EA Sucks

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Low hanging fruit lol, this originally was a video about why I hated SimCity but it kinda turned into a whole rant about EA because I got unreasonably angry about Maxis. Hope you guys enjoy, sorry for the week delay
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Also while the topic of awful launches is still in the air, EA is responsible for Battlefront 2, Battlefield 2042, and Anthem. I’ll talk about Battlefront 2 later (you probably remember what happened), but Anthem was such a massive unexpected failure that EA has had to admit that maybe live service games aren’t the best idea. It probably doesn’t come as much of a shock that EA’s position on singleplayer games is that they’re “no longer profitable”, and it’s a shame that it took the failure of 3 different games, the death of multiple studios, and countless developer’s lives ruined through crunch wasted on these doomed projects for EA to finally acknowledge that MAYBE, they might have up. What’s crazy is I can literally look this up on google, wikipedia best selling games of all time, and there’s a large amount of these that are mostly singleplayer experiences. Literally hire me, or don’t actually oh my god don’t please.
Now, while I’d be remiss to mention the launcher that these games release on, I’ve already talked about origin a fair amount on my channel. The real question here is if I’m really petty enough to on origin for a THIRD time, YES, I love on Origin, only because it’s SO DESERVED. I don’t get how a company, as money hungry, as profitable, as large as EA could possibly put out a launcher that sucks this much. The balls on this company to still release their games on steam but REQUIRE origin to be installed on someone’s computer. Years after it’s release it’s still buggy, laggy, and an overall awful experience to deal with, and that’s with less features than it originally launched with.
It’s so bad that EA abandoned it to create a brand new launcher called “the EA app” which according to what people have said on reddit is arguably worse than origin. I’ll give them a bit of slack, it’s currently in beta and they’re trying to get people to test it out before releasing it in full, but I don’t trust EA, their track record is literally origin. The one requirement I want for a launcher is that whenever I open it I don’t feel dread, the bar is in.
Arguably one of EA’s worst offenses is their overall impact on the gaming industry as a whole. The entire Battlefront 2 debacle is a by the books example of exactly how EA introduces predatory and anti-consumer microtransactions so bad into a game, that it sparks international discussion around the idea of lootboxes and microtransactions in games. Their reddit response to the issue quickly became the most downvoted comment on reddit of all time, not just because of the predatory practices they placed in game, but because the comment overall showed just how out of touch they were not just with their own community, but with the gaming community at large.
Battlefield 2042 is their leading example of not only being out of touch, but of their overall mindset with live service games where they release a mess of a game in the now, and try to justify it overtime by fixing it later. Now admittedly I never touched Battlefield 2042, I’m in an unwinnable situation where I’m if I did touch the game, and if I don’t, so if you truly like the game and believe in it’s future, by all means use this to discredit my opinion. I personally made the decision to not touch it once all of my friends and youtube reviewers I watched told me it was not worth the $60 on launch at all. That’s not the point though, the fact that Battlefield 2042 had one of the greatest advertising campaigns for a game since Battlefield 1, and released in a state so broken that it’s Steam Player Count struggles to surpass Black Ops 3 is truly astonishing. The problems for the game were apparent in the beta, and the issues that prevail are things that are arguably fixable. The U.I. looks awful, the visibility sucks, and the actual experience of playing the game is held back by a myriad of performance issues and bugs, but that’s all fixable, but it seems that EA has already thrown in the towel and deemed the game a failure. What’s crazy is that in a post mortem meeting of the game, EA made statements that said that Battlefield 2042 released within an “acceptable state”, which is crazy that THAT’S acceptable to them.

[@iamzahin5910]

Saying "EA sucks" is equivalent to saying "Every 60 seconds in Africa a minute passes".

[@jojothenoble1]

Because we know already 😂

[@sillyfegart5455]

Grass is indeed green

[@greenicalgaming]

Floor is indeed made out of floor

[@gavinrhodes7645]

FACTS

[@tripplordofinconvenience9953]

E

[@jasperschannel4976]

The feeling of dread an employee must feel when their boss bursts in and says "We've been bought by EA!"

[@yuvalgabay1023]

Burn the place to the ground.

[@poofyfox6751]

I remember when klei was bought by Tenscent, moment of silence

[@TheChemicalBerry]

Honestly, that's just the CEO's way of flexing with "Bitches, I am retiring at 30 and y'all go work in Asian office conditions- lmao, ciao"

[@yuvalgabay1023]

@@TheChemicalBerry based.

[@mark030a]

Funny to think that now I'm glad all of the old devs of Glu Mobile left years ago.

[@crystallemming6027]

Seeing EA alternately enable and backstab PopCap is such an interesting symbiosis to me. They get all the funding and talent they need until the instant the game loses profitability.

[@irishengine9166]

I'm a plants vs zombies fan, and it's clear from seeing the games nowadays that the community cares about the games, popcap cares about the games. And EA, does not.

