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Acevil on 24 March 2014
RolStoppable said:
Acevil said:

Personally I thank EA, I love that they make exclusives for Xbox One, it means I have zero temptation to support them (Since I don't want to support them). Please continue the great work EA!

Who would have thought, that Activision would be the lesser of two evils. 

That has always been the case. Just because hardcore gamer logic dictated that for a period of time EA actually cared more about gamers than Activision due to losing money didn't make it true.


Ya but Activision was trying so hard with horrible PR statements, but I actually like them.

Not enough to buy any of their games recently, but not to shun them like I do EA. I most likely will purchase Destiny however. 



 

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Carl on 24 March 2014
Mr Khan said:

Fuck you and the horse you rode in on.

(not the OP)


Can you really argue against that though?

Batman Arkham Knight is skipping Gen 7

The Witcher 3 is skipping Gen 7

EA Sports UFC is skipping Gen 7

Assassin's Creed Unity is skipping Gen 7

Final Fantasy XV is skipping Gen 7

There are many more examples I could use, but Ill leave it at that. Developers are indeed pushing Gen 8 development now. More and more games are being announced as PS4/ Xbox One/ PC only for a reason. E3 will have a metric fuckton of titles that are gonna be Gen 8 only. As for gamers making the transition, again, he is right. Look at software sales for proof of this, and look at how well cross-gen titles are doing on PS4 and Xbox One.



                            

HumdrumPie on 24 March 2014

This is hilarious! Does that mean that EA is going to stop fanboying now? Hypocrisy at it's finest. The only EA games I care about are made by BioWare. I wish I could resist Dragon Age and Mass Effect, but resistance is futile.



adriane23 on 24 March 2014
badgenome said:
EA made those games exclusive based on faulty assumptions and short-sightedness, not fanboyism.


That's not the same thing?



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Mr Khan on 24 March 2014
Carl2291 said:
Mr Khan said:

Fuck you and the horse you rode in on.

(not the OP)


Can you really argue against that though?

Batman Arkham Knight is skipping Gen 7

The Witcher 3 is skipping Gen 7

EA Sports UFC is skipping Gen 7

Assassin's Creed Unity is skipping Gen 7

Final Fantasy XV is skipping Gen 7

There are many more examples I could use, but Ill leave it at that. Developers are indeed pushing Gen 8 development now. More and more games are being announced as PS4/ Xbox One/ PC only for a reason. E3 will have a metric fuckton of titles that are gonna be Gen 8 only. As for gamers making the transition, again, he is right. Look at software sales for proof of this, and look at how well cross-gen titles are doing on PS4 and Xbox One.

That he never mentions Wii U as part of the process should be obvious what i meant. EA's audacity in this matter makes me want to throat-punch someone.



Monster Hunter: pissing me off since 2010.

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Carl on 24 March 2014
adriane23 said:
badgenome said:
EA made those games exclusive based on faulty assumptions and short-sightedness, not fanboyism.


That's not the same thing?


No.

Thinking the Xbox One would outsell the competition isnt fanboyism. Remember, these decisions and deals will have been made back in 2011/2012/2013, when the Xbox 360 was dominating the US market and generally doing really well in all Western territories combined. Microsoft had brilliant momentum, so betting on them would have seemed a wise decision.

In 2011, 12 and 13 nobody expected things to go the way they are now.

EA just got it wrong. Bet on the wrong horse.



                            

Carl on 24 March 2014
Mr Khan said:

That he never mentions Wii U as part of the process should be obvious what i meant. EA's audacity in this matter makes me want to throat-punch someone.


EA have no reason to develop for Wii U, and the Wii U clearly isnt in EAs plans for the near future. That said, Wii U isnt in many developers plans at all for Gen 8 development if we go by recent announcements. Just look at the games I listed. None of them are actually going to be on Wii U and they are from 5 different Developers/Publishers.

Gamers and Developers have indeed shifted primary focus from PS3 and 360 to PS4 and One. It isnt audacity, its just the way things are.



                            

Mr Khan on 24 March 2014
Carl2291 said:
Mr Khan said:

That he never mentions Wii U as part of the process should be obvious what i meant. EA's audacity in this matter makes me want to throat-punch someone.


EA have no reason to develop for Wii U, and the Wii U clearly isnt in EAs plans for the near future. That said, Wii U isnt in many developers plans at all for Gen 8 development if we go by recent announcements. Just look at the games I listed. None of them are actually going to be on Wii U and they are from 5 different Developers/Publishers.

Gamers and Developers have indeed shifted primary focus from PS3 and 360 to PS4 and One. It isnt audacity, its just the way things are.

See, this is why i don't discuss EA. I've scratched three comments in this single attempt at a reply because they contained various obscenities and ill-will against people who shouldn't matter to me in the slightest.

They make me mad in a way that nobody else does.



Monster Hunter: pissing me off since 2010.

badgenome on 24 March 2014
Carl2291 said:

No.

Thinking the Xbox One would outsell the competition isnt fanboyism. Remember, these decisions and deals will have been made back in 2011/2012/2013, when the Xbox 360 was dominating the US market and generally doing really well in all Western territories combined. Microsoft had brilliant momentum, so betting on them would have seemed a wise decision.

In 2011, 12 and 13 nobody expected things to go the way they are now.

EA just got it wrong. Bet on the wrong horse.

Yes, tits this is exactly what I meant.



adriane23 on 24 March 2014
Carl2291 said:
adriane23 said:
badgenome said:
EA made those games exclusive based on faulty assumptions and short-sightedness, not fanboyism.


That's not the same thing?


No.

Thinking the Xbox One would outsell the competition isnt fanboyism. Remember, these decisions and deals will have been made back in 2011/2012/2013, when the Xbox 360 was dominating the US market and generally doing really well in all Western territories combined. Microsoft had brilliant momentum, so betting on them would have seemed a wise decision.

In 2011, 12 and 13 nobody expected things to go the way they are now.

EA just got it wrong. Bet on the wrong horse.


What??? The writing was one the wall for this inevitable outcome back in 2009/10. You might want to look at the YOY numbers again to see when the momentum shifted out of Microsoft's favor. If EA didn't see this coming in 2011/12 then they're due for even more layoffs.



I am the Playstation Avenger.