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Author: dirtsheep
Posted: September 08, 2018 (01:13 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Well, this is welcome news. I remember playing Amalur, and liking it quite a bit, and being hopeful for the franchise, and then having it drop off the face of the earth.
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Author: honestgamer
Posted: September 08, 2018 (06:30 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Thanks for reading. As for EA, I think it's easy to forget--or demonize the company for the reality--that shareholders are the executives' first priority. If games aren't making money, as Kingdoms of Amalur wasn't, that's bad news. As gamers, the best we can do is hope that if some other studio is cranking out great stuff and we want to see more of it, EA doesn't buy that studio. It generally spells the end.
"Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." - John F. Kennedy on reality |
Author: dirtsheep
Posted: September 08, 2018 (08:14 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
You're correct of course to point out that the company cares about the shareholders more than it cares about their customers (though actually that's an odd thought, isn't it? Good shareholders would of course want their company to respect their customers, which is, after all, where the profits come from). But you sound sort of resigned about it. "As gamers, the best we can do..."
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Author: honestgamer
Posted: September 08, 2018 (08:31 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
But the problem is this: what EA is doing is working for gamers more than it isn't. We wouldn't be buying their games if we didn't feel we were getting our money's worth, not in the long term. As for me, I only rarely ever buy an EA title. If you take a look at my game collection page on my blog, you'll find I own a lot of games but very few from that publisher. And I don't buy much from Activision, either. And Microsoft barely publishes anything these days. And Ubisoft? I actually like most of what Ubisoft does. Genuinely like it. So I'm prepared to vote with my wallet--and do--but I'm also not going to pass up those games I really want, provided I can afford them. I think most gamers are the same way. As far as Kingdoms of Amalur goes in particular, I don't blame EA for not continuing to support a franchise when--essentially--gamers spoke with their wallets and said it wasn't something they were prepared to meaningfully support at that time.
"Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." - John F. Kennedy on reality |
Author: JedwardRandy
Posted: September 09, 2018 (09:02 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
ea did nothing wrong with amalur
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Author: JoeTheDestroyer (Mod)
Posted: September 10, 2018 (08:32 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
What Jedward said. Especially the part about StarTropics 3. WTF Nintendo?
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