[@ShipmansAGLA]

It's funny how EA is why pvz1 is the best pvz game

[@crystallemming6027]

@@ShipmansAGLA PvZ1 is a top four PvZ game tbh

[@Oskar.G]

I was a big fan of the Garden Warfare series back in the day and the first 2 games were not bad (shocking surprise I know!) But towards the end of GW2 they started to shoving microtransactions down people's faces a lot and the third shooter game (Battle for Neighborville) is a unfinished game with the promise of patching it later and an fairly aggressive microtransactions. I heard that before, maybe even in this video!

[@itchylol742]

@@ShipmansAGLA Try Plants vs Zombies 2 Eclise (not Eclipse), it's a free PvZ2 mod that removes all pay to win elements and changes the gameplay a lot

[@wilbourke4188]

The most obvious facts in history: -grass grows -birds fly -cows go moo -EA sucks

[@vibaj16]

And me? I hurt people. I'm a force of nature. If you were from where I was from, you'd be frickin dead!

[@GimOA]

@@vibaj16 bonk!

[@SurmenianSoldier]

@@vibaj16 brotha*

[@disarraygay]

even then sometimes birds don’t fly, grass stops growing and, idfk, cows shut up for once. ea is, however, always bad.

[@SurmenianSoldier]

@Wakka Flocka they didn't think it would turn this bad also, they popularized it, not start the fire

[@MB-og3dw]

Fun fact, origin is so broken that there's a script you can modify the files with to get pretty much any DLC free provided you download the files somewhere, and because of the way origin's patching works, the script can't be patched out. Highly recommend using it.

[@potatoman7407]

would love me some sims 4 dlc, thanks!

[@yuvalgabay1023]

Pog

[@AltairBlue]

we do a little trolling

[@mark030a]

I lost all my Sims 3 DLC after an Origin patch, and after waiting 40 minutes, live support didn't even bother to help me and said "the game isn't supported by us anymore". So I'm not surprised that there is a script like that. DLC is fucking broken on Origin.

[@Helperbot-2000]

Fucking genius

[@phaze_in_spaze]

Whenever I see an EA sucks video I don’t wonder if they suck but how they’re gonna suck

[@Periwinkie22]

😳😏

[@Friendlyneighborhoodgarbagebin]

What do you mean by that 😏

[@themelon_1785]

@@Friendlyneighborhoodgarbagebin 😫😩

[@Friendlyneighborhoodgarbagebin]

@@themelon_1785 ?

[@thatguyalex2835]

@@Friendlyneighborhoodgarbagebin Wow, another channel named after an object. I have subbed to An Apple, Banana, Plantain, Tin Can and now a Trash can.. But yeah, I see some sus stuff in this thread. ツ

[@mattieice4785]

You briefly mentioned it, but playing Star Wars Battlefront II nowadays with all the new free content they added, and with the total gutting of the pay-to-win crap, it’s a legit alternative to your average Battlefield game. BUT NOTE that EA didn’t save Battlefront 2, Dice (the game’s developer) did.

[@aqserzlp3189]

Love battlefront 2

[@lavishhfein]

@@aqserzlp3189 same

[@chilly456]

Battlefront 2 is def one of the best battlefield type games

[@darkigg]

Once I'll actually be able to get these things. STBF2 has wierd connection issues in my PC. I can play online but can't get access to things I have in the main menu

[@huwfairley693]

Battlefront II right now is quite a good game, but when it’s the reason micro transactions and loot boxes have been legally recognized as gambling, it is fair to say it has been sent to the grave

[@GoofyGoober6694]

"E, A, sucks, it's in the name."

[@ChewyMovesQuick]

Just don't buy their games. I could not imagine pre ordering an EA game after the year 2013 and people are still doing it 9 years later LMAO.

[@sandraswan9008]

Ikr? People just don't want to learn

[@lechgolas6400]

Man, nowadays they barely release games...

[@Scatmanseth]

One word: sports. They have a monopoly on almost all major league sports for use as games. It doesn’t matter whether we buy their games or not, the sports fans will because they don’t know anything about most other video games let alone EA in general.

[@yorimz8807]

After 2013 they released some good games. Battlefield 4, Battlefield 1 are some of their best "Published" games.

[@Jenna_Talia]

@@Scatmanseth Videogame sports fans are something else. They'll complain about videogames not being fun anymore when all they do is play FIFA.

[@liamneary5491]

I'd just like to throw it out there, EA deleted my Origin account, no email, no notice. When trying to get it fixed, their help system would not load, their support told me to try a different browser so I did. 4 Browsers later, none of them would work so they said okay, we'll help you here on twitter. But before we help you, do you consent to discussing account details on twitter DM's should something happen to your twitter account and the information be compromised. I consented. They did not respond for 9 months. 9 months and I got an automated response back. Never did get my account back.

