Re: 'People like to hate EA, I don't know why'

On Sat, 22 Mar 2025 08:47:31 +0000, JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:

But besides all of that what have EA done wrong?

+1 for Python reference. ;-)
(I just watched that movie again last week; great stuff).

The thing of it is, from what I've read, Hazelight's experience
actually isn't that unusual. My understanding is that EA is actually
quite good with its partners. They tend to be rather supportive and
pretty hands-off. (Not so much with its own internal development teams
though; ask Bioware and Visceral and Maxis and the rest). So I've no
doubt that Josef Fares (the guy who made the comment) is being
absolutely truthful. But it's a rather short-sighted viewpoint focused
solely on the immediate business relationship, and does not reflect
the corporation's overall behavior.

But for all that, I still have warmer feelings toward EA than any of
its other triple-A competitors (Activision, Ubisoft, Take2, etc.)
since -for all its ruthless, money-focused actions- they still seem
the most interested in making games, while the others seem just to
want to make products. Although I'll be the first to admit that might
be because I -like others here- have a certain nostalgia for the
company from back when they released games in albums ;-)