Former EA CEO ''Gamers will learn to love always on DRM''

www.pcgamer.com/2013/05/22/former-ceo-of-electronic-arts-gamers-will-learn-to-love-always-online-gaming/

Really, why is this guy not working at microsoft jet ? they seem a perfect fit.

Restrictions are fun. People usually love restrictions, why are gamers so different?! :roll:

Hah yeah no, gamers love seamlessly integrated online features in their games.  Dark Souls and Demon's Souls multiplayer aspects are a perfect example of this.  However if I was forced to be online to be able to play either of these games at all, they would be getting nothing but hate.

Yeah....I could learn to love having sex with a cheese grater too, doesn't mean I'm in any rush to try it.

The next frontier in gaming marketing: the Stockholm SyndromeBlack_Knight_00

I'm not sure if I should laugh or cry from that, because It's so true.

We all loved Sim City and Diablo.

lol this idiot thinks always online gaming is good? i hope he realizes not everyone in the world has an internet connection.............

no wonder he is called former ceo

Mother-in-laws are good people. Fatal illness helps you get in touch with your maker. World Wars pull people together.

That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard and I've visited many SNIPER threads.

Hardcore gamers: "These gaming companies are so stupid because they don't listen to us and don't give us what we want, even though we don't mean much in the grand scheme of things anymore and most of us will buy it anyway. Those idiots...we'll show them...one day. When I quit gaming. They'll see...but first I wanna check out this new E3 coming up. Yah baby!!!"

He's right. You will. Because what he means by that is you have no choice and when it's said all and done because everyone will have it. And just like Steam fans sell it to everyone else, you will eventually be selling this yourself for them. You'll take it. We'll all take it. We have been taking it for years now. They know you better than you know yourselves. They got old watching you grow up and learning more about you than maybe even your own parents. So just go ahead and give them your money.

You know you will anyway...

Hardcore gamers: "These gaming companies are so stupid because they don't listen to us and don't give us what we want, even though we don't mean much in the grand scheme of things anymore and most of us will buy it anyway. Those idiots...we'll show them...one day. When I quit gaming. They'll see...but first I wanna check out this new E3 coming up. Yah baby!!!"

He's right. You will. Because what he means by that is you have no choice and when it's said all and done because everyone will have it. And just like Steam fans sell it to everyone else, you will eventually be selling this yourself for them. You'll take it. We'll all take it. We have been taking it for years now. They know you better than you know yourselves. They got old watching you grow up and learning more about you than maybe even your own parents. So just go ahead and give them your money.

You know you will anyway...

alexwatchtower

Steam is on an open platform of hardware that they don't own and anyone can utilize however they see fit.  Where a console is fully owned by a single entity, who can be entirely arbitrary in their decisions and restrictions.  Leaving the people who bought the hardware with no recourse other than to spend several hundreds of dollars on a new piece of hardware.

Steam is also very "user-centric" in it's business model.  Often acting as a buffer between the user and keeping publishers and developers from stepping over the line.

If you can't see the huge difference between the two then anything I would say further would fall on deaf ears.

The next frontier in gaming marketing: the Stockholm SyndromeBlack_Knight_00

As much as we love the plague.MonoSilver

to be fair xbots love to pay for playing online when its free everywhere and they even defend it so i wouldn't be suprised if they come defending this if big daddy MS implements an always on drm.

isn't that what a coocoo rapist kidnapper would say? "In time you'll learn to love me: I'll make you love me"Black_Knight_00

The next frontier in gaming marketing: the Stockholm SyndromeBlack_Knight_00

Hardcore gamers: "These gaming companies are so stupid because they don't listen to us and don't give us what we want, even though we don't mean much in the grand scheme of things anymore and most of us will buy it anyway. Those idiots...we'll show them...one day. When I quit gaming. They'll see...but first I wanna check out this new E3 coming up. Yah baby!!!"

He's right. You will. Because what he means by that is you have no choice and when it's said all and done because everyone will have it. And just like Steam fans sell it to everyone else, you will eventually be selling this yourself for them. You'll take it. We'll all take it. We have been taking it for years now. They know you better than you know yourselves. They got old watching you grow up and learning more about you than maybe even your own parents. So just go ahead and give them your money.

