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Topic Started: May 16 2010, 04:49 PM (952 Views)
J_HUI
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Problem is, EA is the only major greedy company making all these schemes to make money :unsure: ,but oddly all their games have gone downhill, while other game company have made excellent games as they actually listen to what the people want and take time to perfect games..

Also Personally (I'm a group 2 person) i don't buy used games often, well only once, but it should be on offer to less fortunate people which cannot afford new games, By having any extra consumer's still mean the industry can continue growing as they might need the accessory or console to play the game. Of course the game retailer benefits the most, but that what help the industry & economy grow.

IMO With PC gamers downloading games, EA introducing this money racking ideas, the GFC. The game industry (or atlease consoles) will and could eventually die out.

But reality is people and spoiled kids are still willing to fork out all these money for expansions and games that is why these major company continue to create new money schemes.

Like those Facebook games pay $30 with Visa for game coins or something, sounds stupid but people are willing to pay.
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Like my mate just paid $20 for 4 maps on MW2 (and 2 of them are from MW1) which is outrageously expensive (luckly he could share the download on my console :P)
So $20 times let say 30000 people = alot of money, but because people are willing to pay and not do anything about it, game makers wont wake up, keep producing shit games but charging even more then ever because it's on next gen consoles.
Edited by J_HUI, May 19 2010, 02:50 PM.
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Slim
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May 18 2010, 10:12 PM
Not really Slim, companies make us buy what they want us too, if this idea came out, a fair few people would go along with it, and more and more gradually would as itd just eliminate online play
you never heard of supply and demand? if the consumer wants something its down to the supplier to supply it, other wise they wont make any money. why do you think they do customer research etc.? because they know if they come up with something no one wants, then no one will buy it. the supplier does not control the market, they cant tell us to buy, they can only advertise it and make us think we need it, but if its not what we need then the consumer will eventually stop buyin it.
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OCUKhellfire

I have never bought second hand.. I don't think the game shops should get money for the game which the company made. Not only that fuck it I am earning enough bring it in I only buy PC games now anyway meaning it is cheaper all along for me anyway :)
Look this means b/s companies like the failing game shops will have to charge less meaning that it will be cheaper for non online games. I mean EA have some decent games. Bulletstorm which looks awesome beyond beleif. Need for speed online. Brutal Legend. Burnout. Battlefield. Medal of honour...

Oh wait Ubisoft do what.. Rainbow Six. Dated Splinter Cell. GRAW. Woooo amazing oh and Lost planet which got worse.
Edited by OCUKhellfire, May 23 2010, 04:36 PM.
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Sir Kieran
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Going by your username I'm assuming you're English, in which case you need to learn some bloody grammar.

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I don't think the game shops should get money for the game which the company made.

Why not? They don't get given those games, they buy them off people. It's not free money to them, it takes their investment, time and effort.

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Not only that fuck it I am earning enough bring it in I only buy PC games now anyway meaning it is cheaper all along for me anyway :)

O rly? So, how much did your gaming computer cost you? Is it graphically equal to an Xbox 360 or a PS3? Don't forget that you'll have to keep upgrading that over the years to play newer games, games consoles generally have around a 10 year life span.

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Look this means b/s companies like the failing game shops will have to charge less meaning that it will be cheaper for non online games.

How are they failing, or is that just some so called bullshit? They won't have to charge less, they'll have to charge the RRP for the games still. The RRP won't decrease as it'll mean that charging for online play will no longer serve the purpose of profiting, it'll just mean buyers have the choice of whether they want online play or not, in which case those that don't will save money. Them saving money means the devs lose money. If you're talking about games that don't have any online play at all, well they don't really exist these days.

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I mean EA have some decent games. Bulletstorm which looks awesome beyond beleif. Need for speed online. Brutal Legend. Burnout. Battlefield. Medal of honour...

Oh wait Ubisoft do what.. Rainbow Six. Dated Splinter Cell. GRAW. Woooo amazing oh and Lost planet which got worse.

I'm not sure what you're trying to accomplish here, why did you bring Ubisoft into this? As for Splinter Cell, Rainbow Six and Graw, they're perfectly decent games. They're ten times better than the recent Need For Speed games and 9 out of 10 will agree. Same with Burnout, back in the day they were impressive and innovative games, now they're just the same old shit over and over again.

You honestly have absolutely no clue about any of this.
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OCUKhellfire

So what I am English well done. My GRAMMAR is up to me I am only on the Idiot. MY PC will play crysis Maxxed at 1080p which pretty much all CONSOLE games can not touch.
The new splinter cell is damn well awful well done to sell out.
And they will have to charge less for second hand games since no one will buy them.
General life span is 5 years.
PS2 6 years
Xbox 4 years
Gamecube 5 years.

