Arcturus said:
RicardJulianti said:
Arcturus said:
A lot can change over the period of a year and a half. Relationships between companies can change, markets change. That does not make EA a "hippocrite". Things changed and EA decided not to support the console as much as the vague "Unprecedented Partnership" implied.
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"It is the first next-generation platform coming out, so we're really supporting it"
"what we’re describing as ‘Gen 4′ is yet to come. It’s that we’re excited about, and that’s what we’re investing in.”
Those two quotes are over the span of 7 months. They most likely had dev kits from Sony and MS when they made the first comment, so it's not like they just went "Oh, well....hmmm....these have so much more power, we are going to pull the plug on what we've been working on"
They say one thing (we're really supporting it) but do another (actively cannibalize ME3 sales among other things). Fire in one hand, water in the other. The very definition of hypocrisy. To say they have a "strong partnership with Nintendo" and they are "really supporting it" but do the exact opposite is absolutely hypocrisy.
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How about some context for those quotes?
As for ME3, how is that any different from EA releasing ME2 on the PS3 at full price a full year after the games release on the 360, when it could be purchased on the 360 for probably $20-$30 at the time, and for $5 through Steam? ME2 still sold well on the PS3, despite it being cheaper on other platforms.
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Context is provided in the article through links to the source.
It's an entirely different situation. The Mass Effect Trilogy featured all 3 games, different amounts of DLC, and were available on cheaper consoles a week before 3 was released on Wii U. People who pick up launch consoles are "hardcore" gamers unless the thing is some weird fluke of sales like the PS2 or the Wii. It is likely for said hardcore gamers to have more than one system as well so if they really wanted to play Mass Effect but never have......they will pick up 3 games for the price of 1 on a console they already have.
EA didn't release a special edition of ME2 on the 360/PC a week before the PS3 version came out that featured all of the DLC and had the first game in the box as well. THAT would have been a similar situation.