[@jordii_vv5471]

I'm reeeealy hoping that most of your games were on a different launcher, cuz thats just terrible

[@roddyginger]

Oh man, I used to work in support for a games company and people just do that. I remember helping someone recover their account and sent the information to the customer to recover it. The customer responded after my shift was over asking for additional help because they didn't fully understand the steps and the person my ticket got reassigned to just rejected the ticket which deleted all the information on the customers end so they couldn't get their account back. Scummiest shit ever seen. The agent wasn't kept on after my company lost that particular line of business so.... Ha ha, I guess 😅

[@jordii_vv5471]

@@roddyginger jesus, Imagine putting hundreds of euro's into games on like steam, losing your account information, have someone reject your ticket, and just losing everything in a heartbeat

[@roddyginger]

@@jordii_vv5471 It was for a company that has 5 live service games running. You'll only lose the account on one game but that's years of progress or huge amounts of money spent that goes poof. We were only allowed to help with recovery for a specific account once but you can bend the rules for a genuine mistake like a broken phone and the last time they recovered the account was for example 7 years ago. Most people don't care and just hated all customers over a few outliers so do nothing but "demz da rulz" and have a pure tough luck attitude. Which leads me to believe the OP was originally dealing with someone who wanted to help until someone who hated them for simply opening a ticket took over

[@nostrum7278]

in an alternate timeline where ea would release god of war 4 as is, i still wouldnt buy it because of shit like this you just mentioned. i had my fair share of issues too. i never play ea games anymore. man all the sims dlcs are lik 500$... thats a cost of a fucking steam deck.

[@Jeremy]

Low hanging fruit is low hanging fruit, still tasty at times.

[@brianfrank3582]

Low-hanging fruit? That shit fell off and been rotting on the ground for a long time

[@Milkiy-Hazard]

I can't agree, they haven't made a good game since alice madness returns

[@AnimatedTerror]

I do think it’s important to remember that there are actual people working at EA that haven’t got much of a choice in these things. Like all bad things target your scorn at the suits at the top. Not the little guys jus doing their jobs.

[@Sandals578]

They have the choice of working somewhere else. Soldiers use the “I was ordered to” excuse since forever and yet it still doesn’t justify any of it. America is a free country and choice exists.

[@buzter8135]

@@Sandals578 Weren't most Soldiers at risk of losing their own lives under duress of insubordination? this is a very inappropriate comparison if I'm being perfectly honest. Aside that holding down a steady job especially one as specialized and cutthroat as game development isn't the black and white situation you believe it is, quitting a good paying job over mundane bullshit isn't exactly a very smart move, not everyone can just pull out and send their resume to another studio and be guaranteed work. There's a difference between Democracy and the realities of employment prospects.

[@sandraswan9008]

We know, thanks

[@channel45853]

@@buzter8135 yeah, but we can still judge them.

[@ratedr7845]

@@channel45853 no we can't

[@thetexanhusky]

2013's SimCity remains as the first and only game I've preordered. What an absolute letdown it was.

[@TheLastBeanBender]

i got lucky pre-ordering Mario maker 2 now i wait for the reaction

[@PastPositive]

Goes to show, never ever pre-order a game, give it a week or a month until most game breaking bugs and glitches are fixed and see reviews on how people enjoy or dislike it.

[@El_Presidente_5337]

Welcome to the club :D

[@TheLastBeanBender]

@KL. is tjhe first microtransactions

[@hellothere700]

@@PastPositive if they have free returns, or they’re in a series you are a fan of e.g. Pokémon

[@thebyzocker]

This coming out in the same time as GTA+ was announced is funny

[@parizer9394]

Its Just a subscription that no one will buy, not fucking closing 20 studios

[@dauphongii]

@@parizer9394 it's just like 30th attempt to milk the shit out of GTAs the old Rockstar games released, because new Rockstar games are either too lazy or too unartistic to release another GTA

[@parizer9394]

@@dauphongii yeah,but at least the game get much content and is good

[@dauphongii]

@@parizer9394 gta online was not good since 2016

[@parizer9394]

@@dauphongii still,it gets lots of content and its good if you can find a good server

[@acadien5560]

I feel sad for every EA employee working for a company that doesn't believe in their capabilities or care about them. Tbh i believe that it would greatly benefit the employees to quit and work for another company or start their own not only for their mental health but also because they are always doing the same thing i bet they would love to work on something they actually have passion for.

[@orbaitv5991]

Bruh. EA is literally one of the few triple AAA companies that cares for the work environment of it's employees. Only reports for crunch was with Anthem but still it's probably a heaven to work for EA compared to Ubisoft, Blizzard, Activision and 2020 CDPR. Also you believe that it will greatly benefit the employees to quit the job that provides them with a good salary and go search for another job that would probably make them move out to another city which would put them in a stressful position? Have you ever worked in your life?

