Will you ever support anything EA again?

Damn, I forgot about the new Sim City. Im going to have to start following that.

You mean unique and unlike the wing commander series which used the voices and appearances of many actors

Isn't that what you would do if you were EA? And is it really EA's fault if the developers can't fulfill people's expectations, even with all the cash and resources EA has made available to them? Maybe sometimes creativity comes with a tighter budget, who knows.

People like to scape goat EA because they dont want to believe their beloved Bioware failed them.

While both companies are probably at fault. You cannot look to just EA.

This. Unfortunately it seems us gamers, or geeks in general actually, are among the biggest tools in consumer history. Very few of us would stand up for ourselves and say enough is enough when a company takes advantage like this. Theyll piss and moan all over the internet, but John Ricci-ahole will just shrug it off as the preorders stack up and he'll still fill the bank at release.

Companies like EA can continue to screw us with their DRM, their required Origin, overpriced DLC that was obviously excluded from release to milk us for more, and of course this latest "middle finger" with SWTOR ...... and continue to do so because it just doesnt matter.

Nothing will change until this turns P2W. Even then, I will probably not preorder.

A game is to be judged by its own merits, be it EA / Activision or any other Dev / Publisher. And there is no reason to think any Developer under EA can`t deliver a game worth its cash.

They only lost me as a preorder customer.

[EDIT]I don`t like Origin and will not use it.

If that is the what you want to do sure,


But if you are the big boy on the block buying up all the good dev companies and running them into ruins for profit. People are going to hate you.

Yes. It usually takes them a few tries on something and then they get it right. After a couple of years of lousy Madden sales, they started to address some of the issues in the game.

I could get on a soapbox about Origin but I will leave it alone.

It isnt a coincidense that BW's quality has gone down the drain since EA bought them out. Its not a scapegoat. They stick their noses in everything and screw it up. Theyve done it to other companies as well, Bioware isnt the first. They write the checks, they call the shots.

Look up what their own employees have said about them. There is a thread with a link somewhere in general. Say what you will about "oh theyre just mad because they got fired" everything said gives answers to many of SWTOR's problems. There is no more Bioware, and it IS EA's fault.

I try to avoid EA at all costs these days.

To be honest, I've never really liked them. Before I even knew about their politics and their ability to destroy decent games companies there remained the fact that virtually every single EA game I ever played completely lacked any depth. They just weren't enjoyable past the first 5 or 6 hours.

However, EA has the money and they keep buying decent IPs. I am attracted to IPs much more than I am the mechanics so I'm sure if EA buy another decent IP then I'm likely to try the game. Its the same with SW:TOR. I love Warhammer IP, I played the tabletop as a child, still occasionally paint some 40k figures. So, when I saw a Warhammer MMO focused on PvP I jumped at it. But, EA screwed it up. They forced Mythic to push it out too early and forced too much copying of WoW.

So, coming in to SW:TOR I had my doubts, all of which have been realised, but the attraction of Star Wars was too great!

I think there are only a few great IPs which EA could buy which would make me buy their games again:

• Final Fantasy (good luck on that one EA!)
• Forgotten Realms
• Warhammer 40k
• The Eldar Scrolls

Fingers crossed they never get them!