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How's that working out for them? by Jerry Whorebach 06/21/2012, 4:00pm PDT

Gamesindustry's Rob Fahey wrote:

Electronic Arts' stock has lost almost 40 per cent of its value since the start of this calendar year - and in fact, since the middle of last holiday season (around November 2011) the company's stock has been in a steady decline which has now wiped close to 50 per cent off EA's valuation. It's not a decline as sharp as THQ's, but it represents a much larger loss of value - THQ's market capitalisation is only around $50 million, whereas even after this enormous loss of value, EA is still capitalised at around $4 billion.


I'm the last guy who should give a shit about online passes, since I usually buy games new (albeit heavily discounted) and never, ever play online. However, the shareware-style nag screens - did I mention Hot Pursuit has TWO of them to click through on every boot, in addition to the press start to continue screen? - are fucking inexcusable in a retail product. Those are an irritant on par with Microsoft charging a monthly fee for Xbox Live and STILL plastering your dashboard with body spray ads, and literally the only reason I'm not buying the new Syndicate (which, by the way, has sold a whopping 150,000 copies so far; nice job expanding the audience with your mass-market re-imagining, guys). (Seriously, 150,000 copies? That's about five million bucks after Microsoft, Sony and Wal-Mart take their cut. They would've done better to put up a fucking Kickstarter like the Shadowrun fags).

Meanwhile, say what you will about the way Activision mistreats their superstar visionary scripted shooter developers, but at least they deliver a complete product on every disc.
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let's see if a single game news site calls EA out for this bullshit by jeep 05/07/2012, 4:07pm PDT NEW
    I'm playing EA's Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit right now. It's fucking shameless. by Jerry Whorebach 05/07/2012, 4:40pm PDT NEW
        Everything EA makes is now stupid and awkward NT by Trip Could Save Them? 05/07/2012, 6:37pm PDT NEW
            How's that working out for them? by Jerry Whorebach 06/21/2012, 4:00pm PDT NEW
    Two hundred million well spent! NT by Worm 05/07/2012, 6:21pm PDT NEW
    You missed one thing by Bioware the Dog 05/09/2012, 8:36pm PDT NEW
    It's okay we only lost some "casuals". by Frank Gibeau 05/22/2012, 10:44am PDT NEW
        Skill Crane is my new Agile methodology. by wagnerfuckerjamesauter 05/22/2012, 11:01am PDT NEW
 
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