[@zonalpiglin]

Oink lolololol

[@samanthadavis5819]

EA is known for having some of the best working conditions in the industry.

[@zonalpiglin]

Oink again lololol

[@VinnyUnion]

tHEiR oWn aND becoMe iNdePanDanT

[@ilikemusic3856]

"EA sucks" The floor is made up of floor.

[@tripplordofinconvenience9953]

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[@AlchemistOfNirnroot]

I looked it up. It is the most downvoted of all time on Reddit. I didn't even know it was possible for a post to get enough traffic to be downvoted that bad. Players need to take some responsibility at some point and vote with their wallet. The comment replying to said comment goes along the lines of "we [the players] are not this naive" but if that was really true they wouldn't make quarterly quotas and you would've bought the game in the first place. EA has had a bad rep since the near beginning of 7th gen. It was only really 6th gen they were liked.

[@AlchemistOfNirnroot]

@@TheHost268 Yh I think it's true that only a small fraction of people who participate in the microtransation model make up the majority of their revenue. Kind of like the 1% and earnings/taxes but for microtransactions. .

[@normiewhodrawsonpaper4580]

Why can’t we just have triple A titles that are fully controlled by a team of devs who wants to make something good. Thank god Santa Monica exists, hoping Ragnarok wont ditch their name in shit.

[@Friendlyneighborhoodgarbagebin]

Epic games

[@antarticstorm7991]

Because publishers,higher ups and investors try to find a way to squeeze profit

[@checker297]

valve, feelzbadman only releases a game once a decade lol. since they literally adopted day 1 best lootbox strats they havent shot any of their games in the foot, allowing them to support whatever the fuck they want to try. Especially since its privately owned, so what they make is different and can actually change the market, rather than just conform to the market.

[@64bitmodels66]

@@checker297 tbh better they stay good than release something new and have it be horrible. not doubting valve's game making prowess, they made L4D2 and TF2. it's just that they can be lazy as fuck sometimes.

[@vibaj16]

@@checker297 Valve is slow, but they definitely haven't lost their game-making skill. HL:A proved that.

[@arkekkers]

This is why ever since I heard EA bought Codemasters, I feared for the F1 franchise, it was already as monotonous as it is with its annual releases, but it will be worse now with Codemasters being bought by EA.

[@solly674]

the internet requirement in simcity was to prevent pirating. just a fact i think is worth mentioning

[@Rocksteady72a]

Shhhhhh they don't want to hear logic in this kneejerk parade. Grid Legends, Lost In Random, ME: Legendary Collection, It Takes Two, Squadrons, C&C Remastered, and Fallen Order can *all* fall to the wayside because they botch a game like BF2042.... 🙄 It's also funny, because there isn't nearly as long as a list of successes in ratio to failures from companies like Ubisoft or Activision, yet EA always receives all the hate. It's especially ironic considering GT7 was released this month, a game filled with microtransactions, against Grid, an EA game without.

[@EmergencyChannel]

EA has killed more studios and franchises than Ubisoft and Activision combined, but guess what? Ubisoft and Activision are shitty ass companies too. EA has been doing the nickle and diming longer than any other studio. In 2010, if you bought a used EA game, you had to pay $10 for the privilege of playing online. Rented a video game for the weekend or your friend let you borrow their copy? No multiplayer for you! Personally I hate EA because of how they handled Apex Legends. It's an amazing game that they have turned into a pure monetization cow. Want a single crappy looking skin? That will be $20 please. Oh you want actual content? New game modes or events? Sorry, we only add new collection events where you have to spend $160 to unlock a single item.

[@speed3414]

I think someone already cracked that game in a very long time ago so...

[@anintelligentduck4138]

@@Rocksteady72a decided to check. all those games you mentioned? published by EA. publishing a game and developing it are two very different things. sure,of course some of the companies may be owned by EA but that does not automatically mean EA made the game. But,let me guess,i am just a dumbass who knows nothing (though actually do correct me if i'm wrong,i don't know much about the gaming production)

[@Helperbot-2000]

@@anintelligentduck4138 yeah thats it, its like ive heard the dumbers shit someone has ever said about half life 1 and 2, they argued that valve didnt make them great since it was sierra that published them... like what the fuck do they even mean? Have they not even looked at the credits or something?

[@windylotus]

i feel like that thing you mentioned at the end with the ea hate train being redundant is super important. like i think they are probably the company with the worst consumer practices but at the same time are the most avoidable. people really should focus their hatred towards companies that have turned their studios into sweatshops and consistently abuse and ignore their employees.

[@addy5884]

Sees anything that slanders EA, "YAS". Now you've got my attention buddy. :)

[@MalikATL]

Every since EA stop supporting Battlefront 2 I started to hate EA

[@thoughts9856]

Go back to r/gaming.

