EA Greed

[Cryo Kaiser]

Came across this kitguru article of Plants Vs Zombies 2 and how EA is sucking your money away. Im not as against EA as a lot of other people I think this is outrageous! I hate the "free to play" moto. I'd rather pay upfront then stupid micro transactions like how Guild Wars 2 does it.

http://www.kitguru.net/software/gaming/carl/ea-greed-ruins-plants-v-zombies-2-in-game-charges-galore/

 

[MetalLobster]

I blame the players who actually pay for these. It's like walking into a McDonald's and buying a burger everyday, and then blaming McDonald's for making you fat.  

[Youbetternot]

What did you think it's EA

[delet my acc pls]

3£ for a plant?! Really i would pay of 5£ tops for the whole game.

[NickTheMajin]

Don't pay for the content? 

[delet my acc pls]

I blame the players who actually pay for these. It's like walking into a McDonald's and buying a burger everyday, and then blaming McDonald's for making you fat.

That metafor does not make any sense at all

[Andi]

i played candycrush, never paid for anything and at some point you hit a wall and you have to pay for the next levels so mean!....they want our money so bad :D

[Camul]

Can't say I'm surprised. The majority of free to play games are like that.

 

That metafor does not make any sense at all

 

I get what they were trying to imply, but yeah, it's a shitty metaphor.

[MetalLobster]

That metafor does not make any sense at all

 

EA is not forcing anyone to pay, it's F2P. You can play it just fine without paying for the extra, yet people do. 

[delet my acc pls]

EA is not forcing anyone to pay, it's F2P. You can play it just fine without paying for the extra, yet people do.

i understand what you mean but i agree @Camul

[Guest]

I know it's bad, but look at the bright side: By buying things you stimulate the economy which right now is just dying just like the reputation of EA.

[JORDANonPC]

EA is not forcing anyone to pay, it's F2P. You can play it just fine without paying for the extra, yet people do. 

it was a really bad metafor 

[MetalLobster]

it was a really bad metafor 

 

Fair enough. 

[ciprian97pop]

I actually feel bad for these companies

[JORDANonPC]

I actually feel bad for these companies

 

 2004 was a bad year

[MetalLobster]

I actually feel bad for these companies

Isn't Maxis still alive? They did make Darkspore.

[criso8]

It's the way f2p makes their money. they are not the only company that does this.

[SteepGnomeKing]

FFS seriously this EA shit is getting annoying. 90% of F2P games are like this. They have micro-transactions in the game because the GAME IS FREEEEEEE.

 

I don't understand why you are thinking EA is greedy for doing this. It's a free game, if you want to speed up the process you can. But you DON'T HAVE TO.

[JupiteL]

It's pretty fair though because you can still finish the game without paying any money. You should blame more game that are strongly require you to buy stuff just to continue to the next level.

[Lyons]

That metafor does not make any sense at all

It's an analogy ;)

[xAdam]

This is so pathetic. Im really starting to hate EA, I used to dislike them but i dont understand how they can make so many bad decisions. Is it one evil guy sat in a chair doing this? 

[Flamewalker]

Thats one hell of a expensive jalapeño.

Makes me worried about C&C already ;/

[Beskamir]

I actually feel bad for these companies

I nearly cried when I saw this and remembered how awesome the games from those studios once were...

[dyent10]

first of all, guild wars 2 is an mmo with very many players. server upkeep is gonna cost a lot. however, they dont charge the player a monthly fee to play. yes u can buy gems which u can exchange for gold, but they do not force it on you like ea. they even give the players access to new parts of the map for free! usually that would be an expansion that would retail about the same cost as the original game. 

[OneGun]

If you guys hate EA so much why you waste all this time talking about them? Are you still in grade school?