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#1 Heroldp813
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I think EA is mad that most of their games cost under a $1 after a year or two.

Microsoft has to be upset about all the negative publicity they've been getting lately.

How do you feel about both companies at this point?

 

Personally I hate EA and I am waiting for Microsoft to do something so I can go back to liking Xbox...

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#2 RR360DD
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I don't understand the hate EA get
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#3 Heil68
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EA is fine with me, they publish Mass Effect MS tried to change the industry on their own and got bit in the ass for it.
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#4 NFJSupreme
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I'm not as emo as most gamers so I'm kinda indifferent. EA has some great games that I play and MS released what I think is a great device that is priced wrong with too many restrictions on what the consumer can and can't do. That is all. I'm not mad. I'm not boycotting them. I'm not marching on washington. That is just my take on it. I'll still buy the EA games I want to play and I'll wait till the Xbone is 250 or less before I get one
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#5 -RocBoys9489-
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No problem with either, just a bunch of fanboys here lol
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#6 heeweesRus
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No problem with either, just a bunch of fanboys here lol-RocBoys9489-

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#7 xsubtownerx
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I don't understand the hate EA getRR360DD
I do. And the only game I cared about from them (Dragon Age III) is looking pretty dated already.
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#8 -RocBoys9489-
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[QUOTE="-RocBoys9489-"]No problem with either, just a bunch of fanboys here lolheeweesRus

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????? What does that have to do with what I said?
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#9 Heroldp813
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[QUOTE="-RocBoys9489-"]No problem with either, just a bunch of fanboys here lolheeweesRus

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That is the laugh of victory right there. hahahaha

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#10 Michael0134567
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Both are evil.

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#11 Heroldp813
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[QUOTE="RR360DD"]I don't understand the hate EA getxsubtownerx
I do. And the only game I cared about from them (Dragon Age III) is looking pretty dated already.

I wanted to kill someone after I finished Dragon Age 2. Errr

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#12 LadyBlue
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One is worse than the other.

 

[QUOTE="-RocBoys9489-"]No problem with either, just a bunch of fanboys here lolheeweesRus

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lol


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#13 longtimelurker0
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they both deserve to go down together, thats what I think atleast. (in case you cant tell I really don't like ea, I will never forgive them for DA2 and for ME3)

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#14 xsubtownerx
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[QUOTE="xsubtownerx"][QUOTE="RR360DD"]I don't understand the hate EA getHeroldp813

I do. And the only game I cared about from them (Dragon Age III) is looking pretty dated already.

I wanted to kill someone after I finished Dragon Age 2. Errr

I didn't even bother playing it. And I put a million hours into DAO.
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#15 MercenaryMafia
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EA announced Mirror's Edge 2, SW: Battlefront, and BF4 looks amazing. They are good with me. MS - get rid of the DMR, 24hr mandatory check, and improve windows 8.
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[QUOTE="heeweesRus"]

[QUOTE="-RocBoys9489-"]No problem with either, just a bunch of fanboys here lolHeroldp813

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That is the laugh of victory right there. hahahaha

Indeed it is Harold.

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[QUOTE="MercenaryMafia"]EA announced Mirror's Edge 2, SW: Battlefront, and BF4 looks amazing. They are good with me. MS - get rid of the DMR, 24hr mandatory check, and improve windows 8.

Agreed, but I just stick to W7 on my computer anyway and it's great. Xbox One controller looks nothing short of fantastic and I will get one for my PC for Steam Big Picture.
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#18 RR360DD
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they both deserve to go down together, thats what I think atleast. (in case you cant tell I really don't like ea, I will never forgive them for DA2 and for ME3)

longtimelurker0

So two games and they deserve to go down? Is that why people hate EA?! :P (ps I love the entire mass effect trilogy)

And lets not forget theyre bring us Battlefield 4, TitanFall, Battlefront 3, a new Mass Effect, Mirrors Edge 2 ... I think they're currently one of the strongest publishers

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#19 NFJSupreme
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EA announced Mirror's Edge 2, SW: Battlefront, and BF4 looks amazing. They are good with me. MS - get rid of the DMR, 24hr mandatory check, and improve windows 8.MercenaryMafia

 

Only improvement windows 8 really needs is a start button in desktop mode.  Desktop mode should basically be windows 7 with improvements (removing start button not an improvement) but everything else about windows 8 is great.  Its fast, not a resource hog, and the interchangable desktop and metro UIs makes it  the OS of the future.  Tablets are now actually real computers and not just toys with Windows 8.   You get the fun and games of a tablet with the full productivity of windows.  Once Windows 8 takes over it will usher in the death of the laptop.  