[@KaiserMattTygore927]

@Insert_text_here Whenever EA destroys like 4 of my favorite franchises, I'd say all the hate is 100% well deserved. They don't have to be worse than Blackwater or BP or Nestle to deserve the hate they get. Don't care about the proportions, they deserve it and frankly its the least they fucking deserve since they still exist as a corporate entity.

[@tabnk2]

There is a "golden phrase" when it comes to these big, AAA failure releases, and that is MVP: Minimum Viable Product. Basically, a company tries to release the game with as little stuff as possible, in the hopes that people still buy it while they add features for later

[@sebilus7480]

The problem I see with everyone hating on EA is that they forget how bad the rest of the gaming industry is.

[@pakaman9101]

I think it’s bcuz 1. They standardized that shit 2. They repeatedly do shit 3. The impact of their shit is larger than my shit after eating a burrito

[@thirteen3678]

Nope, EA is still exceptionally shitty, even considering everyone else. I'm not saying they're the shittiest, but they're in contention.

[@st0rmerc00l8]

I think one thing that is not mentioned about EA is how they fired the original creator of Plants Vs Zombies for suggesting that they shouldn't have in app purchases/ pay to win.

[@chunkychinboi]

Wait, For real!?

[@Stupei3555]

He was laid off. He wasn’t fired. Also he decided to go work on other projects. Google exists for a fucking reason

[@TimeWisely]

Fun fact, back before EA was even popular, their business model was to be as profitable as possible, seems like their business model never changes!

[@fortnitesexman]

"EA Sucks" tell us something we don't know

[@cliffturbo2146]

"EA Listens" XD

[@olithan2803]

"Boycott ea"

[@GimOA]

this is an expected response.

[@theneutronstyle8351]

@@cliffturbo2146 nice joke lmao

[@Mirage42069]

The sky is blue

[@serv3384]

It baffles me that EA went from bringing out my all-time favorite games with the SSX and burnout franchises to whatever it's become now.

[@DEAN18349O]

Battlefront 2 DID have a terrible launch, but it became an incredible game. But then they cut support.

[@michaelcrosby7035]

Same with BFV too Edit: and Anthem😭

[@professional-citizen]

All the missing content, DICE's BF2 team deserved so much more. The scum that is the EA board

[@starwarsmaster]

Dude, I’m sick and tired of EA. They show everything wrong with the gaming industry and how greed has taken over. I collect games and I look forward to most EA titles. I told myself “this won’t be so bad, they probably learned from their mistakes last time. They can’t screw it up as bad as last time.” Surprisingly, they always do. Every release seems to be worse than the last. The only good release in recent memory for me was Star Wars Jedi fallen order. I love that game and have recently completed a replay of it on new game plus. Sometimes, I have even defended the company. I was one of the few defending battlefield 2042 after the terrible release of the alpha and told people it was just a prerelease and not to worry. Boy was I wrong. I enjoyed the game for a week until I realized my bullets weren’t hitting, even when I was right next to my enemy. I now have basically given up on EA. I don’t know if they can ever come back from these lows.

[@SolandVideos]

DUDE, I remember buying Burnout Paradise last year on Steam which MADE YOU have to launch Origin to be able to play it, but the game crashed after the title screen and the ONLY FIX was to not allow Origin to connect to the internet while launching the game. Yes... It was THAT STUPID.

[@TheGravityShifter]

You have to remember that BETA isn't really excusable even for bugs. Usually the condition a game or app is in the Beta will most likely be that way at launch. That's how small the gap between the Beta and Launch is. If it were maybe an alpha, that would be different.

[@kingani]

anthem was so good but there was no content and so many issues ;-; being iron man was so cool

[@arenius8376]

Electronic Antichrist.

[@Rationalist101]

🤣🤣🤣

[@kamildrews3517]

Referencing the ad campaign they did for Dante's Inferno?

[@arenius8376]

@@kamildrews3517 no. what did they did?

[@kamildrews3517]

@@arenius8376 Prior to Dante's Inferno's release, in June 2009, a protest began during E3 2009 in Los Angeles to oppose the game. Around 20 protesters, claiming to be from a church in Ventura County, held up signs that called the game sacrilegious and labeled it possibly insensitive to people's beliefs. Protesters even went as far as calling EA the anti-christ. This led to EA being accused by many people of staging the fiasco to use it as a marketing hoax. A few days later, it was officially confirmed by EA spokesman Tammy Scachter that they had hired people to protest the game and that there was no actual protest. However, in the aftermath of this revelation, several Christian bloggers protested to this, calling it an "anti-Christian" stunt.

[@WilledQuasar7]

I loved a lot of their older games, like: PvZ, PvZ Garden Warfare, Skate, etc. The CLASSICS. And what do they do? Make another, final instalment that ruins that FRANCHISE ONCE AND FOR ALL.

