EA has been doing this for more than a decade already; they just weren’t promoting the ad sales pipeline publicly.
So what’s everyone’s favorite Indie sports games?
The entire concept of EA releasing a new 2K sports game every year is absolutely asinine. The fact that people shell out money for that bullshit is even more ridiculous. There are usually little to no changes from one game to the next outside of simple roster updates, which is something that could easily be done with a game update or they could have setup a subscription service to autoupdate rosters. EA is a shit company that creates shit games and it enshitifies every games it gets the rights to.
“We estimate we can sell up to 80% of an individual’s visual field before inducing seizures.” ~ Nolan Sorrento, Ready Player 1
I’ve lived 43 years with never buying an EA sports title. I think I’ll manage the rest.
The NFL Street, NBA Street, and SSX series were peak EA Sports (BIG).
Been downhill since
Either way, when you’ve paid $70 for a game, the idea that you then are still going to be bombarded by commercials as you play is pretty damned galling
Oh, I’d say that it pretty much tracks the sports experience that it’s trying to simulate.
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https://qz.com/150577/an-average-nfl-game-more-than-100-commercials-and-just-11-minutes-of-play
An average NFL game: more than 100 commercials and just 11 minutes of play
Anyone who watches through this is a completely cucked simp. Might as well work for free, then bend over and take it from daddy.
Glad I don’t play sports titels, but bloody hell. In addition to paying for a full game and getting bunch of MTXs and season passes. Now we need to suffer through ads as well.
Why the hell are we even paying for a game in the first place. I’ve seen free mobile games with a better approach.
If I’m paying i don’t want to see any ads, how hard is that to get through to CEOs?
Well, you’re also not the target audience. This is aimed at the people who buy Madden every year, who are already inured to predatory monetization, and so will probably just roll over and take it.
You know…morons.
Remember when Jared Kushner and other ghouls bought them
I was just about to hold my nose and buy Battlefield 6, then they did that.
At least that would fit, thematically. I think if one played a Kushner Mass Effect it would cause some kind of tear in reality. Major bummer.
It is so incredibly kind, all the marketing that companies like EA are doing for indie titles completely free of charge!
I already avoid their games. Indies and other good studios are more worth it.
