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EA censors its own support number on its forums

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MYE

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Mother pushing = Loved IPs
Kid with rod = EA
Driver = You
 
mysteriousmage09

mysteriousmage09

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My fucking god EA. This is Aliens Colonial Marines all over again. Eat up all the praise and stick your head in the sand over any complaint.

Fuck this company.
 
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Demon Ice

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Thorakai said:
Its amazing how much entertainment a video game came bring me without ever buying it at all
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Seriously. I've never even remotely paid attention to the Sims series, but this whole saga is just unreal. EA's doing its best to make Activision look like the good guy in comparison. Sad.
 
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Ketch

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Wario64 said:
I'm sure MetalMurphy has a good explanation for this
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I don't see what the big deal is, I'm sure phone numbers get censored on forums all the time. You people act like this is the first time anyone's every used to the internet before.
 
mysteriousmage09

mysteriousmage09

Member
Ketch said:
I don't see what the big deal is, I'm sure phone numbers get censored on forums all the time. You people act like this is the first time anyone's every used to the internet before.
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This is amazing. Even when clear evidence that other phone numbers work just fine on the forum.
 
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diamount

Banned
I've only been supporting EA because of Bioware at the end of it. Regardless of all the bandawgony shit, they've still put out content I've enjoyed throughly.
 
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Dr Dogg

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Somehow I get the feeling this isn't going to go away easily like EA are wishing it to. This will live long in the memory. As the article said this was probably already in place way before the SimCity kerfuffle, probably company protocol for years but this is going to stick to the SimCity fiasco like glue.
 
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Rubius

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DRG said:
How worse can EA make this situation? What number are we at now in terms of bad consumer practices/bad PR just from Sim City? It seems like every day something new pops up.
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Well they could :
-"It seem that the Simcity situation is due to females employee, and so we fired all the females and ethnic employees we had"
-"Our devs who work from China, are really tired right now. Seems like 8 yo kids cant code as fast when they are awake for 36 hours even with threats of wiping"
-We find trace of trojent horse in Simcity
-The Terms of Agreement says that they can legally sell you to slavery if you do a charge back.
 
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Mpl90

Two copies sold? That's not a bomb guys, stop trolling!!!
This is truly amazing. Or better, amazingly horrible. It's almost like if they're going on and on with errors intentionally. Someone should warn their PR team that it's true that sometimes bad reception / news can consitute free advertising for your product, but this is just beyond many every ethical limits. :lol
 
VE3TRO

VE3TRO

Formerly Gizmowned
This shit is going off the rails. I can already feel that E3 is going to be great this year.
 
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Revven

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looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool

There are no other words atm.
 
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PaulLFC

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Ketch said:
I don't see what the big deal is, I'm sure phone numbers get censored on forums all the time. You people act like this is the first time anyone's every used to the internet before.
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Maybe try thinking before posting? You might "see what the big deal is" then...
 
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jWILL253

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That isn't the only headline EA is making today.

From GameSpot.com

The freemium business model is "where things are going," according to Electronic Arts vice president of mobile and social studios Nick Earl. Speaking to GameSpot sister site CNET about the recent launch of Real Racing 3, the executive explained that the mobile game has been a big success, due in part to its business model.


"There's no question that going freemium was the right way to go," Earl said. "The vocal minority lashed out at freemium. We respect them and understand, but the market has spoken. That's just where things are going."

Earl revealed that first-week downloads of Real Racing 3 exceeded the total for the past two games combined. In addition, 350 million races have been completed since launch, with 25 million completed every day. On top of this, EA said gamers are spending an average of 25 minutes per day playing the title.

Earl declined to say how many copies of Real Racing 3 have been downloaded so far or how much revenue the game has brought in. However, he did note that he was "vindicated early" from a financial perspective.

This is not the first time an EA executive has sung the praises of microtransaction-supported games. EA chief financial officer Blake Jorgensen said last month that consumers are "enjoying and embracing microtransactions" and that this business model will be built into more and more of the company's games moving forward.

Before that, EA chief operating officer Peter Moore said he believes microtransactions will be in every game in the next five to ten years. He likened the business model to a clothing store like The Gap.

"It's free to me to walk into The Gap in my local shopping mall. They don't charge me to walk in there," he said at the time. "I can walk into The Gap, enjoy the music, look at the jeans and what have you, but if I want to buy something I have to pay for it."
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I don't think I've ever seen an American company be this hostile and contemptuous towards its customers since I first read about the Ford Pinto...
 
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sixghost

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There's a simple explanation for this. Players calling EA customer support wasn't part of Maxis' vision for SimCity. Players don't want to request a refund.
 
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