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#20 xsubtownerx
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[QUOTE="longtimelurker0"]

they both deserve to go down together, thats what I think atleast. (in case you cant tell I really don't like ea, I will never forgive them for DA2 and for ME3)

RR360DD

So two games and they deserve to go down? Is that why people hate EA?! :P (ps I love the entire mass effect trilogy)

And lets not forget theyre bring us Battlefield 4, TitanFall, Battlefront 3, a new Mass Effect, Mirrors Edge 2 ... I think they're currently one of the strongest publishers

Maybe EA is better for consoles. On PC, after the SimCity fiasco, never again I buy an EA PC game.
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#21 MercenaryMafia
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[QUOTE="-RocBoys9489-"][QUOTE="MercenaryMafia"]EA announced Mirror's Edge 2, SW: Battlefront, and BF4 looks amazing. They are good with me. MS - get rid of the DMR, 24hr mandatory check, and improve windows 8.

Agreed, but I just stick to W7 on my computer anyway and it's great. Xbox One controller looks nothing short of fantastic and I will get one for my PC for Steam Big Picture.

Windows 8 is not that bad, but I wish the metro was an option. I need my start button back. The controller of the Xbox One does look great though. I hope to get into PC gaming later this gen.
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#22 RR360DD
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[QUOTE="RR360DD"]

[QUOTE="longtimelurker0"]

they both deserve to go down together, thats what I think atleast. (in case you cant tell I really don't like ea, I will never forgive them for DA2 and for ME3)

xsubtownerx

So two games and they deserve to go down? Is that why people hate EA?! :P (ps I love the entire mass effect trilogy)

And lets not forget theyre bring us Battlefield 4, TitanFall, Battlefront 3, a new Mass Effect, Mirrors Edge 2 ... I think they're currently one of the strongest publishers

Maybe EA is better for consoles. On PC, after the SimCity fiasco, never again I buy an EA PC game.

Yeah that was a f*ck up, but Riccitiello is out now. I don't know if it was coincidence or the influence of the new CEO that they then scrapped online passes.

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#23 -RocBoys9489-
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[QUOTE="MercenaryMafia"][QUOTE="-RocBoys9489-"][QUOTE="MercenaryMafia"]EA announced Mirror's Edge 2, SW: Battlefront, and BF4 looks amazing. They are good with me. MS - get rid of the DMR, 24hr mandatory check, and improve windows 8.

Agreed, but I just stick to W7 on my computer anyway and it's great. Xbox One controller looks nothing short of fantastic and I will get one for my PC for Steam Big Picture.

Windows 8 is not that bad, but I wish the metro was an option. I need my start button back. The controller of the Xbox One does look great though. I hope to get into PC gaming later this gen.

Is it true games run better on W8? My school, IU, offers W8 upgrade for like $20 I think.
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#24 campzor
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I don't understand the hate EA getRR360DD
Me either. They make great games, and a lot of them.
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#25 mems_1224
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EA just announced 2 games that people have been begging for for years and people are still crying about them. They're alright and they seem to be getting their shit together.
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#26 CJ_ofCamelot
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I don't understand the hate EA getRR360DD
Imagine this. EA gets a hold of Dark Souls for example. Now you can buy the tools you need to make the game easier. Get it? Kinda like what Naughty Dog has turned into.
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#27 mems_1224
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[QUOTE="RR360DD"]I don't understand the hate EA getCJ_ofCamelot
Imagine this. EA gets a hold of Dark Souls for example. Now you can buy the tools you need to make the game easier. Get it? Kinda like what Naughty Dog has turned into.

So you dont like them because they give you options? No one is holding a gun to your head and making you buy microtransactions.
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#28 Cyberdot
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Both are terrible companies.

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#29 superclocked
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[QUOTE="MercenaryMafia"]EA announced Mirror's Edge 2, SW: Battlefront, and BF4 looks amazing. They are good with me. MS - get rid of the DRM, 24hr mandatory check, and improve windows 8.

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#30 CJ_ofCamelot
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[QUOTE="CJ_ofCamelot"][QUOTE="RR360DD"]I don't understand the hate EA getmems_1224
Imagine this. EA gets a hold of Dark Souls for example. Now you can buy the tools you need to make the game easier. Get it? Kinda like what Naughty Dog has turned into.

So you dont like them because they give you options? No one is holding a gun to your head and making you buy microtransactions.

I could care less who buys what, but when it starts to mess with the balance of MP, it's annoying.
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#31 mems_1224
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[QUOTE="CJ_ofCamelot"][QUOTE="mems_1224"][QUOTE="CJ_ofCamelot"] Imagine this. EA gets a hold of Dark Souls for example. Now you can buy the tools you need to make the game easier. Get it? Kinda like what Naughty Dog has turned into.

So you dont like them because they give you options? No one is holding a gun to your head and making you buy microtransactions.

I could care less who buys what, but when it starts to mess with the balance of MP, it's annoying.

When has it messed with the balance of the multiplayer?
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#32 CJ_ofCamelot
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[QUOTE="mems_1224"][QUOTE="CJ_ofCamelot"][QUOTE="mems_1224"] So you dont like them because they give you options? No one is holding a gun to your head and making you buy microtransactions.

I could care less who buys what, but when it starts to mess with the balance of MP, it's annoying.

When has it messed with the balance of the multiplayer?

