Who here has decided to boycott EA?

I plan on supporting their Wii U title so they make more titles.

Edit* They make the best NHL games so once another company makes a better Hockey game I wouldn't purchase them again.

Nope.

lundy86_4

EA and MS have partnered up, not looking good for either of them with all that bad karma.

I refuse to purchase games from ea. I pirate the decent ones for single player or older rts games they published but I won't purchase anything from them.wazzap76

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Nope.

mems_1224

I just don't like their games anyway. So boycotting their games is very easy for me. XD

But if they do release a game that I really want, I'll be sure to buy it used.

Not going be too hard to do, there's really nothing left on the EA docket this gen.

I don't buy EA anyway, especially after the messes that they've released this year.

Nah, I want to play the next Mass Effect, Mirror's Edge, and Battlefield.

We may not have to boycott them at all because I'm hearing they're losing money like no tomorrow.  Well, they have been for a while now (last half of last year), now after this whole Simcity fiasco it'll be interesting to see how this will affect their stock.   I've also heard they have been buying back their shares from investors as the first step in looking for a buyer (just a rumor though).   Plus hatred towards them has come to a head at this point.

I try to ignore EA.  Luckily there aren't that make series they have that I care for now (there WERE many with Bullfrog, Westwood, Maxis), but those are dead and long gone.  So I'm not too concerned, though I'm always hesitant when I hear them looking to gobble up studios.  But I think many are wising up and not allowing themselves to be bought by them because they've seen what has happened to others.  I'd bet Will Wright is quite disappointed and heartbroken seeing what has happened to his baby.

EA is shooting themselves in the foot with their practices.  They will (and are) coming back to bite them is the ass hard.  Only a matter of time before we either see changes or their ultimate demise.  I'll take either.

EA represents 40-50% of the gaming indsutry. How do you effectively continue being a gamer while boycotting them? And even if you do, there is as much reason to boycott Activision as well. EA and Activision make up 80% of the industry.

I'm not boycotting them, but I'm not buying anything from them either. EA isn't making anything I want to play right now.

Slashkice

EA represents 40-50% of the gaming indsutry. How do you effectively continue being a gamer while boycotting them? And even if you do, there is as much reason to boycott Activision as well. EA and Activision make up 80% of the industry.

jhcho2

I don't even care. EA can do what it wants.  I look at each game and decide whether it's worth buying on a case-by-case basis. I've bought an EA game before and felt no remorse.  Besides, EA isn't that bad when compared to Bank of America.

Kinda hard to boycott someone when they publish nearly everything.

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EA represents 40-50% of the gaming indsutry. How do you effectively continue being a gamer while boycotting them? And even if you do, there is as much reason to boycott Activision as well. EA and Activision make up 80% of the industry.

Shielder7

You can try listing down all the non-indie games out there. Separate those that are published by either EA or Activision, then get back to me.

What's there to boycott? I have never bought an ea game.Ghost120x

Then you have not played Dragon Age, Dead Space, Mass Effect, Crysis, Battlefield etc. etc. I pity you as a gamer.

I've been boycotting their products ever since they bought out Westwood Studios, and will continue to do so. I also avoid Activision which is kind of easy seeing as they haven't made a decent console Spyro game in ages. As for Capcom and other offenders, I only buy games from them when they don't totally mess it up like E.X. Troopers(well...they didn't mess the game up, but messed it up for localization so I give it a tiny pass)

People saying they are gonan boycott EA are the same people that buy some games not even knowing EA is the publisher :dead:

Or they will say "I am not buyign any ea games ever!!"   "welll, besides the next Battlefield, then its NO EA EVER AGAIN!!"   "Oh there is a new Deadspace? Ok one more"  "Oh Fifa is made by EA? damnit" :lol:

Not a big fan of EA overall, but boycotting is ridicolous imo.

EA represents 40-50% of the gaming indsutry. How do you effectively continue being a gamer while boycotting them? And even if you do, there is as much reason to boycott Activision as well. EA and Activision make up 80% of the industry.

jhcho2

If I see an EA game I turn 360 degrees and walk away.

I don't even care. EA can do what it wants.  I look at each game and decide whether it's worth buying on a case-by-case basis. I've bought an EA game before and felt no remorse.  Besides, EA isn't that bad when compared to Bank of America.

FashionFreak

If I see an EA game I turn 360 degrees and walk away.

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If I see an EA game I turn 360 degrees and walk away.

RyanShazam

Exactly

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I don't even care. EA can do what it wants.  I look at each game and decide whether it's worth buying on a case-by-case basis. I've bought an EA game before and felt no remorse.  Besides, EA isn't that bad when compared to Bank of America.

razgriz_101

Boycotting may not necessary be the right answer, but you should most definitely care. The industry has been chipping away at customer's rights for the better part of this gen. The community in general now accepts paid DLCs/subscriptions/freemium/microtransactions/draconian DRMs as the standard.

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I don't even care. EA can do what it wants.  I look at each game and decide whether it's worth buying on a case-by-case basis. I've bought an EA game before and felt no remorse.  Besides, EA isn't that bad when compared to Bank of America.

Gxgear

Boycotting may not necessary be the right answer, but you should most definitely care. The industry has been chipping away at customer's rights for the better part of this gen. The community in general now accepts paid DLCs/subscriptions/freemium/microtransactions/draconian DRMs as the standard.

Holy hell, did EA kill your family or something?

Holy hell, did EA kill your family or something?

svenus97

Definately not me. Even though some people think it is the cool thing to do, I enjoy some of their games way too much to not play them. Then again, I am a rational person and can put things in perspective.

Nope. I enjoy too many games that they publish.