Why would anyone EVER give EA their money after this?
It's one thing to deliver a defective product or fuck up a launch. We see that all the time with everyone from Nintendo to Team Meat.
It's another thing to openly show contempt for your users like EA has. Censoring their own phone number/email address so users don't contact them. Putting in code to block offline play (there's a difference between requiring online by game design and actively blocking offline play just to be dicks).
EA doesn't give a damn about you or your experience or your satisfaction. They want to get your money and for you to then shut the fuck up and go away.
Don't support them. Regardless of whether or not you like Sim City or Battlefield or Madden or any other title they put out.
It's one thing to deliver a defective product or fuck up a launch. We see that all the time with everyone from Nintendo to Team Meat.
It's another thing to openly show contempt for your users like EA has. Censoring their own phone number/email address so users don't contact them. Putting in code to block offline play (there's a difference between requiring online by game design and actively blocking offline play just to be dicks).
EA doesn't give a damn about you or your experience or your satisfaction. They want to get your money and for you to then shut the fuck up and go away.
Don't support them. Regardless of whether or not you like Sim City or Battlefield or Madden or any other title they put out.