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

Am 21.03.25 um 23:13 schrieb Zaghadka:

On Wed, 19 Mar 2025 15:15:05 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
 

The sad thing is, I still think EA is one of the _better_ triple-A
publishers... because the rest of them are even worse!
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I remember back in the C=64 days when I would buy anything published by
EA, because they were *that* good. Of course I would immediately crack
their stupid 10 minute long half-track loader (their proprietary DRM) and
have the game load up in 3 seconds with FastLoad.
 And for people who didn't crack the endless EA logo loading screen? I
made a fortune realigning 1541 hard drives so it would work. I always
offered the pirate tool though.
 But still, Archon, Seven Cities of Gold, MULE. They were amazing.
 

EA went sideways when they struck gold with annual sports titles from that onwards, games were secondary, corporatism was primary!
And yes they were amazing in the early 80s, but so was Activision and Sierra!