[@DOOT_II]

C&C 4 be like:

[@MeltedKitKat]

the death of maxis still hurts me to this very day, i'm still holding out for spore 2 someday

[@organicleaf]

dont, cuz spore 2 would be you having to buy every mouth, eye, etc. via dlc, each for 5 bucks or so just let it go and dont look back cuz it wont be like this ever again

[@nepsyasudra3262]

Gonna be honest, the moment I saw the title I mentally rolled my eye's thinking "no $#!+" and almost passed up the video, that's how obvious it is and how tiring and redundant it is to hear it at this point..

[@leamigo2937]

It makes me sad knowing lives and opportunities for wealth and success got ruined and destroyed by big companies. I sometimes work on my game projects and I can't imagine the feeling of working as a full day job just to fail at it, even if you were decent. :(

[@MarshalerOfficial]

Stryxo's videos are well put together that a video talking about Ferrari being a equivalent to Nintendo of the car industry would be interesting.

[@dillondelaney4347]

Battlefield 2042 has two major foundational problems: map design and class setup. Maps are too big with little to no cover, worst maps in any bf game. Class setup promotes single player gameplay. Compare this to bf5. Bf5 had great maps with tons of cover and foliage, and the classes promote tons of team play while also allowing you to grab your own health from the supply stations

[@legendofdave8831]

I have yet to understand what keeps people buying their games year after year. It's 99% that a game they release is going to be buggy, broken, littered with microtransactions, and not fun.

[@stefantanket8735]

nostalgia

[@dylanplays4449]

The reason lots of people buy for example fifa every year is because it’s by far the best football game ye ultimate team is pay to win which is a bit shit but the rest of the game modes are good

[@anakinlowground5515]

@@dylanplays4449 Dude, it is literally the exact same game every single time. If you play one of them, you have LITERALLY played them all. There are no changes to the gameplay or mechanics. The only thing that changes is the graphical fidelity.

[@branchygiraffe]

It’s sad because dice actually improved battlefront 2 a lot later in the road but ea shut down support for the game like a year later

[@thoughts9856]

DICE is dead bro. DICE which exists now is just a skin suit lol.

[@MP39]

glada i found your channel recently, keep it up!

[@sullivans2004]

Rockstar sucks more, it’s horrific imo how such a beloved company can just sink like how it is…..GTA+…..jesus… 🤦‍♂️

[@wolfsbane5448]

They're always hitting new lows these days and it sucks

[@parizer9394]

They dont suck as much,at least all they put out are masterpieces(not counting gta trilogy because its by grove street games and because i dont want to). But yeah they Milk gta online so much that its boobs are dried out, but at least its about 40% good and some of the most you'll have playing with friends.I Know they gonna Milk gta 6 but i hope they dont add those flying motorcycle shit fucks and other OP stuff, Just stick to cars, airplanes, helicopters.

[@sullivans2004]

@Insert_text_here I think both are bad, "Insert_text_here".

[@clovergambit3051]

I'm honestly glad EA no longer has the Starwars gaming exclusivity, we can finally get more than one or two starwars games a year now.

[@Oscarcat37]

I remember when EA wasn't milking franchises every year. They were an amazing publisher back then. *Most* memorable NFS games? EA. *Some of* the most memorable FPSs? EA. *One of* the sole reasons city-builders are a popular genre? EA.

[@vizthex]

I got a sense of pride and accomplishment from watching this video that EA could simply never deliver.

[@stormtalksgames]

New Stryxo upload? On a Saturday? Today's a great day!

[@kmdreacts]

I was Hella upset about Anthem after playing on release (hell no, I didn't pay for it).. the trailer got me So gassed. But EA took that gat damn tea and biscuits with the amount one has to spend Just to have a half decent playthrough of Sims 4. You'd practically have to pay over 400£/$ buying all the DLCs and game. They don't even get a pass for developing Fallen Order.

[@GamerGalaxyy]

Man, the fact that SimCity 5 could've literally been such an amazing game, and now I'm stuck with a game that I really do like but feels unfinished. I know Cities Skylines is a thing but I feel like it doesn't have the sim feeling.

[@SquishyPickles]

I think this video is very good and well editing, I will say that in the beginning u mention that they mistreat their employees, but they actually have incredible reviews and according to Glassdoor, most employees loved their experience with great benefits and amazing friends there. Now, I may be a tiny bit biased because unlike popular opinions, I think ea is getting a lot better and will continue to get better as long as nothing drastic changes.

[@sagi5461]

But ea doesn't give a crap about their "customers" - us. Just look at the sims 4, they charged us for so many basic gameplay and features that should've been in base game: "Oh you want weathers? Pay!", "Oh you want parenthood too? Pay!", "Oh you want a "My wedding story" pack which is full of bugs and glitches? Pay!" 🤷

[@SquishyPickles]

@@sagi5461 true that, ea needs to work on that or their gonna either get bought by another company or flushed out by the competition. They did very well on the new dead space so maybe not🫡

[@MeiGunner]

keep up the Good Work Stryxo .. Hard work Always Show in Time .

