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Madden developer suing EA.
The judge is allowing the case to go forward.
The judge is allowing the case to go forward.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
Nah, the guy shouldn't settle for less than $150,000,000 (5% of Madden's total sales). The merits of the case are unimportant: if he can get even just two or three gamers on the jury then he's guaranteed a nice fat "screw those EA bastards" check out of it.
"ATTENTION: Customers browsing porn must hold magazines with both hands at all times!"
EA's lawyers will bury this dude unless he has an unlimited legal fund. Not that I'm cheering for them, but statistics says so.
Edited By Malcolm on 1367368563
Edited By Malcolm on 1367368563
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
At some point, microtransactions are going to go away. I'd bet on sooner rather than later.
It's the same as Zynga's "email every person you know every day" AND "pay for more stuff to get you ahead" business model and how it has completely fallen apart.
Now everyone's trying to do the same thing with mobile games, and moving similar models onto consoles. It's just bullshit. It will fail. A small percentage of folks will pay to be king of the hill, and everyone else will be interested for a second, but will quit once they realize they can't compete with assholes who are shelling out hundreds of dollars just so they can pretend to be the best.
Not to mention the new businesses popping up to help people NOT pay by doing tasks for them, like installing other apps and such.
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It's the same as Zynga's "email every person you know every day" AND "pay for more stuff to get you ahead" business model and how it has completely fallen apart.
Now everyone's trying to do the same thing with mobile games, and moving similar models onto consoles. It's just bullshit. It will fail. A small percentage of folks will pay to be king of the hill, and everyone else will be interested for a second, but will quit once they realize they can't compete with assholes who are shelling out hundreds of dollars just so they can pretend to be the best.
Not to mention the new businesses popping up to help people NOT pay by doing tasks for them, like installing other apps and such.
Edited By Leisher on 1367953626
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
At some point, microtransactions are going to go away. I'd bet on sooner rather than later.
Maybe for multiplayer purposes. In a single player game, I can't think of any reason to say, "No, don't pay me more money."
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
EA launches their version of MS Live.
In the name of all that is holy, if you know someone who only plays console games, slap them until they switch to PC.
In the name of all that is holy, if you know someone who only plays console games, slap them until they switch to PC.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
Sim City 4 addon mod maker says "Don't buy that game on Origin."
Apparently, they changed out the existing DRM with Origin DRM, and it breaks the game's ability to be patched or modded.
That's some good work they're doing over there at EA.
Apparently, they changed out the existing DRM with Origin DRM, and it breaks the game's ability to be patched or modded.
That's some good work they're doing over there at EA.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
Apparently, they changed out the existing DRM with Origin DRM, and it breaks the game's ability to be patched or modded.
... hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Dude, it's not DRM, we can't be any clearer.
Edited By Malcolm on 1409081715
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."