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Slimebeast on 25 July 2009
Words Of Wisdom said:
All news regarding DLC makes me sad. I want it to go away.


lol, why? Personally I'm split on this topic.



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Liquidlynch13 on 25 July 2009
Alasted said:
Aion said:
That's good, GS is evil.

I thought EA was evil.

Hive-minded forumites would want you to think ea was evil, but the truth is that outside of OPTIONAL dlc for godfather and need for speed carbon, they've put out some of the better stuff this gen.



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MaxwellGT2000 on 25 July 2009
Alasted said:
Aion said:
That's good, GS is evil.

I thought EA was evil.

Well we all know when evil fights evil good wins cause the evils destroy one another!



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Naum on 25 July 2009

Fighting the used videogame market is as useless as fighting the free(illegal) movie dowloads on the internet.



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Liquidlynch13 on 25 July 2009
Naum said:
Fighting the used videogame market is as useless as fighting the free(illegal) movie dowloads on the internet.

I STRONGLY disagree, respectfully of course. As much as I don't want it, digital downloads are the future (i like looking at my games collection on my shelf). This gen, with the success of steam, xbl, and psn, we are seeing the seeds being planted. There is nothing publishers want more than to cut out the retailer. Don't be surprised when madden becomes subscription based in a couple years.



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Lurker on 25 July 2009

EA can eat a dick. This shit wouldn't fly if they had competition with other NFL games.



heruamon on 25 July 2009

The OP is comical...



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Liquidlynch13 on 25 July 2009
heruamon said:
The OP is comical...

care to elaborate...?



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Relias on 25 July 2009

@OP well, I don't know... when you talk about screwing over the used game market... that includes the likes of Ebay, Amazon, and several other markets as well. Not just Gamestop and EB Games anymore and while I admit I want to see Gamestop and EB to change their ways... well I have mixed feelings on this.

Also, I don't think Gamestop or EB is going to be affected as much as you think they will. Used Sports and Wrestling titles most generally don't sell that well(at least around here). Or at least not until they hit rock bottom in prices. (Honestly I got a baseball game at one time for $2.00 and that was the only reason I bought the thing.) (In addition why do you think in gaming mags you could get a new game for $5.00 or free if you traded in 4 to 5 non-sport titles)

Also, what does EA have set up to prevent people from selling said accounts at higher prices like some people do with WOW.

I don't know what their policy is so it's the first question that came to my mind on reading this.



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1. Yoshi: He ate my car and spit out a toaster.

2. Igglybuff: Totally false advertisement. You can have as many as you like they don't buff nothing.

3. the Terms Hardcore/Softcore... We're talking Video Games. Not Porn.

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5. Donuts.... Beacause I drink Beer...... and the biggest fan of Donuts hates Beer.

6. Boycotts: Their so lame.

 

 

Strategyking92 on 25 July 2009

This is uncharacteristically smart of EA, and finally a better way to make money off used copies with securom or drm (for pc games)



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