I agree with shrome on this matter, EA is trying to monipolize gaming which is terrible for gamers, they don't care about making a good game they care about making money, look at take two they turned down A BILLION dollars from EA. EA just buys out the competition so they can turn out a terrible game that people are going to buy because its the only one.
EA=bad for gamers
EA=good for morons
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So they are running a good business and thats bad? Yes, EA doesn't develop tons of great games internally, they tend to buy studios that develop good stuff (Dice-Battlefield, Criterion- Burnout, Bioware/Pandemic- Mass Effect, Mercenaries, etc) or publish games such as Orange Box and Rock Band that let the developers focus more of their resources on making a great game rather than on marketing, publishing fee, manufacturing costs, etc. Yeah they do yearly sports games, but other than that, they tend to stay away from yearly stuff.
That brings up a better point, why does everyone forget Activision? We reached our 9th Tony Hawk last year, while EA did something and good with skate. They've already pledged Guitar Hero IV and COD 5 this year. Are these games really necessary? Not at all. I've never really had a problem with mainstream sports getting yearly updates, even if roster updates would cover it, because no one makes you buy every iteration. Each year evolutionary steps are taken so that every couple years the games are better. I, for examply, only buy Madden about every 3 years (I gamefly in-between). Yet its series like Guitar Hero and Call of Duty that don't need yearly updates. Rock Band has proven song down loads are very feasible, and COD 4 will remain popular whether or not a new one comes out. Its completey unneeded.
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