@ShimmeringSword @Pyerun Yes, I bow down at the altar of EA every morning after waking up before having breakfast. How did you know? I know you two are fighting the good fight... so keep it up!
To all those saying they won't buy this game: Good. Don't. That's more server space for me and my friends and family. Always-online DRM? Sure it's a bit intrusive, but it really doesn't bother me. I have a stable internet connection and I'm playing it on a desktop. If that bothers you. Fine with me. Again, don't buy the game, then. FWIW, I've had a fun time playing the game so far and I'm looking forward to the social element (with friends and family who also play the game). My servers have been stable since Saturday afternoon - a whole 5 days after launch (zOMG!!!!!). So, for those of you wasting your time ragging on the game day-in and day-out. Cool with me. Do you. If it were me in your position, I'd find another fun game (of which there are hundreds if not thousands) to play and not waste my time on something I hated so much. So, if you say so under the umbrella of internet anonymity, don't buy it. Cool with me.
@DrKill09 I'll give you your second and third point RE: PC gaming, but let's assume I spent $400 on my console and you spent $900 on your decent gaming rig... it would take until game 50 to break even... run it in a spreadsheet if you'd like. But that hardly justifies PC gaming as being "cheaper"... This is bearing in mind that you've made no upgrades to your gaming rig in that time. PC gaming is great, but it's hardly cheaper than console gaming.
Online "journalism" is all about the clicks. This was clearly click-worthy as we've all come here and commented as well. This is rumor (at best) and sounds like one of those games we used to play as kids: "telephone"... remember that the message that started was rarely the message received at the end of the line.
The price above is exactly why people buy consoles. I would never claim a console can beat a PC in the graphics dept. or game-loading dept., but when I can spend $1,500+ less and still play roughly the same games, I'm going the route of a console.
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