[@Digicoree]

Thank you captain obvious! For saving planet earth once again!

[@river2371]

please do a "rockstar sucks" video.. they're literally ruining themself for some buck

[@chipandsalsa_]

hearing the Lethal League Blaze music in the wild gave me immediate dopamine

[@mrmrpineapple6542]

I’m so glad you pointed out the stupid origin issue. I downloaded spore again and it impossible to get into my old saves without downloading origin

[@lifelesstiger4685]

Man it's sad how EA just screws with their game devs so much. like as you said battlefront 2 was a p2w mess at launch which sucks bc that killed its player base and now a days its the definitive shooter for star wars fans and its a lot of fun. also they stopped dice for fixing a game breaking bug for the longest time and are probably doing the same with respawn and the Titanfall games. man its a disaster that respawn got bought out by them (other than the fact that respawn get to use the star wars license).

[@PastPositive]

When they took out all of the game breaking glitches and pay to win features such as loot boxes in Battlefront 2 it actually became quite a good game, but if course right when the game was catching popularity again and people were loving it, EA cut support for the game and it no longer gets updates.

[@Jayzzzen]

"EA sucks" When I saw that the first thing that popped into my brain is Micro-Transactions.

[@speed3414]

Macro-Transactions*

[@Jayzzzen]

@@speed3414 lol

[@DeadSpacedOut]

I'm glad you mentioned Titanfall 3, I loved TF2, and i'm glad you mentioned Dead Space...that's kinda my thing as you can tell, i'm also glad you mentioned Battlefront II because that game launched horribly and became honestly one of the best Multiplayer Shooters imho. As for 2042, I've always been an Avid Battlefield Fan, but i was unbelievably upset on Release Day with 2042, i was completely unable to get a refund so my thoughts on 2042 now that i've played it since it's been patched and with the small, but mostly nice fanbase that's left, it's not bad, especially when you play Old School Maps in Portal, but then again, Battlefield is my favorite Multiplayer Franchise so i'm a little biased, still very pissed about Launch tho and i'm not pre-ordering the next Battlefield, i'll buy it after release if it's good (and before anyone says i'm bullshitting, i didn't Pre-Order BF1 or BFV, I only Pre-Ordered 2042 cuz i wanted Battlefield 4 Part 2, that's it, but i'm waiting this time.)

[@neoyaku]

“Literally hire me… oh wait, oh my god Don’t!“ @5:32 😂😂😂

[@doran2003]

Another Problem of EA is the IP Hogging they do. first they buy a Studio with all its great Franchises, make them ruin their own game and then throw them away(since the Game was suddenly and Unexpectedly not how the players wanted it, and became UNPROFITABLE), but the IP, the Franchise, the Universe that surounded us while playing ? they keep them for as long as they "might be able" to make Money from them.

[@TwoTwoTwane]

I think the funniest part about EA is that they aren’t original enough to come up with their own predatory micro transaction systems, so they just copy whatever makes the most money, (lootboxes and battle passes come to mind)

[@Idkusername1234]

I am so happy you mentioned the evilness of nestle

[@gpexcalibur]

As someone that plays UFC 4 and Fifa 22 EA has 100% ruined the mentality of sports gamers

[@UberBlackEagle]

Saying "EA sucks" is equivalent to saying "shit smells".

[@victor_fog]

Really great video man! I really didn't think that more could be said about why EA is such a shitty company, but you proved me wrong!

[@QTwoSix]

Just noticed that you used "Aint nothing like a funky beat", surprised.

[@prophetsnow5193]

Being able to make a launcher worse than origin is an achievement of mankind

[@clvtch444]

EA is a scummy company but at the end of the day I blame the people who support them

[@Mecks089]

Tell us something we don't know.

[@Mr.hamilton]

How are u not at 100k subs already the content is really good

[@oliveafricanhairbraidingsa1026]

Low key fire channel keep up the scrumptious work

[@existentialselkath1264]

The 'next gen' EA game launcher can't even launch the majority of games on it, it can't download half the games properly, and it can't even uninstall anything. The only thing that does work is letting you sign up for the EAPlay subscription That should explain everything you need to know

[@akoswertmuller]

The kind of title I instantly click, fuck EA

[@stefanbobu27]

You earned me, I'm a subscriber now. Damn good video!

[@satanLdevil]

The bar is so low my head still hurts.

[@mattguy1773]

I still think Ubisoft is worse because EA can make a good game once in a blue moon

[@burnt_bacon949]

yeah as bad as EA can get i think that it pulls peoples attention away from other companies that do bad things, and it can also pull away from good games that EA makes like titanfall 2 or it can pull away attention from other studios making good games.

