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I'll never understand why people still buy EA products. They're easily among the most anti-consumer of all companies. Between their Origin client, microtransa

I'll never understand why people still buy EA products. They're easily among the most anti-consumer of all companies. Between their Origin client, microtransactions in AAA games, yearly releases with no appreciable changes and now shit like this I could never buy a product from them.

MrZongle2 7y ago
The most amazing thing is that after all of this hullabaloo... a good number of these frustrated players will still purchase a Battlefield 6 game.
stOneskull 7y ago
They find the game fun, I suppose. I still really love Fifa and will keep playing it
asutekku 7y ago
I enjoy the games. It is as simple as that. They are fun to play and you don’t need to buy the MTXs to enjoy the game despite multiple people crying about them. Games are also more and more expensive to develop so you kind of need to add MTX to the AAA games to cover the costs, especially when BFV didn’t have any DLCs. It is not 2000’s anympre.
- benologist 7y ago
  Shouldn't really dismiss the people complaining as they are forcing EA to be less horrible to you whether you purchase the MTX or not. > Some gamers calculated that it would take six years of playing two hours a day to unlock all the features in Battlefront II without handing over any real money. Paying for everything, meanwhile, would cost over $2,000. https://money.cnn.com/2017/11/16/technology/battlefront-ii-star-wars-game-ea-costs/index.html https://money.cnn.com/2017/11/16/technology/battlefront-ii-s...
  - asutekku 7y ago
    But the thing is those are purely cosmetic. There’s no reason why one should be able to get them for free, especially when it is a multiplayer game.
    - hutzlibu 7y ago
      Why do you think the unlocks are purely cosmetic? You unlock better equipment characters and equipment. So if you pay more money, you have an advantage = pay to win
uncle_j 7y ago
The Origin Client is no different than Steam or GOG really. EA usually give away of put on sale a lot of their DOS / Win 9X library. Also the odd problem I've had with their store (I couldn't activate Crysis Warhead from a legit CD installer I had) It was resolved in about 15 minutes. EA generally are bad. Don't get me wrong. But it isn't as terrible as many people make out tbh.

MrZongle2 7y ago

The most amazing thing is that after all of this hullabaloo... a good number of these frustrated players will still purchase a Battlefield 6 game.

stOneskull 7y ago

They find the game fun, I suppose. I still really love Fifa and will keep playing it

asutekku 7y ago

I enjoy the games. It is as simple as that. They are fun to play and you don’t need to buy the MTXs to enjoy the game despite multiple people crying about them. Games are also more and more expensive to develop so you kind of need to add MTX to the AAA games to cover the costs, especially when BFV didn’t have any DLCs. It is not 2000’s anympre.

benologist 7y ago
Shouldn't really dismiss the people complaining as they are forcing EA to be less horrible to you whether you purchase the MTX or not. > Some gamers calculated that it would take six years of playing two hours a day to unlock all the features in Battlefront II without handing over any real money. Paying for everything, meanwhile, would cost over $2,000. https://money.cnn.com/2017/11/16/technology/battlefront-ii-star-wars-game-ea-costs/index.html https://money.cnn.com/2017/11/16/technology/battlefront-ii-s...
- asutekku 7y ago
  But the thing is those are purely cosmetic. There’s no reason why one should be able to get them for free, especially when it is a multiplayer game.
  - hutzlibu 7y ago
    Why do you think the unlocks are purely cosmetic? You unlock better equipment characters and equipment. So if you pay more money, you have an advantage = pay to win

uncle_j 7y ago

The Origin Client is no different than Steam or GOG really. EA usually give away of put on sale a lot of their DOS / Win 9X library. Also the odd problem I've had with their store (I couldn't activate Crysis Warhead from a legit CD installer I had) It was resolved in about 15 minutes. EA generally are bad. Don't get me wrong. But it isn't as terrible as many people make out tbh.