Except that takes about a year or two, given the popularity of the title...

It's a move by EA to keep players on board their game which is bleeding its userbase at a fairly steady rate.

The TORtanic continues its descent into the icy waters of MMOs.

Precisely. The argument is sometimes presented that games are far more expensive to make now then they were a decade ago. While this is true, the market for games was significantly smaller back then than it is now. In reality, the economic pattern never changed - it merely scaled up. Any lost revenue is the result of…

That I believe. But I am hard pressed to believe that the publisher goes and refunds each unsold copy. What's paid for is paid for, and that's what matters.

Cloud gaming is the worst possible thing that could ever happen to gaming. The consumer would have none of the physical hardware OR software, and would be completely at the mercy of the content provider - games would become a service, not a media product.

Do you REALLY think that Gamestop writes publishers a $60 check for each game sold?

Oh, fuck you.

Still waiting for Einhander...

This is fucking hilarious. I've stopped caring about ME3 ages ago, but I love to see anything that could make EA squirm.

My Little Eva? Now THAT I would watch!

Those mutated manchildren better be the subject of a shop contest.

Exactly! And it's not like HD platformers can't look good...I mean, look at Wario Land Shake It.

Am I the only one who thinks these HD games look TOO clean? Almost sterile...

No Amiga shoutout? The Amiga was astronomically ahead of its time in terms of media production...in a way, the first "consumer workstation" computer.

War has changed... ._.

It's not based on this particular article. It was based on earlier, after the Worst Company awards, when EA went on a victimizing spree blaming all of the negative press on homophobes.

Good job at disservicing the LGBT community by using gaybashing as a scapegoat for all the complaints against your horrible practices, EA.

Man, I just don't understand why all these rail shooters are going to Kinect...it's not the same without SOMETHING in your hands. Hell, even a light gun.

Neato. :3 I'm all for it.