordered both for 13, though, based on what I've read about them. That and it's been several years. I've never understood people who camp out for the latest Madden title. Especially last year's.

It's almost like their Sports division is a tiny diamond floating in a vast sea of shit.