@pcty Wouldnt any genre of game be JUST another game in its Genre. I mean shit, maybe we should make this game like tetris, and you just stack bounty hunters in different shapes until you reach level 1313 that'll learn 'em
@slpr21 No I was completely bored by their lackluster PVE, and storyline. Granted TOR had alot of boring fetch quests, but man their cinematics made it for me. Plus the differences in quests really made a difference, it was just wierd for me to go from killing swoop gangs and torturing prisoners within the first five levels of TOR, to Helpping farmers, and playing with wolf pups in GW. Sometimes Setting, and themes go just as far.
@KamuiFei The PVE is ten fold maybe by guild wars standards, but other than that, Im not impressed. The PvP is alot of fun though, Ill give it that. However thats not why I play MMOs, but alot of people do, and most of the people excited for this game are in it for the PVP.
@maxwell97 They didnt buy the game for 75 million, they loaned 38 studios 75 million to set up their company there in an attempt to create jobs. They probably made back alot of the 75 million with game sales, and then obviously seized the rights to the game when 38 studios could no longer remain profitable. Much like a bank takes your house. Now they are selling the rights.
@rarson Not to mention Patents expire for the very reason you are trying to argue. When a patent expires its free reign for anyone who wants to improve it, to go ahead and do so, then they can file that patent. So maybe you should understand the system a little better.
@rarson Man the guy who invented the snuggie Gary Clegg, Hes just one man with a patent. Without it, any company could have developed the snuggie or stole his design, and he never would have seen a dime. But with his patent the snuggie has sold over 20 million in the united states, and this guy gets a share of every penny of that.
@rarson "Here's a newsflash: in the real world, most inventors don't see a dime beyond their regular paycheck. Most inventors work for companies which automatically own anything they invent. Even if they don't, patents are ridiculously expensive, so unless you're already a rich person who dabbles in inventing things, a patent probably isn't going to help you. The patent system is there to protect companies, not individual inventors, and the purpose is to prevent competition, which stifles innovation. Without patents, a person can actually copy an invention and improve it, or at least offer a better value to the consumer (again, like the cotton gin)."No the patent system is their to protect whoever owns the product. There are companies that are built around one patent sure, and whoever owns that patent now makes a crap ton of money. Then there are people who license their patent product to multiple companies and distributors and make a crap ton of money that way. A corporation is generally started by one or more people based around an idea, innovation, or design.
@rarson Actually no it didnt. An automobile is a culmination of many different inventions and technologies, all licensed to manufacturers. Ford still has to buy tires, and engines, and computer chips, and steel, all technologies that someone owns or engineered. You really dont understand these processes so stop talking about them.
@rarson What? Thats the dumbest thing Ive ever heard. Copyright protection is ABSOLUTELY necessary. Sure Big Companies like to use it as grounds for lawsuits a lot. But without copyright laws, Artists, Authors, and independents wouldnt have anything to make a living off of, if their work was reproduced, copied and sold by other people. I mean do you even think before you type that crap?
How would you feel if a product you invented was taken by someone else and they made money off of it, and you didnt even see a dime? You see in the real world peoples products, and ideas make them money they need to feed their families and survive.
EA might be trying to work the system in its favor, but that doesnt mean the system established isnt doing its job. Which is to protect the rights and properties of innovators, inventors, and artists from being stolen from them.
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