Look at GTA IV Xbox and PS3 frame rate problems WOO and 720p with around medium and lowest view distance and so on. I am running 1080p maxxed. 30/40 FPS
DiRT 2 DX11 on console nope
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J_HUI
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Haha you remind me of my mate. With the reference of being able to run Crysis on full 1080 XD on his computer.

But thing is, IMO with PC gamers. most people will just go and torrent the games and dont even have to step outside their house. So with EA's idea, it actually disbenifit and is aimed mostly at Console gamers, asmost PC gamers can just hack / patch the game.

I think EA might be on to something with the money racking scheme, but for a company thats going downhill I'm not bothered to pay for the same game year after year. As they seem to be polishing up old games and giving them a new title every year.

If they do put through the "pay to unlock multiplayer" then I'll just overall avoid EA games all together, not that i have to much time to play games now days anyway.
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OCUKhellfire
May 24 2010, 01:46 PM
So what I am English well done. My GRAMMAR is up to me I am only on the Idiot. MY PC will play crysis Maxxed at 1080p which pretty much all CONSOLE games can not touch.
The new splinter cell is damn well awful well done to sell out.
And they will have to charge less for second hand games since no one will buy them.
General life span is 5 years.
PS2 6 years
Xbox 4 years
Gamecube 5 years.

Look at GTA IV Xbox and PS3 frame rate problems WOO and 720p with around medium and lowest view distance and so on. I am running 1080p maxxed. 30/40 FPS
DiRT 2 DX11 on console nope
So either you're a spoiled kid with rich parents or you spent 1000 bucks of your hard earned money on a PC to play games... Either way, good for you. WE DONT CARE that you can run Crysis at max. You've spent a fuck load of money on it, while an xbox is like 5 times as cheap and can play the same games...

I can't decipher the rest of your post.
Edited by Flippy, May 24 2010, 02:34 PM.
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Sir Kieran
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So what I am English well done. My GRAMMAR is up to me I am only on the Idiot.

Well done, you finally admitted it. Sure it's up to you if you want to type like a retard, but by doing so you're ruining any credibility you might have had and making it hard for people to have a discussion with you as they have to spend ages deciphering your posts.

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MY PC will play crysis Maxxed at 1080p which pretty much all CONSOLE games can not touch.

Congratulations! The top 360s and PS3s can be had for under £300, did you get your PC for that much? No.

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The new splinter cell is damn well awful well done to sell out.

The only people that would say that are those that suck at it. Tbh I wouldn't be surprised if you've never played the game and are just basing your opinion off previous games. I however have played it, completed it twice and still continue to play it, yet I've never completed any of the others as I found them boring. That has to say something, either my standards have lowered a lot or the game has got a ton better, I'm wagering on the latter. As for selling out, you don't have a fucking clue. There have been around 6 or so Splinter Cell games, compared with well over 10 Need For Speeds, hell they released 2 in 2009, now that is selling out. Same goes for Burnout, but at least they can limit themselves to less than 1 game a year.

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And they will have to charge less for second hand games since no one will buy them.

Only EA's games, everyone will still eat up the un-crippled games from other manufacturers like they always have.

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General life span is 5 years.
PS2 6 years
Xbox 4 years
Gamecube 5 years.

PS2 was released in 2000 and was still available in 2009, not sure if they've discontinued it yet, so that's at least 9 years (not 6). The original Xbox had a 3 to 5 year life span depending on where you lived, over here it was 4 years so you can have that one, and they Gamecube's was 5 to 6 years and indeed 5 over here. However, the Gamecube was not a major player and so we'll disregard it. Sony have stated before that they intend to keep the PS3 round for at least 10 or so years like the PS2 and Microsoft intend to do the same. That's what I was getting at, I admit I didn't make it clear so your confusion is understandable. However, even then the 4 year lifespan of the Xbox is still greater than a PCs, and 9 years is just incredible (and they're still making games as far as I know, try running any new game now on a 9 year old PC).

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Look at GTA IV Xbox and PS3 frame rate problems WOO and 720p with around medium and lowest view distance and so on. I am running 1080p maxxed. 30/40 FPS
DiRT 2 DX11 on console nope

GTA IV is one of the most shittily coded games in recent history, even decent specced PCs struggle to run that piece of shit, so again congratulations with your uber gaming PC that can run it with everything on max.
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OCUKhellfire
May 24 2010, 01:46 PM
I am only on the Idiot.
LOLWUT.


Were you by any chance someone on the other VM who had the name 'Chris' in their username?
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Slim
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the only thing EA is good for IMO is sports games, they dont actually make anything else worth buyin tbh. their main source of income would probly be MADDEN and the FIFA series. plus comparin NFS with any game is just dumb cos apart from NFS UG 2 and MW the series is pretty much shite, no mater if you can play it at ZOMG1080p or not.
Edited by Slim, May 24 2010, 04:57 PM.
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