Anyone else DISGUSTED by EA

crazyjah2003

"Analysts point to EA Chief Executive John Riccitiello's comments about Rockstar, recently published in the New York Times. In the interview, he asserted that Electronic Arts "represents a white knight" to Rockstar in many ways. The comment itself was made in the context that EA could offer Rockstar a stable company that can distribute GTA and other IPs to a broader audience, much like how its sports titles are embraced by all audiences."QJ.NET



Seeing this makes me think that EA is disrespectfuly insane.... I gave up on ordering burnout paradise after seing this..... I absolutely hate EA

what's your take on the whole Take 2 EA thing?

randombattle

I don't really understand what you are trying to get at.

EA is evil because it claims it can distribute GTA?

The_Scarab

EA is a much larger company than Take Two.

So what he said was factually accurate.

Hating EA because they speak the truth is a new one on me.

Kagera

randombattle wrote: »

I don't really understand what you are trying to get at.

EA is evil because it claims it can distribute GTA?

I think the idea he's getting at is that he thinks EA wants to 'domesticate' games like GTA to reach that broader audience.

Gumpy

I cannot actually see a problem with what John Riccitiello said. What's to hate?

The Deliverator

I find it amusing they think they can broaden the market of GTA any more than it already is. The game is a household name, everyone knows it. There's nothing EA can do to improve the mindshare.

edit: as Kagera said, the only way to increase sales would be to tame it to the point that it appeals to the new mainstream soccermom gamers, but that would alienate the current market and basically make it not GTA.

Metal Gear Solid 2 Demo

Not like GTA can hit a much broader audience anyway, it's like one of those games every console owner has

The_Scarab

Prosthetic Conscience wrote: »

Not like GTA can hit a much broader audience anyway, it's like one of those games every console owner has

Everyone over the age of whatever though. EA to make clean censored version confirmed!

Replace the guns and murder with candy and sleepovers.

randombattle

Prosthetic Conscience wrote: »

Not like GTA can hit a much broader audience anyway, it's like one of those games every console owner has

Yeah even my grandmother gets a kick out of GTA.. I mean wheres the limit?

rvcontre78

crazyjah2003 wrote: »

"Analysts point to EA Chief Executive John Riccitiello's comments about Rockstar, recently published in the New York Times. In the interview, he asserted that Electronic Arts "represents a white knight" to Rockstar in many ways. The comment itself was made in the context that EA could offer Rockstar a stable company that can distribute GTA and other IPs to a broader audience, much like how its sports titles are embraced by all audiences."QJ.NET



Seeing this makes me think that EA is disrespectfuly insane.... I gave up on ordering burnout paradise after seing this..... I absolutely hate EA

what's your take on the whole Take 2 EA thing?

Yeah, I think that quote might be a little stronger than intended. I mean I thought all he was really saying was that EA as a corporate entity could repress the silly backlash that GTA encounters all the time. I don't think it was meant in an artistic role at all which would be a little insulting. Not that I don't think that will happen, mind you. I just don't think the president would outright and say, "Hey, we can't wait to get our hands on a multi-million dollar IP and soften it up to make it a multi-multi-million dollar IP." I think he was just using the mob approach and offering "protection"

emnmnme

The_Scarab wrote: »

EA to make clean censored version confirmed!

Replace the guns and murder with candy and sleepovers.

That statement just cause Twisted Metal: Small Brawl to flash in my mind - dammit! Now I'm angry!

august

Sounds like some shit I'd say to the New York Times if I worked for a publicly owned company.

I mean, I just don't see anyone changing GTA.

Xenogears of Bore

Captain Cactus And The Water Preservation Squad wrote: »

I find it amusing they think they can broaden the market of GTA any more than it already is. The game is a household name, everyone knows it. There's nothing EA can do to improve the mindshare.

edit: as Kagera said, the only way to increase sales would be to tame it to the point that it appeals to the new mainstream soccermom gamers, but that would alienate the current market and basically make it not GTA.

EA Trax begs to differ. Challenge Everything. etc, etc.

No worries about Maddenizing the series either as its already almost there. If you include the PSP titles you have about one GTA game every 18 months or so.

EA will probably get its mitts on TT eventually. What I'm amazed at is that Microsoft hasn't tried it yet.

Sueve

I think, for example, the torture and murder of Tibetan monks in 'disgusting' and 'disrespectfully insane'. I think that a company doing business and trying to make money for its stockholders is quite the opposite. You give them way to much credit.