[@BulliedGamer]

I mean so true!! I recall one indian meme "Kitne tejaswi log hai hamare paas" meaning how talented people we have

[@ALaughingWolf2188]

“If the game isn’t broken, break it and forget how to fix it” - EA

[@sirwalkboy]

reddit the youtube video

[@Stupididiot67]

Ea Is so based though -make beloved video game franchise -hype up next release as a return to form and how it’s gonna be like the good old days -don’t listen to the fans at all -make it into a extremely buggy and poorly designed hero shooter with maps designed by a 2 year old -fans talk shit about your game -blame it on everything else but your own incompetence -have the audacity to put a microtransaction shop in a game you pay full price for -don’t update the game at all -tell the fans their expectations are brutal when they just want basic features that were in past games EA is on a sigma grindset they don’t listen to no body

[@gaffer.info1]

I buy fifa yearly come at me virgin nerds.

[@blahmoh8012]

oh my god thank you for some reason thus video felt good to watch i love when other people acknowledge simcity and how ea ruined the franchise,,, now i just wish more people talked about the actual sims franchise because it is absolutely fucking ridiculous

[@Vinseenit]

I like this video title, often times I look up pessimistic takes on topics by searching "blank sucks"

[@swshi_]

so true bestie

[@thegameneededme5]

On the topic of failed launches, BF4 also had one of the worst launches _in the same year_ as Sim City when entire modes were essentially unplayable or riddled with connection issues for months. They rushed the game out the door to meet a holiday release deadline, as they do.

[@jamzventure1845]

As a server, I saved $120 hard earned cash to buy Battlefield 2042 ultimate edition and now I can't touch it because I got banned for having my Logitech g hub open. Plus I can't get a refund because I had 18 hours on steam. It left me feeling robbed ruined a franchise I loved playing growing up.

[@IXxJordan]

There was a problem with the new EA app where I wanted to play something again. I had to download the original origin because launching it through steam wouldnt recognise the new EA app, this was like a week ago so its still a fresh bug

[@TabiTheCat]

damn such unheard of news man im surprised anyone found this out.

[@BrickFort_]

I got Star Wars Battlefront 2 the Christmas of 2017, I didn’t know about the whole loot box thing because I was young enough to not care about that stuff. I love that game and thing it’s one of the best of all time. When I heard what happened to it in the early days, I was upset, because the game never was seen for the high action fun that it really was by most people

[@alexanderrotmg]

Always looking forward to your videos!

[@1davidv]

This video was so awesome, especially the ending

[@jonathanyesbest4616]

I’m glad DICE were able to recover Star Wars battlefront 2, that game is still alive today

[@charleydumas5514]

Great video. Here's another example: the F1 game, released every year (F1 2018, 19, 20, 21) Codemasters (who made the game) were bought. Apparently, F1 2022 is gonna be trash with way to many micro transactions. A sad story for Racing Games fans.

[@BuddMcAwesome]

Ea has banned my entire account for paying them money directly from my MasterCard.

[@SomeRandomDevOpsGuy]

Congrats on 100k!

[@Leon_V87]

Yeeea Thx for made this vid :) Someone need to make a vid about the golden times like the need for speed series

[@cammerpopofficial]

As someone’s who father used to work on Apex Legends, the reason my father left was because he thought that everything was too pricey.

[@Thevoidconsumesall]

It's never the companies like this that get Molotovs thrown into their offices.

[@vulduv]

1:00 Well it is no wonder why you have a lot of traffic. You followed the american model of "Just one more lane bro. Just one more lane, and it will fix traffic. Just one more... And one more. I swear bro this will fix traffic." Roads are really inefficient, and each lane you add to a road adds less and less capacity compared to the previous lane. Because drivers don't spread themselves out evenly. And cars and the infrastructure around them are really really inefficient and expensive. They take up tons of space when compared to if someone toke a train instead or even just walked! So ideally, you should build a city that can move a lot of *people* around. Not move cars around. (Same goes for goods instead of trucks.) That means building a train or metro system that can move large amounts of people between key areas of the city. Primarily though not exclusively between Residential and everything else. Creating shortcuts using pedestrian paths, so often walking is faster than driving for short distances. Giving Commercial and Industrial areas cargo train terminals so trucks don't have to drive through your city for exporting and importing goods. And mixing in some commercial in your residential areas so people don't have to go as far to shop or work. This also means you don't need nearly as much area for roads. Which means more of your city's area can be used for a city, rather than being a giant parking lot. It is also A LOT better for your computer. Pedestrians just kinda walk, not much to it. And trains and busses carry lots of people per vehicle. Rather than 1... Maybe 2 on occassion... So having a city were people use public transit and walk rather than drive, is gonna run at a much better frame rate than one were everyone uses cpu intensive cars.