Damn you EA!
By blog on Jun. 2, 2009.
I was over on IGN today, checking out The Sims 3 video review. As I watched I had a few reactions, some stronger than others, but I will list the main ones here right now, including my rant at EA for something they are continuing to perpetrate against the gaming world.
Micro-transactions. Yeah, you heard me, EA scum. Your damn micro-transactions are a completely disgusting, reprehensible, vile way for you morons to line your pockets more. What, selling the world’s most popular video game didn’t get you enough money? You’re the gold-digger of the gaming world, EA. There’s a difference between a gaming company trying to turn a profit, and a gaming company trying to ransom their game for more money. For those of you who don’t know, I will explain what a micro-transaction is, and why I am so opposed to it.
The premise goes along like this, you buy a game, now, as you play the game, you want to play more of the game. Fair enough says the game company, then why don’t you pay us a little bit more money, and we will give you a tiny little bit more of the game? Why!? Because I already paid for the game! If this was an MMO where you get a great amount of content on a regular basis, then okay, but no, this is a tiny amount of content that should have been included in the package in the first place!
EA is the main pusher for this kind of repugnant money-making technique, and what they have done with The Sims 3 is to give the player a certain amount of game content, but told them that there is ‘more for you to purchase on The Sims 3 website’. You can purchase the items with Sim Points, which you get about 1,000 for £6, I believe. It is actually very difficult to find accurate figures per pound, but it is 100 Sim points per US$1.
Some people don’t really have an issue with micro-transactions, so long as game content is not being held back at the date of release. But that is exactly what EA have done, and you know what, EA, I am not going to buy your game any time soon. No, screw you, EA, I will wait until it is a heck of a lot cheaper, and I won’t be purchasing any of your vile Sim Points.
The main attraction for The Sims 3 was that it was all accessible without load screens – which I honestly had no issue with in the first place, and don’t particularly care for this new layout – and that everything was more customizable. Yes well when you have to pay a stupid amount of money for extra content – we are talking 100 Sim Points for a new hair style, that’s US$1 for a new hair style! – that should have been included in the game in the first place, everyone will have different sets of content, so yeah, everyone’s copy will be unique.
I hate you, EA.
Category: Technology