@Lightning__Evil As much as I want to agree with you, there won't be any major consequences. Most people will continue to whine and whine but still go buy (or worse, preorder) the next EA title that appeals to them, then whine some more. All three of those titles could fail miserably, but people will still buy them. I stopped buying EA a while ago, and, while I'll miss the ME/DA/BF games, I won't miss those mess up. However, I'm a part of the minority of gamers who vote with their wallets, and until that minority becomes a majority, EA can continue doing whatever it wants.
The main problem is that EA doesn't normally end at just a "little bit" wrong. AODRM in SimCity was a lot wrong. Their reasoning behind why they wanted it AO was a lot wrong. BF4 issues weren't just a "little bit" wrong. They were huge issues for a lot of people. "little bit" issues are easy fixes that shouldn't take more than a week or two to fix. Both those titles I mentioned didn't get fixed for a lot longer than a week or two.
Also: "Great games work no matter what platform you're on or what business model you're going with,"
I call BS. Deadspace 3, imo, was a huge failure simply because the business model of charging full price and microtransactions is a huge failure. The business model of Dragon Age 2 (AKA Rush it and then F the fans strategy) was a massive failure. Also, wasn't it EA who was discussing at some point putting in microtransactions in the middle of BF since people would pay an insane amount of money for extra ammo? That business model isn't just bad and to the detriment of the game, it's downright exploitative.
@BlackBaldwin The great thing about indies is that they are the games that will bring you that advancement, not those AAA titles made by companies like EA and actiblizzard that are geared toward riding the latest fad for maximum shortterm stockholder profits.
@bluefox755 agreed. IMO the Xbox 360 suffered from a lack of diversity. Every one of their exclusives were shooters which, while they were all good shooters, led me to shooter fatigue (combined with CoD adding to that). I know I used to think that indie was lame and AAA was the only way to go, but I look at my Steam library and some of my most favourite games on it are indies.
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