Uncharted 3.
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#33 CJ_ofCamelot
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^^ See, in Uncharted 3, if it wasn't enough to buy shirts pants hats shoes gloves and guns for boosts, recently they implemented a system where you can buy tournament tickets to try and earn enough points to get you a golden gun, silver gun or bronze gun for a week. Then buy more tickets next week and every week after that. So what this does is now you can destroy someone but they one shot you with melee, or you might pump more bullets into someone but because they spent more cash they kill you first. Sh!t pisses the fck outta everyone in that game. Naughty Dog can go fck themselves at this point especially with Sony charging online now they need to shut they're faces.
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#34 Goyoshi12
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EA's fine, MS is iffy, Sony's awesome but nothing I particularly care for at the moment, and PC is great as always.

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#35 CJ_ofCamelot
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[QUOTE="CJ_ofCamelot"]^^ See, in Uncharted 3, if it wasn't enough to buy shirts pants hats shoes gloves and guns for boosts, recently they implemented a system where you can buy tournament tickets to try and earn enough points to get you a golden gun, silver gun or bronze gun for a week. Then buy more tickets next week and every week after that. So what this does is now you can destroy someone but they one shot you with melee, or you might pump more bullets into someone but because they spent more cash they kill you first. Sh!t pisses the fck outta everyone in that game. Naughty Dog can go fck themselves at this point especially with Sony charging online now they need to shut they're faces.

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#36 strawhatlupi
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EA didn't create any games, they swallowed up small studios to establised monopolies and turned them into cash cows... though can't blame them theyre business in the first place and support a number of employees.
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#37 sukraj
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Both are evil.

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#38 BPoole96
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Both are the scourge of humanity

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#39 JamDev
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At least EA have backed off their anti-consumer stance lately but MS are still the devil.
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#40 V3rciS
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I don't understand the hate EA getRR360DD

You don't understand the hate MS gets as well... guess you're a failed case!

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#41 tdkmillsy
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Don't have a problem with either, I'll buy Xbox One and I'm sure I'll get an EA game or two. Let the flaming begin.
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#42 StormyJoe
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I think EA is mad that most of their games cost under a $1 after a year or two.

Microsoft has to be upset about all the negative publicity they've been getting lately.

How do you feel about both companies at this point?

Personally I hate EA and I am waiting for Microsoft to do something so I can go back to liking Xbox...

Heroldp813

EA: "Hey Microsoft, thanks for putting in the DRM like we said to, and thanks for taking all the heat. Oh, those exclusive things we were talking about? Ummm... yeah... we'll get back to you."

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#43 PurpleMan5000
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I really can't stand either one of them and wish they would both just leave gaming alone forever.
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#44 PAL360
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I don't like EA, but i support them by getting Bioware and DICE games. I'm glad they are reviving Battlefront series, though.

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#45 Devil-Itachi
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I don't have much of a problem with EA at this point. Use to feel fairly meh in regards to Microsoft and now its disdain.
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#46 ConanTheStoner
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I dont care what EA does either way really.  They're a massive greedy publisher, but that's business.  Of course they do things I don't like, but with as many games as they juggle that's bound to happen.  And they do provide games I do like.  I'd have to say I'm neutral.

As of right now, I think MS needs to step the f*ck off.  I wouldn't mind if they fail miserably with the X1.  The Xbox was great, the 360 wasn't really my thing but it was a damn fine console.  X1 can eat shit though.  I know the big dogs get cocky every so often, but this is just overboard.

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#47 timbers_WSU
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It is business. I don't hate either one. I think EA is trying to fix their image. I think Microsoft is not some big evil corp. that is gonna set off a T-Virus and wipe the worlds population out like Cows claim. But Microsoft has some work to do to fix their reputation. But I think pride has set in and they will go down swinging before they let someone tell them they were wrong.

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#48 DrRockso87
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EA, even if only because they're annoyed about the "worst company" award, has been making advances in my opinion. Dropping the online pass, confirming games like Fuse and Titanfall won't feature microtransactions and day-1 DLC, etc. They're earning my respect back.

Microsoft though, is losing it. From a games perspective, they're great. Plenty of great games and exclusives under their belt but this console? Blegh.

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#49 tormentos
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I think EA is mad that most of their games cost under a $1 after a year or two.

Microsoft has to be upset about all the negative publicity they've been getting lately.

How do you feel about both companies at this point?

 

Personally I hate EA and I am waiting for Microsoft to do something so I can go back to liking Xbox...

Heroldp813

 

EA was ultra happy with the DRM MS would use,then the backlash happen against the xbox one,and all of the sudden EA act like they are consumers best friend..

People at MS now should be very mad with EA,and i think that once the xbox one is handed his ass by PS4 some heads will roll inside xbox gaming division.

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#50 CanYouDiglt
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[QUOTE="RR360DD"]I don't understand the hate EA getxsubtownerx
I do. And the only game I cared about from them (Dragon Age III) is looking pretty dated already.

It is using the same engine as Battlefield 4 and we really did not see anything other then a tease to let us know the game is still coming.