Board 8 > EA announces an expansion of its '' Always online '' DRM policy

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http://www.gamingbus.com/2012/04/23/ea-announces-expansion-online-drm-policy/

EA just proved yet again that they're getting allergic to money.

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So, wait, how is this different than before?

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Electronic Arts... Doing their part every day to make piracy the better option...

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Damn, could the article writer be more stereotypical?

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JDTAY posted...
"Connor is a laid-back long-haired California hipster who listens to music "you'll never find on the radio" and who voted for Ron Paul to "make a difference." His favorite kind of games are MOBAs and rogue-likes, and he is a huge fan of PC gaming and the future of digital distribution."

Damn, could the article writer be more stereotypical?

XFD This guy definitely needs to change his description if he wants to be taken seriously as a journalist.

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From: SupremeZero | #004
So, wait, how is this different than before?

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_Carlemagne_ posted...
From: SupremeZero | #004
So, wait, how is this different than before?

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I'm confused.

What does any of this have to do with DRM?

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it's not different. They've done it with Mass Effect 3 and probably other games in the past. Maybe it's a new initiative for FIFA and the website is extending this to other titles in order to get hits

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an estimated 3,920,000 pirated copies, resulting in approximately $235,200,000 of lost income. Of course, it’s difficult to aggregate what percentage of pirates are actual lost customers, but when you’re losing $235 million dollars on a game from piracy, it doesn’t really matter anymore. The fact of the matter is that, even if only 10% of pirates were actual lost customers, then you’re still losing a painful $23 million due to piracy.



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From: My Immortal | #011
_Carlemagne_ posted...
From: SupremeZero | #004
So, wait, how is this different than before?

Its an insinuation that they built this structure to prevent piracy but now they're fronting always online to the end user with these cross platform shenanigans.

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Wait

What exactly is wrong with this? It sounds like they're actually trying to get some good out of the whole system.

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Ayuyu posted...
EA just proved yet again that they're getting allergic to money.

consumers don't care when they're getting abused, if that were the case hollywood, the members of the RIAA, activision, comcast...none of these companies would be around. if anything giving your customers a good backhand across the face every now and then is healthy for your financial goals

From: Liquid Wind | #018
Ayuyu posted...
EA just proved yet again that they're getting allergic to money.

consumers don't care when they're getting abused, if that were the case hollywood, the members of the RIAA, activision, comcast...none of these companies would be around. if anything giving your customers a good backhand across the face every now and then is healthy for your financial goals

It's really freaking sad.

It's like nobody got even a little bit of fight in them anymore.

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shut up ayuyu


if you don't like it, then don't buy EA products.


if EA comes out with a game that I want, and will enjoy, I'm going to buy it, regardless of company policies.


It's basic economics.


Whining by "hipsters" isn't going to change anything.

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I'm not seeing how this expansion is even a bad thing.

It doesn't really effect anything more than it did before, it's just adding more features that people may want.

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I'd imagine the intersection subset between people who appreciate a quality service and people who buy EA games is pretty small to begin with anyway.

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what makes me sad about Capcom is that I like their games but hate their business practices

so every time a new game comes out that I'm interested in I gotta be like "man should I buy this even though I'm supporting something kind of offensive"

luckily with EA that's not an issue!

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actually I'm curious where they're getting their pirated copy amount estimates from

unless you're tracking every torrent or people are logging online with pirated copies, how would you even know?

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now now.
some pirates actually buy the game they like.

not necessarily at full price mind you, but there was little reason why, if you liked crysis 2, you wouldn't have gotten it for $5 or $10 by now. unless you don't like the drm in it, in which case yeah you weren't buying it.

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i wouldn't be. it's not that they'd buy it at $50 or $60 - those would probably be closer to that 1% you're after - but with the various steam and amazon sales it's easy to find games drop in price quickly and hard. gotta find the right price point with everyone, and if they like the product, you'll eventually find it. it's not like there's some sort of magical potion that makes pirates unable to support something they like, they just don't agree with either a) the practices (which time MAY fix but if it doesn't then they won't buy it regardless) or b) the price (which time *will* fix on a majority of games). convinience + money = piracy's base, with the second being the one most would care about (though always online drm might be that turning point, which this is about, so....).

you don't need free or some crazy low price necessarily to start the shift, just people going "this is worth __" and... that's it. judging by amazon's open success with how digital downloads have been to them, i'd sooner bet that most of the people who buy the sales are those who also pirated it earlier that fit in the B camp. >__>;

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