You know you will anyway...

alexwatchtower

[QUOTE="MonoSilver"]As much as we love the plague.Krelian-co

to be fair xbots love to pay for playing online when its free everywhere and they even defend it so i wouldn't be suprised if they come defending this if big daddy MS implements an always on drm.

Hardcore gamers: "These gaming companies are so stupid because they don't listen to us and don't give us what we want, even though we don't mean much in the grand scheme of things anymore and most of us will buy it anyway. Those idiots...we'll show them...one day. When I quit gaming. They'll see...but first I wanna check out this new E3 coming up. Yah baby!!!"

He's right. You will. Because what he means by that is you have no choice and when it's said all and done because everyone will have it. And just like Steam fans sell it to everyone else, you will eventually be selling this yourself for them. You'll take it. We'll all take it. We have been taking it for years now. They know you better than you know yourselves. They got old watching you grow up and learning more about you than maybe even your own parents. So just go ahead and give them your money.

You know you will anyway...

alexwatchtower

[QUOTE="alexwatchtower"]

Hardcore gamers: "These gaming companies are so stupid because they don't listen to us and don't give us what we want, even though we don't mean much in the grand scheme of things anymore and most of us will buy it anyway. Those idiots...we'll show them...one day. When I quit gaming. They'll see...but first I wanna check out this new E3 coming up. Yah baby!!!"

He's right. You will. Because what he means by that is you have no choice and when it's said all and done because everyone will have it. And just like Steam fans sell it to everyone else, you will eventually be selling this yourself for them. You'll take it. We'll all take it. We have been taking it for years now. They know you better than you know yourselves. They got old watching you grow up and learning more about you than maybe even your own parents. So just go ahead and give them your money.

You know you will anyway...

RandoIphF

[QUOTE="alexwatchtower"]

Hardcore gamers: "These gaming companies are so stupid because they don't listen to us and don't give us what we want, even though we don't mean much in the grand scheme of things anymore and most of us will buy it anyway. Those idiots...we'll show them...one day. When I quit gaming. They'll see...but first I wanna check out this new E3 coming up. Yah baby!!!"

He's right. You will. Because what he means by that is you have no choice and when it's said all and done because everyone will have it. And just like Steam fans sell it to everyone else, you will eventually be selling this yourself for them. You'll take it. We'll all take it. We have been taking it for years now. They know you better than you know yourselves. They got old watching you grow up and learning more about you than maybe even your own parents. So just go ahead and give them your money.

You know you will anyway...

ThaneKrios28

What i think it's funny is that you think videogames are an investment.

[QUOTE="ThaneKrios28"][QUOTE="alexwatchtower"]

Hardcore gamers: "These gaming companies are so stupid because they don't listen to us and don't give us what we want, even though we don't mean much in the grand scheme of things anymore and most of us will buy it anyway. Those idiots...we'll show them...one day. When I quit gaming. They'll see...but first I wanna check out this new E3 coming up. Yah baby!!!"

He's right. You will. Because what he means by that is you have no choice and when it's said all and done because everyone will have it. And just like Steam fans sell it to everyone else, you will eventually be selling this yourself for them. You'll take it. We'll all take it. We have been taking it for years now. They know you better than you know yourselves. They got old watching you grow up and learning more about you than maybe even your own parents. So just go ahead and give them your money.

You know you will anyway...

alexwatchtower

What i think it's funny is that you think videogames are an investment.

The next frontier in gaming marketing: the Stockholm SyndromeBlack_Knight_00

Jokes aside, it'll happen.

[QUOTE="ThaneKrios28"][QUOTE="alexwatchtower"]

Hardcore gamers: "These gaming companies are so stupid because they don't listen to us and don't give us what we want, even though we don't mean much in the grand scheme of things anymore and most of us will buy it anyway. Those idiots...we'll show them...one day. When I quit gaming. They'll see...but first I wanna check out this new E3 coming up. Yah baby!!!"