Kagera

Captain Cactus And The Water Preservation Squad wrote: »

I find it amusing they think they can broaden the market of GTA any more than it already is. The game is a household name, everyone knows it. There's nothing EA can do to improve the mindshare.

Dude, just think about this.

Here's the pitch:

GTA: but without the drugs, swearing, violence or sex

Well leave the violence in and maybe some swearing.

Get it rated T for teens then sit back and watch the money roll in.

Also make the main character voice acted by John Madden.

"You see, to kill that guy I have to shoot him."

Taramoor

Kagera wrote: »

Captain Cactus And The Water Preservation Squad wrote: »

I find it amusing they think they can broaden the market of GTA any more than it already is. The game is a household name, everyone knows it. There's nothing EA can do to improve the mindshare.

Dude, just think about this.

Here's the pitch:

GTA: but without the drugs, swearing, violence or sex

Well leave the violence in and maybe some swearing.

Get it rated T for teens then sit back and watch the money roll in.

Also make the main character voice acted by John Madden.

"You see, to kill that guy I have to shoot him."

"Boom! Tough actin' Tinactin!"

As to the thread topic itself, I'm not disgusted by EA's quote there, as there's nothing really wrong with it. However, engaging in a hostile takeover of a company which is founded on ideals of creativity is a little scary. I get the feeling they're going to fire all the developers and writers and destroy the brand loyalty Take Two has spent so long building up just so they can make a quick buck.

So much for the "New EA" that we were all touting about when they defended BioWare.

randombattle

Taramoor wrote: »

Kagera wrote: »

Captain Cactus And The Water Preservation Squad wrote: »

I find it amusing they think they can broaden the market of GTA any more than it already is. The game is a household name, everyone knows it. There's nothing EA can do to improve the mindshare.

Dude, just think about this.

Here's the pitch:

GTA: but without the drugs, swearing, violence or sex

Well leave the violence in and maybe some swearing.

Get it rated T for teens then sit back and watch the money roll in.

Also make the main character voice acted by John Madden.

"You see, to kill that guy I have to shoot him."

"Boom! Tough actin' Tinactin!"

I'd play it. John Madden is a crazy old guy who is funny through his insane comments.

Henroid

If EA ever got into a position of owning Take Two and the GTA IP they'd probably make really toned down, crappy offshoot games of the series. Or "spoof" games.

I pretty much agree with what's been said. Yeah, it isn't a far stretch for EA to say they could do that, and then again, what Captain Cactus And The Water Preservation Squad said (damn your title by the way) is equally true.

Edit - Why not have John Madden be the playable character, in his youth? And Pat can be his advisor who groans at everything he says.

Kagera

Taramoor wrote: »

Kagera wrote: »

Captain Cactus And The Water Preservation Squad wrote: »

I find it amusing they think they can broaden the market of GTA any more than it already is. The game is a household name, everyone knows it. There's nothing EA can do to improve the mindshare.

Dude, just think about this.

Here's the pitch:

GTA: but without the drugs, swearing, violence or sex

Well leave the violence in and maybe some swearing.

Get it rated T for teens then sit back and watch the money roll in.

Also make the main character voice acted by John Madden.

"You see, to kill that guy I have to shoot him."

"Boom! Tough actin' Tinactin!"

As to the thread topic itself, I'm not disgusted by EA's quote there, as there's nothing really wrong with it. However, engaging in a hostile takeover of a company which is founded on ideals of creativity is a little scary. I get the feeling they're going to fire all the developers and writers and destroy the brand loyalty Take Two has spent so long building up just so they can make a quick buck.

So much for the "New EA" that we were all touting about when they defended BioWare.

I'd rather wait for those things to happen before making mean faces at EA. That's what their recent PR has earned from me.

Before I would just show my scorn whenever those two letters were in sequence such as EAt or mEAt or lEAp.

Henroid

Taramoor wrote: »

So much for the "New EA" that we were all touting about when they defended BioWare.

You speak as if what you wrote already happened. *hits Taramoor's wrists with a ruler*

august

But if they take the violence out of GTA that guarantees that children will not buy it. Or pester their white trash parents to buy it for them.

Taramoor

Henroid wrote: »

Taramoor wrote: »

So much for the "New EA" that we were all touting about when they defended BioWare.

You speak as if what you wrote already happened. *hits Taramoor's wrists with a ruler*

They've already been turned down when they attempted to buy the company outright, so instead they made a very public offer to purchase Take Two stock for twice its current value provided they can purchase 51% or more.

They're not exactly being subtle. The "New EA" that was being PR'd would have offered to buy Take Two, sure, but if Take Two didn't want to be bought they wouldn't force it.

