My Rant Against EA

[Professor S]

Originally Posted by Typhoid

While I agree that that type of price gouging is pretty weak and ultimately utterly lame, Microsoft (via XBL) does it all the time, and it's no big deal by anyone. Granted, EA bought the rights to the NFL games, however they definitely didn't "start" the price gouging. They just joined in. Take games like Halo (just for example). How many map packs and add-ons go into games like that? While you may sit there and say "But yeah, that changes the game, and adds a new element", I will counter that with "The create-a-play mode also entirely changes the game and adds an element to it." .

I agree in most cases, and overall I like the option of paying for additional content for games I love, but in the case you used as an example that is content that was included in previous games and has been removed to be sold for additional profit at a later date. To me, that's the equivalent of Fable 2 being released, but without any weapons... they're an extra $10.

Also, I think timing is a big thing. If EA just held onto the content for a little while, their gauging wouldn't be quite so... brazen I guess. I suppose part of my issue is with the sheer hubris EA displays.