He's right. You will. Because what he means by that is you have no choice and when it's said all and done because everyone will have it. And just like Steam fans sell it to everyone else, you will eventually be selling this yourself for them. You'll take it. We'll all take it. We have been taking it for years now. They know you better than you know yourselves. They got old watching you grow up and learning more about you than maybe even your own parents. So just go ahead and give them your money.

You know you will anyway...

alexwatchtower

What i think it's funny is that you think videogames are an investment.

[QUOTE="alexwatchtower"]

[QUOTE="ThaneKrios28"] thats funny neither you or the guy from forbes know what i think and what i invest my money into. you or forbes dont speak for me1PMrFister

What i think it's funny is that you think videogames are an investment.

 You spend your own money to purchase and play games, which has an effect (no matter how small) on what games and policies happen in the future. How is that not an investment?1PMrFister

I see stocks as an investment. Not videogames. If you consider it, it would be a bad one since they constantly devalue.  It's a product. It's something we consume.

[QUOTE="1PMrFister"][QUOTE="alexwatchtower"]

 

What i think it's funny is that you think videogames are an investment.

ThaneKrios28

What? I never reported anybody. Please stop making things up.

As a matter of fact if you're going to accuse someone of something like that, you should provide some proof. False accusations suck.

There is a reason why the former chief executive officer of Electronic Arts no longer works at Electronic Arts. One may speculate the cause and be sure to rememberhis comment about digital rights management.BranKetra

Yea, i first tought he was gone because of bad sales from certain franchises
But im starting to think this guys hate for consumers is even to extreme for EA.

isn't that what a coocoo rapist kidnapper would say? "In time you'll learn to love me: I'll make you love me"Black_Knight_00

They're just pushing for our Stockholm Syn...

The next frontier in gaming marketing: the Stockholm SyndromeBlack_Knight_00

God damn it.

[QUOTE="Black_Knight_00"]isn't that what a coocoo rapist kidnapper would say? "In time you'll learn to love me: I'll make you love me"IndianaPwns39

They're just pushing for our Stockholm Syn...

The next frontier in gaming marketing: the Stockholm SyndromeBlack_Knight_00

God damn it.

We all loved Sim City and Diablo.

Legolas_Katarn

Many people came out of the woodwork and defended those games to the death, labelling those who complained as entitled and whiney.  I have no doubt many of those morons will support what any company throws their way to trample their rights and treat them like sh!t will bend over and ask for more.  Simcity and DIII have taught me that there is no lack of pushovers and dipsh!ts everywhere, and this is why we're losing our rights left and right.

[QUOTE="IndianaPwns39"]

[QUOTE="Black_Knight_00"]

They're just pushing for our Stockholm Syn...

[QUOTE="Black_Knight_00"]The next frontier in gaming marketing: the Stockholm SyndromeBlack_Knight_00

God damn it.

As much as we love the plague.MonoSilver

maybe the younger generation that don't know any better. the rest of us wont.

[QUOTE="1PMrFister"][QUOTE="alexwatchtower"]

 

What i think it's funny is that you think videogames are an investment.

ThaneKrios28

Even I beat him to that same post on the end of the first page. Strange minds think alike?1PMrFister

The gaming industry is in an extremely sad state.Minishdriveby

[QUOTE="Minishdriveby"]The gaming industry is in an extremely sad state.Justforvisit

[QUOTE="Justforvisit"]

[QUOTE="Minishdriveby"]The gaming industry is in an extremely sad state.Minishdriveby

[QUOTE="Minishdriveby"]The gaming industry is in an extremely sad state.Justforvisit

[QUOTE="Black_Knight_00"][QUOTE="IndianaPwns39"]

God damn it.

1PMrFister

We even had the same choice of curse words :P

I'm not gonna lie, I didn't read the rest of the thread. I normally do, but I was pissed he acknowledged the same joke I wanted to make immediately.

If somebody with his ideas was put in charge of a video game publishing company, he'd run it into the ground and have to resign in disgrace.

Oh wait...

Makes sense why EA had such a lrage presence at One's reveal. It is what it is.

[QUOTE="Minishdriveby"][QUOTE="Justforvisit"]

Nah, just Ricitello is ;)Black_Knight_00