@Kasz,
They are all just as dirty as the next, some are just better at hiding it, some just get more scrutiny. This goes back to my statement about how everyone likes to think that the news they get is better somehow.
@Smidlee,
Wow, sounds like you just have EA pegged. So tell me again how these 10, 11, 12, and 13 year old kids are supposedly getting the $50 to buy the game? Oh from their parents? Yeah well good parents ask their kids what they are doing with the money..and then, assuming they even give them the $50, they follow up and make sure that they spent it on what they said they would. I hardly see how a kid lying to their parent to get the money is EAs fault, the kid is already lying to his/her parents before he has the game so something is already wrong with this picture. And if the parent can't be bothered to check up on their child's video games every now and again then the problem rest with them.
EA, like most people on this site, understand that your game buying public is a lot older than it used to be. There is still a large demographic that is under 18, no doubt, but there is also an extremely large demographic in their late teens, 20s, 30s, 40s, and yes even 50s who buy these games. Long socially complex interaction based gameplay doesn't appeal to a younger crowd, they are in it for the explosions and gun fights, so if they were really aiming at the kids here you'd be seeing more of a rambo take on the game and much less social interaction.
Blaming this on EA is basically just an excuse not to deal with the real issue, that everyone loves to ignore. Parents need to step up and do their job and stop laying the burden for every little thing on society at large.
@NinjaguyDan,
If you're taking those at face value then there really isn't much to say. You've already made up your mind, have fun =)
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