Henroid

august wrote: »

But if they take the violence out of GTA that guarantees that children will not buy it. Or pester their white trash parents to buy it for them.

And yet on the other hand, video games will no longer be a target of politics.

Loathing

Henroid wrote: »

august wrote: »

But if they take the violence out of GTA that guarantees that children will not buy it. Or pester their white trash parents to buy it for them.

And yet on the other hand, video games will no longer be a target of politics.

The day that video games aren't a target of politics in one way or another is the day that I'll eat my own wang.

Also I never really liked EA but that doesn't mean I won't stop buying games backed by them if I liked the game itself.

LewieP

I am so disgusted I needed to use all caps.

Sprocket Floss

If there's one thing that gets me worked up, it's distribution.

Tav

If you think GTA will sell more if it has a T rating then you're an idiot. It feeds off the controversy that it produces and most parents are too apathetic to care about what they have buying for their kids.

august

EA to buy air to bring it to a wider audience.

Waka Laka

EA always reminds reminds me of that Leorne Lanning "Moneyhats" comic from ages ago.

Henroid

LewieP wrote: »

I am so disgusted I needed to use all caps.

But you only used a couple of caps. Or do you mean you busted a cap? Like in someone's ass?

LewieP

Henroid wrote: »

LewieP wrote: »

I am so disgusted I needed to use all caps.

But you only used a couple of caps. Or do you mean you busted a cap? Like in someone's ass?

I was taking the piss of the thread title.

I never use 'all caps' it irks me so.

Edit: I don't play enough GTA to get away with using the lingo "to bust a cap in ons ass"

Tav

LewieP wrote: »

Edit: I don't play enough GTA to get away with using the lingo "to bust a cap in ons ass"

You could just try being a middle-class white nine year old. They seem black enough to pull it off :P

JamesKeenan

Nox. Anyone who knows about Nox will know why I now hate EA. Or at least, that's where it all started.

Henroid

Tav wrote: »

LewieP wrote: »

Edit: I don't play enough GTA to get away with using the lingo "to bust a cap in ons ass"

You could just try being a middle-class white nine year old. They seem black enough to pull it off :P

He's in the UK. Things are different there. Cut him some slack.

august

Uhhh Bullfrog.

Tav

Henroid wrote: »

Tav wrote: »

LewieP wrote: »

Edit: I don't play enough GTA to get away with using the lingo "to bust a cap in ons ass"

You could just try being a middle-class white nine year old. They seem black enough to pull it off :P

He's in the UK. Things are different there. Cut him some slack.

Heh, I was referring to middle class UK kids. I've got no experience with American ones, which is a good thing I think :P

LewieP

Don't make me go colonial on all your asses.

Henroid

LewieP wrote: »

Don't make me go colonial on all your asses.

Does your mother approve of you making such threats?! <.<

Okay, I think we're getting off track here. >.>

Tav

Henroid wrote: »

LewieP wrote: »

Don't make me go colonial on all your asses.

Does your mother approve of you making such threats?! <.<

Okay, I think we're getting off track here. >.>

There was a track now?

dopplex

Taramoor wrote: »

Kagera wrote: »

Captain Cactus And The Water Preservation Squad wrote: »

I find it amusing they think they can broaden the market of GTA any more than it already is. The game is a household name, everyone knows it. There's nothing EA can do to improve the mindshare.

Dude, just think about this.

Here's the pitch:

GTA: but without the drugs, swearing, violence or sex

Well leave the violence in and maybe some swearing.

Get it rated T for teens then sit back and watch the money roll in.

Also make the main character voice acted by John Madden.

"You see, to kill that guy I have to shoot him."

"Boom! Tough actin' Tinactin!"

As to the thread topic itself, I'm not disgusted by EA's quote there, as there's nothing really wrong with it. However, engaging in a hostile takeover of a company which is founded on ideals of creativity is a little scary. I get the feeling they're going to fire all the developers and writers and destroy the brand loyalty Take Two has spent so long building up just so they can make a quick buck.

So much for the "New EA" that we were all touting about when they defended BioWare.

They'd be insane to do that.

The people getting fired if EA buys Take Two are the *management*. The developers and the writers are what EA would be acquiring Take Two for - it would be idiocy* to fire them.

*I understand that we tend to expect idiocy from the megacorps, and for good reason, but even from a corporate mindset, getting rid of any of the creative teams makes zero sense.

darleysam

No, I am not disgusted.

But you go piss and moan all you like, son. That'll get things solved right quick.