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EA are starting to annoy me.

Posted by STEPHEN4705 - February 16th, 2012


Pretty friggin disgusting what these guys are doing. Don't get me wrong ,as games developers I love the stuff EA make. The battlefield series, Skate 2, Spore, Mass Effect, all brilliant games. So why is it now that we have to force ourselves to use what I see as spyware in order to do something as simple as playing a game by these money corrupted bastards?

They were making plenty of money off steam, with thousands (if not millions) of copies of their content bieng sold. No doubt that EA are prospering from those purchasing their games (and there are a LOT of them), so why switch to Origin? Yes, everyone needs a little extra cash during a depression, and I can understand wanting your own platform, but whats with all the security violations that you force upon your users? The fact that you can suggest what game they might like? No-ones got any more of a chance of buying a game repeatedly shoved down their throat than one they discover by themselves! Your advertising techniques are poor, EA, and quite frankly I'm surprised so many people buy into the bullshit that your now forcing on us, should we wish to play your games.

If Gabe Newell decreed it that Steam was able to scan its harddrive, I'd damn-well be off that too, but thankfully, Gabe isn't mentally disabled and wouldn't force such an unnecessary decision on the people making him money. Not to mention that Valve are fairly close to their fanbase, whereas EA seems somewhat distant. "HERE YOU MONEY PRODUCING CONSUMER MOUTH, BUY OUR SHIT, ITS WORTH IT. OH, YOUVE DONE THAT, LET US VIOLATE YOUR FILES! MUHAHAHA" No. Fuck off.

Rant complete. Second time ranting on Origin, but now seeing as I cant get the final part of a game I really enjoy on the platform it was previously released on, fuck EA.


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I bought the original Lost Planet a while back to discover I had to have a connection (which I didn't) to play th f'in thing! They managed to stop used PC games sales, they dump tons of code into anti-piracy... look to foreign game developers - they respect our freedom, let's play their shit.

Mojang ftw! :D

(Also, Valve and Blizzard have my respect. Valve make great stuff, not too sure about Blizzard, but they both have nice connections with their fans)

they better release EA Skate 4 ffs.

I loved Skate 2, skate looked good, never played three. Wish they released the franchise on PC, but with it using mostly console controls, I can understand their reasoning. Hall of meat was always fun on that.

*throws nacho cheese at EA*
serves them right.